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What happens when my phone battery runs out while shopping in the store?

What happens if I don't replace an item in the exact same place I picked it up? I'm charged for it I assume.

How do you purchase produce or vegetables, all these thing need to be packaged individually I assume. So much for concern for the environment...

Is the occasional line in a store really worth having your every movement tracked by Amazon and your image taken throughout your time at this store? Sounds like a store straight out of 1984.

Are you poor or without "a supported smartphone"? Forget about it.

Amazon is a company that tries new things and that's good, but here we have yet another example of tech nerds "solving" a problem that doesn't exist.

What if they've solved every one of these problems? Would you like this technology then?

What does it take for you to be on board? Would you ever be on board, or would you keep coming up with problems you think you have with this?

"Phones don't die"

You're probably right.

"Weight removed from vegetable bin, vegetables are $x/lb"

This already happens at... most stores.

I think Bluetooth enrollment would be good enough or they'll send you a barcode on a PVC card stock maybe even with RFID, but sure poor people can't shop at the nice grocery store, that's always been true right?

I sort of agree, but I also think there is a real market for it. Blah blah capitalism blah. "The market will show whether the problem was real." I'm pretty sure it's going to work out and be profitable for Amazon like always.

> What happens when my phone battery runs out while shopping in the store?

From the look of the video the phone isn't required for checkout. The flow looks like you scan in then camera's and other sensors track you through the store then you just walk out and the items are scanned and totaled.

> What happens if I don't replace an item in the exact same place I picked it up? I'm charged for it I assume.

Then just put stuff back where you got it. You shouldn't just leave items randomly strewn throughout the store already.

> How do you purchase produce or vegetables, all these thing need to be packaged individually I assume. So much for concern for the environment...

It's not a full grocery store, it looks like it's all packaged foods and fresh daily kind of prepared foods.

> Are your poor or without "a supported smartphone"? Forget about it.

Judging from the video, any Android or iOS device should be able to function, all it needs to do is display a QR code and a receipt no RFID or even a decent camera.

> Amazon is a company that tries new things and that's good, but here we have yet another example of tech nerds "solving" a problem that doesn't exist.

Why does everything have the address some deep underlying problem. Some things just make life a little easier or more convenient and that's ok.

> Are you poor or without "a supported smartphone"? Forget about it.

The better question is if Amazon will "trust" or be able to secure areas that are traditionally food desserts so that these poor people will be able to have better and cheaper food access.