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I've been waiting for the airtags to come out, as I've been wanting something like that for my keys and wallet.
 
Apple Pay is great. Use all the time on web (don’t need to fill out any other shit. Double tap and it’s done!) and at tills. Rarely fails.
 
I have an iPhone XR which doesn't support the Precision Finding that you get with iPhone 11 or 12. However, they do still support some form of Bluetooth tracking so presumably they can find your things with a few feet or something.

Does anyone know? I can cancel my order if they aren't going to be any use until I have a newer iPhone.
 
Favelado said:
I have an iPhone XR which doesn't support the Precision Finding that you get with iPhone 11 or 12. However, they do still support some form of Bluetooth tracking so presumably they can find your things with a few feet or something.

Does anyone know? I can cancel my order if they aren't going to be any use until I have a newer iPhone.
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didn’t realise you needed that new an iPhone for that. I guess a lot of other people won’t realise either. There’s a ton more < iPhone 11 out there than 11+

I’d say stupid decision.

Others will say encourages people to spend more on newer phones.

others Will say ensures longevity of the product in its current form for many years.
 
The reason you need a newer phone for the best features is that older phones didn't have ultra-wideband, because it's a new technology. It's not like they couldn't be bothered to support older phones.

With an older phone it still works like a Tile with bluetooth, you just don't get the super-accurate distance and direction details that UWB can provide.
 
platinumsage said:
The reason you need a newer phone for the best features is that older phones didn't have ultra-wideband, because it's a new technology. It's not like they couldn't be bothered to support older phones.

With an older phone it still works like a Tile with bluetooth, you just don't get the super-accurate distance and direction details that UWB can provide.
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What kind of range do you reckon?
 
I use my iPad mini 4 >a lot<. I've loved the weight since I 1st bought one. But I fancied a bigger screen, so I am looking at the new 11" iPad Pro. Went to the Apple shop today to take a look and see if the 150g extra weight is a massive deal-breaker. Sadly they didn't have them in the shop yet. Gah. Meant to be late May? I'll check it out next week.

Quite a thing, these new iPad Pros, with the M1 chip. It's creating quite a storm in the tech industry. These iPad Pros are essentially fully-fledged laptops without a keyboard running iOS for £750. Given most posh phones are more and not as powerful with tiny screens, and this is an Apple device, the price is all the more surprising. Works with the apple pen so can use it to write with handwriting conversion or as a drawing device.

If you've not seen the performance of the M1 chip here is
Linus reviewing the M1 mac and mac air
 
Sunray said:
I use my iPad mini 4 >a lot<. I've loved the weight since I 1st bought one. But I fancied a bigger screen, so I am looking at the new 11" iPad Pro. Went to the Apple shop today to take a look and see if the 150g extra weight is a massive deal-breaker. Sadly they didn't have them in the shop yet. Gah. Meant to be late May? I'll check it out next week.

Quite a thing, these new iPad Pros, with the M1 chip. It's creating quite a storm in the tech industry. These iPad Pros are essentially fully-fledged laptops without a keyboard running iOS for £750. Given most posh phones are more and not as powerful with tiny screens, and this is an Apple device, the price is all the more surprising. Works with the apple pen so can use it to write with handwriting conversion or as a drawing device.

If you've not seen the performance of the M1 chip here is
Linus reviewing the M1 mac and mac air
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Smug expensive gear wanker
 
Orang Utan said:
I hope not.
Just a cheap gear wanker
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Nope, it makes you even worse than your common or garden Apple wanker. You're the reason Apple products are so expensive, because you pay more for a S/H outdated POS than you would for a really decent new phone. You could have bought a Poco X3 Pro for less money (fewer moneys?), and I'll guarantee it's far better in every way (Snapdragon 860!) than your 'refurbished' (see: wiped with a rag) iPhone.
 
I still watch this thread even though I got off my secondhand apple habit 3 years ago.

It started because I had a 300 quid windfall in 2003 and that got me a second hand 3g and apple were the only smart phones at that time. Took me 15 years (and maybe the android technology to catch up) before I realised that I could get a brand new android for less than a secondhand, two steps down apple, and I'm still using that phone now with none of the battery and performance issues that I had with apple at any point.
 
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cybershot said:
Don’t know why you’d use chrome on an Apple device but just in case…. Or you want some additional info on all the shit chrome collects about you.

www.forbes.com

Why iPhone, iPad And Mac Users Should Stop Using Chrome Instead Of Safari

Millions of Apple users warned to quit Chrome after serious new tracking warning...
www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
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thanks.

“Not only does Safari block third-party cookies by default,” Mysk and Haj Bakry explain, “it also deletes first-party cookies for web sites that haven't been visited within seven days... Safari treats cookies more carefully than Chrome.”

Now I know why I have to go through 2-step authentication with my US retirement fund company every time I log on...it's a pain...I have to have a US Skype number just for them. I'd better log in more frequently.

I've been intrigued by Facebook/Insta who are now plastering motorcycle insurance ads from a US company everywhere. I sold my motorcycle over a decade ago and until recently would not have been able to tell you who my insurance company was. They have a longer memory than I do. As they say, half of advertising spend is wasted...but which half?
 
pseudonarcissus said:
thanks.

“Not only does Safari block third-party cookies by default,” Mysk and Haj Bakry explain, “it also deletes first-party cookies for web sites that haven't been visited within seven days... Safari treats cookies more carefully than Chrome.”

Now I know why I have to go through 2-step authentication with my US retirement fund company every time I log on...it's a pain...I have to have a US Skype number just for them. I'd better log in more frequently.

I've been intrigued by Facebook/Insta who are now plastering motorcycle insurance ads from a US company everywhere. I sold my motorcycle over a decade ago and until recently would not have been able to tell you who my insurance company was. They have a longer memory than I do. As they say, half of advertising spend is wasted...but which half?
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Both
 

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