SAMSUNG PAY: All The Way (Score 1)

#TL;DR
Samsung Pay because it uses superior, patented technology. (https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160180120A1/en)

I created an account just to post this info :)

I thought they were all pretty worthless because, as already stated, not many places accepted forms of payment, but I changed my opinion after owning the Samsung Galaxy S8+ for less than a week. A friend and I were hanging out and took a drive. We visited some remote-ish place that sold nuts, pies, and some country style Knick Knacks. We both had grabbed a few things and went to the registers; I realized that I did not have my wallet on me, BUT I did have my new phone, on which I had recently configured Samsung Pay. Now the check-out area had old computers, and whatever was running on those computers was using the magnetic reader built into keyboards for credit card transactions (reference: http://www.semicron.com/versak...). I told the lady that I forgot my wallet and asked if I might try my phone. She told me a couple of times, "Honey, we're not setup for that," but I politely requested to just give it a TRY, expecting it not work either...

It worked. We were both shocked and happy, and she started calling her co-workers over to tell them what had just happened. End of story; thanks for reading :)

FYI (this is copy/pasted from a Google cached page, as the Samsung link did not seem to work):

What is MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission)?

Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) is a technology that emits a magnetic signal that mimics the magnetic strip on a traditional payment card. MST sends a magnetic signal from your device to the payment terminal's card reader (to emulate swiping a physical card without having to upgrade the terminal’s software or hardware). MST technology is accepted at nearly all payment terminals with a card reader. Some payment terminals may require software updates. Simply select a card from Samsung Pay, and transmit the payment information by moving your device within an inch of the payment terminal. Your transaction and payment information will be kept private and secure with the use of tokenization. MST is more secure than using a traditional payment card and is as secure as paying with Near Field Communication (NFC).