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Question

Samsung Pay app for Galaxy S5?

Feb 24, 2016 6:25AM PST

Would love to get the app, but understand it's not available for the S5. Will it be available for this phone sometime in the future?

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That model is not listed.
Feb 24, 2016 6:52AM PST

I looked at http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/octopuspayment/ and other samsung sites and it's not listed. Samsung has a habit of not reaching back into older models to add such things. The feeling I get is that features are to sell new models.

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Samsung Pay
Feb 25, 2016 7:20AM PST

I suspect you are correct in their wanting people to buy a new phone.
won't work with me. I still consider my S5 to be a "new" phone.

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I'll disagree.
Feb 25, 2016 8:28AM PST

It takes a lot of dollars to add this feature so unless it pays off, a company may ignore that model. Sorry that I didn't add this to my first reply. It's like printer drivers for the Epson RX-80 for Windows 10. They can't recoup the cost so they don't.