Apparently it's called "Level Up," and it allows you to pay for things with your cell phone. The app stores your credit card info, and puts a bar code on the screen to scan when you want to buy stuff with it. Obviously there is a market for this. Probably it's going to be huge. But it doesn't appear to be any quicker or easier than just swiping your actual credit card, so I think it's really only useful if your phone is the only thing you are carrying. Unfortunately I don't really envision a situation for me where that would happen; at least until some time in the future when my "phone" is able to replace my keys as well.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Do people really go out with nothing but their phones?
The other day I walked into a pizza place across the street from my apartment, and there was something like this sitting on the counter next to the register:
Apparently it's called "Level Up," and it allows you to pay for things with your cell phone. The app stores your credit card info, and puts a bar code on the screen to scan when you want to buy stuff with it. Obviously there is a market for this. Probably it's going to be huge. But it doesn't appear to be any quicker or easier than just swiping your actual credit card, so I think it's really only useful if your phone is the only thing you are carrying. Unfortunately I don't really envision a situation for me where that would happen; at least until some time in the future when my "phone" is able to replace my keys as well.
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Apparently it's called "Level Up," and it allows you to pay for things with your cell phone. The app stores your credit card info, and puts a bar code on the screen to scan when you want to buy stuff with it. Obviously there is a market for this. Probably it's going to be huge. But it doesn't appear to be any quicker or easier than just swiping your actual credit card, so I think it's really only useful if your phone is the only thing you are carrying. Unfortunately I don't really envision a situation for me where that would happen; at least until some time in the future when my "phone" is able to replace my keys as well.
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