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Anyone else read that transcript and imagine an office worker jogging across the office to a bunch of desks with a massive "Apple Pay Team" sign above their heads and about six guys just sat there.... One is spinning on an office chair, one is colouring in an entire page of A4 with a biro, 2 are twanging elastic bands at each other, one is constantly refreshing a web page and the last is just bashing his head on the desk!
Anyone else read that transcript and imagine an office worker jogging across the office to a bunch of desks with a massive "Apple Pay Team" sign above their heads and about six guys just sat there.... One is spinning on an office chair, one is colouring in an entire page of A4 with a biro, 2 are twanging elastic bands at each other, one is constantly refreshing a web page and the last is just bashing his head on the desk!
I'd imagine it would be frustrating for that team at the moment as if they are "ready to go" as with what Mastercard claim and they just need the green light they will be doing not much work at the moment as I bet they would have been told to have everything ready for the 1st at 8am or something by their management incase Apple said go live.
Willing to bet it doesn't go live until the second half of the month at the earliest.
Haha, dude, you just described half of my working life. Time spent sitting around while waiting for other people to finish their work before I can start mine.
Does it then matter if your card isn't a contactless one? I guess not..
I just read this: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/134...he-uk-today-nope-says-original-source-updated so I take it, no it's not being released today
....ok, this is gonna be a dumb question but, how exactly do we add our bank cards to our iPhones (I'm with Santander)?!
We can't yet. Once it's activated, you can add your card through the Passbook app, there'll be a prompt at the top.
I hope nothing goes wrong and the switch-on is simultaneous for both iOS and WatchOS - I have a 5s and a Watch and don't imagine the Passbook option will be available on my phone (I hear you have to set up Apple Pay separately in the Watch config app) - I can just envision all the 6/6s owners getting it and some delay/bug stopping me from using it!
No, the watch can just be set to mirror your iPhone. If you put it in the passbook app it should show in your watch.
I see, but still my concern is that the option may not even appear in my phone's Passbook app as that device doesn't have the secure element, only my watch does. My above post was only half-serious though, I'm sure they'll become available simultaneously, but we're all allowed our irrational fears!
I'm starting to getting pissed with these "month" dates. Apple could at least cut our hopes a little better by stating 'sometime in month' - twice they've let me down with this, first my AW, now AP.
Not so, you have to add your cards to each device individually in iOS 8. iOS 9 will allow you to add cards from your phone to your watch/vice versa without having to set it up again.
Both of the two banks I use (confirmed for a July release) keep adding their sarcy tag to the end of their answers "watch this space.." They claim not to have any date on the horizon; yet are pushing the annoying message.
Just spoke to a support rep from Apple. He was told that "mid-July" was thrown around but no firm date.
Personally, if it's going to be soon, I think it'll be Friday or Monday. If not, mid to late July.
Personally, if it's going to be soon, I think it'll be Friday or Monday. If not, mid to late July.