LG Pay doesn’t look like it’s coming to MWC, after all

We’ve been looking forward to LG stepping up to join the likes of Samsung and Apple with its own mobile payment solution since rumors first started brewing last fall, and with the leak of a physical Coin-like electronic payment card just a couple weeks back, things were looking like they were nicely falling into place for a possible MWC debut. LG’s MWC event is set to explode upon Barcelona in just another six days, with the flagship G5 headlining the festivities. And while the G5 will be joined by plenty ...

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LG Pay’s physical card leaks ahead of rumored MWC reveal

With the rise of both Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, it feels like if you fancy yourself a serious smartphone manufacturer these days, you’re expected to offer users a bespoke mobile payment system. Last fall we heard that LG could be the next company to introduce something along those lines, with word that the so-called G Pay could be nearly ready to debut. But unlike Apple’s pure-NFC system or Samsung’s that uses NFC in concert with magstripe emulation (while keeping all the hardware on your ...

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LG G Pay mobile payments could still require a physical card

If you want to seem like a big-time player in the smartphone game, you’ve got to offer it all: Apple and Samsung don’t just build phones, but also design the components that go into those phones – things like the SoCs powering their handsets. And rather than turn to third-party solutions for mobile payments, both Apple and Samsung offer users their own in-house systems. LG has already tried to join their club with the production of its own Nuclun SoC, and now

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LG G Pay scheduled for launch in December

The current breadth of mobile payment systems is still fairly limited. We’ve focused in-depth pieces on the three major efforts from Android, Apple and Samsung so far. In regards to the chaebol of the group, it says that Samsung Pay has ...

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LG may compete in mobile payments with “G Pay”

Mobile payments is still a market in clear infancy. Google tried and failed once, and is at it again with its new Android Pay alternative after Apple Pay gained some traction. So far though, it seems that Samsung has a broader chance to make the dent we’re still waiting to see, and which LG wants a piece of.During the announcement of the LG V10 in Korea, LG executives teased that the company is already working on a mobile payments alternative. Separately we did learn that the company trademarked the name ...

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