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Are you going to order the new iPhone 15?


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28Gauge

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Sep 4, 2011
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I always find it mildly interesting how in review videos, Americans seem to refer to Apple as a singular noun (“Apple has added a 5x telephoto camera”) while reviewers in the UK refer to Apple as a plural noun (“Apple have added a 5x telephoto camera”). Anyone else notice this? :p
I have never noticed it and I will have to start listening for it now. Something that I have noticed over the years has to do with hospitals. Americans say “I am going to THE hospital while Brits say “I am going to hospital”. It must be an example of “separated by a common language”.
 

WaitingForGuacamole

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Oct 20, 2021
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I have that in black. It's really good, though the watch magnet is sorta weak.

I got this one below. It has a fan in the iPhone charger part to keep it cool.

I have a couple of the 2-in-1s arriving today!
 
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Bananasaurus

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I have never noticed it and I will have to start listening for it now. Something that I have noticed over the years has to do with hospitals. Americans say “I am going to THE hospital while Brits say “I am going to hospital”. It must be an example of “separated by a common language”.
Saying “I’m going to hospital” makes it sound like the reason they’re going is because they just had a concussion and can’t complete full sentences and say crazy things like “I’m going to hospital.”
 

xxray

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Jul 27, 2013
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Oh damn, I forgot today is hump day lol

"Hump day" feels misleading to me this week considering our week started last Friday. :p Hump day makes me think we're on day 3.5 out of 7. Really, we're on day 5 out of 7 towards getting our iPhones.

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I have never noticed it and I will have to start listening for it now. Something that I have noticed over the years has to do with hospitals. Americans say “I am going to THE hospital while Brits say “I am going to hospital”. It must be an example of “separated by a common language”.

I haven't noticed that before! Now, I'll have to be on the lookout for that.
 

AlphaGuitarist

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Nov 12, 2014
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Thank you to whoever posted that link to the Apple polishing cloth on sale on Amazon, I just picked up one for myself 😜
So what exactly is the deal with the Apple polishing cloth? I feel like it’s some ongoing joke I’m not a part of. Yes, I know @TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ bought enough of them to last through a nuclear armageddon, but is there actually anything that makes them special? I really can’t imagine them being of a higher quality than the microfiber cloths I use to polish my car.
 

WaitingForGuacamole

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Oct 20, 2021
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I asked Apple about my delay from 9/22 to 10/2 and they claim that Verizon has been the hold up. That’s what I get I suppose for the eSIM being automatically transferred. I miss the old days of just swapping the SIM cards :(

That shouldn't be because of the eSIM, though, right? I mean, if that's the case nobody will be able to reach VZW Customer Support, because they will be slammed! I wonder if you got a bad support rep who just made something up to deflect the question...
 

ahodes

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Oct 10, 2011
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So what exactly is the deal with the Apple polishing cloth? I feel like it’s some ongoing joke I’m not a part of. Yes, I know @TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ bought enough of them to last through a nuclear armageddon, but is there actually anything that makes them special? I really can’t imagine them being of a higher quality than the microfiber cloths I use to polish my car.
It's an overpriced cloth that became a viral meme. Articles about buying it on installments, support articles, compatibility, and even an iFixit teardown just reinforced it. It was even sold out for a while.
 

DaRaider65

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Sep 13, 2015
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Wishing Apple would flip the switch, so to speak, so they would show the items have shipped so that I could then call them and have them release their restriction so that I could have UPS hold the phones 📱 at the customer center 😴
 
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Tuscape

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Oct 20, 2020
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Same boat (plane?) and my UPS app says Scheduled Delivery 9/22 12:15-2:15. That’s enough for me to hope for a Friday delivery. The switch to titanium means the phones can fly faster in from China so they should make it on time.
Refreshed the app and I now see delivery date will be provided as soon as possible along with an Arrived at Facility in ZhengZhou 9/20 5:00 PM which is a little after the Departed from Facility in ZhengZhou 9/20 1:40 PM. So either normal tracking wonkiness or someone forgot their keys.
 

Hookee123

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Sep 13, 2023
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Wishing Apple would flip the switch, so to speak, so they would show the items have shipped so that I could then call them and have them release their restriction so that I could have UPS hold the phones 📱 at the customer center 😴
When does apple typically release the tracking numbers?
 
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rjjacobson

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Sep 12, 2014
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@rjjacobson and @AeroSatan (and if there was a 3rd person with a birthday today remind me please), birthday cheers again to you both and thanks for inviting us all to your birthday iPhone tracking watch party. Hope you both had a great day!
Glad you joined the birthday/iphone tracking party it has been fun this year the way to celebrate for sure
 

WaitingForGuacamole

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Oct 20, 2021
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Our battery health rolloff has been non-linear... My wife's 12 Pro started dropping after about 3 months, started picking up steam and then leveled off a few months ago at 82. My 12 Pro was at 97% after a year, with nothing special done. the second year it made its way down to about 87%, and the last year, down to 84%. And I'm not a tin-foil-hat guy, but I've always been suspicious of the fact that your phone knows it's on AppleCare+ when it is reporting...
 

dsmill

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Sep 11, 2013
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Good morning! I was hoping to see a change this morning on UPS. I am still showing 6:22pm scan in ZZ. No movement as of this morning. Hope to see it on the move later today. Anyone else have the same scan? 1695211493408.png
 
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