Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 16:22:43 +0200 Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: <1o9got62136hu$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Jt5JdHDcE5BFq4XpYwtXQgIzkMgJa42epA3PbVC9v1i/fonqDl X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:GXCCJVxs0MtXyhTqsg0P61ib/cM= sha256:N5b6Io2EvHe30X6IgUrtQW+XBOhVyhUUl+nV5iVVPk8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <1o9got62136hu$.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Bytes: 2889 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. .... > > 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. .... > > Do the mobile pay apps run as a service? If not, how long does it take > to load them? instant. Battery never fails me. .... -- Cheers, Carlos.