Hello community members,
In an effort to consolidate all user concerns into one place, this will now be the official Samsung Pay thread. Please post all comments about Samsung Pay here.
Thank you,
-Joe
You may be correct, but I bought my phone for all of the possibilities, I didn't buy it hoping that I could use half of the functionality. After paying $700, I should be able to use what I want, when I want and as many times as I would like... why should Verizon care? They already have my money and keep getting more every month... Obviously the app is sound or the other companies wouldn't have adopted it and I am sure Samsung stands behind the product. What's the hold up with Verizon?
Verizon announced support. Now the only question is when is the future???
That probably means in 3-6 months!! LOL
"Future" is a broad word..... there goes my free wireless charger. Stupid.
This is BS!!! Now we are going to loose out on a free wireless charger offer from Samsung. If I had better coverage in my town I would jump to T-Mobile.
Ok so the future. Given that Verizon takes longer than any other carrier to get updates out, I would guess we should get sometime in Jan 2016. If we get it at all. I do not believe anything Verizon says on this issue.
Unicorns, pixie dust, and Verizon CEO caring about customers are all in the same category. Believe if you want to but....
Verizon Wireless isn't always last in releasing the system updates. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.1 tablet got its update to Lollipop on Verizon Wireless before the same AT&T model got theirs.
I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.
Ann154 Oct 6, 2015 11:22 AM (in response to marc frederick)
Verizon Wireless isn't always last in releasing the system updates. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.1 tablet got its update to Lollipop on Verizon Wireless before the same AT&T model got theirs.
Ok not always. So 2 time out of 1000 they are ahead of the competition. Still they are very slow at getting most update out the door.
There's more to it than that... Just go to other forums for customer boards. Ironically the last piece some of the fan sitesite showed Verizon isn't last as much as people make it out to be. They are often second to third out of the top 5 carriers. At times they are first, but often ignored when they are.
The Verizon CEO is probably playing golf right now with the unicorn while sprinkling pixie dust on the money he's gotten from us already.
Here's the thing. Many of us have previously voiced our concerns toward VZW blocking Samsung Pay (and other applications). This topic has gotten beyond the point of frustration because we've all spent more than enough money for our cellular devices and plans. A big issue is the mention of "Evaluating", as there is no set time frame that Verizon has to evaluate an app. Furthermore, to screw us all, Verizon can decide to evaluate for over a year just to prove a point and we get that. You've already gotten our money, so you really don't give a rat's [removed]. Moving to another company and having them buy out our contracts still makes money for Verizon, but as more and more users of any brand's devices see what has been a recurring issue with VZW and this Samsung Payapp, they may begin to move elsewhere as well. Such a pointless need for control at a time when beating the competition seemed to be important. I am sure that Verizon has had their financial advisers and accountants weigh the pros and cons of not allowing Samsung Pay and projecting the number of customers that would leave versus the average number of customers they would gain throughout a given time period. Hence, no S Pay currently. If I ran my business in the manner that Verizon does, I'd be out of business. It's sad that my home phone service is also through Verizon, so they are earning an additional chunk of money from my family.
I will, however, look into AT&T, whether I move or not, just because they are also affiliated with Direct TV. There could be some nice package deals in the works.
Instead of just playing golf and sipping on Long Island iced tea, the higher ups are probably sitting together and rolling the dice just thinking of additional ways to screw customers.
Profanity removed as required by the
Message edited by Verizon Moderator
Samsung Pay should never have been removed by Verizon. It was pre-loaded by Samsung, and at that point it was a feature of the device that customers wanted, and paid for. Your removal of it, and the Office apps (like OneDrive), made room for VZW to load it's own overly-priced bloatware and Cloud storage. Those who purchased the Note5, S6E+, or S6 that were pre-loaded with OneDrive received 100GB of free storage.
Just stop it already. Support it, and move aside- you are a service provider- provide great quality phone and internet, and stop blocking applications. (Yes, I know it's a violation of you 700MHz Block C license, and I filed a complaint with the FCC and FTC). Move aside, and stop bullying the market with Android Pay- it's not your place to tell me what I can and cannot have on my device- so long as the applications are legal and do not harm your network.
Samsung charges for preloaded apps and their CEO admitted this multiple times since 2007. I don't blame any company buying in because they don't have to pay for something they shouldn't have just as much you shouldn't have to pay for something you don't want to pay for. Why didn't Samsung make it a standard features instead of calling it a preloaded feature (yes this matters to Samsung in their own eyes). TouchWiz is a standard features for example.
Rejoice?
FYI if there is a buy in. That FCC and FTC complaint will be thrown out the window by them as they will see it as Samsung trying to make money off their services wick no company should be forced to buy into.
Dridas
IT was never on the phone to begin with. It is added when 5.1.1 update is released, which happened to my bother in laws international, unlocked GS6 a month or so ago. It still didn't include Android pay until a week ago.
(Im still confused if Android pay is Samsung Pay??? Because there is no app called Samsung pay)
*sฬถhฬถaฬถkฬถeฬถsฬถ ฬถhฬถeฬถaฬถdฬถ... Bangs head on wall!*
Chinese hackers attacked the company behind Samsung Pay
Seems potentially Verizon did people a favor. It's not completely known how far this went.
Wrong again Tidbits! Attack was on LoopPay...Samsung Pay not affected. Stop the disinformation...
http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-says-customer-payment-data-not-affected-by-hack-attack/
You know how many people used Samsung Pay before actual release? You honestly think Samsung bought the company and is not going to use their assets? Of course they are going to down play it as they don't want potential adopters to question the security of their product. No matter if you want to believe their public relations that's up to you.
and now verizon wants to increase my bill by $20/month?!?! I think its time to move on to a new carrier!! It will be cheaper and I will have Samsung Pay right away!!
In the end, the manufacturers make a phone, but for the phone to be of use, the carrier has to approve its use on their network, so even if everything a maker put into a phone stayed in a phone, the carrier would still have to approve. I'm not saying Spay negatively impacts quality of service though.
Start a new topic or ask questions in the open forum.
