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Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by grouchomarx »

rdtwo wrote: post #6
scrlk wrote: post #2

The SOS and location tracking via satellite is a pretty neat feature. Free for the first 2 years - no details on pricing after that.

Neat but the phone isn’t super robust. I’d hate to have to rely on it in extreme emergencies. A dedicated tracker is better as it can survive in cold and other serious conditions. That being said you are more likely to have the phone on you which is a big deal

For the three-odd backpacking trips I take a year, it's perfect.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by dymk »

rcarr wrote: post #65
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #51

Still no USB-C port. Disappointing.

EU Law stipulates it's got to be USB-C by Autumn 2024. Will be interesting to see if they implement it next year or hold off again.

I look forward to EU landfills receiving tonnes of Lightning cables. And 10 years from now, receiving more tonnes of USB-C cables once the next USB standard makes the current set of cables obsolete (even assuming they share the same port shape).

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by postalrat »

function_seven wrote: post #100
giantrobot wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mechanically, I'd much rather have Lightning on a phone than USB-C. The USB-C connector fucking sucks for a device that plugs and unplugs multiple times a day. The device-side connector is more fragile since it's a thin center fin vs Lightning's edge connections. Lightning's device side connectors are backed by the body of the device itself. In my experience the retention mechanism is far more secure as well. I don't…

Same. The Lightning connector does double duty as a holder for the phone. You can support the weight of the phone cantilevered from just that connector. I wouldn't trust USB-C to hold up to the same abuse I deal to my lightning connectors.

Typically the ends of the cable has a steel part that goes into the slot. Torque applied to the cable would be limited by the steel end and not affect the inner electrical connection.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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kushan2020 wrote: post #81

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It’s getting tiresome reading terrible takes from anti capitalists that not only attribute everything they view as negative as a product of capitalism, but also when those things are very obviously an improvement to the status quo.

The alternatives are satellite phones, which on their own cost a lot of money and will realistically only be wielded by people who expect they might end up in an emergency situation rather than anyone who owns an iPhone. This expands the coverage for life saving communication vastly.

We also don’t know the payment mechanisms involved with this service other than they’ll be covering the cost of it for the first two years of ownership. It seems extremely unlikely that they’d simply refuse to connect people in actual emergencies. Much more likely is that there’d be a fee for its use collected after the fact.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by postalrat »

bluetidepro wrote: post #68
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #51

Still no USB-C port. Disappointing.

For new or transferring Android users this would be amazing, but I have to say at this point I'm so deep into the Apple ecosystem that I'd be more mad if they switched to USB-C. Haha I realize the Band-Aid will most likely have to be ripped off at some point, but currently I still am fine with no USB-C.

What are you replacing besides the cables?

Worst case is you add another dongle to your collection.

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by wil421 »

malyk wrote: post #85
belligeront wrote: post #40

People who travel frequently, does the lack of physical SIM card concern you? I'm not sure how widespread eSIMs across countries.

I'm in the USA and on AT&T and use their "$10 a day international plans" when I travel. It's a little expensive, but it just works. My wife and I were in canada recently during the Rogers network issues and I called up AT&T support and then enabled an option to select the carrier for both our phones. Two reboots and we were back on a known good network. We've traveled to Italy, Serbia, France, Spain, Hungary and have…

I can confirm the same with AT&T. Used it on several trips in Italy, Serbia, and Germany. Really easy to use and I didn’t notice any slowness or apparent deprioritization from being a US carrier.
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