Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Real Bev Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 13:01:24 -0700 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 22:01:26 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0b55e07ff9b4c8982431105e1e6332ec"; logging-data="1461865"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX186Qf/IBkFydMOWWrCLNhekBkMliwSaVRM=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:TxCpRoVT90gWqDefe2z+X+YsmMI= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2917 On 5/4/24 3:31 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote: > In article , 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 :-) -- Cheers, Bev My computer doesn't have to be friendly; civil is entirely sufficient.