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This seems like a deal breaker for me. Although maybe with this announcement, carriers will quickly adapt eSim. Apple has a page of supported carriers (and missing the country I’ve been living, Guatemala) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209096
I don’t see how the need to provide for US tourists will drive adoption around the world
Dynamic Island looks neat (reminds me of webOS) BUT controls at the top of the screen still work poorly, especially on these bigger phones. I had a little hope when Apple introduced those controls in iOS 16 on the lower half of the lock screen but alas... I'm curious how it works in landscape orientation if at all. If there were a ‘iPhone 14 Pro mini’ that would be amazing
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The biggest thing you missed was the small discount on the 13 that’ll start going around today.
Nope - that's the reason I bought when I did. I was aware that it was very likely that the 14 would be announced this week, I was only expressing my amusement. I upgraded through AT&T, who gave me a $700 trade-in on my iPhone X. I also snagged an additional discount on my new iPhone 13 Pro Max because I was OK with an unpopular color ("bamboo"), so my total cost ended up being around $200.
Apple's offering $150 for an iPhone X, and $430 for an iPhone 12 Pro.
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Traveled to Central America, North America, UK, and various parts of EU, and I've never had any problems at all getting an eSIM sorted out. When I do upgrade to this new iPhone 14 Pro I will likely still bring my old iPhone 12 Pro that does have a physical sim slot JUST IN CASE, but in the past I've had no troubles with eSIMs. I think this is a non-issue from what I've seen, assuming it's not too remote of an area yo…
All the people saying there are no eSIMs, I don’t know where they are traveling. I for reasons kept physical sim as US domestic, and used the eSIM internationally for years, popping into any random local phone store and getting dirt cheap local numbers with a QR code. As a backup, a half dozen apps like GigSky or Nomad that manage eSIMs for countries or regions in case you just can’t find anything (search eSIM in app…
Dynamic Island looks neat (reminds me of webOS) BUT controls at the top of the screen still work poorly, especially on these bigger phones. I had a little hope when Apple introduced those controls in iOS 16 on the lower half of the lock screen but alas... I'm curious how it works in landscape orientation if at all. If there were a ‘iPhone 14 Pro mini’ that would be amazing
> Dynamic Island looks neat (reminds me of webOS) BUT controls at the top of the screen still work poorly, especially on these bigger phones. I'd expect Reachability will allow for one-handed operation: https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/reachability-iph145eb...
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> These bluetooth earphones have just one feature that is outstanding: They work as expected, most of the time. Better hope you don't listen to Apple Music in Lossless, though, because the newly announced Airpods... don't support it.
So? How is that relevant? Did Apple promised that it supports it but it turned out it does not?
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FYI car crash detection had been available since Pixel 5.
It's funny, when I try to search for Pixel 5 crash detection Google tries to autocomplete it to Pixel 5 crash loop. The thing about Apple is, and has been since its inception, that makes devices that actually work in a way people can benefit from it instead of ticking items on checklists. Mind you, Apple makes bluetooth earphones that reached business since larger than some of the most sexy and famous businesses out…
Not so - just checked and it auto-corrects that to Pixel 5 Car Crash detection. Even the strawman argument is proven false.
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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…