Tomas Chlebek Namuhla kuqhubeke Iwebhusayithi ye-Apple kuvele ikhasi elisha le-Apple Pay. Ulwazi olumayelana nensizakalo ngokwayo kanye nemiyalelo yokusetshenziswa kwayo kutholakala emhlabeni wonke, kodwa ulwazi mayelana nezindawo lapho ingasetshenziswa khona luqondile. Kungokokuqala ukuthi i-Apple Pay inwebe ngale kwe-United States, kulokhu yafinyelela eGreat Britain, kusukela yethulwa okokuqala ngo-Okthoba nyakenye.
Lesi sandiso sesimenyezelwe inyanga edlule emazwini ayisihluthulelo okuvula ku-WWDC ngaphandle kokucacisa usuku oluthile, kodwa ngokukhuluma kwezindawo eziningi lapho ungakhokha khona nge-iPhone, i-iPad noma i-Apple Watch. Okwamanje kungenzeka ezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-250 zezitini nodaka, kanye nasezintweni zokuthutha umphakathi eLondon.
Mayelana nokusekelwa kwebhange, i-Apple Pay ingasetshenziswa ngokushesha ngamakhasimende akwa-Santander, NatWest kanye neRoyal Bank of Scotland ngemva kokufaka imininingwane yamakhadi awo okukhokha. Amakhasimende e-HSBC kanye ne-First Direct kuzodingeka alinde amasonto ambalwa, futhi amakhasimende e-Lloyds, Halifax ne-Bank of Scotland kuzodingeka alinde kuze kube yikwindla. Ibhange lokugcina elikhulu laseBrithani, iBarclay's, ayikasayini isivumelwano ne-Apple, kodwa sisasebenza kwesinye. Amakhadi esikweletu e-VISA, MasterCard kanye ne-American Express ayasekelwa.
Izitolo ezinkulu ezixhase i-Apple Pay e-UK kusukela yethulwa zifaka i-Lidl, i-M&S, i-McDonald's, i-Boots, i-Subway, i-Starbucks, i-Post Office nezinye, okuhlanganisa nezitolo eziku-inthanethi.
I-Apple Pay okwamanje isekelwa izizukulwane zakamuva zama-iPhones (i-6 ne-6 Plus), ama-iPads (i-Air 2 ne-mini 3) nazo zonke izinguqulo ze-Apple Watch.
Singaqagela kuphela ukuthi i-Apple Pay izofika nini e-Czech Republic. Kepha kuyacaca ukuthi izwe lethu elincane aliyona into ehamba phambili ku-Apple. Okokuqala, inkampani evela eCupertino ifuna ukwandisa insizakalo yayo yokukhokha ezimakethe ezinkulu nezithuthuke kakhulu. Indawo okungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi iqhubeke nokunwetshwa kwe-Apple Pay ibonakala iyiCanada, futhi iChina ngokuqinisekile iyimakethe ethakazelisa kakhulu.
Isibhicongo sizokhishwa eCine :)