Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better
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@Copper said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
Apple hates you.
Does Verizon hate you now too?
They love my money….
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So Apple comes to realize that their Lightning port sucks and switch to USB-C, but good lord, we can’t let you just use pre-existing bricks or cables, so our new connections have to be Lightning (which we’ve already admitted sucks by switching to C) to USB-C rather than USB -A to USB-C… Oh, and the brick isn’t included….
And Verizon? $40 to turn on the new iPhone, connect it to the WiFi and let it self update? Then you ask, “hey, did you want me to transfer the stuff to the new phone?” A process that consists of just logging into iCloud and hitting transfer… So me, (thinking nothing of it) says “OK”… then I gape in shock at the $70 they charge for transferring the phone…
Gah, if this wasn’t a work phone I would switch to the Walmart plan or something…
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The Lightning connector is actually very good — smaller and sturdier than the USB-C connector, just lacking the Power Delivery feature that USB-C has for high speed charging.
As for data transfer from an old iPhone to a new iPhone, always do it yourself if you can. Apple has made this quite simple.
As for Verizon, the $40 sounds like a line activation charge, something about getting Verizon’s systems ready to accept your new phone (or more accurately, your new SIM card), quite common for a customer new to a wireless service provider.
The $70 phone data transfer charge, as mentioned above, should have just done it yourself, Apple has made this very simple.
Still, I am curious, were you doing business with a store actually operated by Verizon or some third party licensed/contracted with Verizon?
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@LuFins-Dad said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
So Apple comes to realize that their Lightning port sucks and switch to USB-C,
The switch to USB-C is not unique to apple. Most recent phones use that type of cable now. A lot of the reason that Apple switched is because the EU insisted "compatibility."
but good lord, we can’t let you just use pre-existing bricks or cables, so our new connections have to be Lightning (which we’ve already admitted sucks by switching to C) to USB-C rather than USB -A to USB-C…
You can. You can get a cheapo USB-C to USB-A adapter at Amazon. About $7 for a pair.
Oh, and the brick isn’t included….
After mocking Apple for not including the power brick, Samsung did the same thing, about 6 months later.
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@Horace said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
@xenon said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
I’m not making excuses for Apple - but I have a drawer full of maybe 10-15 usb power bricks.
We get it, you’re rich. Enough already.
Ruining my humble brags, Horace.
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@Horace said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
@xenon said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
I’m not making excuses for Apple - but I have a drawer full of maybe 10-15 usb power bricks.
We get it, you’re rich. Enough already.
Does he qualify as a member of your country club now?
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@89th said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
@Horace said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
@xenon said in Apple sucks, and Verizon is no better:
I’m not making excuses for Apple - but I have a drawer full of maybe 10-15 usb power bricks.
We get it, you’re rich. Enough already.
Does he qualify as a member of your country club now?
With that kind of money, he can play through at Augusta...
