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  • Apple Watch Ultra review: Ambitious aspirations

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    jimcord said:
    Thank you for an honest review, and being willing to point out what could be perceived as shortcomings. I agree with your assessment that it feels like a first generation product. Now let’s just wait for all the apple apologist to gang on about how wonderful this product is and not that they got suckered for paying $800 for a bigger watch but they really have no use buying over a series 8. Now we can just wait for apples, marketing team, to conjure up a story about how the non free diving app and fall detection managed to save someone’s grandma from having a heart attack at 200 feet underwater after she fell, and hit her head on a rock
    Thank you!

    Don’t get me wrong though, I do like this watch quite a bit, even as a “first-gen” product. Look at the Apple Watch Series 7. you could get the 45mm titanium Apple Watch Series 7 for $849. The Apple Watch Ultra is $799 and is much more than just a different case material. 
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  • Nomad leather cover for Siri Remote review: Fixing Apple's missteps

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    Cesar Battistini Maziero said:
    How are you so unorganized that you lose a remote?
    I mean everyone is different. But it’s a very common problem. Personally, my wife is (admittedly) very forgetful and we have an “open concept” house. So our living room, kitchen, and dining room are all one big room-ish. So we walk between them all and usually bring the remote as we are doing dishes, cleaning, etc. When this happens it just gets misplaced and we have to search around. AirTag is faster 
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  • Hands on with 'iPhone 14' dummy units

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    caladanian said:
    USB-C not for iPhone 14, yet, I fear?
    For sure Lightning 
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  • Compared: Sony LinkBuds open-design vs. AirPods Pro transparency mode

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    d.j. adequate said:
    How much noise do these leak to the person sitting next to you? That’s my big concern and I haven’t seen any reviews address this. 
    Very valid question and one of the first things I tested! It is very minimal. standing in my kitchen, I played some music and I couldn't even hear it when holding them two feet from my ears. Only after turning them to face me and turning the volume up could I hear the audio.
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  • Apple Watch Series 7 has a fast charging problem

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    AppleZulu said:
    Still not clear what you’re suggesting. Are you saying there are older USB-C pucks that won’t deliver a fast charge to a series 7, even when plugged into a charger of sufficient power?

    If you go to the Apple online store, the USB-C pucks are listed as fast charging and the USB-A pucks are not, which makes sense, since USB-A can’t deliver the wattage needed for a fast charge. This is the source of my suggestion that differentiation via physical inspection should be easy - just look at the other end. 
    Correct. The older USB-C pucks won't deliver a fast charger to a series 7 no matter how much power the charger is capable of. Right now if you visit Apple's store they've discontinued the old USB-C pucks and replaced them with the new ones. There are TWO versions of the USB-C chargers -- one with fast charge support and one without. They look nearly identical but Apple changed the internals to allow faster charging.
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