The mobile client of the Samsung Pay Russia payment service, which allows you to pay with your smartphone using Mir cards, does not work on the new Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5 smartphones. informs Publication “Durov’s Code”.
Durov’s Code writes that previous users of earlier models of South Korean smartphones could use the firmware to change the region to which the device is connected by default and install Samsung Pay Russia from the Galaxy Store branded app store. This procedure will not work on new Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5 smartphones.
Code Durov gives the error “When performing these manipulations with the Samsung Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5, the Samsung Pay Russia application “Samsung Pay is not supported on this phone”.
Journalists argue that the problem lies, in principle, in Samsung’s refusal to offer Samsung Pay. Instead, the South Korean tech giant is now developing the Samsung Wallet. This service does not officially work in Russia.
Code Durov also writes that some Russian banks’ Mir cards are still able to connect to Samsung Wallet on Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5. But for this you need to use smartphones designed for the Kazakhstan or Vietnam market. Otherwise, the region of the device must be changed using the firmware.
Formerly Russian retailers still Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and Flip 5 sales growth.