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Other Is every release on a new model iPhone as fraught with as many complaints, problems, and concerns as I'm reading here?
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It happens every year with every release. Get ready for a thousand threads trashing the iPhone 14.
As most other people have said, yes. You will read some of the most ridiculous things you have ever read every time a new iPhone rolls around. Some of it so petty and meaningless that I don't even bother engaging with them.
People with extreme OCD, people with buyers remorse, people who expected the next coming of Christ, and people who get bored very easily. There is probably also an element of disguised Android trolls and maybe even Android phone manufacturers adding in some sneaky negativity where possible too.
People with extreme OCD, people with buyers remorse, people who expected the next coming of Christ, and people who get bored very easily. There is probably also an element of disguised Android trolls and maybe even Android phone manufacturers adding in some sneaky negativity where possible too.
The 512GB 14 Pro Max in the EU is available for the same price as the 512GB 14" MBP. At that point people start expecting miracles, it's not like the iPhone can cost anywhere near as much to manufacture. The miracles I am talking about is simple things such as delivering the phones with a non-buggy iOS version and a promised AOD that actually remains always on.
I got a cheap phone once that came with a tiny dent out of the box - if that were an iPhone most people would ask Apple to make it right, or outright return it. It's about the context surrounding these iPhones, the advertising Apple does and how simple tasks like syncing your music library are atrociously bad and time-consuming.
Yet while everyone agrees a scratch on a brand new 1k iPhone is unacceptable, when mentioning the software issues you get replies along the lines of "I have no issues" when they don't even use that feature or the Apple response "you are
Was the launch of the iPhone 13 series as fraught with problems & complaints as much as the 14 series?
My first iPhone was a 13 pro, but I think I would have gone "android" had I seen as many complaints and/or issues before that purchase.
My first iPhone was a 13 pro, but I think I would have gone "android" had I seen as many complaints and/or issues before that purchase.
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I don't know if I remember the iPhone guy, but there was something on Reddit one year about someone who kept returning iPads because they were bent