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silvarios wrote:
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[quote=vision63]If it takes Apple Pay, it takes Google Wallet. Same thing.
No, they're not the same thing:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/following-t...a-success/
https://www.solutionary.com/resource-cen...apple-pay/
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2834736-...overstated
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2948836-...he-rematch
So these are not two services that allow payment through a phone via an NFC chip? I think that was the point. Nothing more.
Same thing. That's like saying a Toyota is different than a Honda. They're both cars.
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I look at Apple Pay as a free accessory to people who already have an iPhone. Not a $650 entrance fee. So many people already have iPhones, so Apple Pay is great! Forget skimmers. Our Visa card name was stolen tow times! Just the number, and used for over $2,500 800 miles away. That could not happen with Apple Pay. Try being overseas when your credit card number is stolen, like I was the first time. Whew, wha' a headache.
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silvarios wrote:
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Christ, what a bunch of entitled ninnies we've become. What's that, you say? I need to reach into my pocket in order to pay for my purchase? Say it ain't so! :RollingEyesSmiley5:
Check the thread again. I'm not the one who suggested one should buy a $350 Apple Watch to avoid taking out my phone.
I did not mean to indicate that you had; hence, my use of the pronoun "we've" as opposed to "you've."
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Even so, getting my wallet out and then dropping it on the ground doesn't cost me hundreds of dollars in repair costs because I just had to purchase $2.00 overpriced candy bar.
If this is a concern every time you make a purchase, you have bigger problems than deciding which pay system to use.
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vision63 wrote:
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[quote=vision63]If it takes Apple Pay, it takes Google Wallet. Same thing.
No, they're not the same thing:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/following-t...a-success/
https://www.solutionary.com/resource-cen...apple-pay/
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2834736-...overstated
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2948836-...he-rematch
So these are not two services that allow payment through a phone via an NFC chip? I think that was the point. Nothing more.
Same thing. That's like saying a Toyota is different than a Honda. They're both cars.
I agree with vision. If AP and GW were the same thing, only one of them would exist.
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I think the point is using Apple Pay is darned handy.