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dehydratedbabies
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My moderately scratched iPhone 4 (Black 16GB, unlocked by AT&T) sold for $230 on eBay a few days ago. I hope iPhones remain popular for a long time because it'd be nice to never have to pay for a new phone again.
Ken Masters
Banned
When I sold my iPhone 4 for $300 I was pretty happy about it. iPads also apparently have very high resale value
dehydratedbabies
Member
Yeah, apparently the guy had actually just bought a 1st Generation iPad for $266 a few weeks before he bought my iPhone.
For as long as Apple's resell value and AT&T's "unlimited" data remain I'll be staying where I am.
Gizmodo is never worth a read.
Just sold my brothers unlocked 4 16gb for $250. It's pretty crazy to get that much for a phone he paid $49 on contract two years ago (AT&T refurb)
Marty Chinn
Member
Someone earlier was trying to downplay the issue saying it was normal and overblown. Apple even told my sister in law that it was normal.
TheGreatDivide
Banned
What about when they revealed the iPhone 4?
If I call a nearby Apple store to ask if they have any phones in stock, will they say if they do or don't? I have this idea in my head that they don't actually give people a definitive answer to that on the phone...but I could be totally making that up :lol
Edit: Just tried "Not many at the moment, but we do get phones in every day. " Wouldn't tell me any details about storage or colors that they currently have =[ damn
Edit: Just tried "Not many at the moment, but we do get phones in every day. " Wouldn't tell me any details about storage or colors that they currently have =[ damn
There is a store pickup option online isnt there. I'm surprised any Apple store has it in stock at the moment.
It was still such terrible "journalism" that it was probably better to read someone else cite their articles.
Hitting 8+ hours of usage pretty consistently now, and I'm using it fairly heavy. Browsing, texting, downloaded and watched a couple of movies from itunes, some netflix, Fieldrunners 2. My very first charge was about 6 1/2 hours.
I am not turning off LTE or wireless or anything like that. Letting it find and connect on its own when applicable.
I am not turning off LTE or wireless or anything like that. Letting it find and connect on its own when applicable.
CharminUltra
Member
As promised: my SwitchEasy Nude UltraClear case impressions* and pics ($22).
*Actual impressions coming later as I got stuff to do, so meanwhile please feel free to ask questions and I'll answer them tonight.
What's in the box?
It comes with...
-Case
-Two screen protectors
-One back protector (covers just the aluminium)
-Two bottom connector protectors
-Squeegee
-Microfiber cloth
So... how clear is it, exactly?
Turns out this is a pretty damn clear case.
I've had it on for a day, so you can already see some lint and dirt accumulating around the edges.
Bottom of the phone with protector:
...and now without:
Enjoy! I'll be back later with impressions.
*Actual impressions coming later as I got stuff to do, so meanwhile please feel free to ask questions and I'll answer them tonight.
What's in the box?
It comes with...
-Case
-Two screen protectors
-One back protector (covers just the aluminium)
-Two bottom connector protectors
-Squeegee
-Microfiber cloth
So... how clear is it, exactly?
Turns out this is a pretty damn clear case.
I've had it on for a day, so you can already see some lint and dirt accumulating around the edges.
Bottom of the phone with protector:
...and now without:
Enjoy! I'll be back later with impressions.
Not bad. When I'm at school, sit in a room with wi-fi on all the time and I drain at 3% battery per hour :-/ I think it's because the wi-fi signal is weak and it disconnects/reconnects all the time. When I'm at home with my wi-fi on, I drain less than 1% per hour.
Diablohead
Member
Outdoors with my touch I need to jack brightness up a lot but indoors 50% is plenty without hurting my eyes, doesn't full brightness give you eye ache indoors?
When it comes to hearing things about the battery like this I always think that you might have a rouge app running in the tray or some GPS stuff on, those things are battery killers. There is also stuff about the new LTE stuff killing batteries so it might be that too.
As promised: my SwitchEasy Nude UltraClear case impressions* and pics ($22).
*Actual impressions coming later as I got stuff to do, so meanwhile please feel free to ask questions and I'll answer them tonight.
Enjoy! I'll be back later with impressions.
How are the volume buttons? That one review said that it is super sensitive and an annoyance.
Does that lint scratch up the phone? Or is it just unsightly?
Case looks pretty nice, though I wish it was a little more up around the edges. Hard plastic I am assuming?
I run at about half, auto brightness off. Honestly I think the screen looks great even at 50%. 100% would absolutely punish battery life for the most part.
Yeah, on the average day with work I am crossing from WiFi - LTE - '4G' - WiFi pretty regularly, so if that wasn't the case I might get even better battery life. I am in two seperate offices during the course of the day, and the access point in the first is very unreliable, so I just stick with the data connection. Unfortunately it's on the outer edge of LTE coverage. Second office is a good WiFi connection, as is my house. Rest of the trip is a mix of LTE and '4G'.
EDIT:
are you having trouble finding one? I walked into a Sprint store the other day, I'm not on Sprint but they had a few it's not like they care. The carrier stores would be worth trying.
I run at about half, auto brightness off. Honestly I think the screen looks great even at 50%. 100% would absolutely punish battery life for the most part.
Yeah, on the average day with work I am crossing from WiFi - LTE - '4G' - WiFi pretty regularly, so if that wasn't the case I might get even better battery life. I am in two seperate offices during the course of the day, and the access point in the first is very unreliable, so I just stick with the data connection. Unfortunately it's on the outer edge of LTE coverage. Second office is a good WiFi connection, as is my house. Rest of the trip is a mix of LTE and '4G'.
EDIT:
are you having trouble finding one? I walked into a Sprint store the other day, I'm not on Sprint but they had a few it's not like they care. The carrier stores would be worth trying.
Tell her to return the phone and get a new one. I don't see this at all in my pics. I also use mine a ton as well for some pictures of my kids (when I don't have a real camera nearby). Sounds like a defective phone.
Also battery is great on this phone. Huge improvement over the 4S for me. As long as I have BT off (that kills battery) and am not using GPS I am getting 8-9 hours of usage easy. Only complaint is the new cable. I like it but it is a huge PITA to replace it.
Baconsammy
Banned
Apple is going to tell her it's normal. It's what they've been saying for the past week.
That's bullshit. She could always return it couldn't she?
If you listen to the end of the Anandtech's latest podcast, there's a guy on there who seems to be very knowledgeable about camera optics who says that it is normal.
In some cases, it actually does (usually in low-light situations). But for the most part, I think the display looks best maxed out (and then I weep for the battery afterwards).
If she's seeing a purple glow on all her pictures, that's not normal and they'll replace. The discussion I've seen relates to light sources off center or just outside the frame.
It's worth trying anyway, the apple store might do it regardless. Don't just ask a salesman though, make an actual 'genius bar' appointment.
It's worth trying anyway, the apple store might do it regardless. Don't just ask a salesman though, make an actual 'genius bar' appointment.
Marty Chinn
Member
She said it was from light sources and not in all her pics. I'm visiting her tonight so I can check.
Baconsammy
Banned
She could return it, but the impression I get is they wont do an exchange for this issue since they don't consider it to be an issue. The purple is normal...despite never having seen it on other iPhones.
Definitely do this. All a sales rep is going to do is send you to the Genius bar, where you're going to wait forever without an appt.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Has anyone had any horizontal jittery lines appear on the screen every now and then? It happens quite infrequently and it disappears almost immediately. Similar to what you see on a computer when your GPU is clocked too high. This happen to anyone else's 5?
Robot Pants
Member
Now this is a case I can get behind!
Although I can't see it looking that good with black.
I need to listen to that to understand how it is normal. Sounds crazy though.
My gf is having issue with flickering when using on screen keyboard. That plus battery life issue is enough for me to pass when my contract is up next month.
Baconsammy
Banned
I think I'm going Tracphone + Touch.
Ive finally made the switch and am leaving my shitty HTC MyTouch and Tmobile behind for Sprint and an iPhone 5...
Only problem is I have to wait a couple weeks before they can get me one
hopefully it's sooner, but I dunno. Until then I live in hell with my current phone.
Until then, anyone have some good tumblrs/sites for wallpapers? I'm collecting right now.
Only problem is I have to wait a couple weeks before they can get me one
hopefully it's sooner, but I dunno. Until then I live in hell with my current phone.Until then, anyone have some good tumblrs/sites for wallpapers? I'm collecting right now.
Yep this happened to me a few times but after owning the phone a few days it went away.
Yeah, I've never had any iPhone at 100%. I usually set it around 40% and leave it alone.
Yes I've had this as well. I'm not sure if its a hardware issue or just a bug in the iOS. I'm debating taking my phone back and getting it replaced.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's an iOS 6 bug. Tends to happen most when the keyboard is sliding up or down.
Souless_PJ
Banned
Yep. C'mon the thing has only been out for a couple of weeks. Anything battery related / weird glitches will likely be patched in the next dot update - no need to take it back
Baconsammy
Banned
I don't know why Apple keeps failing at Wifi. Every time they release something new, we hear for a couple weeks how shitty the Wifi is, and then they're forced to patch it. How about getting it right the first time?
Marty Chinn
Member
So I checked it out tonight and sure enough it's not ideal. It's definitely related to the light sources and you can see it before you snap the shot in the live view. I don't think exchanging it is going to do anything. She's pretty annoyed with it and Apple's response. She says she'll probably keep it though cuz she loves the LTE speed and needs the higher capacity over her iPhone 4.
Because it has only affected a tiny portion of phones I'm guessing?
How do I recreate the issue? This is the first I've heard of this.