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How to Activate Your Titanium Apple Card on iPhone X or Earlier

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Once you've ordered a titanium Apple Card, it will be posted to you free of charge and you'll receive a notification on your iPhone when it ships.

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When your new titanium ‌Apple Card‌ arrives, the first thing you need to do is activate it. To do so, you'll need an iPhone that's capable of using Apple Pay and running the latest version of iOS.

If you own an iPhone X or earlier, follow these steps to activate your titanium ‌Apple Card‌.

  1. Launch the Wallet app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap Apple Card.
  3. Tap Activate Your Card at the bottom of the screen.
  4. Hold your iPhone near the packaging that came with the ‌Apple Card‌.
  5. Tap the Activate Your Card button.
  6. Tap Done.

Now that your ‌Apple Card‌ is activated you can use it everywhere that Mastercard is accepted. You can see your transaction details and make payments in the Wallet app.

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If you've thrown away the packaging that your titanium ‌Apple Card‌ came in, the activation process is slightly different. Click here to learn more.

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