Most expensive Apple Pay purchase goes towards an Aston Martin DB5

The use of mobile payments has been limited to a certain amount per transaction in some territories. Part of the reason why there was a £30 Apple Pay limit with many UK retailers was because of older terminals lacking something called the Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method. Since June, however, many customers have been unlimited from any amount restrictions.One Apple Pay user decided to take their money to specialty automobile purveyor Coys and spend £825,000 on a 1964 Aston Martin DB5. ...

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Most expensive Apple Pay purchase goes towards an Aston Martin DB5

The use of mobile payments has been limited to a certain amount per transaction in some territories. Part of the reason why there was a £30 Apple Pay limit with many UK retailers was because of older terminals lacking something called the Consumer Device Cardholder Verification Method. Since June, however, many customers have been unlimited from any amount restrictions.One Apple Pay user decided to take their money to specialty automobile purveyor Coys and spend £825,000 on a 1964 Aston Martin DB5. ...

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James Bond thinks the Sony Xperia Z4 is “not the best”

Way to kick Sony while its so, so down. Or, way to give it to the man? Apparently, even when Sony Pictures is pitching up a tent, all James Bond wants to do is set the paraffin alight and become an Agent Under Fire. Sorry.Apparently, star Daniel Craig and director Sam Mendes had drawn a creative line-in-the-sand when it came to which smartphone Mr. Bond would grip upon in Spectre. This we know from more emails ...

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Sony Xperia Z5 in Mobile Store for Europe, some 007 promos

The Sony Xperia Z5 is available for purchase at several European retailers right now. And while Sony Europe may have stopped selling its products direct to buyers online, consumers in the continent can still score smartphones, tablets and SmartWear right from the Sony Xperia Store, too.On that note, if you happen to be in that subset of the customer base, we have good news: you can now get the

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Possible Huawei “007” curved-screen device may land for IFA

Huawei has some major smartphone plans coming soon, and it seems that IFA is a main focus point. Previous reports claim that a Mate 7 Plus phablet is planned for the show, and that it might even wow some with “ForceTouch” capabilities. That said, it seems that the company has something else up its sleeve, and it seems to bring even more of a wow factor.We’ve come across some leaks of a device with a curved display, and instead of being curved like the

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