During the Apple conference, it revealed a new feature in its devices, which is electronic payment, which surprised a large number of the Apple audience and announced the company’s entry into a new era. It is true that there are leaks about Apple’s entry into this field a while ago, but no one expected it to be so fast. The new service that will start next month in America only with the intention of Apple to expand it without giving details, but of course we can say that it will take years until it reaches our Arab countries and it may never arrive like other similar services such as Google Wallet. But we at iPhone Islam love to keep you informed of all the news and also for our followers in the United States to benefit from them.
What devices are compatible with the service?
Direct use of phones will be exclusive to the two devices iPhone 6 and 6 Plus due to the addition of NFC in them, which is the basic technology for the service with the fingerprint sensor found in both devices. Apple also revealed that it will be available through its new watch, and thus you will be able to benefit from it through your other devices, which are 5s / 5c / 5.
How can I pay with this service?
In places that support this service, bring the iPhone or watch closer to a special cashier device, as in the picture above, then choose the credit card that you will pay with and then click on the fingerprint sensor - on the iPhone - to complete the purchase. While in the hour, you will press the side gear to confirm the payment, and then you will have the screen and the cashier to confirm the payment.
How can credit cards be inserted to the iPhone? What are the compatible cards?
This can be done simply through the Apple Passbook application through a new feature that will be added with iOS 8, which is the ability to scan the real cards with the camera and enter them directly to the phone. You can choose one of the cards as one of the basic cards to be chosen directly without the need to choose between them every purchase, and a credit card can also be used. That you use on your iTunes account, and until now, Apple has supported Visa, MasterCard and American Express cards coming from several banks, which, according to Apple, constitute 83% of Americans' use of credit cards. It has also promised to add several other banks to the list.
What about the security of this service?
In a conference, Apple announced that when you enter the credit number, Apple will not store it on any of its servers only, it will be inside your device, and when the purchase is made and the connection between a watch phone and the device in the cashier is made, the customer will be privately held and the seller will not know your name and the company stated that it is It will not store any of the purchasing information such as the amounts paid, the place of purchase, or what you purchased. In addition to the necessity to enter the fingerprint every time you make the purchase, when you remove the watch and take it off for any reason, the watch will forget the PIN code and you must enter it when you wear it again - see this link-. In the event that you lose the phone that contains all the credit card numbers, you can stop them all and delete them through Find My iPhone.
Where can I use this service?
Apple announced that it is available at more than 220 thousand points across America in the most famous stores, restaurants and malls, and that the service works online through stores such as McDonald's, Nike, Subway, Toys R Us, and of course, Apple stores: D. It also works with a group of applications and they appear in the following picture:
What is the future of the service?
Experts have predicted that Apple's payment method - and its counterparts - may lead over the next 3 years to the disappearance of traditional credit cards and to shift all payment towards payment by phone.
Watch this video of the service in action as a pilot during the conference
Soon, we will compare the Apple service with its Google counterpart, but we initially wanted you to know about the Apple service before comparing it with others.
What do you think of this service from Apple? Do you expect to reach our Arab countries and when?
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