Movistar already allows you to pay for purchases in Samsung Apps through the invoice
Little by little, users have more facilities to carry out purchases through Internet and application platforms, games and content for smartphones and tablets This is the case of Samsung and the users of the operator Movistar, who can now charge the costs of their Samsung Apps purchases directly to their monthly phone bill, even if they are a prepaid user.A good way to facilitate trade through these platforms and remove barriers such as having a credit cardto carry out this process. Something that not all users can afford.
The agreement was completed yesterday, and has a global value Thus, for a few hours, the users ofsmartphones or tablets of the Korean brand Samsung from anywhere in the world and that, in turn, are users of Movistar, they can now carry out this process. An agreement that affects both the app store Samsung Apps and Samsung Hub, the set of platforms where books, movies, games and music are distributed, so said users have access to all this content through this payment method, regardless of the place of origin and without any further complication.
The purchase process through the phone bill is really simple, and it hardly varies from the process regular purchase Thus, all you have to do is access the desired content and click on the purchase button with the price This brings up a new screen with the two methods: the classic one through payment with a credit card or through the Telephone bill When selecting the latter and pressing Accept and pay the process comes to an end. User gets content and spending adds to monthly bill or deducted from prepaid account
This type of alliances make it easier for all types of users to purchase content.And it is that with this you avoid the fear of entering bank details, and even of depending on a bank account or a credit card A key point for developing countries , bringing purchasing possibilities to all types of users. Something that other operators and companies have been practicing for some time now, thus demonstrating that, by removing payment barriers, sales of digital content such as applications increase
Proof of this are the alliances of Vodafone and Movistar with Google These alliances have already allowed, for several months, users of these companies with terminals Android that charge their purchases on the telephone bill Something that, in In the case of the WhatsApp renewal, it has made it easier for many users to make the payment and continue with the messaging service without having to enter personal or bank details.