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Samsung Said To Open Its Pay Service, Could Make It Available On Rival Companies' Smartphones (phonedog.com)
Samsung Pay, the second most OEM-Pay mobile payments service (only second to Apple Pay), may be available on smartphones from other manufacturers, according to a report. From an article: Samsung is in talks with other device makers about bringing Samsung Pay to non-Samsung high-end devices, according to a report from Gadgets 360. Samsung is reportedly aiming to offer Samsung Pay support for these non-Samsung devices by mid-2018. As for how it'll happen, Samsung is said to be considering two options. Samsung Pay relies on MST chips in order to offer contactless payments with non-NFC terminals, and so Samsung is said to be talking with other smartphone makers about adding MST tech to their devices. Another option that Samsung is thinking about is an external accessory like the LoopPay Card Case. This would enable Samsung Pay on supported devices without requiring the phones' manufacturers to add MST tech into their phones. Magnetic Secure Transmission technology is patented to LoopPay, which Samsung acquired two years ago. The feature, which mimics a card swipe, enables Samsung Pay to work on any card swiping machine, an advantage it has over Android Pay and Apple Pay.
Paying with a phone at any credit card swipe machine is incredibly nice. Works everywhere and people are always surprised when I pay with a phone at a regular terminal.
Paying with a phone at any credit card swipe machine is incredibly nice. Works everywhere and people are always surprised when I pay with a phone at a regular terminal.
Call me old fashioned, but I don't want to pay using my phone. I need my wallet anyway because it has my drivers license and health insurance card in it- two things I'd never go anywhere without. So my wallet is on me anyway.
I'd rather have a completely separate device (my credit card) to my phone rather than not be able to pay if my battery dies, or slow everyone down by using some bloody app (like those annoying ladies at Target with their cartwheel app).
Plus from a security stand point- I don't know that I trust my phone to have payment authorization. From a privacy standpoint I don't either.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
The only reason you shouldn't have to root your phone is because it should come that way from the factory. This whole idea that you shouldn't have any control of the device that you own is ridiculous, and never would have flown a few decades ago. Somehow now though it's considered normal.