Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Pretty sure i'll pick up the mini. Like the idea of the wallet attachment too, though I don't want to give up my trusty @31trum wallet that's been going for 10 years...

Ah right, want to avoid catalina. thanks anyway

I'll look into that, dont mind it being plugged in tbh.

did you see how many cards can fit? Hope it's more than one or two (4 would do me fine)

No - can't see that info anywhere on site / in videos etc. Assume 3 or 4. They're leather so maybe stretch over time...

Mini doesn't go on pre-order until November so reviews for the wallet will be out by then.

Same, I'm a big fan of smaller phones in general having had a larger phone for the past 2 years.

Just not sure if I'll buy outright or wait and see what contract prices are...

Wallet case? You're getting old

want to avoid catalina

understandable

🙂

I need dual sim (physical not eSim) so its 12 or 12 pro for me. Trying to work out if the extra lens + Lidar will be useful.

Next stage

Do they have dual physical sim? Thought iPhone only offered e-sim as second sim option.

What's really interesting is the pricing of the new handsets.

It's probably the scariest economic forecast yet:

The iPhone 12 mini starts at $699 / £699 / AU$1,199...
....the new iPhone 12 starts at $799, the iPhone 12 Pro starts at $999, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max starts at $1,099.

full fat iphone12 mini is £850.

Exactly. That's basically upper end Android pricing.

It makes the world where they were making $999 screen stands feel like a million miles away.

HK/China version is dual physical except mini which is single physical and eSim.

128gb 12 pro works out at £850 which is the same price as the 128gb 12 in UK so that’s a free upgrade right?

Is there a different UK model to the US ones with different modems?

When i bought my X in the US i think I had to make sure i got the Sprint/TMobile version to support UK 4G networks.

Probably makes no difference in 2020 as I won't be going to the US for work anytime soon so will probably just buy here

Yes - no mmWave 5G in the UK phones.

I think they all support the same 4G bands now though so that would be the only difference.

That's annoying. Why wouldn't they extend that to here?

I'd definitely end up having a 2nd sim for work rather than pissing about with e-sim.

I dont really understand the 2nd sim thing, like, how does that even work? wich data gets used?

I have two phones, but one sim right now, the sim plan is my work plan but with my personal number transferred to it (we luckily have a easy automated process upon termination for reclaiming your number)

You set which line makes outgoing calls and uses data. You can even choose by contact which line to use.

I asked about it in here and done some reading up about it and it doesn't get good reviews. Im still on HS.

Google's version of this is interesting, it does this and switches automatically but since it's an MVNO your number just moves around.

I use Google FI in the US, so T&-Mobile, Sprint, US Cellular. It's normally connected to T/Sprint at the same time (even though technically that's the same company now)

That I might miss on the iPhone I don't think it's capable of auto-switching depending on performance (and neither do multiplexing)

I have a small issue with my external hard drive here. I doesn't show up when I plug it in, neither in Finder nor Disk Utility. It shows up in System Information though. What can I do other than trying different cables and USB ports?
It's my data drive where I store all my stuff so I wouldn't like to just dump it.

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Potential reasons https://iboysoft.com/mac-data-recovery/external-hard-drive-not-showing-up-in-disk-utility.html

Just gone Pixel 4 > 12 Pro.

Pixel 5 is a sideways move and the battery life on my pixel has basically made me switch. Can barely make it to 8pm with moderate usage on a 9 month old device!

Widgets and general home screen freedom has tempted me back to iOS.

Also Esims are great. I work for a Telco and regularly test services. I can have 20+ Esims loaded onto my phone and switch between them at will! No more scrabbling around in the draw for physical Sims. Win.