Apple Pay is doing well in the US as it also expands abroad. Apple's CEO said that 3 million retail locations in the US now accept Apple Pay, which lets you make a purchase by simply waving your phone near certain point-of-sale registers -- hence the term "contactless."The service is also available in nine other countries, and more than half of Apple Pay transactions now originate from non-US markets, Cook added, according to a transcript from Seeking Alpha. Launched in 2014, Apple Pay lets you use an iPhone 6 or higher or an Apple Watch to pay for items on the go at supported merchants. For folks with Android phones, the alternatives include Samsung Pay and Google's Android Pay. Those services are all part of a larger movement -- factor in similar offerings from the likes of Walmart -- to make buying goods with a phone as second-nature as taking selfies.
And now Apple is facing trouble in Australia, Three of the country's largest banks are currently fighting for the right to install their own mobile payment apps on the iPhone, Reuters reported the downwards climbing iphone case Wednesday, Apple restricts such third-party mobile payment systems from being installed on its devices, Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment, Even as Apple grapples with lower iPhone sales, its mobile payments service continues to make gains, Apple Pay is the leader in contactless payments in the US, according to CEO Tim Cook..
Xiaomi did not say if the dual-camera setup had other features, such as telephoto zoom or better lowlight shots, which we've seen on camera modules from Israeli startup Corephotonics. To activate the camera's bokeh effect, just tap on the small button located just above the onscreen shutter. From there, you can select the aperture you want, say f2.8, and the Redmi Pro will automatically adjust the amount of background blur. You can also select the focal point after you take the shot. I'm quite a fan of the Redmi line, and the Redmi Pro is just icing on the cake, thanks to its solid metal unibody build and flagship-like design. It's easily capable of matching flagship smartphones in design and hardware, though I'm not sure how well the Helio X25 processor will hold up compared to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. We'll hopefully have a review unit soon to try out.
True to its name, the Pro steps up the hardware specs compared with the the downwards climbing iphone case other Redmi phones, It has a metal body, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of onboard storage and MediaTek's Helio X25 ten-core processor, There's 4G LTE support for two SIM cards, but you could also use one SIM card and insert a micro-SIM card, There's a fingerprint sensor too, located below the 5.5-inch full-HD OLED display, A basic version of the Pro will sport 3GB RAM and 32GB of onboard storage and will use the Helio X20 processor instead..
The phone is set to launch on 6 August and will sell for the ridiculously low price of 1,499 yuan (this converts to around $225, £170 and AU$300), although the highest end version goes for 1,999 yuan (about $300, £230 or AU$400). Interestingly, it will also be sold offline in stores as well as Xiaomi's usual online model. While it's only China for now, expect to see the company launch the phone in markets like India, Hong Kong and Singapore shortly after. Featuring a dual-camera setup comprised of a 13-megapixel Sony camera and a 5-megapixel sensor from Samsung, the Redmi Pro is capable of taking pictures with a bokeh effect similar to high-end DSLRs.
