kitatit

This is why I’d like a cover. The magnetic latch seems slick at first but if you have a trade job or are in areas where you might come in contact with metal particles like grinding dust you have problems. 

grinding dust sticks too the magnets and doesn’t let the lid shut properly. Then the dirt gets inside and it ruins the EarPods themselves. 

This is as clean as I can keep mine. I’m actually a little embarrassed to use them when I’m not working as it looks like I found them in the bin.

minisu1980 said:

kitatit said:

wood1208 said:

4 years replacement cycle sounds unreasonable. People go at most 2 1/2 to 3 years most.

I used to be a 2year upgrader. But Apple prices now have made me choke and hold off the last two years. I was absolutely ready to buy an iPhone X but just can’t stomach the price. OK, here comes the XS, I’ll get that..... what? They raised the price again! Choke again, OK iPhone 11?.... 

It’s always been a case of you couldn’t give me an Android for free but the thought of switching to Android has actually crossed my mind now. 

My iPhone 6 is looking like a 5year upgrade cycle. 

We’ll surely it’s crossed your mind that with an Android you wouldn’t have the option of waiting 5 years between upgrades. The very fact you can wait this long speaks to the reality that iPhone has a much lower total cost of ownership. When your financial circumstances allow, if you upgrade to a new iPhone you can expect to get the same if not more years out of it. 

Figuring $1,100 for a new iPhone XS Max, that comes out to $18 a month or less over its life cycle.

Well yes, I surely have considered this. I maintain mining machinery in the middle of the Western Australian desert, in some of the harshest condition a phone can be asked to survive. Apart from glass screen protectors and a new battery my iPhone 6 is still going after almost 5 years. It’s not lost on me that it’s rare for an Android to have this type of longevity.  

My maths and understanding of total cost of ownership are fine. My late 2008 MacBook Pro (which still runs OK) has cost me $34 a month for the last 122 months.


My point is that 4+year upgrade cycles are far from uncommon now. 

People can justify Apple pricing/cost of ownership any way they like. That’s everyone’s personal choice and decision to make. 

I see the value in an iPhone but my relationships with Apple as a customer has changed from  “shut up and take my money” 
to more of a resentful tenant to their landlord who keeps jacking the price excessively. 

I don’t want to leave this part of town and most likely won’t but I’m considering my options. If  Apple hasn’t put the brakes on with the price rises by iPhone 11, I’ll probably join the used market.

wood1208 said:

4 years replacement cycle sounds unreasonable. People go at most 2 1/2 to 3 years most.

I used to be a 2year upgrader. But Apple prices now have made me choke and hold off the last two years. I was absolutely ready to buy an iPhone X but just can’t stomach the price. OK, here comes the XS, I’ll get that..... what? They raised the price again! Choke again, OK iPhone 11?.... 

It’s always been a case of you couldn’t give me an Android for free but the thought of switching to Android has actually crossed my mind now. 

My iPhone 6 is looking like a 5year upgrade cycle. 

I live in Perth Western Australia. I agree that google maps is far more accurate with time estimates, finding locations, businesses entered. However I use Apple maps 95% of the time as I prefer the user interface and would rather have gooles hands down my pants as little as possible. When time is critical or a wrong location, in a rush ect. I’ll use Google maps.

i often feel with Siri, Apple Maps ect that it may work better if I lived in California and spoke with an American accent.  

ajminnj said:

Siri and Apple maps both have the same problem: Apple Search.  Siri is usually right on in turning what I said into text.  It is what it does with that text that things go wrong.  Beside the whole general here is a web page, the results are often wrong.  If I take the exact same words (including the few that Siri does get wrong) and type them into Google, it gets it right.  

Apple Maps is the same way.  If I give it an exact address, the directions and interface are perfect.  But if the address is slightly off it might direct you a few states over.  I had one time where I gave it an address and the suffix was wrong (street vs avenue) but the rest of the address including the zip code was right.  It actually gave me directions to another town.  I looked up the correct address in google and pasted it into apple maps and then I was fine.  

If they can fix Apple Search, both products will be so much better.