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I didn't think hotel booking apps used the Apple In-App purchases infrastructure. I mostly use Hotels.com, and I'm pretty sure that charges my credit card directly, and not via my Apple ID. You're only required to use In-App purchases for digital goods, not for physical items. That's why Amazon's app will happily sell you a physical book, but not the Kindle version. Does a hotel booking or holiday experience count as a physical item? Maybe not, but all the other apps I use for making that kind of booking avoid the In-App infrastructure, so I don't know what Expedia is doing differently.

Kind of disappointed I arranged to pick them up. Although, if I had a spare moment to think about it this week, I might have seen if they were ready for collection yesterday. Still, should be able to get them this afternoon.

I ordered a couple of the Belkin ones, since locally only seemed to be those or Apple's available, and the price difference is significant. Still trying to work out what to use them for.

I know that the local store goes out of its way to get you a replacement or repair at the lowest possible cost. At least sometimes.

I mean, I've had a couple of phones replaced due to drop damage for no charge (one of them they attempted to repair, but stripped all the screws - of course they might have "accidentally" done it ) and when I upgraded my iPad, and wanted to hand the old one down to another family member, they found a whole bunch of stuff wrong with it, but declared that as it had a battery issue, they could replace it with a new unit for the basic out-of-warranty battery replacement fee.

So they go out of their way to find ways to get it done, but that could be dependent on the specific store you deal with. And I never disrespect service staff. It's not their fault, and if you piss them off, they can mess up your day in truly horrific ways. Especially waitstaff. Never piss off anyone with access to your food.

KBuffett said:

Strange decision to get only have silicon tips on the Pro model. Bits of silicon cost nothing.

But arguably not worth it without the noise cancelling ability.

I bought my Pros solely for noise cancelling, because there's just too much noise these days, so I'm not tempted by these ones, although I am curious as to what improvements there are from the previous versions. Squeezing versus Tapping doesn't really seem an improvement, each has pros and cons. The main advantage seems to be a uniform design across both lines, and standardisation of accessories.