Samsung Apps for Android gets SMS billing in SA
Samsung Electronics South Africa announced today (24 February 2012) that its Samsung Apps store for Android devices has officially gone live with a premium SMS billing option.
“Until now, the only way to purchase from the Samsung App store was via a credit card,” said Deon Liebenberg, MD of Samsung South Africa, “However, given the diversity of our country, in some instances this has prevented some consumers from purchasing relevant content on the store.”
“Today this changes, as our premium SMS billing option becomes available – allowing consumers to purchase content easily and conveniently using a preferred method of payment.”
With this service, customers can now choose the phone billing option (credit card or SMS) at the time of purchasing paid-for apps.
Should customers choose the new SMS option, the purchase will be confirmed automatically via SMS and the download costs reflected either on the monthly phone bill – if the consumer has a monthly contract – or via a deduction from their phone credit balance, if on prepaid.
Samsung said that the premium SMS billing service is available across all its Android devices on the MTN, Vodacom and Cell C networks in South Africa.
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