Orientation of new style cards

sausage_time

flaneurs_lobster said:

Unless my phone (posh Samsung) is particularly clunky, I find having to swap between cards before contactless payment to be a real pain.

If I was always paying with the same card then fair enough, but I use different cards for different retailers because of the reward criteria (JL Credit/Waitrose, Nectar Amex/Sainsburys, Chase/elsewhere).

I've moved back to carrying/using the physical cards, with a cash card in the Google Wallet for one-offs or watch payments. It's just less hassle.

A long press on the Google Wallet icon lets you quickly chose which payment card....

 

flaneurs_lobster

sausage_time said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Unless my phone (posh Samsung) is particularly clunky, I find having to swap between cards before contactless payment to be a real pain.

If I was always paying with the same card then fair enough, but I use different cards for different retailers because of the reward criteria (JL Credit/Waitrose, Nectar Amex/Sainsburys, Chase/elsewhere).

I've moved back to carrying/using the physical cards, with a cash card in the Google Wallet for one-offs or watch payments. It's just less hassle.

A long press on the Google Wallet icon lets you quickly chose which payment card....

Oh that I didn't know, makes it much easier than opening the wallet. Thanks.

Desmond_Hume

flaneurs_lobster said:

sausage_time said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Unless my phone (posh Samsung) is particularly clunky, I find having to swap between cards before contactless payment to be a real pain.

If I was always paying with the same card then fair enough, but I use different cards for different retailers because of the reward criteria (JL Credit/Waitrose, Nectar Amex/Sainsburys, Chase/elsewhere).

I've moved back to carrying/using the physical cards, with a cash card in the Google Wallet for one-offs or watch payments. It's just less hassle.

A long press on the Google Wallet icon lets you quickly chose which payment card....

Oh that I didn't know, makes it much easier than opening the wallet. Thanks.

I set a double press of the power button to open Wallet. Can then switch quickly as well. That’s how Apple works (which is my personal phone, Android is work) and it was a habit already learned by me so made sense. 

EarthBoy

sausage_time said:

flaneurs_lobster said:

Unless my phone (posh Samsung) is particularly clunky, I find having to swap between cards before contactless payment to be a real pain.

If I was always paying with the same card then fair enough, but I use different cards for different retailers because of the reward criteria (JL Credit/Waitrose, Nectar Amex/Sainsburys, Chase/elsewhere).

I've moved back to carrying/using the physical cards, with a cash card in the Google Wallet for one-offs or watch payments. It's just less hassle.

A long press on the Google Wallet icon lets you quickly chose which payment card....

 

I don't have the options for select, add to home, and uninstall when I long press on my icon. 
Also, it only shows four cards, and I've got seven in my wallet, so if you don't want to use one of those shown you'll still need to open the wallet. 

sausage_time

For me 4 cards is plenty.  I actually only use 3 day to day - T212 was used while they were offering decent cashback until 1st January, and can probably be retired for now.

The "missing" options are probably down to the phone OS.  I'm on Android on Samsung.

EarthBoy

sausage_time said:

The "missing" options are probably down to the phone OS.  I'm on Android on Samsung.

I'm on Android, on Motorola.

Theleak250

I have a HSBC debit and credit card, an Amex and a revolute card. Oh and global money. Just having the two credit cards is enough hassle for me. You don’t want to miss a payment! The revolute card and global money are only used when I am overseas. But I always carry the actual cards. 

Indout96

IanManc said:

GTR_King said:

It will be ages before we go to Fully Digital Cards 

The "death of the phone" problem is especially relevant where I live, because if you have a tram ticket on your phone and the battery has died when the ticket inspectors get on then you can't show a ticket and you get a penalty fare. It's unlikely to happen with a single journey, but most tickets sold are returns / day tickets:

"My mobile phone battery died prior to inspection

You cannot appeal for this reason. Customers must be able to present a valid ticket on inspection. Please see the conditions of carriage."

I always wondered that on my odd trips on the Bus, use phone to pay but you don't get a ticket and it can take anything from 30 mins to several hours before the 10p first charge to show on banking app. (normally seconds in shops) The payment balance is 1 to 2 days later 
A bit worrying if an inspector gets on 

Nasqueron

EarthBoy said:

sausage_time said:

The "missing" options are probably down to the phone OS.  I'm on Android on Samsung.

I'm on Android, on Motorola.

Different firms implement their own skins on Android, it's not always possible to get stock Android unless it's Google's own brand phones.

I have a Pixel 6 Pro running Android 14 (not doing 15 until I'm confident they fixed the bricking bug from the older phones) - when I pay I swipe down the top, click wallet and then swipe along my cards, I only use 2 normally but have 3 on there  

Cougar

Welcome to being left-handed.  We've been putting up with this sort of passive micro-hostility all our lives, it's normal.

I store my cards in my wallet upside-down otherwise they're !!!!!!-backwards when I come to present them.  These new portrait-orientation designs just make it equally irritating for everyone.