Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay

On 2024-05-04 22:51, VanguardLH wrote:

Do you really want to give your very expensive smartphone to a table
jockey that doesn't tote around an NFC reader, but has to walk to a
terminal to register the transaction?  When a waiter comes to my table
for me to pay my tab, he has no means of using my phone at the table.
Many restaurants do not have a front desk where you pay for your meal.
You're expected to pay before you leave the table.  The waiters use
terminals to enter the transaction, not hand-held readers.

You live in a backwards country.
The waiter comes to my table with a wireless pad or gadget. We do not like them taking our card out of sight to the office.
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 What about the contractor that, say, cuts down a tree, and wants to be
paid?  He has his phone, but can your mobile pay app using NFC connect
to his mobile pay app via NFC on his phone?  I've seen many SOHO folks
that plug in a USB card reader into their phone, and that's how they get
paid by sliding your card through their card reader attached to their
phone.  I've even had contractors that don't even have the USB card
reader.  They have to manually write down the credit card number, CVV,
and expiration date onto an invoice that you sign.  Wave the phone all
over the invoice paper, but it ain't gonna work.

I pay by Bizum, phone to phone. No contact.

 I see mobile pay apps as convenient only when they are so.  That they
exist doesn't mean those apps are the most convenient payment method.
Many users don't leave their phones on in trying to preserve battery

I never met one such.
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 Do the mobile pay apps run as a service?  If not, how long does it take
to load them?

instant.
Battery never fails me.
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Cheers, Carlos.