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Title: How will Samsung Pay compare to Apple Pay? Post by: HCK on March 05, 2015, 09:00:18 am How will Samsung Pay compare to Apple Pay?
<article> <section class="page"> <p> As soon as Tim Cook unveiled Apple Pay back in September, two things were instantly clear: 1) Contactless payments had arrived; and 2) Samsung was going to copy it. So when Samsung unveiled its next flagship phones, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, on Sunday in Barcelona, I followed along with great interest, ready to snicker at its iPhone-like curved edges, fingerprint sensor, and perfectly circular speaker grilles.</p><p> Samsung’s gotten so good at this game, it’s not even fair. About halfway through the presentation, it was announced the new phones would have a mobile payments system called … wait for it … Samsung Pay. And suddenly, I couldn’t point and laugh. Besides the Single White Female-level name copying, this service, which launches in the U.S. and South Korea this summer, sounds like it might actually one-up Apple Pay. Here’s what you need to know so far, and why this could still be good news for Apple Pay users.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2892385/how-will-samsung-pay-compare-to-apple-pay.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How will Samsung Pay compare to Apple Pay? (http://www.macworld.com/article/2892385/how-will-samsung-pay-compare-to-apple-pay.html#tk.rss_all) |