Why I Sold My iPhone 16 Pro#

I pre-ordered an iPhone 16 Pro in September 2024 and used it for about four months until January 2025. At the time of purchase, the price was a whopping 1.7 million KRW, which felt very expensive. It was my first iPhone, and my expectations were as high as the price.

Coming from Galaxy, I had no real trouble adapting to the iPhone, but I ended up selling it for one single reason. That reason is Samsung Pay. The iPhone doesn’t support Samsung Pay, so I had to carry physical payment cards separately. I use a local currency card, a debit card, a credit card, and a fuel card. With Galaxy, thanks to Samsung Pay, I didn’t need to carry physical cards. But with the iPhone, I always had to carry a card wallet. There were several awkward situations where I forgot the wallet and couldn’t pay. For public transit too, Galaxy lets you pay with the phone, but the iPhone doesn’t.

I wondered if I’d get used to it after a few months, but even after four months I hadn’t adjusted — the inconvenience only grew. In the end, I sold the iPhone on the second-hand market. If you have a similar lifestyle to mine, I’d suggest thinking carefully about Samsung Pay before switching to an iPhone.