Samsung Galaxy S6 to debut a new payment system
A report in the Korean media suggests that Samsung is preparing to launch a new payment system alongside the Galaxy S6. Samsung has lured in Visa as one of its main partners for the new payment system.
The Apple Pay competitor is going to be based on the LoopPay technology, which enables customers to pay at sale terminals by touching LoopPay-enabled cards. However, Samsung's way of paying with utilize the new Galaxy S6 fingerprint sensor. According to the latest round of rumors, the company's upcoming flagship will sport a non-swipe fingerprint sensor.
The sensor will still offer the extensive TouchWiz functionality, including Private mode, Pay with PayPal, as well as signing into Samsung Account and supported websites.
Furthermore, LoopPay is said to be preparing touch-enabled payment cases for the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4 as part of the Samsung deal. We'll know more about Samsung's new payment system on March 1, when the Galaxy Unpacked event is taking place.
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- N7H
Samsung only copy other brand.... he copy fingerprint of apple, waterproof of sony, curve of LG and metalic body of HTC..
- Exceptional
- ftK
With all due respect, you are just a "hater". Be objective. Without implementing new ideas and re-inovating existing ideas, we might not have reached this level of technological advancement today.
- Anonymous
- xWP
Actually he is right, Apple outsources much of their hardware however, you need to remember that not many companies makes 100% of their devices, motorola doesn't make qualcomm and most desktops are just other companies hardware with another companies...
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