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Nuts and Gum posted:The only product in my house that supports USB-C is somehow a Nintendo product The Perfect Console is just that good.
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Or if you have Macbooks in the house and needed extra chargers.
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Oct 14, 2020 01:55
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The Dave posted:Or if you have Macbooks in the house and needed extra chargers. The switch has been out for years. Laptops largely transitioned already. The Android market has been on it for awhile and even mid tier stuff switched. Hell even garbage fire tablets have switched. I know C is no where near as ubiquitous as A but C isn't uncommon anymore
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Oct 14, 2020 01:59
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Nuts and Gum posted:The only product in my house that supports USB-C is somehow a Nintendo product Same.
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Oct 14, 2020 02:07
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This is definitely not a large patch.
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Oct 14, 2020 02:08
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I only got an Anker PowerPort Atom with USB-C the other day for charging my iPad Pro (OG) at my desk, and because my iPad's lightning cable wore itself out. The MagSafe charger, which would be great to go bedside, is USB-C rather than USB-A, and I have no USB-C powerbricks at all. This move is so counter-intuitive and it should have been an opt-out thing.
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Oct 14, 2020 02:32
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Man what color pro to get?! They're all looking so good.
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Oct 14, 2020 02:41
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ijyt posted:I only got an Anker PowerPort Atom with USB-C the other day for charging my iPad Pro (OG) at my desk, and because my iPad's lightning cable wore itself out. The MagSafe charger, which would be great to go bedside, is USB-C rather than USB-A, and I have no USB-C powerbricks at all. Airpod pros come with lightning to usb c cable and iPad pros have a usb c connection themselves as do Macbooks. Y’all are being super weird about this
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Oct 14, 2020 02:49
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Airpod pros come with lightning to usb c cable and iPad pros have a usb c connection themselves as do Macbooks. Y’all are being super weird about this They are selling the MagSafe charger with no powerbrick, but go off.
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Oct 14, 2020 02:59
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Going for the blue 12 w/ color selection and model confirmed and ready for preorder. The blue just looks like a really nice color. Little worried that the Apple Store couldn’t look up the IUP loan by my social for my wife’s iPhone. It came up on my app as an iPhone Upgrade Program capable phone, and I signed up for both loans in my name and I have both of them in my Citizens One account. Just signed up for a new loan instead, hope I didn’t mess anything up. Guessing it’s fine since each IUP is a new loan anyway. They both show up as “upgrading from” the correct old phone in the app. 
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Oct 14, 2020 03:01
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Airpod pros come with lightning to usb c cable and iPad pros have a usb c connection themselves as do Macbooks. Y’all are being super weird about this Nah it’s super annoying not to include a brick. Not the end of the world since old cables will still work but I have dozens of powered usb a inputs around the house and 0 usb c. The transition makes sense but no brick is an obnoxious way to go about it IMO.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:02
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sorry just want to confirm, the block that plugs into my wall for for my USB-C Macbook Pro can be substituted with the one that connects to the new USB-C to lightning cable for iPhone 12 and vice versa? Both blocks can power either device?
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Oct 14, 2020 03:13
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the brick is like the most imporant part because you can end up with the lovely 3.5-5W brick or get a proper fast charge 15+W brick. Them skipping on it is straight up bullshit.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:13
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Puppy Galaxy posted:Nah it’s super annoying not to include a brick. Not the end of the world since old cables will still work but I have dozens of powered usb a inputs around the house and 0 usb c. The transition makes sense but no brick is an obnoxious way to go about it IMO. gotta say the choice to simply not make 200 million new bricks a year, the vast, vast majority of which aren't at all needed, is a good move on apple's part and the kind of change we should be demanding of all companies at a minimum
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Spime Wrangler posted:gotta say the choice to simply not make 200 million new bricks a year, the vast, vast majority of which aren't at all needed, is a good move on apple's part and the kind of change we should be demanding of all companies at a minimum It’s a good move but they still swapped to USB-C cable when most people probably have USB-A chargers if anything.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:15
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WE'RE DRAGGING YOU ALL INTO THE USB-C FUTURE KICKING AND SCREAMING
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You, an idiot: usb-C is good get used to it Me, an intellectual: iPad Pro wireless charging when??
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Spime Wrangler posted:gotta say the choice to simply not make 200 million new bricks a year, the vast, vast majority of which aren't at all needed, is a good move on apple's part and the kind of change we should be demanding of all companies at a minimum I’m not gonna demand that companies make me buy extra stuff to charge my phone
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Oct 14, 2020 03:18
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If Apple didn’t do the change this year then next year we’d have the exact same conversation. I’m glad they did it this year just to get it out of the way. IMO they should cave to pressure and give everyone who buys a 12 a voucher for a USB-C charging brick this year and who knows, maybe they will if enough people complain loudly enough. You guys are complaining about not having USB-C devices because there aren’t any if you don’t buy new laptops or have been using iPhones. That’s never going to change unless someone as big as Apple forces the issue and now that they’ve done it I bet USB-C is going to be ubiquitous real quick. Protocol7 posted:It’s a good move but they still swapped to USB-C cable when most people probably have USB-A chargers if anything. Then they can keep using those USB-A chargers with their drawer full of USB-A lightning cables. If they ever want to get on with the future they can buy a (multi port) USB-C brick and have the cable ready to use. Jay-V posted:sorry just want to confirm, the block that plugs into my wall for for my USB-C Macbook Pro can be substituted with the one that connects to the new USB-C to lightning cable for iPhone 12 and vice versa? Both blocks can power either device? Yes. The devices will communicate with the brick to tell it how much juice to give. Protocol7 posted:I personally don’t give a poo poo cause I’m on the wireless charging train and I’m totally buying the MagSafe charger, but it’s still fun to point out how silly it is to give people only a USB-C cable without USB-C wall adapters being very widespread. Those MagSafe chargers are going to be powered via USB-C so you should care. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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I personally don’t give a poo poo cause I’m on the wireless charging train and I’m totally buying the MagSafe charger, but it’s still fun to point out how silly it is to give people only a USB-C cable without USB-C wall adapters being very widespread.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:21
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Just use your old cables jesus christ. but they should give you $20 for an anker charger if you ask haha.
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The basic problem with USB-C that still hasn't been fixed is the complete lack of USB-C hubs that just provide multiple USB-C ports.
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Puppy Galaxy posted:I’m not gonna demand that companies make me buy extra stuff to charge my phone of course not, which is why it's good that they're forcing you to do it having a brand new high-wattage USB-C power brick to use instead of the dozen USB-A/lightning bricks you already own is unnecessary for your device to function and is a luxury people should have to pay for
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TraderStav posted:Man what color pro to get?! They're all looking so good. If I was getting a pro, I’d go gold. It looks so nice in that gold.
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Oct 14, 2020 03:27
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For folks on the iPhone Upgrade Program, do you get an account at citizens bank so you can pay the entire thing off early (outside of upgrades) to own the phone free and clear? Or is that not an option?
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Roadie posted:The basic problem with USB-C that still hasn't been fixed is the complete lack of USB-C hubs that just provide multiple USB-C ports. The basic problem with USB C charging is that they still refuse to make multiport chargers with more than 2 USB c ports You used to have a problem with out of spec poo poo but that was OnePlus' fault and I think those days are long gone WhyteRyce fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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Oct 14, 2020 03:35
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Matt Zerella posted:FaceID is great and it’s no worse privacy wise than turning over your fingerprints. Facial recognition is significantly worse from a privacy perspective.  Question Mark Mound posted:I missed the presentation but as an XS owner the only real difference I see, even with the Pros, seems to be camera stuff? This is the difference as far as I can tell. I might get a mini. I just broke the screen on my 7 Plus for the fifth time. The mini seems like the same size as the non plus 6/7/8, which may have been the best size, with almost the same screen size as the plus.
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CoasterMaster posted:For folks on the iPhone Upgrade Program, do you get an account at citizens bank so you can pay the entire thing off early (outside of upgrades) to own the phone free and clear? Or is that not an option? Yes you get an account and can pay it off whenever
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Yes you get an account and can pay it off whenever I went into my account today seeing if I could make my 12th payment (looks like that's just handled when you upgrade) and there was only options to change my recurring payment method, nothing that I could find to make a one time payment of any sort. Maybe you have to call? The nice thing about AUP is that you don't lose anything if you don't upgrade. It's a 0% interest 24 month loan. As long as you're willing to have AppleCare, it's net zero cost with options. You do lose the ability to sell the phone yourself and pay less than you otherwise would, but damned I'm too old for that game now.
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xzzy posted:Do you get paid based on how many times you use the phrase "power adapter"? Tech reviewers and stuff always are so upset about how everything isn’t usb-c, but I feel like only a small sub-set of people are all-in on usb-c at this point. Am I wrong? It feels way too early too me. Which does make it pretty weird that apple is including the cable but no wall adapter. It feels like they skipped a step.
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I'm upgrading from an iPhone 8... mini or pro? I'd really like the fancy cameras and probably bigger battery and screen, but I also tried switching to an 8 plus last time around and had to return it because it was too unwieldy.
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TraderStav posted:Maybe you have to call? I know it's generally a good deal, but I'm just really debt adverse....so I'm thinking if the debt is too much anxiety for me, I can just pay to get rid of it. Just my weird brain.
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CoasterMaster posted:I know it's generally a good deal, but I'm just really debt adverse....so I'm thinking if the debt is too much anxiety for me, I can just pay to get rid of it. Just my weird brain. I am the same way. This and my mortgage are my only debt. For this, I take the amount of the loan and put it in a YNAB category and it draws down each month. So it's basically a payment facilitation for me, I have the cash at any moment to pay off. This is after buying phones outright forever and doing the swappa game afterwards. I probably didn't save that much in the end. Also now I care much less about keeping a perfect phone since Apple will accept it with scuffs and scratches that would normally reduce value by hundreds so I don't have that feeling of restriction with my phone anymore.
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CoasterMaster posted:For folks on the iPhone Upgrade Program, do you get an account at citizens bank so you can pay the entire thing off early (outside of upgrades) to own the phone free and clear? Or is that not an option? You can make an account online to view your balance, but the functionality is super limited. Every year I sell my old model instead of shipping it back to Apple. I’ve tried calling in to pay off after I sell, but the agent told me Apple locked the account for changes and to try again in a month. I think when you upgrade they freeze your account to give you time to ship it back. Has anyone been able to get preapproved for a 12 max? The MacRumors thread shows people that have tried just get to a “remind me” button. People are assuming preapprovals will open the week of 11/6, but I don’t think there’s any official word.
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I don't know if this will make anyone feel better or madder, but Apple lowered the price of the accessories they're no longer including with iPhones. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/10/13/apple-lowers-earpods-price/
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TraderStav posted:I went into my account today seeing if I could make my 12th payment (looks like that's just handled when you upgrade) and there was only options to change my recurring payment method, nothing that I could find to make a one time payment of any sort. Yes call Citizens directly
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frogbs posted:Tech reviewers and stuff always are so upset about how everything isn’t usb-c, but I feel like only a small sub-set of people are all-in on usb-c at this point. Am I wrong? It feels way too early too me. Which does make it pretty weird that apple is including the cable but no wall adapter. It feels like they skipped a step. Why do you have to be all in on usb-c? Your old stuff still works so just keep using that and try not to worry about that cable that comes with the phone which you won't be using
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Boris Galerkin posted:If Apple didn’t do the change this year then next year we’d have the exact same conversation. I’m glad they did it this year just to get it out of the way. IMO they should cave to pressure and give everyone who buys a 12 a voucher for a USB-C charging brick this year and who knows, maybe they will if enough people complain loudly enough. Would be nice if they let you bring in a crummy old 5W USB-A iPod charger and swap it for a nice 18W USB-C charger with the purchase of the new phone. They could even "responsibly recycle" the old chargers and claim more credits!
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Real post: has anyone seen a short USB-C to lightning cable? 1-2' would be good.
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TraderStav posted:I went into my account today seeing if I could make my 12th payment (looks like that's just handled when you upgrade) and there was only options to change my recurring payment method, nothing that I could find to make a one time payment of any sort. I get the same result when I sign in to mine. I keep meaning to call, but I still haven't decided if I'm even going to upgrade this year. enojy fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Oct 14, 2020 |
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