Apple Pay exists and came before Samsung Pay.Is there a reason they cant just do a Samsung Pay type of solution here? Why the need for a card?
Apple Pay exists and came before Samsung Pay.
This is literally a credit card like you're borrowing money from Apple and they're making purchase interest off you.
Most people will be doing this on the phone via Apple Pay..... but much of America still doesn't have contactless payment, hence the need for a physical card. My thinking is that they won't even release the physical card when they roll out for other countries.
10 years too early for chip cards? Yikes.
Interesting/scary. Imagine literally being a debt slave to Apple. It's here.Oh I thought it was just a new POS system. An actual Apple credit card is.... interesting
We have them here but its far from ubiquitous (especially outside of big cities) and a lot of the contactless readers don't actually work. It can be a real hassle.10 years too early for chip cards? Yikes.
This is like 10 years too late for the rest of the world. We all have contactless payment.
It's kind of hard to not have a card to hand to a waiter at a sit down restaurant or place where the swiper is on the cashier's sideIs there a reason they cant just do a Samsung Pay type of solution here? Why the need for a card?
Maybe I'm a loser but this is the first time I've seen a card arrive in a package you just touch your phone to for activation and pairing to the wallet
Oh neat, I haven't seen this before in AmericaThere are card companies here in the UK that do the NFC activation thing. You just tap the physical card the same way you would with contactless payment.
Most places have wireless contactless POS machines that they bring to your table.It's kind of hard to not have a card to hand to a waiter at a sit down restaurant or place where the swiper is on the cashier's side
People getting hot and bothered over the aesthetic appeal of a credit card scare me
Not in the US they don't.Most places have wireless contactless POS machines that they bring to your table.
Is that any better or worse than being a debt slave to Discover?10 years too early for chip cards? Yikes.
This is like 10 years too late for the rest of the world. We all have contactless payment.
Interesting/scary. Imagine literally being a debt slave to Apple. It's here.
that is pretty neat tho
People getting hot and bothered over the aesthetic appeal of a credit card scare me
Let's just broaden it out and say people showing anything other than apathy towards how credit cards look scare me
I don't enjoy judging people for their tastes but the whole "credit card as a fashion accessory' shit deeply weirds me out
Probably better. Apple seems to have leveraged a lot more consumer friendly practices in their terms of service compared to other credit cards.Is that any better or worse than being a debt slave to Discover?
Sadly, this is not limited to Apple and has been going on in the credit card world for a long time.People getting hot and bothered over the aesthetic appeal of a credit card scare me
Why bother making the packaging NFC enabled, surely the card already is?
Don't usually say this but... cringe, brah.
Credit card wars gonna be a thing now smh. That card is nothing special.
I'm reminded of that dumb prestige credit card created by the kid who went on to create the Fyre Festival....Sadly, this is not limited to Apple and has been going on in the credit card world for a long time.
Is that any better or worse than being a debt slave to Discover?
Probably better. Apple seems to have leveraged a lot more consumer friendly practices in their terms of service compared to other credit cards.
But it's just scary to think how the Apple juggernaut will grow even more massive as they start collecting huge interest from indebted people. They bankers now.
Debt is not sexy and shouldn"t be made to look cool and appealing, especially to younger people.