WHAT IS APPLE PAY?
Apple Pay is the firm¿s new payment system compatible with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus (pictured left and right) and the Apple Watch. The mobile system works by holding phone up to a generic card reader and pressing a finger on the TouchID button. The NFC chip is fitted across the top of the phone
Apple Pay is the firm’s new payment system compatible with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and the Apple Watch.
The mobile system works by holding phone up to a generic card reader and pressing a finger on the TouchID button.
The NFC chip is fitted across the top of the phone.
All details are encrypted and the system stores payment information securely.
It uses the Passbook app and cards that are already on file with iTunes can be saved to it.
Users can also take a picture of their own credit card and add it to the account. This is verified by the card’s bank before being accepted.
If an iPhone is lost, users can suspend all payments via the Find my iPhone service. This won’t cancel the cards, either, because the card details themselves are not stored on that device.
'Apple doesn't know what you bought, where you bought it, and how much you bought it for,’ said Apple's senior vice president of internet software and services and reports Eddy Cue.
Starting in US with Amex, MasterCard, and Visa, Apple Pay will also work with banks, and covers 80 per cent of the US, claimed Mr Cue. Apple is said to be 'working hard' to bring it to more countries.
More than 22,000 retailers will work with Apple Pay including Macy's, Bloomingdales, Wallgreens, Duane Reade, Subway and McDonalds. McDonalds is even adding Apple pay to its drive-thru.
Elsewhere, Groupon and Uber will work with Apple Pay.
There is no keyboard on the watch, and messages can only be sent through dictation, or emoji.
On to apps, the Apple Watch has a photo app that shows favourite photos from the iPhone on the screen.
There's also a Maps app, and users can get turn-by-turn directions on the watch, with different vibrations depending on whether they should turn left or right.
Elsewhere, users can also send their heartbeat, via a sensor, and the receiver feels the vibration that matches their pulse.
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