Subj : Re: Apple Pay
To   : August Abolins
From : Jay Harris
Date : Mon Oct 25 2021 08:16:50

On 24 Oct 2021, August Abolins said the following...
 
 AA> This is the first year that I had more people use their watches  
 AA> to make a payment on the shop POS.

I would say 90% of the time when I pay debit it's using my watch now.  The other 10% seems to be at gas stations where most (but not all) of the pumps don't accept debit tap.

 AA> It looks like an awkward process when they have to twist their arms to
 AA> line up with the POS sensor.

Because I'm right handed & I wear my watch on my left wrist, I don't really seem to have a problem.  Everything is positioned conveniently for me, I just double tap the button on the watch and tap away.

I have seen some others where they do some sort of tai chi manoeuvre and shuffle over to use their left wrist to tap.  That does look awkward.

 AA> Wouldn't the watch work at 90deg to the sensor?

Some pin pads are better than others.  I like the ones where the tap sensor is under the screen.  There are new(er) ones out where there's a separate tap space above the screen that isn't easily visible, so I'm waving my watch around the screen like a magic wand and then notice the tap symbol at the top of the device.


Jay

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