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rogifan_old said:

Just looking at this shows how dated the current design is. I can't wait until my local stores get the redesign, but they'll probably be last because they're in shopping malls.

I don't think their stores look dated. I would use the term "iconic".  However Apple is not one to give in to any form of nostalgia but rather forging ahead. They have a lot of Apple stores to update so of course this is going to take some time. It is not because they have stores in shopping malls. 

Anecdotal I know, but I had an iPhone 5 with iOS 6 and never had this issue. Never did anything special like turning cellular data off or roaming off either.  I had a fairly low data plan as well so it would have been easy for me to go over my data cap.

olderthaniam said:

I don't see anybody else mentioning this here and for a review this is a glaring omission, but there is a fundamental difference from the way that the apple battery case operates and how the other cases in this segment function: if both batteries are fully charged, the Apple Smart Battery Case will deplete it's battery before allowing the phone to deplete it's internal battery.  This puts the charge cycles on the external battery, which is cheaper and easier to replace than the internal battery.  This saves you money and keeps your $600+ device younger, longer.  Other options in this segment are designed to recharge your internal battery once it is depleted, adding additional charge cycles to your usage pattern.

You touched on one of the many good features of this case instead of complaining about the "hump". This case clearly had a well thought out design. From the internal antenna, the slim bottom to fit in existing docks, your point regarding how it charges and uses power to the ease of putting on and taking off the case. It's been awhile since Jobs has died and Apple is doing just fine. The MacBook is a wonderful, innovative design regardless of what color you pick. A little underpowered, so was the original MacBook Air, and yet it too was a ground breaking design so much so that Intel had to subsidize other computer manufacturers to get them to compete.  Jobs was a great visionary, but he also had a great engineering and design team. He is gone, but Apple still has a great engineering and design team that still knocks it out of the park. Are they perfect, no, but neither was Jobs. This battery case is great for those that need it, and no it doesn't mean the iPhone has shitty battery life, but rather gives customers that need it another option that incorporates some unique features.  If I needed one, I would probably get it for the lightening connector alone. Why didn't Morphie think of such a simple idea give their experience with battery cases? Or the internal antenna?  Could it be because their products would cost as much as Apple's? Or have they lost their innovation?  Should we be worried about Morphie, given the lead they had in making external battery cases?  With all the products Apple has, it is nice to know they sweat the details with even their accessories. 

rogifan_old said:

lkrupp said:

mac_128 said:

I can't wait to see how some of the usual suspects on this forum defend this. Should be entertaining.

And what, exactly, do you plan to do about this other than whine? Switch platforms? Who would you go to that doesn’t advertise their products on their own websites? Put your money where your whine is. Otherwise you don’t look so good.

Since when is the App Store a website? If I'm going to the App Store to look for an app I don't want to see a full screen ad that I have to dismiss. What's next, every time a non-Apple Music subscriber opens the music app they get presented with a full modal app asking them to sign up for Apple Music? Stupid idea. All it's going to do is annoy customers and make Wall Street analysts think 6S sales are soft.

I don't subscribers to Apple Music and I don't get a pop-up every time I open the music app. I remember getting one when it first came out, but after I declined to sign up, I have never gotten another one. I see no harm in the ad if it only happens once. I would be annoyed if it did happen every time I opened the AppStore app though. 

emoeller said:

Coding is, and will be in the future, a critical skill for success.   Coding is, at its most basic level, simply a protocol for solving problems and it should be introduced early in the educational system.  Like any skill set there are varying levels of proficiency, but every student should understand the basic concepts and probably have at two or three courses by the time they finish high school. 

 I think you hit the nail on the head there. Problem solving and ordered, logical thinking are the underlying benefits. Not everyone will grow up coding for a living but the other benefits will give them a foundation for success.