[SunkenCiv]

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[mairdie]

Most of the cell phones on Chinese dramas seem to be Apple.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

It's just another Apple phone—a high priced fidget spinner.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

One customer, who successfully secured a new handset for delivery on the September 19 launch date, said it took five minutes for the site to process payments.

First world problems...oh, wait!

[lee martell]

Wasn’t it Gertrude Stein, who became known for saying:
“A phone is a phone is a phone!”
I could be mistaken.

[doorgunner69]

i would not be able to use one anyway......

[Steely Tom]

I’m still using an iPhone 11.

I’m happy with it, and thankful to live in in age when such things are possible.

It cost well under $1000, back in 2019.

Of course $1000 back then would be $2000 now.

[Cronos]

I’ve never owned an apple product or used them. I have a Motorola G85 and sm pretty happy with it.

Fir thise who have used both Apple and Android, what’s the fascination with Apple?

[JZelle]

My iPhone 16 makes me miss my $300 Motorola. Never again.

[PIF]

iPhone 17, 256GB, connect to any carrier $829 - Apple Care $119 yr,

[mass55th]

They can keep them. I hate all cell phones. I had a regular 3G phone, not a smartphone that I got because I was traveling a lot at the time. I was forced to buy a smartphone when someone's network booster in the neighborhood showed up on my home screen as an icon of a house. It interfered with my calls, and stopped me from being able to manually update my roaming capabilities. I had to drive a few blocks down the road to get the damn icon to fall off my screen, before I could call to update my roaming.

I was told that in order to get rid of the interference, I'd had to go to a smartphone. What they don't tell you is that smartphone's have $hitty connectivity, because of the reduced size of the antenna to make room for storage on the damn thing. That was about 10 years ago. I ended up buying an iPhone 5S, the cheapest. I went with Apple, because I use Apple computers. I don't sync my laptop with my iPhones. There is no reason for me to do that. I had had 4 bars with my 3G phone, but that went to one or two with the iPhone. I called and complained to Verizon. They sent me a network booster for free. I just recently got an upgraded one from them to replace the old one as it wasn't supportable anymore.

When my 5S phone stopped working, I upgraded to an iPhone SE, the cheapest model. I don't use it for anything other than calls, and confirmation texts for doctor appointments and to reorder prescriptions. The majority of the time it sits on the table unused. I don't use it for emails, transactions, etc. The only app I added to it was Verizon's call filter, so I could control spam calls. I have it set that the only calls that my phone will ring for, are those numbers in my contact list. If anyone else calls me, the calls are silenced, and those considered spam are automatically blocked. With text messages, if I get any that are spam, I block them and report them as junk. Like I said, I hate cellphones, but at 78, they are a safety device for me to use if something happens while I'm away from home.