Smart Terminals.
Modern Android terminals that do more than take cards — apps, tips, receipts, and reporting on-device.
Built For You, Configured By Us.
A smart terminal replaces the beige dial-up brick with a connected device: contactless, mobile wallets, digital receipts, and over-the-air updates.
Since the EMV liability shift, upgrading isn't optional — and with up to $5,000 toward new hardware, it's never been cheaper to do it right.
- ★EMV, tap & mobile wallet readyEvery terminal accepts chip, contactless tap, and Apple Pay / Google Pay out of the box — meeting customers where they already pay and lifting authorization rates.
- ★P2PE encryption end to endCard data is encrypted at the read head and never exposed in the clear, shrinking your PCI scope and protecting you from the cost of a breach.
- ★Overnight replacement programIf a device fails, a preconfigured replacement is on its way overnight — your lane is never down for a shipping cycle waiting on a fix.
- ★Up to $5,000 toward upgradesOur limited-time program puts up to $5,000 toward modern hardware through 8/31/2026, so aging swipe-only terminals stop costing you sales and interchange.
The Countertop, All Grown Up.
A smart terminal is an Android-based payment device that pairs a full touchscreen with tap, dip, and swipe acceptance in one countertop unit. It replaces the gray keypad box you’ve been squinting at for a decade with something closer to a small tablet built for payments. If your counter still runs on a device that prints slower than your customers can reach for their wallets, this is the upgrade category to look at — not a specific brand, but the modern class of hardware that brands like PAX, Dejavoo, and Valor all build within.
At the counter, the difference is speed and clarity. The customer sees the amount — and with dual pricing, the cash and card price — on their own screen, taps, and the receipt options appear without anyone flipping the device around. In the back office, transactions post to a portal you can actually read, tips and batches close themselves on schedule, and when a North Texas storm knocks out your internet, most units fail over to a backup connection instead of failing over to “cash only” signs.
The screen matters as much as the speed: on a smart terminal, your customer sees the price, the tip prompt, and the cash-versus-card choice for themselves — no flipped devices, no awkward explanations.
Where Payments Hurt
- ★Aging keypad terminals stall the line while customers wait on slow dips and prints
- ★Customers can’t see prices or tip prompts, so staff explain every transaction
- ★Old hardware can’t display dual pricing, blocking the program entirely
- ★One internet hiccup turns the whole counter cash-only
How Lone Star Fixes It
- ★We pre-configure every terminal in Dallas before it ships — your pricing, your receipts, your dual pricing display — so it works out of the box
- ★On-site installation across DFW, and overnight replacement hardware if a unit ever fails
- ★Up to $5,000 toward upgrading old equipment — see why aging hardware is a liability in our EMV liability shift guide
- ★A free statement review first, so the hardware conversation starts with what you’re actually paying — browse models at our smart terminal lineup
Smart Terminals Owners Ask Us
What makes a terminal “smart” versus a regular credit card machine?
A smart terminal runs a modern operating system with a touchscreen, app-style updates, and a customer-facing display, where a legacy terminal is a fixed-function keypad. Practically, that means faster transactions, remote updates instead of mail-in reprogramming, and screens that can show dual pricing. Our Dallas team can tell you in one look whether your current unit qualifies.
Do I need a full POS system, or is a smart terminal enough?
Plenty of Texas businesses run beautifully on a smart terminal alone — it handles payments, tips, receipts, and reporting. If you need inventory, tables, or employee management, that’s when a POS makes sense. We’ll recommend the smaller option when it fits, because oversold hardware helps nobody.
How long does installation take?
Most smart terminals arrive pre-programmed and are taking payments within minutes of plugging in. For DFW merchants we’ll do it on-site; elsewhere in Texas we walk you through it by phone with a Dallas-based tech, not a call center script.
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Ready To See It In Action?
Call (214) 838-1818 and a specialist will walk you through the right setup for your business — and ask about up to $5,000 to upgrade your POS.
