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BGrifter posted:I posted a few months ago asking whether these were worth it, I suppose it’s time to pay the advice I got forward. I just can't gush about AirPods to the same degree all you darn goons can, but I do like them a lot, and I do offer them a ton of credit in one specific way: they got me back into music in a huge way with their convenience. If you have the mind to carry the small case with you, you can be piping music into your ears in about 5 seconds with no wires attaching your head to your pocket.
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BGrifter posted:I posted a few months ago asking whether these were worth it, I suppose it’s time to pay the advice I got forward. I hate reading posts like these because I have weird shaped ears and the AirPods hurt them 
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Dec 16, 2017 02:56
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BoyBlunder posted:I hate reading posts like these because I have weird shaped ears and the AirPods hurt them Yeah it sucks that like 20% of the population can’t use AirPods. Hopefully the competition will be forced to step up their game and make a comparably convenient product. Apple really hit on what sucks about most Bluetooth earbuds, pairing is awful. Making that smooth as silk, adding great microphones/noise cancelling and the charging case make the whole experience a dream. When Apple are at their best it’s at recognizing the real issues with a device instead of the popular perception. The average person cares less about a slightly improved rating on Head-Fi than convenience and usability. Instead of chasing tiny improvements in sound quality they made headphones you actually want to use.
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Dec 16, 2017 03:06
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shrike82 posted:are qi chargers worth it over charging via cables? they've come down to a price where they're an impulse buy but not sure how much more convenient they are I have the Pleson stand for my nightstand. Set and forget it. No loving with cables, lay it down and its charging. Perfect for over night or when you know you dont need your phone for a bit. I hate HATE HATE loving with the cable to plug it in, and this reduces wear and tear on the port.
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Dec 16, 2017 05:22
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MrBigglesworth posted:I have the Pleson stand for my nightstand. Set and forget it. No loving with cables, lay it down and its charging. Perfect for over night or when you know you dont need your phone for a bit. I hate HATE HATE loving with the cable to plug it in, and this reduces wear and tear on the port. That looks like exactly what I want, but $70 on Amazon.ca with $15 shipping from some third party reseller instead of $21.45 USD on Amazon.com. Bleh.
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Dec 16, 2017 05:30
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The gently caress? How much is it to ship from Oklahoma to where you are? If it aint too bad I can buy it for you and you can paypal me or some poo poo.
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Dec 16, 2017 05:46
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MrBigglesworth posted:The gently caress? How much is it to ship from Oklahoma to where you are? If it aint too bad I can buy it for you and you can paypal me or some poo poo. I can order it from Amazon.com, they'll just ding me with duty at the border on it for importing it. Or I can wait for a restock on Amazon.ca/an alternative that's similarly priced. Private sellers tend to try to charge absurd prices on stuff in Canada. $100 for a $25 USD item is common.
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Dec 16, 2017 05:58
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yeah when poo poo sells out (it is December) well, I dont' know the system, but it will usually automatically take you to an expensive 3rd price seller on the search who has every incentive to raise the price in December
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Dec 16, 2017 06:00
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So the newest iOS update that mentions a fix for people locked out of the Home app apparently doesn't fix the problem where you may get stuck at the "Loading Accessories and Scenes" that my wife's phone has had for months now. It works fine on my iPhone that started the Home sharing, and my iPad, but never on her phone. Is the only fix for that to contact Apple and hope they do something on their end?
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Dec 16, 2017 15:36
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I have a different Home.app problem where I can’t invite my partner into our home because Home.app denies that either of the 2 email addresses on her Apple account are associated with an Apple ID. I love and hate HomeKit. It’s fast and reliable when it works, but the poo poo setup and general jank of it make it a total pain in the rear end at times.
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Dec 16, 2017 17:41
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bobfather posted:I have a different Home.app problem where I can’t invite my partner into our home because Home.app denies that either of the 2 email addresses on her Apple account are associated with an Apple ID. Did you update to 11.2.1? I had the same issue until that came out.
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shrike82 posted:are qi chargers worth it over charging via cables? they've come down to a price where they're an impulse buy but not sure how much more convenient they are Eh, if its just for bedside charging its not worth it. The real advantage is if you pick up your phone a lot at your desk at work. Now I leave work with a full battery.
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Dec 16, 2017 18:02
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BGrifter posted:I can order it from Amazon.com, they'll just ding me with duty at the border on it for importing it. Or I can wait for a restock on Amazon.ca/an alternative that's similarly priced. Private sellers tend to try to charge absurd prices on stuff in Canada. $100 for a $25 USD item is common. Check out this one from amazon Canada https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075XCC6YX/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I‘ve has it for a few weeks and it works fairly well
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The Gillman posted:Check out this one from amazon Canada https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075XCC6YX/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Sounds good. Threw it on my wish list for later. I’ve got to put an order in on Amazon for a bunch of odds and ends anyway.
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Are there any good guesses on when/if a new SE will come out? I’m hoping to replace my 5S soon but I don’t want to buy an SE if it’ll just get upgraded within the next year. I’m the guy who just wants the cheapest iPhone. I don’t really do a lot with my phone besides the basics, but I use my Mac and iPad all the time and it’s nice to keep my phone in that same ecosystem.
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tankadillo posted:Are there any good guesses on when/if a new SE will come out? I’m hoping to replace my 5S soon but I don’t want to buy an SE if it’ll just get upgraded within the next year. I don’t expect them to upgrade the SE until the 6S is discontinued.
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tankadillo posted:Are there any good guesses on when/if a new SE will come out? I’m hoping to replace my 5S soon but I don’t want to buy an SE if it’ll just get upgraded within the next year. The current rumour suggests Apple are working on a new SE, probably/possibly out next March. That would put it two years after the release of the SE, which was also released outside the regular iphone release schedule. There was a rumour a few months back which got repeated with a bit more detail a couple of weeks ago, so that might mean something, but there's certainly been nothing concrete yet and I've no idea how reliable the originators of the rumour are. Whether it's going to be the same 5S/SE frame with upgraded internals or an entirely new phone isn't known. There's a chance it's a baby X, in which case it may well not be that inexpensive, but that seems like a bit of a stupid thing to do considering how much margin Apple makes off the current SE which still sells really well.
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Dec 17, 2017 18:11
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spunkshui posted:Eh, if its just for bedside charging its not worth it. Big disagree on the first point. Being able to just grab the phone to answer a text or kill an alarm and then toss it back on a charger without a cable dragging through all my other nightstand clutter has been a pure joy.
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Dec 17, 2017 19:29
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BoyBlunder posted:I hate reading posts like these because I have weird shaped ears and the AirPods hurt them
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Housh posted:Same. If they are shaped exactly like the ones that come with the phone, AirPod would constantly pop out of my right ear and be painful as gently caress. Anecdotal, but I’ve found AirPods to fit a bit better than EarPods, especially when it comes to secureness. However, they still work a bit loose while walking/running. While one hasn’t fallen out, yet, I have bought some Earhoox on Amazon to see if they help with active stuff (not ideal, since you can’t store/charge the pods with any sort of accessory on ‘em).
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Anyone else noticing way improved battery life after the recent update? I've got a 6+ and just browsing around on Safari would drain ~1% every couple searches or so and it would drain ~10% overnight, after updating it seems like both issues are fixed. Obviously I'll need a few more days to be sure, just curious if anyone else is experiencing the same thing.
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Hello Spaceman posted:Anecdotal, but I’ve found AirPods to fit a bit better than EarPods, especially when it comes to secureness.
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What does this little bar under the signal/battery indicator mean? It’s only just started appearing since the last update.
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I think they put that there recently on the X to denote which side you swipe down to get whatever (I don’t have an X).
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Yeah, that makes sense. Looks a bit poo poo though.
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I want it to go away, much like the home swipe bar
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Yeah I’d love an option to switch both off, now. It’d be ok for the first week of use maybe.
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Question Mark Mound posted:I've found this too, but I'm thinking that maybe it's the movement of the cable that has always been the problem rather than the shape of the actual headphones. Maybe I'll pick up a pair in the new year.
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GobiasIndustries posted:Anyone else noticing way improved battery life after the recent update? I've got a 6+ and just browsing around on Safari would drain ~1% every couple searches or so and it would drain ~10% overnight, after updating it seems like both issues are fixed. Obviously I'll need a few more days to be sure, just curious if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. Yep, 11.2 shockingly made my 6s+ battery pretty good again
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Yep, 11.2 shockingly made my 6s+ battery pretty good again Glad I'm not the only one. I don't know when it started but a couple weeks ago I think was when I noticed that browsing was loving killing my battery life, then I forgot to plug it in one night and the battery was almost dead when I woke up. I just charged it to 100% and sent a couple emails, a couple texts and searched for a few things and it's still at 100%.  whatever this update fixed, i'm glad of it.
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buglord posted:Otterbox Communter is awesome, Symmetry if you still want to enjoy relative phone slimness, Defender if you want to be like my dad but also you want to sell your phone for maximum value. They're all like 50 bucks but id reccomend going to your carrier store because they surprisingly have deals on phone cases sometimes, and they're generally happy to let you try a bunch of cases on. why do you say this? my wife just got a lifeproof because it purported to be waterproof
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mastershakeman posted:why do you say this? my wife just got a lifeproof because it purported to be waterproof They say it is but it really isn't. I've never had one but from reading it cracks too easily and they flat out refuse to replace any damaged phone. I've read enough to say avoid them.
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Aren’t iPhones more or less waterproof these days unless you take it swimming with you for an hour
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iPhone 7 and newer are rated waterproof to 30 feet for 30 minutes, so yeah, unless you are snorkling for an hour, a waterproof case is unnecessary.
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mastershakeman posted:why do you say this? my wife just got a lifeproof because it purported to be waterproof The plastic build quality feels incredibly cheap for the price you’re paying. The thing with waterproof, is that it’s only as waterproof as the weakest link. And there’s plenty of weak/cheap links on the case which can compromise the waterproofness. Hinge gets loose after a while, the rubber volume buttons tear over time, plastic gets nicked. I guess I should say that it comes out of the packaging as definitely waterproof. But awful build quality undoes that within weeks of ownership. I’m just a lazy couch potato college student and that was seemingly too much action and adventure for lifeproof.
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Endless Mike posted:iPhone 7 and newer are rated waterproof to 30 feet for 30 minutes, so yeah, unless you are snorkling for an hour, a waterproof case is unnecessary. No. iPhone 7, 8, X are IP67 rated. The 6 means no ingress of dust in an 8 hour test. The 7 means ingress of water in a harmful quantity is not possible when immersed 1 metre for up to 30 minutes. IP68 (like the S8) changes it to 'manufacturer specified depth', 1.5 metres for the S8 for up to 30 minutes. 30 feet is 9 metres. Don't do that to your IP67 iPhone. At 1m, the pressure is is ~1.1atm. At 9m, the pressure is ~1.9atm, or almost 2x the pressure (~1.7x). It hasn't been tested at those depths. Also, this is all talking about static water. Currents, jets, etc will change the possibilities. Pivo fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Dec 18, 2017 |
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Anyone else having GPS issues on the iPhones with wireless charging? Found this on the apple forums... APPLE FORUMS posted:I had issues with the gps right from the very start with the iphone 8. It couldn't pin down my location and would freeze up constantly on the way to a destination. I had the same problem in multiple apps including Apple and google maps, so it had to be an issue with the hardware or software of the phone itself. I called support and we tried multiple reboots and things, nothing worked. I have an iPhone 8 plus, and my GPS has been total crap compared to my 6s plus. I also drive a Sonata but mines not 2011.  Im going to try moving my phone to the driver side window, but is this even possible?
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I'm having issues with missing text notifications while using Apple Maps which is annoying.
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spunkshui posted:Anyone else having GPS issues on the iPhones with wireless charging? I use a ProClips system that attaches to my A Pillar so my 8 plus is sitting just above the dash on the driver's side. I haven't had any issues with GPS, but I also don't have a wireless charger in the car. My mount has an integrated charging cable instead.
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Endless Mike posted:iPhone 7 and newer are rated waterproof to 30 feet for 30 minutes, so yeah, unless you are snorkling for an hour, a waterproof case is unnecessary. I watch 4.5 hours of anime in the shower every day without a case and no issues so far.
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