slow n easy

M68000 said:

slow n easy said:

M68000 said:

How is an always on display desirable?  It’s just a battery waster.  Sorry,  just not getting the intrigue with an always on display.  Actually seems like it could be a distraction.

I love the always on display because it provides me with information without even turning on the phone. I see the time, the day and date, my watch battery status, the current temperature along with the day's high and low, and how many lights are currently turned on. I don't want to go back to how it was before. I suppose the battery life must be theoretically worse, but it doesn't really affect me in a noticeable way.

Fair enough, to each his own.  I find the feature called “raise to wake” brings the screen on quickly enough when wanted.

I hate Raise to Wake. I have that turned off along with touch to wake. I have felt so extremely frustrated that every time I mowed the lawn, my phone would call my emergency contact. I tried for months to figure out a solution and I tried disabling touch to wake which didn’t work so I ended up disabling the emergency contact info. Then, a few months after that, I thought of trying both turning off Touch to Wake and Raise to Wake. That actually worked and now my phone never accidentally calls my emergency contact. I love the convenience of both Touch to Wake and Raise to Wake, but it’s more inconvenient to have my phone making unauthorized calls.

M68000 said:

How is an always on display desirable?  It’s just a battery waster.  Sorry,  just not getting the intrigue with an always on display.  Actually seems like it could be a distraction.

I love the always on display because it provides me with information without even turning on the phone. I see the time, the day and date, my watch battery status, the current temperature along with the day's high and low, and how many lights are currently turned on. I don't want to go back to how it was before. I suppose the battery life must be theoretically worse, but it doesn't really affect me in a noticeable way.

I don’t understand listing physical design as a con. Did you not like the 12 Pro design? In my mind, if you liked the design 2 years ago, then you should still like it. I honestly don’t like the design, but I didn’t like it from the beginning. My favorite design of all of my phones was the iPhone 8. I wish that they would have kept that same design this whole time. Just like I loved AC/DC back in the 80’s and 90’s and I still love AC/DC. I never understood that concept that after you reach a certain age, you have to change your musical tastes. 

The lawsuit makes no sense. Obviously the AirTag is a safe device because the victim was notified that “they” was being stalked and all devices were found. So what’s the problem. Also I’m really not trying to be mean but I like to have all of the information. Is the reason for using the pronouns they/them because the victim is non-binary? I have nothing against such a person. I was just wondering.

byronl said:

slow n easy said:

I plan on buying one more ICE vehicle so my first BEV likely won't happen for maybe 20 years or so. I'll be curious where Apple will be at that point. I'm a little skeptical right now. Consumer Reports says that Teslas are quite unreliable. I totally get that Apple products are highly reliable but they have never built a car before. I guess we'll see what happens.

consumer reports takes money from ford and others. tesla's cars coming out of their new factories in shanghai, berlin and austin are very reliable. less so their cars coming out of their Fremont factory, but they're improving.

Well Consumers Reports says that they don’t take corporate money. I know that they don’t accept advertising and I know that they buy products anonymously just like any ordinary customer. I don’t necessarily trust their reviews but I take their reviews into strong consideration. I think they give overly harsh reviews of Apple products because they are trying to help Android. I know that in the beginning of the 3DTV era, they were pushing that technology. So I do understand that they are not perfect.