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A phone with a transit app and NFC payments actually is one of the most useful things you can have for public transport.

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It’s slightly more convenient than carrying a paper transit pass and a credit card(which don’t consume energy) sure, but nothing life changing for anyone.

Nah, it lets you navigate systems you've never used before if you're on a trip, or replan if you took the wrong train or there's a delay on a line. Or give up and call your mom to come pick you up if it breaks down.

NFC payments don't consume much energy on a phone either; you can generally set them to work even if the battery is dead.

How is this unique to Apple though? Every other smartphone company does this. It was innovative in 2012, now it’s as common as a wheel.

It's not, but I didn't mean to imply it was.

Apple does provide all those as first party services though, so you might think of buying new phones as subscribing to that if you like it.

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