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by tsukaisute 3264 days ago
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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Chips are unnaturally slow in the states, they are pretty fast in Europe.
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
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.
Well you could use Android if you can't afford an iPhone. There are many different options for mobile payments.
So only £150 fo a moto g then a bargain