Surface Duo plus any modern smartwatch gets you NFC tap-to-pay

Microsoft's Surface Duo shortcomings have been known for almost a year now. It has no Qi wireless charging, no IP68 rating, and no NFC.

But at least for NFC tap-to-pay there is a simple solution and you may already have one: a smartwatch.

Anyone grabbing a Surface Duo and who has a modern wearable gets NFC tap-to-pay as part of the feature set. A simple flick of the wrist makes buying transit fare, homeware at Target, or fast food effortless.