OK, which iPhone?

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in OK, which iPhone?:

For many people, like my kids, their phones are their primary "connectivity" device. So, for them, I see the attractiveness of a larger screen with easier typing.

Some wag pointed out a couple of years ago that phones are getting bigger and bigger, and tablets are getting smaller and smaller. At some point, they'll cross over.

[taiwan_girl]

@doctor-phibes said in OK, which iPhone?:

I got an 11 to save money. I don't understand spending a shit ton of money on a phone, when you can get one that was top of the line a year earlier for quite a bit less.

My recent phone upgrade was to a iPhone 7 plus. LOL

This does not have a headphone jack either. I thought it would be a problem but it is not.

At first, I bought a "dongle", that I would plug into my headphones and then into the phone. It is quite rare that I would be suing my headphones at the same time of charging the phone.

And recently, I bought a (pretty) cheap pair of "bluetooth" headphones, so dont need the dongle at all.

[89th]

@george-k said in OK, which iPhone?:

@89th, iirc, the iPhone 12 Pro is just a bit smaller than the iPhone 11.

Ah ok, I was going from an X

[Klaus]

iPhone 3GS. Can’t go wrong with that one.

[George K]

@89th

[89th]

@george-k yeah the perfect size for me would be just a TAD smaller than the X.

[Mik]

I decided to go a bit bigger and get the 12. It arrives tomorrow and we will see. But they finally got me to spring for the 50GB iCloud, dammit.

[George K]

@mik said in OK, which iPhone?:

50GB iCloud, dammit

It's what, $3 a month for 50GB?

Piker.

[Mik]

A buck. One.

You left out cheap. Cheap piker. I am loathe to sign up for monthly bills.

[Axtremus]

@mik said in OK, which iPhone?:

A buck. One.

You left out cheap. Cheap piker. I am loathe to sign up for monthly bills.

You exaggerated. It’s only 99¢ per month.

[George K]

@axtremus said in OK, which iPhone?:

@mik said in OK, which iPhone?:

A buck. One.

You left out cheap. Cheap piker. I am loathe to sign up for monthly bills.

You exaggerated. It’s only 99¢ per month.

Before taxes....

[Mik]

My new, blue iPhone 12 just arrived. I decided to try the larger size because I'm not lugging it around for work and it has better battery life than the mini. With the travel we plan to do that could be important.

The 12 Pro has some interesting features but none that I felt were worth a couple hundred extra bucks.

[Aqua Letifer]

Grats, hope it works out well! (I'm still on an X with a cracked screen when I ate it on some pavement last summer. I love the crap out of technology but I just don't care about phones for some reason.)

Was transitioning easy?

[Mik]

The switchover was totally simple. It does seem to run a bit hot though. I suppose a case will hide that.

[Mik]

OK, more questions.

Is the wireless charging worth it? I understand some of them really don't charge as fast as the Apple official one.

Any recommendations on the 20W bricks?

[xenon]

The 20w brick charger gets it from 0 to past half in half an hour.

Even 10 mins of charging will get you a huge chunk of your battery back.

I don’t use the latest and greatest wireless charger from Apple.

I have a regular old QI charger on my desk that slowly and steadily gets the charge up. (Probably at a similar rate to the regular square bricks).

[Axtremus]

I have one of those MagSafe 2 charging thing for iPhone, but I rarely use it. It's a backup charging method for me, if I ever need to keep the ear buds connected through the Lightning port and wirelessly charge the phone at the same time. Normally I just charge with a Lightning cable (more efficient, don't get 'hot' like the wireless MagSafe device).

I haven't bother to buy any new power brick just for the new iPhone. Whatever USB charging gadgets I already have are working just fine.

The only complain I have is actually with the USB port in my car. The USB port that connects to the car's CarPlay system is rather low-powered (probably still stuck at 5W). When the iPhone is actively using the GPS navigation function (which is my primary application for CarPlay), the 5W power supply from that USB port can barely keep up. But that's on the car skimping on the USB port. It really wouldn't have cost them that much to put in a 10W USB port.

[Mik]

I just went accessory shopping. $100 for a new cord, 2 bricks, a magsafe charger just to try it, and a case.

I really don't see why I want wireless charging, since the charger is wired anyway, but I guess I will give it a whirl and see.

[Klaus]

@aqua-letifer said in OK, which iPhone?:

Was transitioning easy?

@mik said in OK, which iPhone?:

The switchover was totally simple. It does seem to run a bit hot though. I suppose a case will hide that.

That's your whole experience with your transitioning? "It" runs a bit hot? I thought it normally also involve hormones, surgery, etc. I am happy for you that it went so smoothly.

[LuFins Dad]

I got the 18. Horace hooked me up.