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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 jdeibele »

least wrote: post #88
micromacrofoot wrote: post #66

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Google's still struggling with baseline hardware issues.

Google has never shown competency in building hardware. I loved my Nexus 5 phone. It’s still my favorite phone as far as aesthetics goes. It was a great value and much cheaper than comparable phones at the time. It bricked itself with a boot loop issue 2 weeks out of warranty. Google was nice enough to replace it with another one that promptly ended up boot looping as well. I also loved my Nexus 7 tablet. Beautiful d…

I completely agree with you. I tried updating my Nexus 5 with CyanogenMod for a while. I was very impressed with how well CyanogenMod worked but eventually I wanted manufacturer support instead of having to put the OS on an SD card and try to boot from it so I could install the OS. And worrying that the one volunteer doing my phone would get tired of updating the OS.

The Nexus 7 was a nice form factor for reading web pages because it was long and thin in portrait mode. The combination of hardware issues reported by other people and again lack of supported upgrades led me to eBay it.

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Post by kaba0 »

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

I don’t know, modern phones have zero moving parts, are adequately water resistant so I don’t see that. The most likely problem it might have is the battery, which doesn’t happen overnight.

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Post by smileybarry »

philsnow wrote: post #118
officialchicken wrote: post #50

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Yes, absolutely a deal breaker... but I carry two phones b/c I do not trust Verizon after being disconnected overseas. Their international plan requires you to re-connect to a US-based cell tower in order to "reactivate" the international plan if it has been disconnected. I am not aware of any service that allows me to buy an e-sim for any given random country airport and activate it before I reach the exit. edit: fo…

> connect to a US-based cell tower in order to "reactivate" the international plan if it has been disconnected > if you change countries or have to make an additional unplanned hop, VZ does not work in that scenario either Just so I understand you, Verizon has an international plan where you have to touch base back in the States every time you go to some other country, before it will work in the next country? I must…

A bunch of carriers around the world have either “up to X roaming days in a year” or “up to X roaming days at a time” for the included roaming plan. I guess it’s to reset that.

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Post by mrep »

sixstringtheory wrote: post #121
bjtitus wrote: post #102

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You can buy a satellite beacon and pay no monthly fees but you'll be paying up front.

Which satellite beacon has free ongoing usage? I own a Garmin InReach and pay a monthly fee.

Emergency Locator Beacons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_position-indicating_...

I've got these 2:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07V6CWS26/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C6RCRIW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

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Post by smileybarry »

baron816 wrote: post #128
spuz wrote: post #89

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I really hope they still allow you to use it even if you haven't paid the subscription. It's a tool for emergencies so by definition you need it only when you don't expect to need it. It would be a shame to lock people out from something that could have saved their life just because they haven't paid the $x.99 per year service. In theory they could always back-charge users who are not subscribed but even then that co…

Yes. Charge $20 per use instead of a subscription. $50 or whatever they want. Just don’t make people sign up for a subscription.

I get what you mean but I really hope it doesn’t make the Apple Pay chime in that case, heh.

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Post by smileybarry »

rcarr wrote: post #16
bamboozled wrote: post #10

What are the benefits over iPhone 13 for people outside the US who can’t use the satellite feature ? Think I’ll just get a 13 on sale

The "action" camera mode (basically gimbal replacement) looked pretty good if you were a film maker/Youtuber. And "multiple eSims" might be useful if you're a traveller/digital nomad as you were previously limited to two. But yeah, other than that it did seem a bit sparse on new features this year. Hopefully next years will be a big one to make up for it?

I still haven’t looked into it much but IIRC iPhone 12 & iPhone 13 could already save multiple eSIMs, while 13 could activate 2 at the same time. I think it was up to 8 (or 10) saved eSIMs?

Re: Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus

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Post by zinckiwi »

Synaesthesia wrote: post #109
seaghost wrote: post #67

In Europe, iPhone 14 Pro base model costs whopping € 1329

Apple’s pricing in some markets is just crazy, (basically most non US Markets)

While this does seem a bit high, it’s worth bearing in mind two things. One, most other places price sales tax into the advertised total, which doesn’t happen in the US. For UK prices, that’s 20% right there. Two, to prevent constantly floating prices, they need to fix a price at a decent hedge against currency fluctuations. This should be all the more understandable given the recent volatility in forex rates.

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Post by soheil »

Two issues with Dynamic Island:

1. background is always black (since it's what the notch used to be) for things like FaceID the animation looks worse and more intrusive 2. it's interactive that means you're gonna be touching it a lot and getting smudge on the camera

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