This 8/X split is confusing me. Is one supposed to be higher/lower end? Or are they just different?
iPhone 8
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Re: iPhone 8
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I don't agree. I found EarPods very painful, and the AirPods were rough for about a day and then my ears got used to them. They look very similar, but something about how their weighted changes the fit.
Thanks, that has restored my faith a bit. There's not an Apple store here within 2 hours drive, so I kinda have to go on word of mouth for now.
Apple has a great return policy, "they don't fit comfortably" seems like a very valid reason to return to me if you don't like them.
Re: iPhone 8
#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
1) if you have Bluetooth headphones, they just work. Any brand. 2) if you prefer wired headphones, they just work too using the contents of the box your phone came in. Seriously, you act like Apple released a smartphone without a screen. Grow up!
I'm about to buy my third Apple Lighting to 3.5mm adapter since last September, so yes it "works", but I don't have to pretend that this flimsy junk is how it should be.
Why do't you just open a warranty claim and have Apple send you a new one? Takes about 60 seconds on the website or in the apple support app.
Re: iPhone 8
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Bluetooth headphones are far from being at a point where they "just work". Pairing, battery life, and comfort have a long way to go.
Try out the AirPods, all three of your issues are addressed. Sound quality still doesn't remotely rival my studio monitors, but I also wouldn't be caught walking down the street with them either. YMMV!
Or any of the Beats W1 enabled headphones...
Re: iPhone 8
#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
1) if you have Bluetooth headphones, they just work. Any brand. 2) if you prefer wired headphones, they just work too using the contents of the box your phone came in. Seriously, you act like Apple released a smartphone without a screen. Grow up!
I'm about to buy my third Apple Lighting to 3.5mm adapter since last September, so yes it "works", but I don't have to pretend that this flimsy junk is how it should be.
Replaced due to damage or due to loss?
Re: iPhone 8
#246This 8/X split is confusing me. Is one supposed to be higher/lower end? Or are they just different?
X is the flagship phone, and it's implied that it's the beginning of a new line of phones (the same way OS X was the beginning of a new line of operating systems, breaking with MacOS 9). 8 is the latest generation of the traditional iPhone line, succeeding the iPhone 7.
Re: iPhone 8
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It's slower than a wire, but it doesn't matter in practice. You put the phone down on your nightstand or desk as you would have done anyway, and it charges. There's nothing to think about. It's like an electric car. Yes, it's slow to charge. But in practice it's always charged when you're ready to leave in the morning, so in daily use it's more convenient than spending 5 minutes at a fuel pump during your trip.
It does matter. Modern smartphones have such abysmally short battery life that I have to charge my Samsung S6 twice during the day, in addition to the overnight charge. Which makes a slow Qi charger useless during the day.
Depends on the modern smartphone, I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and it has amazingly good battery life (much better than my company-supplied Samsung Galaxy S8), I can sometimes go two days without charging.
They do cheat with ridiculous background app-killing "features" though (I've tweaked it to my liking and now prefer it)
Re: iPhone 8
#248Why are all smartphones so thick and heavy nowadays??? Even my 3 years old iPhone 5S is 7.6mm and weights 112 gramms. New model is 7.3mm and weights 150 gramm. It is worse than a 3 years old model!!!
What do you expect them to fill them with, marshmallow fluff? The 8 and the 5s have incredibly different dimensions, and batteries, screens, etc all have mass...
Re: iPhone 8
#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
My problem with wireless charging is that it gets my Nexus 4 crazy hot because of the induction. But that may be my cheapo charger, I dont know.
I had the same problem with my Nexus 4 and a nokia qi charger. The battery life got significantly worse in the months after I started using it. I have no way of knowing if that was the cause, but it seemed likely at the time.
I never charged my Nexus 4 wirelessly, but the battery life collapsed somewhere into its second year. They were beautiful phones, but the batteries on them degraded abysmally.
Re: iPhone 8
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Remains to be seen if this Airpower thing will be that.
Airpower is exactly that and they said it during the keynote. They promised to work to make some of it a part of the standard eventually. You know how that goes...
FaceTime was also going to become an open standard which everyone could use... Here’s hoping though.