Photos of Apple Card showcase design, weight, and packaging

An unnamed source has shared images of their Apple Card used for beta testing, showing off the card's packaging as well as its weight.

Apple Store employees in the U.S. have started to receive their Apple Cards and join in a closed beta test a few months ahead of the cards anticipated release.

In one photo, the Apple Card can be seen lying on a scale. It weighs 0.52oz, or roughly 14.75 grams. This is approximately three times heavier than a standard plastic card, but is notably toward the lighter end of the scale for a metal card.

Image Credit: iMore

The photos also include the packaging that the card is currently shipping in. The front of the packaging is a plain, matte white, with a recessed Apple logo centered. The inside is a rainbow gradient, and features instructions for activating the card via NFC in the packaging itself.

Image Credit: iMore

The card looks much like what we've been shown, with a simple Apple logo engraved on the front, and the Goldman Sachs and Master Card logos engraved on the back.

iMore was the original recipient of Fridays photos of the Apple Card. They were provided by An Apple employee who chose to remain anonymous.

Consumers won't have a chance to try out the new Apple Card for a few more months, but it may be worth it for credit users to check it out. Not only does Apple provide an app that tracks your expenses for you, it pays you to use it, as well.

25 Comments

gutengel 7 Years · 363 comments

About 5 years ago

I'm curious to know which credit score bureau Apple is gonna check before approving the card. I froze everything after the Equifax hack.

StrangeDays 8 Years · 12986 comments

AppleInsider said:

An unnamed source has shared images of their Apple Card used for beta testing, showing off the card's packaging as well as its weight.

Looks like the employee’s name is Marisa 😎

GeorgeBMac 8 Years · 11421 comments

Dollars in the detail: banks pan for gold in 'data lakes'

"From sending special offers on restaurants to burger-loving current account holders to selling anonymized credit card records, banks are racing to monetize the huge troves of data they hold...."

Reading this article -- about how banks mine your credit information the same way Google mines your browsing habits perhaps -- provides perhaps one of the best arguments for the Apple Card: Privacy.

Think about what your credit card knows about you -- which is essentially everything: Where you live, where you go, what you buy, where you buy it, how much you spend each month, how much you make each month -- THEN it gets to the standard personal stuff: Name, address, phone #, Social Security #, etc...

And, the banksters are beginning to learn how to use that data for marketing purposes just like Google does.

While I haven't heard any specific promises of privacy on the Apple Card, I would expect that from Apple.

Here is the link to the article. It's thought provoking:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-banks-data/dollars-in-the-detail-banks-pan-for-gold-in-data-lakes-idUSKCN1TM0JG

chasm 10 Years · 3624 comments

StrangeDays said:

AppleInsider said:

An unnamed source has shared images of their Apple Card used for beta testing, showing off the card's packaging as well as its weight.

Looks like the employee’s name is Marisa ߘt;/div> Nope. The photo used at the top of the article is a stock photo from Apple, using the same sample name as the one shown during the rollout. Someone didn’t watch the keynote.

That said, there is some Apple employee who, if caught, will be in big trouble over this.

lordjohnwhorfin 18 Years · 871 comments

gutengel said:

I'm curious to know which credit score bureau Apple is gonna check before approving the card. I froze everything after the Equifax hack.

My identity was stolen a few years ago and I put a lock with all three bureaus. I have since opened a couple of new credit cards. With Chase, where I have most of my accounts and already hold two cards, approval was instantaneous online. With another bank, it took a few days before someone called me and verified my identity, and it went through.