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Hmm yeah I don't get it. I though once it had indexed and sorted itself out it would release the photos back to to iCloud and leave plenty of space instead its kept 70GB of photos locally. I have the 2TB plan shared with my family - only used 0.5Tb so far. Strangely my wife has double the amount of photos in icloud than me at 300GB and yet hers has retained the lower storage usage

The only difference between restores was:

  • Mine was restored using phone to phone transfer
  • Hers was restored using iCloud backup
I restored using iCloud as it showed about 8hrs phone to phone and I didn't wanted to try out the camera so opted for iCloud, it still took a good day though to get all the Apps pics and emails in, worse still was then trying to back it up on icloud that took a day of it stopping and starting on wifi! Will wait and see what happens but mine is set same as yours for picture optimise.
 
Clearly you don’t live in the same area as I do. They’re useless around here. And as for their customer service....
Customer service is top notch, same as Amazon, never been North of Watford so no idea if they have Antennas up there, maybe they just stick to built up areas rather than rural?
 
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Customer service is top notch, same as Amazon, never been North of Watford so no idea if they have Antennas up there, maybe they just stick to built up areas rather than rural?
You’re the first person I have ever known to praise their customer service so you really surprise me but I’m very happy for you. If I remember rightly there was discussion in this very thread a few weeks ago about how bad Three are.

Of course it all depends on an individual’s personal experience. I considered myself extremely fortunate to escape their clutches a few years ago.

I don’t live in a rural area incidentally.
 
Haven’t charged my max since taking it off the charger at 10am on Sat. Normal usage and I’m only now hitting 23%

X would have been on its 3rd charge by now.
Yeah love my Pro Max because of this. I’ve also got a Pro and I’m have to charge it daily from a full charge every morning!
 
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Cancelled my Pro Max pre-order for delivery on the 30th. Made a new reservation for pick up today (and a HomePod Mini) from Covent Garden. Happy Days!
 
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Clearly you don’t live in the same area as I do. They’re useless around here. And as for their customer service....
I am helping a friend now with Three and their customer service... boy do I want to bust out a hammer for hammer time!
 
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Cancelled my Pro Max pre-order for delivery on the 30th. Made a new reservation for pick up today (and a HomePod Mini) from Covent Garden. Happy Days!
I’m actually considering the homepod mini seems worth a punt at 100 quid
Plus i get a nice charger for my pro max haha
 
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Totally off piste here guys but I am sure some of you will use your phones on a cycle, so why not make it safe with FREE £50 from HM Government, details here (when code is sent to verify your email check your junk folder, found mine in there, also grab a screen shot of the voucher code at the end but it does eventually get emails to you). More money for gadgets and be safe on the roads so you live to use your new shiny iPhone 👍 😄

One Voucher Per FAMILY = 1 bike

 
Hmm yeah I don't get it. I though once it had indexed and sorted itself out it would release the photos back to to iCloud and leave plenty of space instead its kept 70GB of photos locally. I have the 2TB plan shared with my family - only used 0.5Tb so far. Strangely my wife has double the amount of photos in icloud than me at 300GB and yet hers has retained the lower storage usage

The only difference between restores was:

  • Mine was restored using phone to phone transfer
  • Hers was restored using iCloud backup

I was going to post about this. My XS Max I was using about 80GB with iCloud Photos turned on so I stuck with 256GB for my new phone, and my Pro Max is saying I'm using 148GB? I had plenty of space left on my 200GB iCloud plan until I set up my new phone on Friday and now it says I've only got 18GB left so I've had to upgrade it 2TB.

Very strange.
 
I was going to post about this. My XS Max I was using about 80GB with iCloud Photos turned on so I stuck with 256GB for my new phone, and my Pro Max is saying I'm using 148GB? I had plenty of space left on my 200GB iCloud plan until I set up my new phone on Friday and now it says I've only got 18GB left so I've had to upgrade it 2TB.

Very strange.
Looks like a scare tactic money making scam, maybe after a few weeks it goes back down if you haven't already upgraded your phone and or icloud, we need Trumps legal time to look into it 😄 Problem with me is they are pushing me to running out of even the 2TB iCloud, what the h*ll do I do o_O
 
I was going to post about this. My XS Max I was using about 80GB with iCloud Photos turned on so I stuck with 256GB for my new phone, and my Pro Max is saying I'm using 148GB? I had plenty of space left on my 200GB iCloud plan until I set up my new phone on Friday and now it says I've only got 18GB left so I've had to upgrade it 2TB.

Very strange.
Chances are with this you still have your backups for your old phone as well as new phone, you can go in and manage the storage and backups available in iCloud.
 
The homepod mini seems nice but I wish it were a chargeable device and not something that as required to be plugged in at all times since I would largely want to use as mobile speaker. I returned an Alexa for this reason and actually told Amazon I thought they missold it as the pictures on their website show it sitting on a table with clearly no cable attached. So I was a bit mad when I got charged for returning.
 
Chances are with this you still have your backups for your old phone as well as new phone, you can go in and manage the storage and backups available in iCloud.
Yeah this is what happened to me...just deleted the old backups and all good now 👍
 
Did u manage to grab one? Honestly, I'm excited, the reviews seem amazing and I think its safe to say its great bang for buck if you're into the apple ecosystem
Yeah managed to grab 2.
One for the kitchen, the other for the bedroom.
I’m waiting on a reduction for the large ones to use as a stereo pair in the living room thanks to the new functionality with the Apple TV box.
 
The homepod mini seems nice but I wish it were a chargeable device and not something that as required to be plugged in at all times since I would largely want to use as mobile speaker. I returned an Alexa for this reason and actually told Amazon I thought they missold it as the pictures on their website show it sitting on a table with clearly no cable attached. So I was a bit mad when I got charged for returning.
I have rechargeable pucks that sit and connect under some of the Alexas so you can use them outside or wherever you want, something to consider if that's something you need ;)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Generation&Smart-Speakers-GGMM-Accessories-Rechargeable-Blackd3/dp/B07SK1XZCF/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=alexa+battery&qid=1605532230&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExMFhZSzJYSEc1ODhIJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDI2NzEzMU5ZRk1NSEVBTVlQOSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDkxNDkyM0VDNzJPS0dFUkNRSiZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

 
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