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No, the SIM card slot is on the right hand side.
Check the renders. The sim slot is on the left side.
You’re totally right. I just assumed it was SIM because that’s where it is today! I wonder what it is now
iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
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#302MagSafe is sweet, and I think it's a smart move for Apple to launch it this year in preparation for the anticipated "portless" iPhone. By the time they do that, the MagSafe ecosystem will be ready for it, and people won't complain as much about getting the phone right on the charging pad.
It would have been sweeter if it was regular USB-C, so we're not contributing to the massive piles of e-waste generated by their continually changing proprietary adapters.
But if they switched, you’d be creating waste anyways; you’d need to throw out your lightning cables and replace them with USB-C...
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#303"Across the iPhone family, we’re removing the power adapter and EarPods that often go unused, but including the fast-charging USB‑C to Lightning cable that most people need." Ouch. Do most people really not use the power adapter?
To be honest, this move by Apple is good for first world countries where many people may keep their older devices and power adapters, but will raise the costs in other countries where people usually sell their phones (with accessories) and replace those with new ones. Oh wait, people in first world countries do trade-ins too.
I think a minuscule number of people won’t mind this. For the rest, these phones are going to cost more than before with the additional purchase of adapters.
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#304"The iPhone mini fits in the palm of you hand" lol. It's interesting that a reasonably sized phone is now a selling point in itself. In general i like keeping my devices for as long as possible - so when i jumped from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 10, i was surprised to learn that the phone was hard to use with one hand now, extremely slippery and way, way heavier than my iphone 6. The mini seems like a good size for me…
Here's an iPhone 5 advertisement about that exact feature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af0gtsjfy7E
I think I'm the only person who likes iOS's reachability gesture. The only annoying thing about it is sometimes it will trigger touchUpInside for buttons along the bottom of the screen, navigating me away from the screen I was on.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#305None of the carriers or handset makers are telling me how much the data will cost. Maybe I'm a little price-focused, but that determines for me whether I'm excited about it. If I'm just burning through my existing data limit faster, what's the point? What's the pricing of this new data capability?
> Specifically, none of the carriers or handset makers are telling me how much the data will cost. But...they are telling you? It's right there on each of their plan pages. * Verizon: $80/month plus taxes for one line with 5G on Play More Unlimited - https://www.verizon.com/plans/unlimited/ * T-Mobile: $60/month plus taxes for one line with 5G on Magenta or $70/month with taxes included on Magenta Plus - https://www.…
Ah, well thanks for that info, I did not see that.
So it seems that at least at the low end, 5G add on costs something like $0-10/month, depending on carrier.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#306"The iPhone mini fits in the palm of you hand" lol. It's interesting that a reasonably sized phone is now a selling point in itself. In general i like keeping my devices for as long as possible - so when i jumped from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 10, i was surprised to learn that the phone was hard to use with one hand now, extremely slippery and way, way heavier than my iphone 6. The mini seems like a good size for me…
Believe it or not the 'mini' used to the the standard smartphone size. As it goes in America, bigger = better so that is what you get.
The bigger phones came from Asia first (not Japan, that's where tiny is better)
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#307None of the carriers or handset makers are telling me how much the data will cost. Maybe I'm a little price-focused, but that determines for me whether I'm excited about it. If I'm just burning through my existing data limit faster, what's the point? What's the pricing of this new data capability?
> Specifically, none of the carriers or handset makers are telling me how much the data will cost. But...they are telling you? It's right there on each of their plan pages. * Verizon: $80/month plus taxes for one line with 5G on Play More Unlimited - https://www.verizon.com/plans/unlimited/ * T-Mobile: $60/month plus taxes for one line with 5G on Magenta or $70/month with taxes included on Magenta Plus - https://www.…
From the Verizon link you posted:
Lowest plan: "In times of congestion, your data may be temporarily slower than other traffic."
Upper plans: "Get access to 50GB of 4G LTE premium data per month. ... . In times of congestion, your data may be temporarily slower than other traffic after exceeding 50GB/mo/line."
Of course, that's 4G, not 5G, but before they tell you whether or at what point they throttle 5G, I can't say what "having unlimited 5G" means.
For context, it looks like this means what a commenter on a Verizon forum says (quoting verbatim, looks like the GB numbers changed):
"Verizon has 3 levels of unlimited data plans. The cheapest one has the possibility of being "throttled" AT ANY TIME there is congestion on the local towers. The mid-tier has no throttling until you have used at least 22 GB in a month on a line. The highest tier has no throttling until you have used at least 75 GB in a month on a line."
from 2019: https://community.verizonwireless.com/t5/4G-LTE-LTE-Advanced...
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#308I wonder if everyone being locked up at home will dampen the demand for new data features too. If I'm just sitting with my wifi at home, what's the need for 5G?
If the phone lasts 5 years and Coronavirus is still causing lockdowns, we have bigger problems than 5G usage.
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#309Very impressive technology: With those 4GB per second download speeds I can use up my entire month of data in 250 milliseconds. On a more serious note: what technology advancements will there be in the next 10-20 years that actually make 5G technology useful?
The next big JavaScript framework.
The original iPhone was 2.5G and could load webpages just fine. But when a modern iPhone only has a 2.5G connection, it’s useless. All we need to make 5G critical is for webpages to start being 500+ MB for basic text plus all the associated ads, trackers, and other important features.
Re: iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
#310>Across the iPhone family, we’re removing the power adapter and EarPods that often go unused, but including the fast-charging USB‑C to Lightning cable that most people need. That shrinks packaging, and more boxes per shipment means fewer shipments overall. We’re also transitioning our manufacturing partners to renewable energy. Altogether, this eliminates over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually.
Looks like Apple will start a trend by manufacturers of not including power bricks with their devices.