When Apple introduced Apple Pay, it was showcased as a great, easy and quick way to pay for things. No more did you have to reach into your pocket, get a wallet, retrieve a card from it, swipe it, then put the card and wallet away.
Instead, the card’s information would be saved within Apple Pay, and users could simply slide their phone out of their pocket and use their phone to pay. Indeed, Apple Pay has seen a meteoric rise in adoption from banks, credit unions and business in the United States, and now that the mobile payment option is available in the United Kingdom, it will probably see a similar adoption rate in that neck-of-the-woods as well.
But some folks might find pulling their phone out of their pocket just to use it as a method of payment is just as tedious as pulling out their wallet, and that’s where the Apple Watch comes in.
According to a new survey conducted by Wristly, which saw a panel of 1,000 respondents in the United States and the UK, a vast majority of them (80%) said they used Apple Pay on their Apple Watch at least once, while 20% of the respondents said they “do not perceive a benefit” of having the mobile payment option in general, believe their payment needs are already met, or have security concerns.
Breaking down the respondents’ attitude towards Apple Pay on the Apple Watch, 51 percent said that the experience is “magical,” a term that many Apple fans will find familiar. 42% of the respondents said that the option for Apple Pay on the wearable is “convenient,” while only 3% said that the experience is “good.” 4% of the panel said that Apple Pay on the Apple Watch was “not that useful.”
When asked if they preferred to use Apple Pay on the Apple Watch or iPhone, 79% said that they choose to use it on the Apple Watch, while 9% say they’d choose to use it on the iPhone more often. The majority of use cases for Apple Pay on the Apple Watch, 81%, indicated they used it for “everyday shopping.”
Have you tried Apple Pay on the Apple Watch? What do you think?
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