Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start

Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by ge96 on Monday October 23, 2017 @08:35PM (#15538219)

I was recently listening to a podcast (embedded fm) regarding paypal and this triangular BLE block that had no ports. Would be funny if your phone was bricked and you had no way to interface with it. Maybe by display at the very least.

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by photojosh on Monday October 23, 2017 @09:32PM (#15538519)

There's only one phone you can use? ;)

I set up the equivalent Square card-reader device for my kids' school parents group, together with a dedicated iPad with cell connection. It's magic... even the most technophobic mum can operate it.

Sure, would be a problem if (or when) the iPad died, but it is stupidly cheap (and contract-free!) compared to a dedicated payment machine.

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Re:Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start by ge96 on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @12:14AM (#15539161)

I don't know if this tech was released yet, it was something to do with wireless payments if I recall right.

I think I bricked my phone once when I was messing with rooting/overclocking. I don't do that anymore, I bought a pretty solid LG phone for like $80 (new) from a lower end mobile provider it functions better than this other phone by ZTE that had a finger print sensor, it kept freezing after running say more than 4 apps.

Edit: The podcast was about PayPal Beacon

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