Apple Pay finally makes it to South Korea, eight years after its initial introduction
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- 10 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Not sure about the EU, but the USA and most Asian countries... moreFrom south east asia here, in my country, no one ever uses MST. Everything here is done by chips or nfc
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- 09 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Had to Google what MST is because I see so many people ment... moreSamsung disabled the MST function in supported devices for EU, so even if you did have an old Samsung phone it wouldn't work. That's probably why you didn't hear about it.
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- 08 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Not sure about the EU, but the USA and most Asian countries... moreIn EU, very few cards still use magnetic strips. Almost everything uses at least secure chip or contactless NFC authentication.
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- 08 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023The moment Samsung dropped the MST support for Samsung Pay,... moreThat is why I still keep my Gear S3 as it was the last ever Samsung Pay-supported smartwatch with MST support. Since then, it's NFC only. Same with smartphones - the Galaxy Note 20/20 Ultra was the last phone with MST support for Samusng Pay.
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- 08 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023Had to Google what MST is because I see so many people ment... moreNot sure about the EU, but the USA and most Asian countries still use MST for their POS machine.
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- 08 Mar 2023
kek, 08 Mar 2023This would be a nice experiment to see if it takes off. Sou... moremaybe it's better to use card but recently I had a couple of occasions where I didn't bring wallet when I went for quick groceries but obviously had my phone. besides, it's more convenient to use the phone, which is usually at hand, instead of card, which is usually in wallet in the backpack.
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- 08 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 08 Mar 2023The moment Samsung dropped the MST support for Samsung Pay,... moreHad to Google what MST is because I see so many people mention it.
No wonder I didn’t know about it, in EU nobody really cared about MST.
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- 08 Mar 2023
The moment Samsung dropped the MST support for Samsung Pay, I know the rivals will come in eventually.
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- 08 Mar 2023
kek, 08 Mar 2023This would be a nice experiment to see if it takes off. Sou... more1. The CC number is masked when you use your phone to pay, even on the receipt.
2. You can keep track of your spending real time.
3. If you have watch, you can make payment offline. (no internet required)
4. No one can rfid swipe you.
But i guess it would be a pain if you pay at a restaurant waiter haha.
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- 08 Mar 2023
This would be a nice experiment to see if it takes off. South Koreans really love their national products.
As for Apple Pay/Samsung Pay or whatever: isnt it better to just use your card? I mean, phones arent smaller anymore, so you still need big pockets to carry them around either way 😪.
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- 08 Mar 2023
In 5 years Apple would have 80% marketshare
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- 08 Mar 2023
And yet nobody cares