Club card v new technology

Actually  i get quite fed up with everyone insisting on Smart phone use for every little thing. My mobile phone is just that.....a phone, for getting in touch....by talking to another person, not a camera or a sat-nav, or a computer, which are very handy...i have a tablet and a laptop but dont want to carry them around everywhere. Oh yes, and I use cash and cheques, as well as a debit card. Smart Phones seem so....demanding , everyone seems obsessed by them, and no longer seem aware of the ACTUAL world going on around them. Just another gadget...handy but a gadget..no more.

Thanks David and others for comments.

There does seem to be a general feeling that this is possible and to go back to my original suggestion I don't mind proving  my identity with a driving licence or other photo ID so it is a no cost option for CMC. All I want is a few less cards in my wallet. 

My suggestion doesn't go as far as not having a card so...for those who prefer to carry the cards - carry on, fill your boots (well pockets) and for those who  warn of smartphone addiction/dependency - sorry that boat has sailed a while back. 

Why take separate ID with you, just scan your Driving license in and tell them to look at that!

I think this is the drawback at present, the technology is there but isn't 100% reliable. I can't be bothered with the unknown, if I'm in a shop etc something has to work so at present I'll be keeping the cards I need for the places I visit. 

Hopefully, problems with scanning cards on phones will become less problematic, as shops equipment is updated. The photo shows the info M&S give on their digital version of the Sparks card. When we were in B&Q recently the fixed bar code scanner refused to read my card but the one on the cable, for use on heavy items, read it with ease. In a few years it is likely problems will be a thing of the past.

Even when your licenCe is on parchment ..... 😁

I like my mobile in the bottom of my trouser pocket. Smartphones are too big for comfort and too small for me to make good use of the screen. My wallet easily holds my cards and is comfortable to carry

I resisted for a while, despite my sons both saying we would find one useful. Apple had got to 5s before we succumbed. We now have two, the original 5s and an SE, like you I am not a fan of the larger phones. Hopefully, they will continue to work for many years, as Apple no longer make these small smartphones. We find them particularly useful in unfamiliar towns, for google map and bus information. Also What's App for staying in touch with the family when away. Plus of course E tickets and some cards. Although those I use often I still carry.

You wouldn't believe how long scanning technology has been "developing" we were involved with it at work over twenty years ago...I await further progress! Security is the major issue.

Security is an issue which ever medium is used. A lot of it is down to what other checks are put in place. In Sainsbury's the other day I noticed they had an offer on to double up the value of your nectar points, to spend on wine, cloths, toys and a few others. To do this I took my card to customer services where they scanned it and gave me £30 of vouchers for the £15 pounds on the card. I then went and used it to buy wine. It might not have been my card, I might have just picked it up,off the floor. There was no request for additional identification.