Live life. There are more important things in life than a scratched phone.
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Live life. There are more important things in life than a scratched phone.
Marty Chinn
Member
Wow the iPhone 4 is only $149 for a repair? That makes AppleCare+ even more worthless. Nobody should buy AppleCare+ unless you always break your phone at least once every two years.
Turn by turn is a meaningless feature for me. I have a car with built in GPS; I have no real need for it on my phone for 99% of the time.
Scratching my phone is like breaking my penis. Life isn't enjoyable no more.
Your penis is worth less than $1000? Apologies
Until it's time to sell the thing to finance the next one.
Do you really expect an object you use for hours on a daily basis and take everywhere is going to stay in pristine condition? A phone is a thing I need to use freely without any babying so a few scratches are fine.
Seriously does anyone actually obsess over scratches for the entire lifetime of the phone? I can understand being anal for the first week or so but come on.
Apple products are priceless. We all know that!
LyleLanley
Banned
The best thing that happens to me whenever I get a new phone is when I drop it for the first time.
Well, it depends. Big, nasty, noticeable scratches? I admit, I'm pretty worried about that for the entire time I have the phone. Especially on the screen, though it's been pretty easy for me to avoid that.
Small nicks and marks? Nah. Like you said, after a while that sort of stuff is almost inevitable.
I admit that the first scratch ever on a brand new gadget makes it feel like life isn't worth living but the suicidal thoughts usually subside after a day or two.
After that though the floodgates open and I just don't give a fuck.
SuperPac
Member
I think this is going to be a favorite new feature of mine:
I take it this is just for calls and not all alerts/notifications?
Calls from favorites will come through (or repeated calls from the same number if you have that turned on), as will alarms but NOTHING else. No texts from favorites, no calendar alerts, no other app alerts. DND is only active while the screen is off - if you have the screen on or are using the phone, they will come through as normal.
I love DND.
planar1280
Banned
Black iphone, rough and chiselled like a man
White iphone, elegant and smooth, like a woman
White iphone, elegant and smooth, like a woman
This feature is going to change my life. No longer will my credit card company call me at midnight to proclaim that a charge has gone through (for one of the four or five services I pay for monthly, that all bill at the stroke of midnight) and scare the hell out of me.
I'm like the new charging port on this one; I go both ways.
Empyrean Heaven
Member
This, also the fact that there's no 4G failsafes in effect is a major issue. I go outside of LTE with AT&T and I'm still getting 6-7 mbps download speeds on HSPA+. Do the same with Verizon and you're lucky to break 3 on EV-DO.
And you need to move to Boston, dude. No AT&T issues here. Plus we're all a bunch of smarmy entitled assholes. Everyone at NeoGAF would love it.
Ugh... I should have not gone Verizon. Debating whether to cancel....
My decision to order directly from AT&T has clearly paid off. I ordered 3 IP5's at 4 pacific, and all of them are going to be here launch day.
One is a white one...I might unbox it and stare longingly at it, and possibly give the family member that wanted the white one my black one instead.
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
Ha. You should guess how many times a day i dust my 60" kuro.
Wow, so that does make AppleCare+ not as attractive. I wonder if the prices will vary with the inclusion of the iPhone 5 and what it's price will be. If it is at $200 and the 4S gets dropped to $150, that would still be okay.
Kung Fu Grip
Banned
I think you have to wait for the unlocked phones?
Umm..the free Mapquest app has turn by turn..
I guess you could, but considering that you'd be paying for a data plan anyway (unless TM doesn't require it) I don't see why you'd want to.
Damn man, your life sucks.
Well, it comes in handy if you lose it. I lost mine a while back. Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark's Place, where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street, I saw my penis lying on a blanket next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it. I had to buy it off him. He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen.
Just imagine if it were worth a grand.
Gary Whitta
Member
I'm scared to go over there because they're all fucking nuts but has anyone checked to see what the MacRumors forums are saying about scuffgate? I'm sure there's a 50-page thread on it by now.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Scuff Gate is actually the threat title.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Me and my friend booked at the same time. Her has arrived at Fido store. Mine just got it's packing label from Rogers. Hopefully it's there by tomorrow!
Scuff Gate is actually the threat title.
bahahahaha!!!
Not all data plans are the same, you supposedly save $1200 over the life of a 2-year contract on TMobile.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/10/t-mob...ng-your-unlocked-iphone-and-save-1200-vs-att/
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Scuff Gate is actually the threat title.
Yeah looks like is a really thing. I'm hoping they fix it in the post-release units :/ I really need an iPhone.
The iPhone 5 has an A6 chip while the iPod Touch has an A5 chip (and probably only 512mb ram) - you're looking at similar performance if you're just going to play games (except your games will be 16:9 if it has been updated)
I thought about it but iPhone 5 is probably the way to go if you want to upgrade.
(plus i think its a 5 Megapixel camera on the iPod Touch)
I wanna get an iPhone 5 but TPG Mobile needs to get 4G otherwise it won't be a big enough of a upgrade from the 4S... of course if I had the money I would get the 5 in a heart beat but the 4s is still an excellent phone and super fast. I do want that extra screen space...
nhlducks35
Member
I hope this scuffgate isn't real, but if it is... I'll be forced to get Ghost Armor or an Invisible Shield.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
I'm not sure how they can fix something like that. Is colored aluminum ever made with that same color throughout the whole volume of the thing? I thought it was always just the surface that has the non-default silver color.
If Scuff gate is a serious issue its going to be both disappointing and funny at the same time. Just like with Antenna gate, they spend all this time making these gorgeous phones that look and feel great, then essentially corner people in to having to cover them all up in cases or bumpers etc.
SuperPac
Member
Is it realistic to expect never to scuff an item that you put in your pocket, use regularly, and may drop on the ground? Even if you throw a case on it, you'll probably scuff that at some point. Does no one have an iPod touch or the shiny metal backed iPods? Those scuffed immediately no matter what you did.
Even after putting a case on it doesn't guarantee no scuffs.
Even after putting a case on it doesn't guarantee no scuffs.
Yeah, but you can't expect people to be 'ok' with a 700USD cellphone to have such a shitty "paint job".
iAmMaximus
Member
Exactly what I'm doing once I get mine.
Gary Whitta
Member
Holy shit and I was only half joking. 14 pages so far.Scuff Gate is actually the threat title.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1445522
Shit. I'm in the exact same situation except I haven't received the email yet. You got me worried now. I'm selling my phone and hope to have it unlocked this week. Frack!
Do I have hope GAF?
My AT&T Premiere order just went from
Pending Shipment - Quantity Backordered: 1
Do I have hope of receiving the 5 on Friday, even though I got an email today saying the phone would ship in 14-21 business days?
My AT&T Premiere order just went from
Pending Shipment - Quantity Backordered: 1
to
Pending Shipment - Quantity Backordered: 0
Do I have hope of receiving the 5 on Friday, even though I got an email today saying the phone would ship in 14-21 business days?
I'd be curious to see the places that AT&T has HSPA+ where Verizon doesn't have LTE.
What did I just click?!
themadhatter444
Neo Member
If anything, you've given ME hope. Rep told me it would be here by Friday, yet I have the same thing as you but mine is still on "back order". Still no shipping info in my e-mail and still "processing". Argh....
LyleLanley
Banned
Scuffgate! Scuffgate! Scuffgate!