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MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Shaggar posted:

the lightning connector is very bad and very poorly designed

As you can see from the picture the connector is intact and is well designed, however the housing for the connector appears too thin and damaged due to bad design.

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The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

Apple doesn't want to open an Apple Store in NZ [tax, you see] so returning a cable to the Apple Store means a flight to Sydney.

what would be the tax implications of opening a store?

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Shaggar posted:

the lightning connector is very bad and very poorly designed

actually it's really good. so good that Apple basically gave the design to USBIF to copy because USB connectors were so bad.

computer parts
Nov 18, 2010

PLEASE CLAP

The Management posted:

actually it's really good. so good that Apple basically gave the design to USBIF to copy because USB connectors were so bad.

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 cable for phones:

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




computer parts posted:

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 crable for phones:


Celexi
Nov 25, 2006

Slava Ukraini!

computer parts posted:

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 cable for phones:


Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




The Management posted:

what would be the tax implications of opening a store?

there is a possibility that they would have to pay some more tax.

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

reminder: there is literally no reason for current phones to have USB 3.0 and yet Androids did it anyway

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

there is a possibility that they would have to pay some more tax.

how so?

Linguica
Jul 13, 2000
You're already dead

this cant be right can it

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

Linguica posted:

this cant be right can it

any time you think this, just remember, you can buy an optional accessory that will allow you to do what the device should have done out of the box.

thanks timb.

Dodoman
Feb 26, 2009



A moment of laxity
A lifetime of regret
Lipstick Apathy

computer parts posted:

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 cable for phones:



i loving hate


hate


hate


this cable

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.
see, timb realized there were no new worlds for apple to conquer, with steve dead their vision, taste, and innovative spirit were dead too. so he rightly turned to their final frontier for growth, hobbling existing products to drive high-margin accessory sales.

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
time capsule restore can be done over wifi, what's the problem?

neonbregna
Aug 20, 2007

computer parts posted:

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 cable for phones:



triggered as gently caress right now

DEUCE SLUICE
Feb 6, 2004

I dreamt I was an old dog, stuck in a honeypot. It was horrifying.

Linguica posted:

this cant be right can it



it's not

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
Heather's right. It's impossible to use the time capsule restore function on the macbook. It tells you to buy a Apple EtherPower dongle? It will automatically bill you and ship it. Tim has done it again. :woop:

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?
if you ask me the macbook has too many ports

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug

computer parts posted:

reminder: this was the USB 3.0 cable for phones:



the best part was it didn't work unless you were on some weird knockoff os and went into some hidden settings screen to enable it at the cost of it breaking the cell modem

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Cocoa Crispies posted:

the best part was it didn't work unless you were on some weird knockoff os and went into some hidden settings screen to enable it at the cost of it breaking the cell modem



lmao, lets punt our RF issues directly into the loving face of the user

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy
i haven't been keeping up w/usb standards, what the gently caress is this microsoft-level horseshit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB_3.1 posted:

In 2015, USB 3.1 was renamed USB 3.1 Gen2 to differentiate it from USB 3.1 Gen1 (5Gbps, formerly USB 3.0). It initiated a new naming scheme where the data speed is referred to by Generation number.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

i haven't been keeping up w/usb standards, what the gently caress is this microsoft-level horseshit

they've been doing it since the high-speed/full-speed bullshit

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy

Wheany posted:

they've been doing it since the high-speed/full-speed bullshit

that was def stupid but now you have to say "usb 3.1 rev2", hardware standards that get updated maybe twice a decade isn't supposed to need 3 levels of numeric specification

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

poty posted:

lol if you dont just bring your broken cables to the apple store and get new ones free on your weekly visits

what apple store :qq:

neonbregna
Aug 20, 2007

echinopsis posted:

what apple store :qq:

what first world country doesn't have multiple apple stores in 30 miles

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

infernal machines posted:

any time you think this, just remember, you can buy an optional accessory that will allow you to do what the device should have done out of the box.

thanks timb.

it shouldn't have done it out of the box because that's not what it's designed for

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

however if you're dumb enough to want such a thing Apple will provide for an idiot surcharge

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

neonbregna posted:

what first world country doesn't have multiple apple stores in 30 miles

there aren't any. but some of these folks live in new zealand

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?

Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:

i haven't been keeping up w/usb standards, what the gently caress is this microsoft-level horseshit

consortium led by Intel is very bad at naming things

Wild EEPROM
Jul 29, 2011


oh, my, god. Becky, look at her bitrate.
surprise intel is bad at naming things

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

They could've made it to Pentium 5, but didn't have the moral fortitude.

poty
Jun 21, 2008

虹はどこで終わるのですか? あなたの魂の中で、または地平線で?

Cocoa Crispies posted:

the best part was it didn't work unless you were on some weird knockoff os and went into some hidden settings screen to enable it at the cost of it breaking the cell modem



lol. amateurish af

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




neonbregna posted:

what first world country doesn't have multiple apple stores in 30 miles
most of western and northern europe, surprisingly enough

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

I wonder how "distance from Apple Store" compares to "accuracy of Apple Maps".

Stux
Nov 17, 2006

uk has a loving ton of Apple stores and apple maps works really well over here so there you go

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
markets Apple cares about in order of importance:
1) China
2) North America and English speaking white people
3) I don't know Western Europe I guess

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

kalstrams posted:

most of western and northern europe, surprisingly enough

he said first world

Dixie Cretin Seaman
Jan 22, 2008

all hat and one catte
Hot Rope Guy

pseudorandom name posted:

I wonder how "distance from Apple Store" compares to "accuracy of Apple Maps".

im 2 miles from one and they still don't have my street on the map yet, or any of the other nearby streets. i've reported it missing in apple maps multiple times. these are small side streets that are part of an apartment complex, but it means Maps can't direct people to my home. google and even openstreetmaps have the streets just fine. it's really inexcusable >2 years after launch

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




The Management posted:

3) I don't know Western Europe I guess
soutwestern. it's bad in greater scandinavia, gets better in germany, and even better in france/italy/spain

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Necc0
Jun 30, 2005

by exmarx
Broken Cake

Pooper Hero posted:

phones that bend and cables that don't

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