Anyone planning to buy the iphone 17?

[Foxbat]

Don, watching Alex Lindsey from 090.media, he was saying the iPhone 17 Pro will have the ability to record Time Code and Genlock to other cameras if your production needs require it. He, too, was disappointed that nothing was done (or said) with Spatial Video.

 

[comfortably_numb]

Who here has the Apple Care?

I have it. It costs me $11.49 per month for my iPhone 16. Since I pay cash for my phones it makes sense since I would be out of pocket for any damage or loss not covered by warranty.

 

[klang]

Set up for pre-order on Friday. 17 Pro 256GB Deep Blue. I think it is supposed to deliver on the 19th.

 

[harshness]

What do you mean by power and speed?

Yes, I meant CPU and GPU horsepower. The iPhone 13 seems to compare awfully favorably versus the 15+.

I notice now that they shifted gears from percentage to multiples so it isn't as goofy as I thought.

 

[cpalmer2k]

I've kind of grown out of the annual tech upgrade cycle so I'm going to pass on this year's lineup. My iPhone 15 Pro Max still works fine for me so it'll hang around awhile longer. Prior to that I was using the 6S Plus. I just don't use my phone enough to really justify spending the $ to upgrade every year.

I primarily rely on my PC and iPad, but even those don't get upgraded very often anymore. The past two iPad upgrades have come because I used the previous ones so long the charging ports physically broke and wouldn't charge anymore.

I do find the translation feature on the AirPods very cool, and I can see where that would occasionally come in handy but I'm not a fan of the "Pro" earpiece style with the rubber tips, etc. I prefer the traditional AirPod earpiece style. Hopefully that feature will eventually make it down the line to the regular ones.

 

[Pepper]

16 Pro Max still working fine, I listened to the presentation but did not hear any mention of whether the spatial / 3D (which I have used a grand total of two or three times but still think is a great thing) is still a supported feature in any of these new devices. We typically only get the even-numbered editions, not intentionally that's just the way it's worked out.

And regarding carriers, I always buy unlocked and my carrier is US Mobile. I have two eSIMs, one on Verizon "Warp" and one on ATT "Dark Star" and if I'm ever in an area where one of them has zero signal, data usage swaps automagically to the other. We don't need overpriced unlimited data, 10GB shared between our two iPhones, (mine with 2 sims) plus three no-data devices is $60/month.

We are, however, going to be getting the new Watch 11. We have series 6 now, the batteries are shot and best I can determine, far less hassle to upgrade than try to replace the batteries.