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Kruxy posted:Wow, that was super smooth. AUP would use again. A++++ No poo poo! Got the phone and watch done in 3 min flat.
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Yep, silver iPhone 8 64gb preorder placed through the app. No hassles, estimated delivery next Friday!
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Sep 15, 2017 08:07
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Forgot how much easier the app is than the website.
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Jesus. I placed 2 separate orders within 5 mins. I’ve never had it go that smoothly. The servers are usually making GBS threads themselves for at least 30 mins after midnight.
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Sep 15, 2017 08:11
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Was able to upgrade with ATT next through the Apple Store app. Relief
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Sep 15, 2017 08:22
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Now it's time for accessory shopping! Buying a couple Spigen ultra slim bumper cases cause of how much I love the one on my 6s. What's the best option for a Qi charging mat?
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Sep 15, 2017 08:23
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BGrifter posted:So um... I'm feeling pretty good about going with the iPhone 8 right about now. I don’t see any problem with this at all.
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Sep 15, 2017 08:59
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~Coxy posted:"Turning WiFi off" in IOS11 is meant to disassociate you from the network, but leave Wifi itself on. Yep and it really makes perfect sense - the only time I want to turn wifi off is if it's latched on to some crappy network and the iOS 11 way I don't have to remember to turn it back on when I get back to home/work
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Sep 15, 2017 09:00
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When I order from Apple, their site insists that they ship the phone to the billing address. That means when I'm at work, they ship it to my house. When I order from AT&T, they let me put ANY address in as the shipping one. For my iPhone 6S, it was delivered right into my hands at my desk. Well, they changed their site since then. You can still type in whatever address you want, but their stupid site only takes the first line of the address. So it cropped out my department, box number, etc. I double-checked my 6S confirmation email from 2015, and it had the full address (THREE lines, I believe). So now I have to worry about this until I get to an AT&T store tomorrow to try and sort it out. Their website chat support can't make address/order changes.
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BGrifter posted:So um... I'm feeling pretty good about going with the iPhone 8 right about now. Some places have argued that Apple are really leaning into the notch as the "new home button", and that article and the whole "don't work around the notch" would support that. I get that a notch sets the phone apart from its rivals, but that isn't automatically a good thing. Anyone saying that they welcome an arbitrary design cue like that, that actually impacts their quality of life with the product, is 100% suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Durzel fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Sep 15, 2017 |
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Sep 15, 2017 09:17
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Snagged an i8 from AT&T's app without any fuss. That was indeed the smoothest pre-order to date. dissss posted:Yep and it really makes perfect sense - the only time I want to turn wifi off is if it's latched on to some crappy network and the iOS 11 way I don't have to remember to turn it back on when I get back to home/work So how does one exactly turn off wifi now? When I turn off wifi/BT I want that poo poo =off=. If they want to gently caress around with security like that they should just make a "disconnect" switch.
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Sep 15, 2017 09:21
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BGrifter posted:https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/14/iphone-x-notch/ The chinese kids who make this stuff must be so ashamed right now
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Sep 15, 2017 09:24
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spongeworthy posted:
Pretty sure you have to go right into settings. I don't know why you think turning WiFi or Bluetooth off has anything to do with security though.
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Sep 15, 2017 09:35
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spongeworthy posted:
Totally agree regarding the WiFi. What’s annoying is when you hit the icon to I guess disconnect from current WiFi, the icon turns off like WiFi is completely disabled. Annoying.
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Sep 15, 2017 09:43
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coming from Android, that's going to piss me off regularly for the first few weeks, I suppose. when I hit a quick toggle for wifi and bluetooth, I expect it to turn it off, not just disconnect from whatever's current and keep it on in the background. who the gently caress gave that decision?
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So if I enroll in the iPhone upgrade program, will I still have the option to buy my next phone outright?
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Honestly the notch only sucks in landscape and outside of videos god doesn't want you using your phone in landscape.
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rage-saq posted:Fortunately, because there is a screen there, they can change the behavior in software and make the notch 'disappear' in use by making it a solid black bar across the notch when you put it in landscape, and keep the notch in portrait mode where they act as designated indicator space for the the carrier/clock/battery area. Did you read the page? Apple aren't allowing you to write apps that do that. Your app needs to keep the notch visible. BGrifter posted:Now it's time for accessory shopping! Buying a couple Spigen ultra slim bumper cases cause of how much I love the one on my 6s. Qi without quickcharge isn't very effective.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:12
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Yeah I don't even remember the last time I turned orientation lock off on my phone. Also that site is wrong about 'less vertical space than 4.7" because of home swipe indicator'. First, the UI renders underneath the home swipe indicator, you're just not supposed to put controls there BUT controls that scroll down there will recieve every UI action except a swipe up. Second, if your app NEEDS to have content there with no indicator on it, you can have it autohide. Third, if your app NEEDS to have interactions there, you can enable Edge Protection and it fades out the home indicator and turns the Home swipe into a two-swipe affair (once to activate it, another to go home). It really should never get in the way in practice. I do think the notch looks a little weird with a full-screen white-background in landscape mode, but ... well, I personally never use my phone like that. I can certainly see why some people don't like it, though, but I can also see why Apple went this way instead of including thin bezels - that 'edge to edge' look makes it look significantly different than just an iPhone with thinner bezels. *shrug*
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Sep 15, 2017 11:18
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I really wish there was a 128 GB tier. I have 25 GB available on my iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB so I'd think the 64 GB is sufficient, but we just had a baby in May and I feel as if there's going to be a lot of photos and videos in the coming years...
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Sep 15, 2017 11:29
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I'm not crazy about the notch or the removal of the home button, but I expect that X owners will adapt quickly, it will all turn out to be basically fine, and after the first few weeks the only people complaining will be the dogged crusaders who were never going to buy one anyway but pop up in every comment thread to talk about how it's practically the same as Tim Cook making GBS threads directly into their mouths.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:33
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Thanks for recommending the Apple Store for pre-ordering, thread! Last time I got a new phone was 2 or 3 years back and it was a pretty lovely instore experience.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:34
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SourKraut posted:I really wish there was a 128 GB tier. I have 25 GB available on my iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB so I'd think the 64 GB is sufficient, but we just had a baby in May and I feel as if there's going to be a lot of photos and videos in the coming years...
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Sep 15, 2017 11:35
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SourKraut posted:I really wish there was a 128 GB tier. I have 25 GB available on my iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB so I'd think the 64 GB is sufficient, but we just had a baby in May and I feel as if there's going to be a lot of photos and videos in the coming years... I always back all my photos up to Google Photos. More straightforward than iCloud photo sharing and works across everything.
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Weedle posted:it's practically the same as Tim Cook making GBS threads directly into their mouths. It's exactly the same!! He is LITERALLY making GBS threads directly into my mouth. Also, I'll be getting the 256GB iJesus X, so expect to get it in time for Easter.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:41
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The Notch is a worthless bloated disgrace that inserts itself where its not wanted and makes everyone's life worse.
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SourKraut posted:I really wish there was a 128 GB tier. I have 25 GB available on my iPhone 6 Plus 64 GB so I'd think the 64 GB is sufficient, but we just had a baby in May and I feel as if there's going to be a lot of photos and videos in the coming years... Google Photos, my dude. The ability to recognize kids as they get older is pretty impressive too.
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Sep 15, 2017 11:46
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Wooo got the 8+ last night from the T-Mobile website. It ran into a couple hiccups and I was sure I was gonna miss it but it worked! 
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Google Photos, my dude. This x1000. I've never been able to get a handle on iCloud Photo Sharing / Photostream. It's not clear at all which photos are on the device and which are not (at least to me); which is really important when you have a 16GB phone.
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Sep 15, 2017 12:40
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What I thought would take 5 minutes took an hour with Verizon at 3 am. No matter what I did, on both Verizon and Apples order sites, it wanted me to pay full price up front instead of payments to Verizon. Ended up ordering it through a Verizon rep in the online chat on the site. They had no idea why it did that. That’s my first world problems story thanks for listening!
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Sep 15, 2017 12:52
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two dumb questions: 1) any recommended adblockers to look out for when the phone arrives? 2) I'm using LastPass as a password manager, how well does it work on iOS?
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Sep 15, 2017 13:07
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ulvir posted:2) I'm using LastPass as a password manager, how well does it work on iOS? That said, don't use lastpass. It's a security nightmare. Use 1password or Keepass.
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Sep 15, 2017 13:12
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Khablam posted:They don't work well, for anything that's not a specifically supported app you'll need to copy-paste. Which isn't the worst thing in the world at all. With multi-tasking you just hop in between the two apps, copy to clipboard with two taps. With TouchID (or FaceID I guess) with 1Password, using it on iOS is a lot faster than using it on my Mac or Windows machines (and having to type in my complex database password).
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Sep 15, 2017 13:14
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Khablam posted:They don't work well, for anything that's not a specifically supported app you'll need to copy-paste. which is pretty similar to android, then. thanks. Khablam posted:That said, don't use lastpass. It's a security nightmare. Use 1password or Keepass. from what I've read in the past they're pretty quick to respond to threats, though? it was already somewhat of a hassle to migrate to one password manager, I can't imagine switching to another would be any simpler.
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Sep 15, 2017 13:23
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Xenomorph posted:When I order from Apple, their site insists that they ship the phone to the billing address. That means when I'm at work, they ship it to my house.. I always order from the Apple Store app, and I am able to ship to a different address than my billing address. I even did it this morning when ordering an AppleTV 4K.
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Sep 15, 2017 13:42
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I’m picking up at the closest ~*Fruit Stand*~ and get there extra early so I can have people clap at me when I go pickup the latest stupid expensive purchase I made.
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Sep 15, 2017 13:50
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ulvir posted:which is pretty similar to android, then. thanks. Using Lastpass is better than not using a password manager at all. It's fine so long as you're not a sperg about being "the most safe" rather than "safe". (Not that it matters at all as Equifax will just leak all your identity information so who cares about passwords?) That said, I find the Lastpass app works really well. You can add it to the share screen too so you can quickly get at a website's password.
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Thwomp posted:Using Lastpass is better than not using a password manager at all. It's fine so long as you're not a sperg about being "the most safe" rather than "safe". On the other hand I started having identity issues as soon as I hopped on lastpass. They’re sorta at Equifax levels of security incompetence and all my account flags stopped going off when I switched to 1Password.
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ulvir posted:which is pretty similar to android, then. thanks. Keepass2android lets you use a keyboard anywhere that pastes your passwords. ulvir posted:from what I've read in the past they're pretty quick to respond to threats, though? it was already somewhat of a hassle to migrate to one password manager, I can't imagine switching to another would be any simpler. Also switching takes about 20mins, conservatively. They import/export between one another.
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ulvir posted:two dumb questions: 1) I use AdGuard and find it works pretty well, I use it on desktop too. 2) I dunno if you have other apple products, but I do and I use Safari/iCloud for all my password storage stuff and it's great because it just works across devices without installing anything. It even pulls up in app sign in stuff now which is pretty cool. Of course you're storing that stuff in iCloud but at some point you're storing that stuff in SOME cloud place and Apple does as good a job as anyone keeping people out.
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Cat Army