lorin schultz

zroger73 said:

I have three primary complaints with Netflix:

1. There should be a way to turn off video previews.
2. There should be a way to turn off that annoying and loud sound that plays when opening the app.

YES!!! Those are both SO annoying! Who the hell is driving interface design at Netflix? Is the person behind this clueless or a sadist?

DAalseth said:

It doesn't appear to be going up in Canada...yet. 

You just haven't received your notice... yet. I did, yesterday. Premium jumps from CAD$13.99 to CAD$16.99.

That's right on the cusp for me. Already slightly more than I'd like, but maybe not enough to make me cancel. I'm still waffling. One more price increase and it's gone for sure though.

StrangeDays said:

It is very unlikely Apple is “mulling” over major hardware decisions for this year’s iPhone, this decisions are made far in advance in order to produce inventory needed for launch. Gruber has written about this many times.

I actually thought the same thing when I read this. As much as I'd like to see USB-C on my next iPhone, it seems a little late in the game for Apple to still be evaluating this for 2019, isn't it? Then again, production is still months away. Do we know how far in advance these decisions have to be locked down? Is it possible the window for changes is still open this early in the year?

Metriacanthosaurus said:

rogifan_new said:

aross99 said:

iPod touch makes a great "gateway" into the Apple ecosystem for children who are too young to have an iPhone. A $200 apple device with monthly payment is the ideal Christmas/Birthday gift for kids.  It allows them get hooked on the app store, and start building their music library.  iTunes cards are a given at every gift opportunity.  When they are ready, they can transition into  a "hand me down" iPhone from Mom and Dad, and away they go...

Give someone a hand me down iPhone and don’t enable the cell service.

What a stupid strategy.

Oh really? Care to explain WHY, or did you just feel an overwhelming urge to be rude and obnoxious?

We did exactly that -- just pulled the SIM card out of a retired iPhone -- and it served the same purpose as an iPod just fine. I'm curious about why you consider it stupid, though.

mac_128 said:
[...] the current transfer speeds are likely slower than the fastest WiFi speeds available.

Nope. I just did a network upgrade at home, trying three different routers for about a week each. Despite their claims of gigabit-plus speeds, the lowly wired USB2/Lightning connection was still faster. I have no idea why, but it wasn't even close. Wireless took about half-again as long to transfer, even with an AC3000 router. Maybe the wireless component of the phone is the weak link.

Why Apple refuses to give iPhones the same USB3 treatment it gives the iPad Pro completely escapes me. It's frustrating as hell. That would be possible even with a Lightning connector, but I'd still like to have USB-C for convenience and consistency. Right now I have two white cables with little connectors sitting next to me; one Lightning, the other USB-C. It would be more convenient to have only one. Even if needed to use both at the same time, having both the same would eliminate the minor inconvenience of occasionally grabbing the wrong one and trying to jam it into a socket it doesn't fit.

mac_128 said:
[...] And WiFi is about to get a lot faster.

How so?