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My main concern with using a phone as a transit pass is being worried about being stranded if the battery runs out.
 
ehlow said:
My main concern with using a phone as a transit pass is being worried about being stranded if the battery runs out.
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Like being stranded when you lose your Presto Card? Every method has its downfall. No single method is foolproof. I see no reason to fear using a phone just because a battery may die out, when you are just as likely to drop a card, lose a wallet, run out of change etc.

(I for one have left my wallet at home more times than I have allowed my cell phone to completely run out of juice)
 
Tuscani01 said:
Like being stranded when you lose your Presto Card? Every method has its downfall. No single method is foolproof. I see no reason to fear using a phone just because a battery may die out, when you are just as likely to drop a card, lose a wallet, run out of change etc.
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Just as likely? I've never lost a transit pass in my life, dating back to 1980. I've had a couple of lost wallets in those years, but fortunately never during a period I had a pass. So worst case is 2 losses in 35 years.

I easily have more occasions like that in some weeks, when I pull out my phone, and discover it's not on, middle of rebooting, or out of power.

And then there's the days, I swap my Metropass with my wife's Prestocard, because she'll take 3-4 trips that day, and I'll only take 2. That's not going to work with a phone.
 
nfitz said:
And then there's the days, I swap my Metropass with my wife's Prestocard, because she'll take 3-4 trips that day, and I'll only take 2. That's not going to work with a phone.
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Might work a lot easier actually. You don't need the physical phone, just a copy of the virtual card.

This is also a challenge for the TTC (and banks and retailers and ...)
 
nfitz said:
And then there's the days, I swap my Metropass with my wife's Prestocard, because she'll take 3-4 trips that day, and I'll only take 2. That's not going to work with a phone.
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Using a phone actually makes it easier, since all you would have to do is sign in under the same account. That also opens up the possibility of doing a "Family" Presto account, where multiple cards are linked to the same ePurse, much in the way the family plans for cell phones work now, where a family shares a pool of data.
 
nfitz said:
And then there's the days, I swap my Metropass with my wife's Prestocard, because she'll take 3-4 trips that day, and I'll only take 2. That's not going to work with a phone.
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Imagine not even needing to meet up with the wife to grab her pass... like you would be able to do with a pass on your phone. She can go to work, and then you can sign into her account from home and make your own trip, all without having to exchange a physical pass. Much easier!
 
Tuscani01 said:
Imagine not even needing to meet up with the wife to grab her pass... like you would be able to do with a pass on your phone. She can go to work, and then you can sign into her account from home and make your own trip, all without having to exchange a physical pass. Much easier!
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Easier for me - but I can't imagine TTC is going to go for a system that does allow people to essentially share a pass at almost the same time.
 
the lemur said:
Does that Presto transfer dispenser actually work? I've never been able to get anything from it.
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Got this Friday afternoon from the Presto transfer dongle. Seemed to work well.
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k10ery said:
Are there now any valid transfers to vehicles without Presto readers? Will there ever be?
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You mean the one on the new streetcars? Yes, it works...you just tap your Presto card. For the 509 and 510 there are valid transfers to the 94 and the 6 Bay buses that don't have readers.
 
TheTigerMaster said:
The moment I can put Presto, credit and debit cards into Apple Pay in my phone is the moment I ditch this wallet. Here's to the future!
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I'm holding out for virtual driver's license and health card as well, but yeah, I'd love to ditch my wallet.
 
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