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iPhone 6 and custom Apple Pay kiosks

A recent article in the Telegraph states that a joint venture between mobile operators meant to grab them a slice of the payments industry via smartphone ‘wave and pay’ services has been drastically scaled back.

The reason behind this move? It’s all thanks to the new iPhone 6. Whilst Android users have been able to make use of Near Field Communication / contactless card readers for some time, Apple have only just joined the NFC party. And it looks like that party is about to get much bigger.

However in a recent email to Cult of Mac, an Apple spokeswoman has confirmed that the NFC chip on the iPhone 6 (and the iPhone 6 plus) is only for use with Apple Pay.

Whether Apple will restrict developers from making use of the new NFC function in the coming months will remain to be seen. But with Apple having confirmed a NFC chip in its latest must-have phone, this does finally mean that the vast majority of new smartphones are now NFC enabled in some way.

Where as Google wallet failed to take off, Apple Pay looks like it could become an extremely popular way to make mobile payments. To quote Mashable, “Apple Pay could potentially kick-start the mobile payment business the way the iPod and iTunes launched mobile music 13 years ago. Once again, Apple is leveraging its powerful brand image to bring disparate companies together all in the name of consumer convenience.”

As a result we expect to see a large increase in our E.POS and M.POS (Mobile Point-Of-Sale) inquiries from our clients. imageHOLDERS’ range of multi-device kiosks have been specifically engineered to hold your choice of mobile, tablets, phablets and scanners with custom options allowing printers and integrated NFC/RFID technology.

This enables our secure tablet and mobile enclosures to be used in a number of ways. Two examples include as a point of sale with NFC, Apple Pay and contactless payments or using a kiosk as an event checking-in system.

Peter Thompson, custom tablet enclosure designer at imageHOLDERS says, “We are really excited by the launch of Apple pay and our products are ready to be part of this exciting new payment solution. At imageHOLDERS our approach is to design products that are compatible with the constantly developing technology that our clients need to use.”Peter continues, “We have been producing tablet enclosures and kiosks with integrated NFC and contactless readers for some time for a wide range applications including I.D. checking. loyalty schemes and payment. We expect the launch of apple pay to pave the way for a contactless payments to become a far more accessible option for making payments and imageHOLDERS contact less tablet enclosures to be a major factor in this. In addition our enclosure can integrate receipt printers and more traditional payment solutions like swipe and chip and pin.”

imageHOLDERS already offer enclosure solutions that will house virtually any 8-10″ tablets and integrate a range of contactless NFC and payment solutions, including printers.Apple Pay enclosures include our secure E.POS Free Standing Counter Tablet Enclosure and our Counter Top Tablet Enclosure with Contactless Card Reader.

imageHOLDERS are proud to lead the way with compatible EPOS and MPOS enclosures and terminals. View our range of versatile floor standing, wall mounted and counter top kiosks.

For more information

Talk to a member of our team today to find out the tablet enclosure to best suit your purposes and let us answer any questions you may have. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, it’s likely we’ll be able to create it so call us on 01202 892 863 (UK) or +1 877 450 2172 (US). Alternatively you can email [email protected].