We disturb your regular Apple news program to convey you a report from the Journals of Improbability !
Writing on Worki.ng , New York Timesfreelancer Kim Moy and Columbia University associate Matthew Webber have come up with an idea for mobile payment that ’s so gaga itjust might work !
“ Apple Should License Samsung Pay . ”(Tip o ’ the antlers toShawn King . )
Sorry , did the Macalope say “ just might mould ” ? He meant “ will never materialize in a trillion year ” . He rue the erroneousness .
The Macalope ’s not sure if this is a vitrine of too much record learnin ’ shadow how the real earth works or if it ’s a result of the new axiom for faculty member that say “ print something totes cray - cray or perish ” .
When Apple Pay was released , it amount with the fanfare that peregrine defrayment had finally gone mainstream . However , a year and a half later , it ’s impossible to get a reliable experience using ApplePay[sic ] .
Hmm . Really ? I entail , the Macalope sleep together you bolded that part and everything , but he’sprettysure he ’s had a very true experience using Apple Pay .
As an experiment , we tracked our payment options over a few mean solar day with the iPhone …
And what did they happen ? Was Apple ante up a total fail sandwich when they tried to use it ? No , actually . Instead what they discover was that roving defrayal of any kind was n’t available at the retail establishments they went to . So , when they say “ ApplePay ” , the missing space must mean it ’s tachygraphy for any mobile payment at all .
Samsung Pay still figure out without contact almost everywhere because it sport a system that works with the one-time swipe - style placard reader by emitting a magnetic battlefield the readers pick up . It ’s a neat engineering , but it ’s like saying a fussy variation of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is “ typewriter - compatible ” . magnetised swipe reader are not the future . It ’s alsonot clear how strong Samsung ’s engineering science is .
It is in Apple AND Samsung ’s best interest to make mobile defrayal act upon universally for everyone .
How is it in Samsung ’s interest ? Samsung ’s far more likely to want to use “ Works everywhere , unlike those other guys , yes , we ’re talking about Apple , that ’s all we do , really . ” as a merchandising tool than generally promote contactless payment .
Regardless of whether or not Samsungwouldlicense this technology , there ’s no way Apple ’s go to ask to given their story . Apple conceive Samsung a cluster of thieves andlooking at their latest phonesit ’s hard not to check .
More realistically , it ’s in Apple ’s interest to elevate the espousal of roving payment readers so Apple Pay can be used everywhere . That ’s what the Macalope thinks they ’ll do .
