Thread: Apple Watch
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addabox
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2014-09-09, 19:23

So as I read around the web about the watch, I notice that there are two statements that get made-- 1) ApplePay uses TouchID to secure the transaction, and 2) you can use the Apple Watch for ApplePay.

So does that mean you have to have an iPhone on you to use the watch for ApplePay? Or does the watch have TouchID implemented somehow? If the former, do you then have to pull out your iPhone and use TouchID to do the transaction? If so, that kind of makes using the watch pointless, doesn't it?

Seems like they would have mentioned it if the watch had TouchID, but seems very unApple like to tout payments as a feature of the watch if you have to get your phone out anyway. I am bemused.

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