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This whole thing reminds me of American Psycho, people comparing how their credit cards look, kind of strange to me but I realise I must be in the minority if A

This whole thing reminds me of American Psycho, people comparing how their credit cards look, kind of strange to me but I realise I must be in the minority if Apple think it’s a good idea.

threeseed 7y ago
No different to people spending money on expensive watches, bags, clothes. You still see less popular celebrities flashing about their American Express Centurion cards.
- ryanlol 7y ago
  Not many celebrities getting Centurion cards issued in the US anymore.
nickthegreek 7y ago
I'll agree with this. I was 18 when that movie came out and I immediately got business cards made with nothing but my name on the front. I also immediately signed up for the card and when I got it, I had the same feeling as when those cards arrived back in 2000.
- wilg 7y ago
  What feeling is that?
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
  - dhosek 7y ago
    The feeling of wanting to tie someone up and lecture them on Huey Lewis and the News before murdering them, I suppose.
    - reificator 7y ago
      > The feeling of wanting to tie someone up and lecture them on Huey Lewis and the News before murdering them, I suppose. But you don't need no credit card to ride this train...
dougmwne 7y ago
Every time I see people talking about the apple card, I have a bit of a double-take. The card was free right? It's not a luxury good, right? It lives in your wallet 99.9% of the time, right? Also, it blows my mind that it doesn't support contactless. First American banks were behind by a decade on chip and pin, now they can't get on board with this either and it's holding back the adoption of contactless credit card POS readers in the USA which is also holding back Apple Pay. Weird choice.
- MBCook 7y ago
  Of course it doesn’t support contactless. Apple wants you to use Apple Pay for contactless, not the physical card. Edit: in a comment much lower down someone mentioned that the fact the card is made out of titanium may have made contactless hard/impossible. That had not occurred to me.
  - beefalo 7y ago
    My chase sapphire card is metal and has contactless payment
    - MBCook 7y ago
      Well that proves it’s possible. So much for that theory.
    - SheinhardtWigCo 7y ago
      It’s a metal core sandwiched with layers of plastic on the front and back. Mine is starting to peel.
  - amaccuish 7y ago
    From a marketing perspective though I think it'd be more effective if you encouraged your users to get out their "unique" card for contactless payments. No one really looks at the iPhone screen as the payment goes through so you lose the opportunity to show the card off.
- astura 7y ago
zwily 7y ago
You should enjoy this then: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-youtube/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cultofmac.com/646838/americ...
- anchpop 7y ago
  regular link: https://www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-youtube/ https://www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-...
  - aledalgrande 7y ago
    Thank you :pray:
  - jacques_chester 7y ago
    Direct link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9579wvLFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9579wvLFE
MBCook 7y ago
I don’t know about others but for me a metal credit card is a novelty. Heck even a transparent plastic card was a relative novelty to me. That makes it interesting (in the short term).

This whole thing reminds me of American Psycho, people comparing how their credit cards look, kind of strange to me but I realise I must be in the minority if Apple think it’s a good idea.

threeseed 7y ago

No different to people spending money on expensive watches, bags, clothes. You still see less popular celebrities flashing about their American Express Centurion cards.

ryanlol 7y ago
Not many celebrities getting Centurion cards issued in the US anymore.

nickthegreek 7y ago

I'll agree with this. I was 18 when that movie came out and I immediately got business cards made with nothing but my name on the front. I also immediately signed up for the card and when I got it, I had the same feeling as when those cards arrived back in 2000.

wilg 7y ago
What feeling is that?
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- dhosek 7y ago
  The feeling of wanting to tie someone up and lecture them on Huey Lewis and the News before murdering them, I suppose.
  - reificator 7y ago
    > The feeling of wanting to tie someone up and lecture them on Huey Lewis and the News before murdering them, I suppose. But you don't need no credit card to ride this train...

dougmwne 7y ago

Every time I see people talking about the apple card, I have a bit of a double-take. The card was free right? It's not a luxury good, right? It lives in your wallet 99.9% of the time, right? Also, it blows my mind that it doesn't support contactless. First American banks were behind by a decade on chip and pin, now they can't get on board with this either and it's holding back the adoption of contactless credit card POS readers in the USA which is also holding back Apple Pay. Weird choice.

MBCook 7y ago
Of course it doesn’t support contactless. Apple wants you to use Apple Pay for contactless, not the physical card. Edit: in a comment much lower down someone mentioned that the fact the card is made out of titanium may have made contactless hard/impossible. That had not occurred to me.
- beefalo 7y ago
  My chase sapphire card is metal and has contactless payment
  - MBCook 7y ago
    Well that proves it’s possible. So much for that theory.
  - SheinhardtWigCo 7y ago
    It’s a metal core sandwiched with layers of plastic on the front and back. Mine is starting to peel.
- amaccuish 7y ago
  From a marketing perspective though I think it'd be more effective if you encouraged your users to get out their "unique" card for contactless payments. No one really looks at the iPhone screen as the payment goes through so you lose the opportunity to show the card off.
astura 7y ago

zwily 7y ago

You should enjoy this then: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-youtube/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cultofmac.com/646838/americ...

anchpop 7y ago
regular link: https://www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-youtube/ https://www.cultofmac.com/646838/american-psycho-apple-card-...
- aledalgrande 7y ago
  Thank you :pray:
- jacques_chester 7y ago
  Direct link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9579wvLFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg9579wvLFE

MBCook 7y ago

I don’t know about others but for me a metal credit card is a novelty. Heck even a transparent plastic card was a relative novelty to me. That makes it interesting (in the short term).