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How pretentiously stupid. Pardon my French, but there is nothing unique about this card, and neither is there a reason to fawn over credit card design in genera

How pretentiously stupid. Pardon my French, but there is nothing unique about this card, and neither is there a reason to fawn over credit card design in general. How ununiquely lame is it to do that. Apple is to the design world what the diamond industry was to humanity, people believe its special not because their is any objective or creative merit to it, but simply because they've been told its special.

saagarjha 8y ago
> there is nothing unique about this card I mean, it's a piece of titanium with no outwards markings except for the Apple logo, cardholder's name, and chip, which is uncommon if not unique. But I wouldn't really write a whole article about it, especially since there's nothing new in it other than what we can see in the introduction video.
pertymcpert 8y ago
There is something unique about the card, just because you don't like it doesn't make it not unique.
- realusername 8y ago
  Like what? It looks like any generic high-end credit card, my current card looks almost like that. There's not much innovation you can do on the card itself anyway so it's not that surprising. If it wasn't made Apple, we would not even hear it on HN for sure.
  - 2_listerine_pls 8y ago
    It's a virtual-firt card. In your case, you had to obtain a physical card first. The fact you get a different number for each payment is an important security feature that I had not seen. The nicer user experience is another important feature. Normal cards use uninformative bank apps that suck. I guess bank execs only care about financial statistics and that's the likely reason nobody had done it as simple. Idiots.
  - pertymcpert 8y ago
    Show me a card that looks exactly like that.
  - pwinnski 8y ago
    You have a credit card with no personally identifying information other than your name on it? No card number, no expiration, no CVV, no phone numbers, etc? You have a credit card with no ink on it, just laser engraving? You have a credit card that is made of metal? Not with a metal core and layers of plastic on top of that, as several of the cards in my wallet are, but completely made of metal? Which card is this?

saagarjha 8y ago

> there is nothing unique about this card I mean, it's a piece of titanium with no outwards markings except for the Apple logo, cardholder's name, and chip, which is uncommon if not unique. But I wouldn't really write a whole article about it, especially since there's nothing new in it other than what we can see in the introduction video.

pertymcpert 8y ago

There is something unique about the card, just because you don't like it doesn't make it not unique.

realusername 8y ago
Like what? It looks like any generic high-end credit card, my current card looks almost like that. There's not much innovation you can do on the card itself anyway so it's not that surprising. If it wasn't made Apple, we would not even hear it on HN for sure.
- 2_listerine_pls 8y ago
  It's a virtual-firt card. In your case, you had to obtain a physical card first. The fact you get a different number for each payment is an important security feature that I had not seen. The nicer user experience is another important feature. Normal cards use uninformative bank apps that suck. I guess bank execs only care about financial statistics and that's the likely reason nobody had done it as simple. Idiots.
- pertymcpert 8y ago
  Show me a card that looks exactly like that.
- pwinnski 8y ago
  You have a credit card with no personally identifying information other than your name on it? No card number, no expiration, no CVV, no phone numbers, etc? You have a credit card with no ink on it, just laser engraving? You have a credit card that is made of metal? Not with a metal core and layers of plastic on top of that, as several of the cards in my wallet are, but completely made of metal? Which card is this?