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"Is Apple Pay The Killer App For Apple Watch?"

"Is Apple Pay The Killer App For Apple Watch?"

August 20, 2015

Jonny Evans, Computerworld:

Apple Watch and Apple Pay are bringing the mobile wallet to millions of consumers who are already eager to use the solutions more often in more places, so is Apple Pay the killer app for Apple Watch?

No.

Nothing that the iPhone already does more or less seamlessly will be the “killer app” for Apple Watch. Trying to identify or invent such in these terms will only lead to mediocrity and failure.

The “killer app” distinction (and there should be several) will only come about when developers — with full access to the watchOS 2 SDK — can come up with truly unique use cases for the wearable.

Until then, redundancy is not compelling, it’s just a waste of money.