Thanks Mark, this is excellent info. It is only encouraging my decision to upgrade to an iPhone 6. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com
> On Feb 19, 2015, at 10:44 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Jenine, > > Please keep in mind that in order to use Apple Pay, via the NFC protocol, you > must use the device's Touch ID sensor as you hold/wave/pass the device > over/near the vendor's payment/transaction terminal. > > One nice thing I've noticed while doing this is that it is not necessary to > first have the Passbook app running in the background in order to > successfully complete a transaction. > > Oh, it is also not necessary to first unlock the screen in order to complete > a transaction. > > Simply put, Apple Pay facilitates the smoothest brick & mortar purchasing > experience I've ever had the pleasure of conducting. > > Several of my friends, sighted and non-sighted alike, go out of their way to > patronize vendors who accept Apple Pay via NFC. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenine Stanley > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 7:03 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Question about NFS and screen > > Thanks Alex. > > I have no idea why in my brain I had that as NFS rather than NFC. It wouldn’t > even matter then which side of your phone was pointing at the receiver or > cash transaction device if it’s a radio signal. > > Not there yet but soon enough. > Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > >> On Feb 19, 2015, at 9:16 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> I assume you mean NFC. If so, no, the screen curtain shouldn't matter. I'm >> not speaking from experience, but there's no technical reason to imagine the >> screen matters. NFC is just a short-range radio transmition, so it should >> work either way. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 19, 2015, at 21:13, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Quick question about using NFS on an iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. >>> >>> Does the screen need to be visible? If you have screen curtain on all the >>> time, do you need to turn that off and hold up your phone to something, >>> screen facing that device, to use NFS technology? >>> Jenine Stanley >>> dragonwalke...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
