The notion of contactless payments with the help of a mobile has been around for quite some time. However, we didn’t see any large-scale use of such a feature so far. This may change as the Samsung Galaxy S3 gets a contactless payment service, thanks to Orange and Barclaycard.
With this, the Galaxy S3 has effectively become the first ever Android phone to make use of a contactless payment service – that’s what Orange and Barclays claim, although we remember seeing some tests done with the Galaxy Nexus… Now Galaxy S3 users will simply have to tap their smartphone against the NFC pad and that will automatically make payments to the tune of £20. Of course the feature works only on limited retail outlets. (more…)
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