Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay

On 5/4/24 3:31 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote:

In article <v14bui$1117t$1@dont-email.me>, bashley101@gmail.com says...

 On 5/3/24 4:29 PM, Jim the Geordie wrote:

Any preferences here - and why?

 I have often wondered about the value of any of these.  What's wrong with a credit card which gives you a rebate?

 You can use credit cards as well as debit.

So it's just another layer? I can see how it would be handy if you can use your watch.  Is such a smartwatch usable all by itself, or does it have to be in contact with your phone?

I use it because I always I always have my phone, but seldom carry my
card.

Exactly the opposite.  I walk to the gym and can just put the card in my velcro-flap pocket without worrying about it falling out or me falling on it and breaking it -- just in case I want to stop at Trader Joe's or the supermarket on my way home.  I only carry my phone when I think I might need it or want to use the camera.

Yes I have a Samsung or I wouldn't have asked and yes I have NFC.
 I simply wondered whether the physical action of paying is simpler with
one or are they both the same.
The question arises because I often get asked (by a bloody machine!) to
try my fingerprint again when it had already accepted it 5 seconds
earlir. Grr.

The fingerprint reader at the gym I used before The Plague ALWAYS failed and required assistance from the attendant. I refuse to use the reader on my phone, which is probably even less reliable.

These answers are to the group and not particularly to you Bev.

That's why we have groups :-)
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