Deelron

MplsP said:

Deelron said:

bluefire1 said:

I so prefer charging my iPhone the old fashioned way: wired.

For me I wore out my iPhone 7 Plus enough (admittedly I did not use best practices for having it plugged in/not using it) that the lighting port was starting to get fairly loose. I'm happy to have my newer iPhone sit on a 5W charger overnight to have 365 less port insertions a year (particularly with phones lasting longer than ever).

In 10 years of owning iPhones I have had the port fail exactly 0 times. My wife had an iPhone 4s that was 5 years old when it finally just quit working. The port worked as good as the day we bought it. In one week of using a wireless charger I had my phone fail to charge twice. Qi is typically only 60-70% efficient at transmitting power and is slower than wired charging.

You tell me which one's better.

It has nothing to do with "better", I was just sharing my personal anecdote on why I'm happy to mix in wireless charging. I've had different iPhones since the 3g, and never had the port fail either, but I'd also never kept one as long as I had kept my 7 plus (which also didn't fail, but was getting weak, an inadvertent light tug would detach it from every lightning cable I have). With the new 11 Pro Max I 5w wirelessly charge overnight (which removes any chance of me yoinking the cord out when my phone with the cord plugged in) and use the USB-C fast charging if I need an actual charge during the day (which has been all of once). 

bluefire1 said:

I so prefer charging my iPhone the old fashioned way: wired.

For me I wore out my iPhone 7 Plus enough (admittedly I did not use best practices for having it plugged in/not using it) that the lighting port was starting to get fairly loose. I'm happy to have my newer iPhone sit on a 5W charger overnight to have 365 less port insertions a year (particularly with phones lasting longer than ever).

entropys said:

How often will it pop up though? Only once, at install or in the settings if you ask, other wise it would get old.
if my iPhone is near new I would want to spend the money in Apple parts, but once they are older, I will seek repair as cheaply as possible. I would not want that message popping up everyday.

According to the MacRumors article "A notification will be displayed on the Lock screen for the first four days a device is used following the repair, and in the Settings app for 15 days after that before being limited to General > About." So not too bad.

chris_ca said:

You are wearing your Apple Watch upside down.
The Digital Crown is on the wrong side and is intended to by used with the opposite hand. 

Meh some people prefer to use their thumb instead of index finger, which is probably why there's a setting to wear it as such.

Every time I see one of these I have PowerBook duo w/duo dock flashbacks.