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Other than Spigen, any other cheaper alternative case recommendations? Spigen offers good quality and protection, and the buttons always feel great, but their designs are a little dull. I also don't want something that tries to make the phone look like a 00's era gaming PC. Ideally I would just go with a clear case, but those usually are slippery and end up very smudgy looking. Silicone ends up covered in pocket lint. Also, it's been confirmed that a 12 Pro case will not fit a 13 Pro, right?
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Other than Spigen, any other cheaper alternative case recommendations? Spigen offers good quality and protection, and the buttons always feel great, but their designs are a little dull. I also don't want something that tries to make the phone look like a 00's era gaming PC. Ideally I would just go with a clear case, but those usually are slippery and end up very smudgy looking. Silicone ends up covered in pocket lint. I have a Nomad case on my 12 and it’s been pretty drat great honestly. It’s not quite Spigen cheap but it’s worth the price increase imo
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Sep 19, 2021 06:23
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punk rebel ecks posted:Thanks for the replies everyone. My advice would be to expect it for the dates given and if it does happen to show up early then be pleasantly surprised instead of expecting it to show up early and be disappointed when it doesn’t.
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Sep 19, 2021 07:09
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jabro posted:My advice would be to expect it for the dates given and if it does happen to show up early then be pleasantly surprised instead of expecting it to show up early and be disappointed when it doesn’t. Apple generally works on a worst case scenario basis when it comes to shipping- An express replacement may quote 3-5 days but you generally get it overnight. My OG Airpods came like 2 weeks before the date, but my M1 12.9 only beat it by 2 days. I don't think anyone knows what supplies are actually gonna be like until non-launch day orders start showing up.
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Sep 19, 2021 07:21
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LODGE NORTH posted:The best deal right now is these crazy ones from carriers. You can get like $800 from Verizon and then preorder a 13 Mini essentially for free. If you have Verizon and one of the non-start level Unlimited plans. Skeezy posted:The 12 mini rules and honestly the 13 mini looks great if you want to go to that.
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Sep 19, 2021 09:42
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Other than Spigen, any other cheaper alternative case recommendations? Spigen offers good quality and protection, and the buttons always feel great, but their designs are a little dull. I also don't want something that tries to make the phone look like a 00's era gaming PC. Ideally I would just go with a clear case, but those usually are slippery and end up very smudgy looking. Silicone ends up covered in pocket lint. The 13 is thicker and buttons are lower. I have an apple leather case for my 13 pro and compared it to my 12 pro.
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Sep 19, 2021 14:26
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IM DAY DAY IRL posted:Now that the 13s are out I'm in the market for a 12 mini and wanted to get it as cheaply as possible without just buying used on Craigslist or ebay. 12s still haven't hit the Apple refurb shop and my SE 1st gen is hanging on by a thread so no trade-in options availabile. I was hoping that the price drop would hit Costco but nothing yet. Any other ideas? The thing with Apple products is that the retailers can often send back unsold inventory to Apple which then puts them into their refurb channel. The retailers may discount them a bit to move what they have but it's not like a crazy sale or anything.
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Sep 19, 2021 15:00
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japtor posted:Hope it becomes like the iPad mini, just kind of sticks around and morphs into weird premium niche unnumbered "iPhone mini" somewhere between the SE and newest phones. I've been thinking that eventually, the SE will just become the mini in a couple of years. Either they keep the SE name or it just becomes iPhone mini from here on out. SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Other than Spigen, any other cheaper alternative case recommendations? Spigen offers good quality and protection, and the buttons always feel great, but their designs are a little dull. I also don't want something that tries to make the phone look like a 00's era gaming PC. Ideally I would just go with a clear case, but those usually are slippery and end up very smudgy looking. Silicone ends up covered in pocket lint. On Amazon you have a few good ones, ESR is one that comes to mind. Cheap chases but they usually go for like $10-15 or so. Maybe even lower when they do promos, which seems to be often anyways.
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Sep 19, 2021 15:49
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What do you all think of an iPhone foldable phone?
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Sep 19, 2021 18:03
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punk rebel ecks posted:What do you all think of an iPhone foldable phone? I’ve always viewed the standard modern iPhone/smartphone as an all time great design and form factor. Folding phones seems like more of a gimmick than a feature and also seems like a way for more things to go wrong vs a stable solid chunk of phone. I have no real interest but I’m always open to see what direction technology goes in, even if I am completely over the year to year NeW fEatUrE marketing rush.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:07
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punk rebel ecks posted:What do you all think of an iPhone foldable phone? nope
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Sep 19, 2021 18:09
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punk rebel ecks posted:What do you all think of an iPhone foldable phone? Ultimately it depends on the compromises and if they're worth it to me for the benefits. Mainly thinking of durability/longevity and the price premium. The smaller flip phone is neat but seems pretty limited benefit wise for me, while the bigger tablet style has more obvious benefits...but feels kinda doomed for me between being both bigger than a phone I'd want, and smaller than a tablet I'd want.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:13
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I can imagine the foldable bigger screen phone could be like an "iPad Phone". However, I don't like that you have to "fold" the phone to make it bigger. I'd prefer if you would grab one top corner of the phone and then grab the other corner diagonally across from it and pull it out to expand the phone, like a map.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:27
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I have a folding Motorola Razr. (I didn’t buy it; I’m not crazy.) It’s weird, but it works. I was using it as my work phone for a while, but I went back to the pixel 3a I had been using previously when the novelty wore off. I’m not opposed to the idea. The razr is clunky and odd, but maybe someone will come up with a version of that idea that’s good. I think the main failing of the Razr is that it’s so thick and heavy: it’s less comfortable in your pocket than a standard shape.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:37
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Yeah it’s really hard to say without knowing the compromises. Not opposed to something that won’t slide out of some shorts as easily as phones do and extra drop protection could be nice. But I can also picture my one year old destroying it with ease.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:44
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Foldable phones might be cool in like ten years if there’s sufficient leaps in materials science, until then they’re a lol gimmick The little slate design of the iPhone pretty much nailed the ideal form factor for a device like a phone the first time around, it’s been iteration since then with no compelling alternative ideas, and likely will remain the de facto ideal design standard until we have some bullshit like wearables with projected screens or whatever
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Sep 19, 2021 18:45
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Wheeee posted:Foldable phones might be cool in like ten years if there’s sufficient leaps in materials science, until then they’re a lol gimmick AR glasses will come close to replacing a phone but I can’t imagine it ever completely replacing the need.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:54
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Wheeee posted:projected screens or whatever I remember there was that one phone with a projector built in a few years back.
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Sep 19, 2021 18:58
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i hope ar glasses never take off because i don't want to live in a world where people are walking around with normal looking glasses that have cameras in them
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Sep 19, 2021 19:04
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Weedle posted:i hope ar glasses never take off because i don't want to live in a world where people are walking around with normal looking glasses that have cameras in them I have some bad news
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Sep 19, 2021 19:18
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SuperiorColliculus posted:I have some “Designed with your privacy in mind.” I don’t believe you.
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Sep 19, 2021 19:23
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SuperiorColliculus posted:I have some yes these are what i'm thinking of and i'm hoping a "knockout game"-esque movement arises that makes horrible nerds fearful of being seen in public with them. ar glasses people are all this guy
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Sep 19, 2021 19:38
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google glass was the best possible implementation because they were insanely expensive, ugly and obvious. i hope the facebook glasses flop like snap spectacles, preferably onto the ground in pieces. gently caress that poo poo for real.
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Sep 19, 2021 19:39
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Man was not meant to have that many electronic gadgets
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Sep 19, 2021 19:42
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SuperiorColliculus posted:I have some Doesn’t matter if this flops like Google’s dumbshit attempt, the technology coming to market is inevitable. Privacy as we came to understand it in the 20th century was an anomaly and is on the way out.
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Sep 19, 2021 20:10
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Weedle posted:google glass was the best possible implementation because they were insanely expensive, ugly and obvious. i hope the facebook glasses flop like snap spectacles, preferably onto the ground in pieces. gently caress that poo poo for real.  It sucks how much I’ve come around to being a grumpy luddite about most tech but gently caress it, it feels right in my heart.
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Sep 19, 2021 20:11
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Kilometers Davis posted:
Reminder that the Luddites were right
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Sep 19, 2021 20:19
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Until the folding screen tech improves to completely eliminate the crease (if ever) I can’t imagine Apple releasing a folding phone. The crease in the middle of the phone screen is something that I think would never make it past Apple’s design/usability team.
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Sep 19, 2021 20:27
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If Android phones were to do it, and if it were to sell well, Apple would copy them.
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Sep 19, 2021 20:32
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Nah, Apple won’t touch that until/unless they can do it seamlessly. Apple’s software is a weak point of theirs, but on hardware they lead the market and set the trends everyone else follows. Their Promotion that debuted in 2017 on iPad Pro is still better than any other implementation on the market, and it’s coming to iPhones ‘late’ because they couldn’t source the components at the necessary quality and quantity until now, not because Android showed them the light. They definitely need to steal more Android OS ideas like the notification system tho, even iOS 15 notifications are shameful
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Sep 19, 2021 20:46
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If phones were meant to fold our lord Steve Apple would have invented them in the garage with Woz. I have still not placed my pre-order but a 13 mini is absolutely happening. I just need my wife to decide if she cares enough about her 11 to change and if she wants a pro/mini/reg 13.
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Sep 19, 2021 21:18
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Cartoon Man posted:AR glasses will come close to replacing a phone but I can’t imagine it ever completely replacing the need. Not without quantum leaps from Siri. Until using voice command is just as precise as tapping for commands/settings/dictation it's just going to be a different screen to see your content on. It doesn't need to be Jarvis or anything, just to the point that an average user could get through the day without needing to grab their phone if they didn't want to. Wheeee posted:Nah, Apple won’t touch that until/unless they can do it seamlessly. Seamlessly would be good, but I think the real roadblock is component pricing- what would you need to charge to keep Apple level margins swhile adding apple level polish to foldables? The Jobs era dictum of keeping the product lines simple are long gone, but a 3rd tier foldable hanging out in Macbook Pro pricing land sounds a little much.
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Sep 19, 2021 21:32
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Yea, not sure how true it is but I recall reading that the Airpods Max are actually a stripped down product, in that they turned their original design direction for them around and aimed less at the hi-fi market when they realized they’d need to sell what they were developing at $1000+ to make a profit.
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Sep 19, 2021 21:41
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Wheeee posted:Reminder that the Luddites were right Saving this for when I’ve got time, seems interesting. Thanks 
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Sep 19, 2021 22:18
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My main beef with Siri is the commands she accepts seems to change without notice every major iOS update. Like I'd use 'shuffle playlist kpop' and it did the right thing g for a while but now all it does is toggle shuffle on for whatever's currently playing. I hate having to figure out the new phrase.
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xzzy posted:My main beef with Siri is the commands she accepts seems to change without notice every major iOS update. Like I'd use 'shuffle playlist kpop' and it did the right thing g for a while but now all it does is toggle shuffle on for whatever's currently playing. I hate having to figure out the new phrase. Siri randomly switches between adding separate shopping list items to separate entries and just shoving 'eggs milk bread sugar cantaloupes oil lugnuts' onto one insane line in what I can only assume is a targeted act of Zersetzung by Tim Apple
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Sep 19, 2021 22:30
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what about a rollable iphone phone 
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Sep 19, 2021 23:26
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just blast an overlay into my optic nerve from my iMplant
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Sep 20, 2021 00:28
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Wheeee posted:just blast an overlay into my optic nerve from my iMplant They'll bring back the iSight branding for them. or go with eye
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Waiting for the Apple watchphone that's a slapstick you wrap around your forearm to be a watch, then when you uncurl it it turns into a tablet.
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