Apple and Goldman Sachs to partner on new credit card
Mar 28, 2019, 11:00 am
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Supposedly the card itself won't have contactless but there'll be some sort of mechanism for the phone to read it wirelessly during the activation process: https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/n...for-activation
Mar 28, 2019, 3:55 pm
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Supposedly the card itself won't have contactless but there'll be some sort of mechanism for the phone to read it wirelessly during the activation process: https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/n...for-activation
Mar 28, 2019, 4:00 pm
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Do not get fooled by all the marketing gimmicks....
Mar 28, 2019, 4:05 pm
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Think layers. May have a metal layer and other layers for the wireless electronics.
No idea who apple is using as a supplier but this video may give some ideas on how it would be done.
No idea who apple is using as a supplier but this video may give some ideas on how it would be done.
Mar 28, 2019, 4:06 pm
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II thought it'd be sandwiched with titanium in the middle and plastic on the outside, sorta like the Chase Sapphire Preferred with its sandwiched plastic/metal.
Mar 28, 2019, 4:46 pm
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There are contactless metal cards, which have a layer of plastic bonded to the metal to hold the contactless elements. Apple's card could have an RFID chip storing the data needed for their own setup process (i.e. an inventory tag), but not the information needed to authorize payments.
Mar 28, 2019, 4:51 pm
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The cost to make a metal card like Chase CSR is like $5 to $10. I think Apple's card may cost about the same range.
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Mar 28, 2019, 6:44 pm
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There are contactless metal cards, which have a layer of plastic bonded to the metal to hold the contactless elements. Apple's card could have an RFID chip storing the data needed for their own setup process (i.e. an inventory tag), but not the information needed to authorize payments.
Mar 28, 2019, 8:41 pm
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Apple is no stranger to titanium. Nearly 20 years ago, the PowerBook laptops were made from it:
Apple Unveils New Titanium PowerBook G4
It will almost certainly be an NFC tag in the card.
Mar 29, 2019, 4:49 am
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Mar 29, 2019, 5:15 am
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The AMEX Platinum is a good example - the back is different than on the non-contactless version because of the contactless feature.