Isis mobile wallet is
one of the newest inventions that is trying to keep you from having to carry a
wallet around. Instead of having a bunch of credit and debit cards in your
wallet, you could just scan your phone and pay through Isis. Now, iPhone users
are Verizon are getting a chance to use Isis. It has been slowly released to
almost all Android devices and iPhone devices with certain carriers. Now,
Verizon has come up with a way to let its iPhone users take advantage of the app.
All About Isis
Isis is a program on
your phone that allows you to pay for things without having to carry around any
kind of credit or debit information. Just swipe your phone by the machine, and
you’ve paid for your stuff. The program is extremely limited still but is
expected to grow if more customers get involved. The problem with it right now
is that only a few cards are accepted on it, such as American Express, Chase,
or Wells Fargo. Everyone else is out of luck unless they want to sign up for a
different account. The other big problem with it? Not a lot of customers have
the app, so not a lot of companies feel the need to get one. Isis will be much
more successful if people and companies get the technology to make it more
widespread.
Verizon Helping With That
Verizon wants to help
with that by getting all iPhone users on the program. The catch? You have to
buy a case to put on your smartphone if you want to use Isis. According to
CNET, the case can cost anywhere from $70 to $80, and it is only available on
the newer iPhone versions. The high cost is where people are turned off. They
don’t want to pay that much money for the convenience of using Isis, especially
when it still can only be used at few companies.
The Competition
The only real competition
to Isis out there is Google Wallet, but more people are using Isis, and Google
Wallet hasn’t seemed to take off very much. The problem, for both Isis and
Google, is trying to create a change in society to the way we do things. The
change from cash to credit and debit cards was slow moving as well, but
eventually it took off. Google Wallet may never be able to keep up with Isis
since Isis has pushed really hard to create contracts with business and get
people out there to start using it.
More And More Things Going Mobile
This is a prime
example of how more and more things are going mobile. Both iPhone and Android
users can now use their phone to make payments at a brick and mortar store. Of
course, as more things go mobile, so must you. You want to make sure you are in
the same place as all of your customers and the competition if you are going to
stay ahead with marketing. Text messages might be your way in to the mobile
market. Try it out and see where you end up.
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Sources: news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57618481-94/verizon-iphone-users-get-a-crack-at-isis-mobile-wallet/
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