Provider Vodafone is going to enable consumers to apps in the Android Market via their phone bill to pay. The provider is going to take that option next year offer. Apps will not cost more than when they pay by credit card.
If Vodafone has the option of setting enabled, subscribers can and prepaidgebruikers of the provider to give permission for paid apps in the Android Market to pay via their phone bill, says Vodafone against Tweakers.net. The aanschafbedrag of the apps will then be added to the amount of the bill, in the same way as, for example, calls or sms to premium numbers.
When, in 2012, the function being introduced is unclear, reports AndroidWorld on the basis of a closed status update of Emerce on Google+. “We will, in the course of next year to introduce, but a date we don’t know yet,” said spokesperson Jan van der Aa, compared to Tweakers.net.
The pay with phone bill via Vodafone in the Netherlands longer possible in BlackBerry App World and Nokia Store for Symbian. It also provides Vodafone the so-called operator billing in other countries, such as the United Kingdom. The function was however not available yet in the Netherlands. Pay via the phone bill is seen as a method to make users easier to pay for apps. Now requires a credit card in Android Market.