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beesonthewhatnow said:
Large corporate awards type thing. I have all the show stings/walkup tracks/FX loaded into a cart player on my laptop. Show caller in my earpiece "standby show open cue 1, sound, LX, video.... GO"

I press the button....fuck all. Laptop had completely frozen. I die inside and have the longest minute of my life as it reboots and I reload the show. All the time lots of very angry sounding people shouting in my ear as to what was going on and many people starting at me from all around.

Not fun. Not fun at all.
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That doesn't sound fun. Been in a similar position (though a lot smaller audience). I even ran tests directly before we went live to make sure no issues. Then, as we went live, right on Cue, it froze :facepalm:
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
Large corporate awards type thing. I have all the show stings/walkup tracks/FX loaded into a cart player on my laptop. Show caller in my earpiece "standby show open cue 1, sound, LX, video.... GO"

I press the button....fuck all. Laptop had completely frozen. I die inside and have the longest minute of my life as it reboots and I reload the show. All the time lots of very angry sounding people shouting in my ear as to what was going on and many people starting at me from all around.

Not fun. Not fun at all.
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I have dreams like that sometimes....
 
bi0boy said:
It's all about the size. I have the SE because I don't need the bigger screen and wanted something lighter and smaller.
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Similar here.

I use my phone one handed lots. The SE fits my hand size for that. The bigger ones are awkward. I specifically held out for the SE, for that reason. And I think aesthetically it's the best design they've done to date (the 4 thru 5S), although that was secondary.
 
discobastard said:
Bloody hell. 'Switch back to vinyl or CDs' isn't exactly a helpful tip of you are a laptop DJ!
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Bearing in mind that all tech fucks up sooner or later, it doesn't hurt to have your phone with some songs loaded up as an absolute last-gasp back up. It's happened to me when CD decks have fucked up and managed to bridge the gap while I fixed the CDs.
 
editor said:
Bearing in mind that all tech fucks up sooner or later, it doesn't hurt to have your phone with some songs loaded up as an absolute last-gasp back up. It's happened to me when CD decks have fucked up and managed to bridge the gap while I fixed the CDs.
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Yeah totally get that. I can play quite a decent set w Djay for iPhone/iPad. But going the other way isn't going to work so easily. Couple of decent suggestions in there for in the moment problems but that particular one is basically piss poor journalism.

Might as well say 'email goes down in the office?' Make sure you have a fax machine on standby.
 
discobastard said:
Yeah totally get that. I can play quite a decent set w Djay for iPhone/iPad. But going the other way isn't going to work so easily. Couple of decent suggestions in there for in the moment problems but that particular one is basically piss poor journalism.

Might as well say 'email goes down in the office?' Make sure you have a fax machine on standby.
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Fancy writing a better article? I'll post in on urban75!
 
editor said:
Fancy writing a better article? I'll post in on urban75!
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Well, no, because I've never been in that situation. Like I said, there are some good suggestions there like don't panic, talk to the audience. But ensure you have a full backup and be skilled at using a totally different (and much harder to transport) format is not a helpful or relevant suggestion.

The wording of the article title suggests those are things you should do in the moment. Which is not the case with regard to changing your whole way of doing things.

And just because I call it out doesn't mean I should be able to write a better article. So that's not really a valid argument - I am merely commenting that what they've said is misguided and not strictly helpful. We *all*!legitimately do that here and because I can't write a better article doesn't mean my criticism is invalid!
 
editor said:
Curious, no? Apple removed the iPhone 7 headphone jack for a speaker grille … but no speaker
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If The Guardian had read down to step 7:
In place of the headphone jack, we find a component that seems to channel sound from outside the phone into the microphone... or from the Taptic Engine out. No fancy electronics here, just some well-designed acoustics and molded plastic.
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iPhone 7 Plus Teardown - iFixit

So the mystery holes are to get sound in to the mic - the iPhone 6s only had a single hole.
 
editor said:
Curious, no? Apple removed the iPhone 7 headphone jack for a speaker grille … but no speaker
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It's probably an aesthetic thing. Or maybe it's setting up a design feature for a future speaker down there.

Personally, I think they need to revive the Beats Audio enhanced sound that was a major plus point of the HTC ONE M7 over 3 years ago but has now been shelved for current HTC phones. If anyone was going to do it again, I'd have thought their parent company Apple would have.
 
Someone at work got their iPhone 7 today. The haptic stuff on the home button is quite freaky - to me it felt like the whole device was clicking down, which is obviously not whats actually happened but it appears to fool the mind in that direction.

I've no reason to be excited about this phone or upgrade from the 6 except my brother seems desperate to buy my current phone off me so I guess I will oblige.
 
beesonthewhatnow said:
The overwhelming consensus from reviews is that for the vast majority of users it simply won't be a big deal. There will be a minority of users for whom it will be a pain, and and even smaller set for which it will be a deal breaker.

As usual, Ars Technica has the best take on it.

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus review: Great annual upgrades with one major catch
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Pretty much yet those who never buy Apple products would have you believe it's the end of the world. In a year basically no one will be talking about it. Remember how much the Editor hated the lack of hardware keyboard when the original iPhone came out? Just like that he and others like him will come round in the end...


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beesonthewhatnow said:
Must admit I was a bit surprised at the negative vibes about it all from The Guardian, they're usually pretty gushing.

Then, right at the bottom "The Guardian has not been provided with a review handset by Apple"

:D
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That's because their Apple arse kisser in chief Charles Arthur was demoted a couple years back from being tech editor so they've defaulted to their more objective sensibilities...


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Do I win he saddo prize of frst person to post in this thread from an iphone7? :thumbs:

Testing the 7 plus from Dixons Heathrow departures area. I like.

The haptic feedback home button was not quite how I expected. It doesn't feel so much like a 'buzz' on the button like I thought, but it actually feels like you're clicking the whole lower end of the phone down... A bit like an apple mouse clicker, if that makes sense?

I think the matte black 7 plus is going to be the one.

No stock though :(
 
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skyscraper101 said:
The haptic feedback home button was not quite how I expected. It doesn't feel so much like a 'buzz' on the button like I thought, but it actually feels like you're clicking the whole lower end of the phone down... A bit like an apple mouse clicker, if that makes sense?
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Yeah thats exactly the thing I was trying to describe in my post. Freaky isn't it?
 
My partner is getting an iPhone today. It's like I don't know who she is any more.
But I suspect I'll be checking Apple threads more often so I can remain useful to her.
She's going for the SE I believe, will see how she feels at the time. Is it okay?

I wish I could afford a new phone :(
 
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