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Munkus · Sep 20, 2019, 04:27 PM

I'm sticking with my XS Max 256Gb for now. The 3rd camera on the 11 Pro Max is nice, but not enough of an incentive for me to upgrade on its own. Nothing else about the 11 really does anything for me. We'll see what next September holds.

bill dennison · Sep 20, 2019, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munkus

I'm sticking with my XS Max 256Gb for now. The 3rd camera on the 11 Pro Max is nice, but not enough of an incentive for me to upgrade on its own. Nothing else about the 11 really does anything for me. We'll see what next September holds.

my note 8 was giving me problems since they replaced it after the bike wreck
Asurion replacement phones suck

and it would not connect to the new phone to do the android to ios transfer but another note 8 he had would
guy said it maybe a bad antenna

so I get to reload all my apps and crap manually

oh well the 150 bucks trade in paid for the apple care and I canceled Asurion for 2 years

dodger · Sep 20, 2019, 05:29 PM

Still rocking an iphone 7. The battery health says it's still 90% good because I hardly ever let it charge to 100% (at first only to 80% but lately 90% since it has gotten old). I kept the new battery feature off cause it'll still go to 100%, just right before you wake up so it doesn't stay there too long. If the battery is still decent a year from now I might even skip the 11s but I imagine by the time 12 comes around the battery would be a goner and the 7 won't be supported anymore.

bill dennison · Sep 20, 2019, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dodger

Still rocking an iphone 7. The battery health says it's still 90% good because I hardly ever let it charge to 100% (at first only to 80% but lately 90% since it has gotten old). I kept the new battery feature off cause it'll still go to 100%, just right before you wake up so it doesn't stay there too long. If the battery is still decent a year from now I might even skip the 11s but I imagine by the time 12 comes around the battery would be a goner and the 7 won't be supported anymore.

I don't think there will be a 11s

in a year everything will be all 5G so it will be a iPhone 12

**logical** · Sep 20, 2019, 08:55 PM

Both 11 Pro Max arrived. Camera is mine but more of the same for me. Massive change for the wife coming from a 7 plus.

jimjobob · Sep 21, 2019, 12:03 AM

Work got me an 11 128gb. Never used Iphone before but it seems they may have fixed some of my issues with them in the newest OS.

KAC · Sep 21, 2019, 12:35 AM

I am still wondering if I need to indulge in this.

bill dennison · Sep 21, 2019, 01:29 PM

well about half of my apps reloaded and about half of those signed in

apple does not remember your sign in email for apps ?

face id is much better than android's

carplay is working well

seems wireless carplay needs a speed sensor wire hooked up from the Kenwood head unit
got the wire but have no idea where to hook it up to

Munkus · Sep 21, 2019, 03:48 PM

Yeah, I love Face ID. It's one of the main reasons why I'm sticking with Apple for now.

**logical** · Sep 21, 2019, 04:38 PM

Night mode is a great thing they stole from Google. They should have done it much sooner.

Android1 · Sep 22, 2019, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill dennison

face id is much better than android's

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munkus

Yeah, I love Face ID. It's one of the main reasons why I'm sticking with Apple for now.

The Pixel 4 is supposed to have Face ID-like functionality. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

bill dennison · Sep 22, 2019, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Android1

The Pixel 4 is supposed to have Face ID-like functionality. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

I did the Face ID setup at my desk without a hat or glasses

I was surprised as hell it opened every time today riding my bike with Helmet and riding sun glasses on

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had much more problems with the fingerprint ID on my note 8 and mechanic's hands
grease, dirt and cuts

**logical** · Sep 23, 2019, 12:45 PM

Yeah FaceID is pretty smooth. Just a touch faster this iteration around but its due to iOS 13 and not new hardware.

Triple camera is nice, night mode is nicer. Touch better quality on the telephoto and normal lens is nice too.

Ultrawide is good but in well lit areas. It suffers when its darker and night mode doesnt work with that lens.

Same stuff with the processor, faster than the competition by a mile. Same stuff with the RAM, lacking compared to the competition(iPhone will probably lose all 'speed' tests where opening apps and keeping them in memory matters). But will trounce on anything doing any real work like encoding or filtering videos/photos.

Overall this is the iPhone X(SS) a second iterative iPhone. This should have been a new design but I guess next year will have to be the year. I really wish they would go back to the iPhone 5 look which the new iPad pros are modeled after. Those were my favorite looking iPhones by far.

KAC · Sep 23, 2019, 01:06 PM

No 5G is a real downer.

Munkus · Sep 23, 2019, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KAC

No 5G is a real downer.

5G is so limited in the US right now, it's not a factor for buying a phone except for very specific markets. I'm betting that the iPhone 12 will have 5G support next year, giving the carriers more time to make it more widely available.

KAC · Sep 23, 2019, 01:16 PM

I know but UAE has it so I wants it.

bill dennison · Sep 23, 2019, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAC

I know but UAE has it so I wants it.

note 10 has it

i'm more interested in 5g home internet maybe bringing prices down than 5g mobile

Munkus · Sep 23, 2019, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAC

I know but UAE has it so I wants it.

As usual, the UAE and most of western Europe is way ahead of the US in terms of internet/mobile access and speed.

**logical** · Sep 23, 2019, 01:49 PM

With speeds here at 100mbs+ I dont see the need for anything faster? Maybe if your home landline sucks but thats about it. I personally wouldnt need massive speeds on my cell phone.

somewon · Sep 23, 2019, 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by logical

With speeds here at 100mbs+ I dont see the need for anything faster? Maybe if your home landline sucks but thats about it. I personally wouldnt need massive speeds on my cell phone.

I do.
We tether to the kids tablets and other devices a TON when we travel or simply go for a drive across town.

In some parts of the home (~4000 sq ft property), we have slow spots that I was previously planning on filling via mesh networking.
However, when you have 5G in the house and ~ 700mbps speeds, you dont need it.

Having 5G and unlimited tethering on a Note10 / S10 is miles better than not.

**logical** · Sep 23, 2019, 02:52 PM

You dont need 100mbs for kids tablets. They aint torrenting

You only need it because I guess you refuse to fix your house network issue?

bill dennison · Sep 23, 2019, 06:37 PM

50 bucks more to get Kenwood & apple's dumb speed sensor wire hooked up to the truck's VSS

it's only used for wireless Carplay

but wireless Carplay is working
it has a little more delay in changing tracks
but phone calls work well

somewon · Sep 23, 2019, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by logical

You dont need 100mbs for kids tablets. They aint torrenting

You only need it because I guess you refuse to fix your house network issue?

Say that when you have 15 devices and half of which are streaming 4k content at any time.

We have gb service in the house, but it's not always enough. Like I said, 5g phones fill in all of the hard to reach spots quite nicely.

So much so, that I haven't needed to worry about setting up a mesh solution.

Secondly, 5g isn't just about raw speed. It's also about breadth of the network in ways that 4g simply can't match.

**logical** · Sep 23, 2019, 09:21 PM

Gigabit internet not good enough for 8 devices running 4K? Better check your connections. That’s if you got 2 Netflix accounts(4 max simultaneously on one account). Netflix recommends 25mbs for 4K. Even if you doubled that and had 8 devices running 4K you still wouldn’t come close to tapping out gigabit.

:shrug:

The space race for faster wireless service isn’t needed on phones unless it’s your primary source of internet. New technology usually rolls out in big cities where if isn’t needed as much. They should roll it out in rural areas first.

Android1 · Sep 23, 2019, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill dennison

I did the Face ID setup at my desk without a hat or glasses

I was surprised as hell it opened every time today riding my bike with Helmet and riding sun glasses on

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I had much more problems with the fingerprint ID on my note 8 and mechanic's hands
grease, dirt and cuts

Yeah, I read that it could handle changes in appearance such as the ones that you described. Beards too, if I recall correctly. Can Face ID unlock your phone while you are seated at a desk, or do you have to pick it up and look straight at it?

I never thought of someone having such problems with fingerprint readers. That is very interesting to know. But I am a guy who does not work with greasy or dirty things and washes his hands perhaps a little too often.

I like the capacitive fingerprint reader on my Nokia 7.1. It is very accurate, and the rear placement makes it easy to unlock one-handedly after I pull it out of my pocket. Having to pick it up to unlock it when it is placed upon a flat surface can be a bit of a pain, though.

**logical** · Sep 23, 2019, 09:56 PM

Got to pick it up or lean over it

jimjobob · Sep 23, 2019, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KAC

I know but UAE has it so I wants it.

Don’t know how fast 5G is supposed to be but I get 125 mbps down on my 11 over wireless. That’s plenty fast for a phone IMO.

bill dennison · Sep 23, 2019, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Android1

Yeah, I read that it could handle changes in appearance such as the ones that you described. Beards too, if I recall correctly. Can Face ID unlock your phone while you are seated at a desk, or do you have to pick it up and look straight at it?

I never thought of someone having such problems with fingerprint readers. That is very interesting to know. But I am a guy who does not work with greasy or dirty things and washes his hands perhaps a little too often.

I like the capacitive fingerprint reader on my Nokia 7.1. It is very accurate, and the rear placement makes it easy to unlock one-handedly after I pull it out of my pocket. Having to pick it up to unlock it when it is placed upon a flat surface can be a bit of a pain, though.

when I did my roof last year the shingles removed the tips of my gloves and my fingerprints

Face ID seems to have a cone area it can open not just straight at it

**curio** · Sep 24, 2019, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munkus

As usual, the UAE and most of western Europe is way ahead of the US in terms of internet/mobile access and speed.

In all fairness the UAE is only 32,000 square miles, which is half the size of Florida

You could put almost all of Western Europe inside of California, Texas, and Colorado

Sasquach · Sep 24, 2019, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Munkus

As usual, the UAE and most of western Europe is way ahead of the US in terms of internet/mobile access and speed.

I think Canada's worse...….

Our Telecom triopoly will find every which way possible to nickel and dime us to death if we want faster internet and/or no data restrictions.....

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Munkus Hugged your dog lately? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Big Sky Country Posts: 27,570	I'm sticking with my XS Max 256Gb for now. The 3rd camera on the 11 Pro Max is nice, but not enough of an incentive for me to upgrade on its own. Nothing else about the 11 really does anything for me. We'll see what next September holds.

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Sep 20, 2019, 08:55 PM	#35
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	Both 11 Pro Max arrived. Camera is mine but more of the same for me. Massive change for the wife coming from a 7 plus. __________________

Sep 20, 2019, 05:29 PM	#33
dodger Doggy Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 1,368	Still rocking an iphone 7. The battery health says it's still 90% good because I hardly ever let it charge to 100% (at first only to 80% but lately 90% since it has gotten old). I kept the new battery feature off cause it'll still go to 100%, just right before you wake up so it doesn't stay there too long. If the battery is still decent a year from now I might even skip the 11s but I imagine by the time 12 comes around the battery would be a goner and the 7 won't be supported anymore.

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Sep 21, 2019, 12:03 AM	#36
jimjobob Radeon Volcanic Islands Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,889	Work got me an 11 128gb. Never used Iphone before but it seems they may have fixed some of my issues with them in the newest OS.

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Sep 21, 2019, 12:35 AM	#37
KAC RGB mofo, do you have it! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 61,379	I am still wondering if I need to indulge in this.

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Sep 21, 2019, 01:29 PM	#38
bill dennison Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: phoenix Posts: 23,449	well about half of my apps reloaded and about half of those signed in apple does not remember your sign in email for apps ? face id is much better than android's carplay is working well seems wireless carplay needs a speed sensor wire hooked up from the Kenwood head unit got the wire but have no idea where to hook it up to Last edited by bill dennison : Sep 21, 2019 at 02:30 PM.

Sep 21, 2019, 03:48 PM	#39
Munkus Hugged your dog lately? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Big Sky Country Posts: 27,570	Yeah, I love Face ID. It's one of the main reasons why I'm sticking with Apple for now.

Sep 21, 2019, 04:38 PM	#40
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Sep 23, 2019, 12:45 PM	#43
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	Yeah FaceID is pretty smooth. Just a touch faster this iteration around but its due to iOS 13 and not new hardware. Triple camera is nice, night mode is nicer. Touch better quality on the telephoto and normal lens is nice too. Ultrawide is good but in well lit areas. It suffers when its darker and night mode doesnt work with that lens. Same stuff with the processor, faster than the competition by a mile. Same stuff with the RAM, lacking compared to the competition(iPhone will probably lose all 'speed' tests where opening apps and keeping them in memory matters). But will trounce on anything doing any real work like encoding or filtering videos/photos. Overall this is the iPhone X(SS) a second iterative iPhone. This should have been a new design but I guess next year will have to be the year. I really wish they would go back to the iPhone 5 look which the new iPad pros are modeled after. Those were my favorite looking iPhones by far. __________________

Sep 23, 2019, 01:06 PM	#44
KAC RGB mofo, do you have it! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 61,379	No 5G is a real downer.

Sep 23, 2019, 01:16 PM	#46
KAC RGB mofo, do you have it! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lahore Posts: 61,379	I know but UAE has it so I wants it.

Sep 23, 2019, 01:49 PM	#49
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	With speeds here at 100mbs+ I dont see the need for anything faster? Maybe if your home landline sucks but thats about it. I personally wouldnt need massive speeds on my cell phone. __________________

Sep 23, 2019, 02:52 PM	#51
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	You dont need 100mbs for kids tablets. They aint torrenting You only need it because I guess you refuse to fix your house network issue? __________________

Sep 23, 2019, 06:37 PM	#52
bill dennison Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: phoenix Posts: 23,449	50 bucks more to get Kenwood & apple's dumb speed sensor wire hooked up to the truck's VSS it's only used for wireless Carplay but wireless Carplay is working it has a little more delay in changing tracks but phone calls work well

Sep 23, 2019, 09:21 PM	#54
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	Gigabit internet not good enough for 8 devices running 4K? Better check your connections. That’s if you got 2 Netflix accounts(4 max simultaneously on one account). Netflix recommends 25mbs for 4K. Even if you doubled that and had 8 devices running 4K you still wouldn’t come close to tapping out gigabit. :shrug: The space race for faster wireless service isn’t needed on phones unless it’s your primary source of internet. New technology usually rolls out in big cities where if isn’t needed as much. They should roll it out in rural areas first. __________________

Sep 23, 2019, 09:56 PM	#56
logical What is my purpose? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: * Posts: 21,741	Got to pick it up or lean over it __________________

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