Apple is really focusing on this tell and tale kind of adversiting recently, I guess.
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#22It says SOS mode, not airplane mode. Wonder why it’s not getting a cell signal. Maybe it is broken internally.
The flight was from the US to Canada. It's very plausible that the cell plan doesn't have international roaming.
EDIT: per replies, this was entirely wrong, it was a domestic flight
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never trusted/liked protective cases. Modern phones are already too big, and I feel like the added bulk makes it more likely that I will drop it. Having been using the same IPhone 12 Pro Max for a few years now without a case. It has survived quite a few falls from a table by now, no screen cracked, only some dents and scratches on the chassis.
The new glass back phones have made themselves unusable without a back cover that offers some grip. I find it impossible to hold the phone with one hand unless I add a cover.
I adapted by using the phone with two hands for anything more than a quick peek at notifications.
While I have somewhat long fingers, the sheer weight of the thing makes it uncomfortable to use with a single hand for typing.
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#24It says SOS mode, not airplane mode. Wonder why it’s not getting a cell signal. Maybe it is broken internally.
The flight was from the US to Canada. It's very plausible that the cell plan doesn't have international roaming. EDIT: per replies, this was entirely wrong, it was a domestic flight
Flight was from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California - it was a domestic flight.
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#25Apple is really focusing on this tell and tale kind of adversiting recently, I guess.
Are you implying that this is some sort of PR plant by Apple, or just saying this is the kind of thing they'll definitely be bringing up again later in actual PR?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
The flight was from the US to Canada. It's very plausible that the cell plan doesn't have international roaming. EDIT: per replies, this was entirely wrong, it was a domestic flight
Flight was from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California - it was a domestic flight.
Heh, you're quite right, I just saw "Ontario, CA" and made a bad assumption. :D
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#27Seems to have landed on soft terrain, which makes a world of difference. The bit of charging cable ripped at the bottom still tells how harsh the journey was before the landing.
I have a story about that, from the movie producer Fred Zinneman.
He was working on a movie and cast some paraplegics. One when asked said it was an accident, but didn't want to talk. Fred eventually got the story out of him.
He had been a paratrooper in WW 2. His parachute didn't open. But he landed in a big tree. Shaken, bruised, scratched up, and so on, but basically fine.
Climbing out of the tree he fell, and broke his neck.
It's the landing that does it, not the fall.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never trusted/liked protective cases. Modern phones are already too big, and I feel like the added bulk makes it more likely that I will drop it. Having been using the same IPhone 12 Pro Max for a few years now without a case. It has survived quite a few falls from a table by now, no screen cracked, only some dents and scratches on the chassis.
Apple’s SE series is actually really nice if you don’t like the trend of bigger phones - it’s the same (or similar) internals as the new ones but in a small form factor (4.9 inches? Whatever the 6s had). I don’t want a large phone that barely fits in my pocket, but I want decent internals, so I have one. Apple is by no means a perfect company but I think the SE was one of their correct decisions.
Yeah, as I see myself using my phone less and less I feel that an SE form factor would be a lot more convenient to me.
Because of remote work I am almost always close to my MBP, my Air, or a tablet. Car infotainment screens are good enough nowadays, and I don't need a giant screen to hail an Uber or paying something.
Giant screens are for me an habit I got when I used to commute hours everyday in a car or bus, it doesn't make too much sense nowadays if I really think about it.
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#29It is strange two phones have been found, but not the door. Most of the Cedar Hills/Beaverton area is houses and shops with sporadic green spaces that aren’t that large in comparison. It is possible the door fell into a green space, but the odds are it did not. I imagine it is in someone’s backyard, but it is January in rainy Oregon. People aren’t doing yard work right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t found until Spring when someone goes out to their backyard and discovers it.
It would be amusing if it fell into the lake on Nike Campus. It is fairly shallow, but if it was in the middle, it might not be noticed for a long time.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Flight was from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California - it was a domestic flight.
Heh, you're quite right, I just saw "Ontario, CA" and made a bad assumption. :D
Anyone could have been thrown off by that. But then I remembered that airplanes fly to and from cities, not provinces.