In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete

Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by tsukaisute on Sunday July 16, 2017 @11:11PM (#14785416)

Just wish everyone would hop onboard quicker. We still need a lot of consumer education.

For example, Apple Pay works great at Whole Foods. I use it every time. Other people in line painstakingly pay with credit cards, despite holding an iPhone in their other hand. The new chip cards take longer to process, even, 5 seconds or so.

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by seanmcdirmid on Sunday July 16, 2017 @11:38PM (#14785489)

Chips are unnaturally slow in the states, they are pretty fast in Europe.

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by lostboys67 on Monday July 17, 2017 @05:23AM (#14786836)

So I have to have a apple phone worth several hundred dollars plus the extortionate mobile charges in the USA instead of a free credit card with tap and go I know which one I prefer

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:57AM (#14797003)

I use Android Pay all the time at Whole Foods in the US and it works great. It's faster than a chip card, and it links directly to my existing card.

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by muninn_ on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:02AM (#14787327)

Well you could use Android if you can't afford an iPhone. There are many different options for mobile payments.

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Re:In Urban China, Cash Is Rapidly Becoming Obsolete by lostboys67 on Monday July 17, 2017 @07:12AM (#14787390)

So only £150 fo a moto g then a bargain

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