Cell Phones Closer To Replacing Credit Cards

[meradz]

Not very feasible for those that enjoy the water. How many people go to the beach or water park and only carry a credit card. Phones are far too fragile to be relied on in such a way.

Phone hackers also have sophisticated equipment to read information off the phone for duplication. Would this be able to prevent further fraud?

 

[Guest]

Umm, hasn't there been problems with the microchipped Passports being read by people simply walking past and digitally stealing the data? I give it six months before someone has a machine that can activate these phones and skim from the accounts just by walking past...

 

[eddieroolz]

Japan has had this sorted out for half a decade. Only thing the US carriers need to do is adopt the same, developed technology. Save cost and have interoperability between the two largest economies.

Too bad carriers won't ever do that and will instead opt to develop a technology from scratch.

 

[Parsian]

Cellphones are just not reliable enough. I would feel safe to have a credit card in my pocket without my cellphone, but converse is not true.

 

[FUtomNOreg]

Isn't one of the main benefits of the credit card the fact it can be used internationally?

 

[hillarymakesmecry]

I'll keep the plastic.

 

[onanonanon]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]I've lost more cell phones then I have wallets, but then again my wallet has a chain that I attach to my pants so it won't get lost. Wonder if I can find something like that for my phone?[/citation]

Soo.. if you you lose your pants you lose your card too?

 

[TunaSoda]

10 years later... Tokyo has had payments via cellphones forever now

 

[truerock]

If you have a smart phone (i.e. a computer) you should not need credit cards, drivers license, social security card, insurance identification cards, any kind of ID card, car keys, house keys, cash, passport.... etc, etc...

 

[fayzaan]

wait a minute...this isn't out yet?! WHAT!??!? I destroyed all my credit cards!! noooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Parrdacc]

[citation][nom]mrecio[/nom]Does this mean I can stop writing checks!?!?!?[/citation]

Checks? What is this "checks" thing of which you speak of?