Originally Posted by
tmiw
Mobile payments isn't just an Apple thing, as evidenced by Google completely changing strategy with Google Wallet and Samsung coming out with their own thing. Phones with it also don't need to cost $500+; the Nexus 7 is/was $200ish new and has NFC support built-in.
True, I was referring to Apple-pay, the runaway dominant one. From what I've read, those others have been false starts so far with very minimal coverage.
When there is support for inexpensive android phones things might improve. I'm still convinced the extra risk of losing a phone vs a credit card is not worth it. I also heard and read recently somewhere that Apple-pay was recently seriously compromised simply because of it's current implementation and being such a big target with such high rewards for crime organizations to focus on.