|
I really like the Otterbox Symmetry series. They give a significant amount of protection without being bulky and getting in the way like their more well known cases. And yeah some of the colors are great too. That one should get here around when my phone does at the end of next week.
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 17:12 |
|
|
Shifty Pony posted:Nah there needs to be one fun/silly option. I know Apple wouldn't go for an iMac-color-like electric purple but was really hoping for at least something coming from the white side like lavender or lilac instead of black adjacent "deep purple". This is sick and I would definitely like to see what Apple could do with its supply chain capability and being a market leader in cool materials manufacturing they can do with their cases. They don't really do that. They are already very solidly engineered but they don't seem to push the limits that much. Apple have 25 different iPhone models being sold but none that really stand out. I want an iPhone Ultra Max is what I'm trying to say.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:28
|
|
|
Why can’t they do bold colors again My yellow XR was almost as attractive as my first iPhone, the iPhone 5C green 
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:33
|
|
|
Just got an email saying AppleCare+ accidental damage went from two incidents every twelve months to unlimited incidents.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:39
|
|
|
Hell yeah time for some more reckless behavior
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:40
|
|
|
Inner Light posted:Ok thread, it's officially time for this year's conversations about why or why we did not upgrade. This is the phase before conversations around our delivery dates. The literal only way I would upgrade my 13P is if one of my kids’ phones were eligible for $1000 ATT trade in credit. Otherwise, gently caress that.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:42
|
|
|
I'm gonna try my luck and chatting with Apple tomorrow to see if I can alter my order to do a trade in. I was surprised to see they took Android phones in for trade. Irritatingly, the Galaxy S21 Ultra I have wasn't on their list, despite having every other variant of S21 available on the list of trade ins.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 03:43
|
|
|
MarcusSA posted:Hell yeah time for some more reckless behavior 
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:00
|
|
|
Nostalgia4Infinity posted:That case *checks notes* slaps. I agree with this. Apple hosed me with releasing a mid cycle green 13 Pro but whatever, the gold one is nice.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:04
|
|
|
Still can't use the AUP with a business account... for shame.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:04
|
|
|
Skeezy posted:I agree with this. Apple hosed me with releasing a mid cycle green 13 Pro but whatever, the gold one is nice. Nothing had wowed me enough to get rid of my XS until I saw the green 13s. It’s so pretty I take it out of the case to gawk at it still. Greens been my favorite color since I was a little guy.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:12
|
|
|
MarcusSA posted:I have a 13 pro max and I’m on the fence. I want to see some real benchmarks before I do an upgrade. Benchmarks will be number go up but real world performance outside of the most demanding games probably wont even be noticeable.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:41
|
|
|
I know y’all are doing trade-ins and stuff but it’s still mindboggling to me that there are people out there upgrading their $1300 phones after one year.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:48
|
|
|
American McGay posted:I know y’all are doing trade-ins and stuff but it’s still mindboggling to me that there are people out there upgrading their $1300 phones after one year. Yeah I make poor financial choices.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:56
|
|
|
Why save money when social security is going to be privatized in a decade anyway Besides, ya never know when you might need that emergency satellite phone home thing You might DIE one day because you didn't have this year's iPhone! 
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 04:57
|
|
|
After the 11PM I was like, okay, I’m going to go yearly from now on, I make alright money and this is all tax deduction and the trade in is super convenient. And I got the 12 PM, and then looked at the 13 and was just powerfully bored by it. Some good camera and battery upgrades which in retrospect would have made a lot of things much easier, but it just wasn’t an exciting buy. I think that that might just be how phones are. Honestly at the current pace I could see going as long as 3 generations, which I’ve done before but that was fairly painful, I think now it could be unnoticeable.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 05:05
|
|
|
American McGay posted:I know y’all are doing trade-ins and stuff but it’s still mindboggling to me that there are people out there upgrading their $1300 phones after one year. Some of us like spending money. It’s a weird one for me as apple did the iPhone Upgrade Program and now I don’t even think about it. I look at it like the old carrier subsidy where you were always paying for the phone.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 05:57
|
|
|
I have the 13 Pro Max, wanting the 14 Pro Max because why not. I use this thing every single day. The only thing that makes me hesitate a little is the camera bumps look huge now. looks kinda absurd. but 48MP camera that allows for zoom-in seems incredible.. I probably don't need the incremental updates but I also don't mind essentially renting an iphone for ~$1-$2 a day.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 06:56
|
|
|
Shifty Pony posted:Nah there needs to be one fun/silly option. I know Apple wouldn't go for an iMac-color-like electric purple but was really hoping for at least something coming from the white side like lavender or lilac instead of black adjacent "deep purple". What case is this? I always go Product RED but I love this. Inner Light posted:Ok thread, it's officially time for this year's conversations about why or why we did not upgrade. This is the phase before conversations around our delivery dates. Hi. I asked earlier in the thread about upgrading my 13 Pro Max to 14 Pro Max because of the cameras. I use the cameras on my phones almost every day for pictures and video. I just like taking pictures of everything and with my mother getting older, I like to have memories too. I upgraded my 13 Pro Max to 14 Pro Max because of the camera upgrades. Also crash detection too because ever since having an accident a few years ago, having crash detection on my Pixel helps with that...I'd love it on the iPhone too.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 07:00
|
|
|
It seems you can make more money selling your used iPhone on eBay than trading it in to Apple
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 08:15
|
|
|
Inner Light posted:Ok thread, it's officially time for this year's conversations about why or why we did not upgrade. This is the phase before conversations around our delivery dates. My work lets me salary sacrifice one phone per year so it's actually more cost effective to get a new phone every year than to use it for 2-3 years. Plus then I can hand down what is still a really good phone to family or friends for a cheap price.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 08:47
|
|
|
Steve Yun posted:It seems you can make more money selling your used iPhone on eBay than trading it in to Apple I've tried selling past iPhones online before, and the amount of scammer responses and general iffy-ness made it not worth it the extra money.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:18
|
|
|
So how are the speakers on new iPhones these days? Not that I’m gonna be playing stuff in public but it’s nice to be able to play stuff round the house without having to connect to a set of speakers first, or if I’m walking between rooms I don’t have speakers in. My iPad Pro 10.5 has great sound so I’m kind hoping the new iPhones sound as good.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:39
|
|
|
i'm on an iphone 13 and might go up to a 14 pro max and switch to upgrading annually instead of every two years i spend so much time on the phone that i don't mind paying annually for the latest and best
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:41
|
|
|
Question Mark Mound posted:
You're going from four speakers to a single (and smaller) speaker, in a smaller enclosure. You may want to temper your expectations. Bass and volume will suffer. I wouldn't use the speaker in my 11 for music, but it does audiobooks just fine. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Sep 10, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:44
|
|
|
Mister Facetious posted:You're going from four speakers to a single (and smaller) speaker, in a smaller enclosure. You may want to temper your expectations. Bass and volume will suffer. I wouldn't use the speaker in my 11 for music, but it does audiobooks just fine.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:50
|
|
|
Question Mark Mound posted:I’m on a XS current and the audio is… fine, but with the cost of the Pro line especially I’m hoping they did a bit of work since then, maybe threw a second speaker on there somewhere. It would be nice if the earpiece could do proper speaker volumes too, yeah. At least iPhone speakers don't have distortion when you max them out, that'd suuuck. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Sep 10, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 09:54
|
|
|
Inner Light posted:Can I ask earnestly, any 13 Pro users here putting in for a 14 Pro ? That said, considering the price hike in the EU, I'm adding a year to my current smartphone cadence and gonna upgrade every third year. Also, I promised my nephew my old phone, and his broke, so I'm kinda forced to upgrade. 
Combat Pretzel fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Sep 10, 2022 |
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 10:03
|
|
|
ThermoPhysical posted:What case is this? I always go Product RED but I love this. https://www.otterbox.com/en-us/trendy-iphone-14-pro-case-for-magsafe/77-88951.html
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 11:54
|
|
|
Tip: coupon code OTTER10 should give 10% off + free shipping, OBWTEN should give a flat $10 off.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 12:09
|
|
|
buglord posted:Why can’t they do bold colors again No offense, but it’s Because no one bought either of these colors lol. American McGay posted:I know y’all are doing trade-ins and stuff but it’s still mindboggling to me that there are people out there upgrading their $1300 phones after one year. MarcusSA posted:Yeah I make poor financial choices. This. Also, yeah, I alternate upgrades and promos with a family member is one way I make it work. My 13 pro is on a BOGO for instance, as was my 12 and 11 pro. So I trade in my 12 pro this year, wait until next year to trade in my 13 pro.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 12:16
|
|
|
Mister Facetious posted:You're going from four speakers to a single (and smaller) speaker, in a smaller enclosure. You may want to temper your expectations. Bass and volume will suffer. I wouldn't use the speaker in my 11 for music, but it does audiobooks just fine.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 13:23
|
|
|
Lol imagine having a 13 and not having the best notification animation integrations. loving shameful.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 13:28
|
|
|
American McGay posted:I know y’all are doing trade-ins and stuff but it’s still mindboggling to me that there are people out there upgrading their $1300 phones after one year. Keep in mind unless they're throwing their previous iPhone in the trash it's not $1-1.3k annually. I traded in my 12 Pro for $430 so the price of the 14 pro was $570. If I do the same two years from now and get similar trade in values (yes I know I can get more doing it myself but gently caress that) it makes the cost $285/year. I think the math is very similar for going from the 13 pro to the 14 pro with the higher trade in value. Taxes gently caress you the more frequently you do it though.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 14:04
|
|
|
I bought an iPhone SE in 2017 for $350 and it has lasted 5 years with one battery replacement. It’s still a great phone. I plan on using it for a couple more years after that. That’s ~$80 a year or less in cost.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 14:26
|
|
|
This is stupid but Maps is like the one app I’d prefer not to be in dark mode for. Is there a way to make it the sole exception to system wide dark mode?
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 14:46
|
|
|
silence_kit posted:I bought an iPhone SE in 2017 for $350 and it has lasted 5 years with one battery replacement. It’s still a great phone. This is the real competitive advantage that I think Apple brings, aside from the battery, you can ride any of their devices for years and years if you're not compelled to grab the newer features. I don't believe that you can say the same for Android.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 14:52
|
|
|
Yeah, before that I used middle-tier Android devices, and had I paid for them instead of receiving them as gifts, total cost of ownership per year would have been higher even though the phones are cheaper than the iPhone SE. My iPhone SE is also way faster, has lower idle power consumption, and is like way better in almost every way than all of the Androids I had before that. My phone is still going to be good for a couple more years. I might get one more battery replacement while Apple still offers it.
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 15:31
|
|
|
silence_kit posted:I bought an iPhone SE in 2017 for $350 and it has lasted 5 years with one battery replacement. It’s still a great phone. I’ve been doing the same but I believe it’s no longer going to be supported for software updates going forward, so it’s time to upgrade to the SE 3 and do it with that for 5 more years!
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 15:33
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 3, 2024 17:12 |
|
|
silence_kit posted:Yeah, before that I used middle-tier Android devices, and had I paid for them instead of receiving them as gifts, total cost of ownership per year would have been higher even though the phones are cheaper than the iPhone SE. battery replacement on those is pretty easy to do yourself, though you need a couple of the proprietary scewdriver bits. It's not waterproof so there's no glue to melt
|
|
#
?
Sep 10, 2022 15:38
|
|
