Thewatchlady I know what you mean, that noted watch design plagiarist Gerald Genta used to do the same thing:

 

Very disappointing to find out you must have the iwatch to use Applepay with a 5s.
That's not gonna happen.

 

This is the sort of shit some older family member would send to me in an email Fwd chain.

It's top-down photo with the watches scaled in Photoshop, so they line up perfectly with each other. In reality, they're probably not even the same size or proportions. It's a very selective and modified comparison.

Also, they would've hired Newson so they could use his design knowledge and style. Why else would he be there?

 

AFAIK you can make online payments with the 5S using ApplePay, just not NFC from the phone as it doesn't have the capability

 

Yes, know that. But would have been nice if there was some other NFC work around, like adding it on a replacement SIM from you provider.

 

Good idea, but there's probably too much metal around the sim holder for a tiny NFC to work from that location. That's why it's in the top section of the iPhone6, with a larger antenna that's close to where it'll be pressed up against the point-of-sale transmitter.

Oh, and they want to sell new phones.

I'm still on a 4S

 

It is right on the outer edge of a 5, easy peazy.

 

It's under the metal bezel though, right? The sim container is also metal. That's enough to block NFC, since it would only be a very small antenna on the sim.

I have some NFC stuff here I've been experimenting with

 

Nope, got its own little cover that can be plastic or made into an antenna. But hey I'm not an engineer, I'm an ideas guy

 

Ok, that's pretty clever. For whatever reason I didn't think of replacing the entire sim housing

 

OK, send me our prototype. Oh , may as well add OF app built in the SIM

 

You're not cheap, I've watched you buy watches.

 

Nice balanced article today in the National Post (Canada, I think).

http://life.nationalpost.com/2014/0...imepieces-were-having-a-moment/?__federated=1

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