The Apple Pay Challenge: Can I Spend A Week Without A Wallet?

Using an iPhone 6 to pay at retailers sounds cool. Let's see how it works in the real world.

A couple of years ago, for an article in Time magazine, I left my wallet at home for a week and only bought stuff which I could pay for using my Galaxy Nexus phone, using either Google Wallet or Square's since-discontinued Pay With Square app. I managed to survive, but there were many glitches along the way--some technical, some involving merchants who were unprepared for payments by phone. It was a relief when it was all over and I could go back to credit cards, paper money, and coins.

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