Fans of "apple" products are well aware that the iPhone is not only an image (and very expensive) device, but also an excellent secure store for various financial information. Security is provided by the proprietary Wallet application. What is this thing and how to use it? Let's try to give answers to these questions.
What is a wallet?
It is worth noting that previously the Wallet application was called Passbook. It first appeared on iOS in 2012 and was intended to store loyalty cards, boarding passes, movie tickets in electronic form. Available such a charm was exclusively in the United States. Such an option came to domestic open spaces only after a couple of years. However, Apple did not doze off. By 2014, the United States launched the Apple Pay service (the ability to pay for purchases using the iPhone). And Wallet-passbook got the option to add payment cards. Also in the application data on payment details were stored.
It is not worth mentioning that Apple Pay and the updated Wallet reached Russia only by 2016. Better late than never. However, now far from everywhere there is an opportunity to pay for a purchase using an iPhone. And with loyalty cards, the situation is completely critical. But some Wallet options for the iPhone are available with us. Therefore, you need to consider and describe them. It is worth starting with the simplest and most obvious.
Work with payment cards
So, in the previous chapter, we examined the main options of the Wallet application. What is it is already clear. Now we will deal with the most relevant (at the moment) application option. We are talking about the ability to pay for purchases using Apple Pay and Wallet. The first is an “innovative” payment system, and the second stores all the necessary payment details in its database. Including bank card details. However, you first need to add a payment card to the Wallet database. But there are nuances. Not all banks in the Russian Federation support this possibility.
If your card is one of the supported ones, then adding it to the Wallet app is a couple of nonsense. Just click on the "Add a payment card" button. And then you just have to follow the instructions. All of them are extremely simple. Yes, and in Russian. So there will be no problems. After the addition, you can use the Apple Pay service "in full" in those places where it is supported. Now it's worth considering the other features of Wallet. What is this app with just one opportunity? That's what Apple thought and ... added more functionality.
Purchase movie tickets
Few people know, but by purchasing tickets on some popular online service, you can add them to Wallet and calmly use their electronic copies to enter the cinema. While in Russia there are not very many services that support this option. But Kinohod, Rambler, Parter, Tickets, Yandex.Kassa, Kinopoisk definitely support. You can safely purchase movie tickets for concerts and other events and use their electronic copies from Wallet at the entrance.
However, do not forget that far from all the cities of our vast Motherland, entertainment workers know what the Apple Wallet is and why they suddenly put a phone with some unintelligible information on the screen instead of a ticket. In a deep province, such innovations are still shocking. So do not make people nervous. It’s even better to go to the provincial cinema with a classic paper ticket. So it will be more reliable and there will be no stupid and unpleasant questions.
Work with non-payment cards
The so-called loyalty cards are provided by various stores and other retail outlets. Using these cards, you can accumulate bonuses, receive discounts and other amenities. But not all representatives of domestic business support cards for Wallet. We can say for sure that in the near future this technology will be implemented almost everywhere. But for now, the list is extremely short. Typically, retailers notify their customers about the possibility of creating a bonus card in Wallet using SMS messages. Therefore, it is worth monitoring such mailings. Often there is the opportunity to make a map. And do not miss her.
Airplane and train tickets
Few people know, but with the help of the Apple Pay service in conjunction with Wallet (we’ve sorted out what it is a little higher), you can buy tickets for trains and planes and easily use their electronic versions for boarding. It is very convenient and has been used for quite some time in Europe and the USA. In Russia, such an opportunity has appeared relatively recently. Moreover, you need to try it. Aeroflot and other carriers can already please the customer with a new option. Same thing with trains. Although some conductors are still bulging their eyes on the smartphone when trying to get into the carriage. But this is not for long. Soon everything will return to normal.
Other Wallet Features
If you look, Wallet is a unique application. There is nothing like that in the Android OS. Although Google tried to create a copy of the wallet from the Yabloko. But the original Wallet has sophisticated multi-stage protection and a nice interface. In principle, all the main application options were discussed above, but there are several more features that appeared relatively recently in Wallet. A review would be incomplete without mentioning them. For example, students can make an electronic student card and use it instead of paper or plastic. However, such a cool feature is only available to students from the United States. And that is not for everyone. And about when such a function comes to Russia, history is silent.
In 2018, the possibility of contactless use of all cards (payment, bonus, various tickets, student passes and so on) was added to Wallet. But then again. This option is available only to residents of the United States using Wallet. What is it? Echoes of sanctions? Not. It's just that in the Russian Federation all the new products can not always be introduced due to a lack of hardware capabilities. But soon, new iPhone wallet options will be available to users from Russia. True, Wallet will have new ones by this time. That is how we live.
Conclusion
So, we have taken apart the Apple Wallet app. What it is? This is a kind of electronic wallet in which you can store electronic versions of cards and successfully use them. The wallet can work with payment cards, bonus cards, student cards, movie tickets, train and plane tickets. It’s much more convenient than always carrying a tightly packed wallet with you. Do not neglect the capabilities of this service.