|
Pivo posted:the correct case is no case at all, the saddle brown people are the same kind who wear cargo shorts because "you can carry all your stuff" and wear socks with sandals "because i dont want to expose my feet" This should be stickied.
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 04:16
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 14:13 |
|
|
Croc Monster posted:This should be stickied. this post sponsored by dbrand
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 04:18
|
|
|
Pivo posted:the correct case is no case at all, the saddle brown people are the same kind who wear cargo shorts because "you can carry all your stuff" and wear socks with sandals "because i dont want to expose my feet" How dare you. Confusing the superior Saddle Brown leather case with (whatever Otterbox's most obnoxiously huge case is).
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 04:22
|
|
|
Pertplus posted:This is the correct iPhone case this is the "i'm allergic to everything except organic grass and water" of iphone cases
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 04:42
|
|
|
I don't wear condoms because I can afford tons of kids and/or HIV meds.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 04:45
|
|
|
bobfather posted:I don't wear condoms because I can afford tons of kids and/or HIV meds. i don't wear condoms either, i only put them on when i need them, you sick gently caress
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 05:10
|
|
|
Seriously what is it with phones and cases and/or screen protectors. Do you guys put screen protectors on your cars? Do you put cases on your wedding rings? On your washing machines? On your laptops? Do you wrap your kids in styrofoam?
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 11:00
|
|
|
bronin posted:Seriously what is it with phones and cases and/or screen protectors. Do you guys put screen protectors on your cars? Do you put cases on your wedding rings? On your washing machines? On your laptops? Do you wrap your kids in styrofoam? We have to buy insurance for car, we have many cases for rings, washing machine does not move. laptop bags are owned by 99.9 of laptop owners, and kids have insurance+specialized clothing for dangerous situations.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 11:06
|
|
|
kids just have band aids and heal. if my phone automatically healed after being dinged up from concrete, then hell yeah i'd take this leather off
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 11:12
|
|
|
bobfather posted:You're wrong, especially when the phone is engineered to be slippery as hell and without any hard edges to hold onto. This is how Tim steals your money. Am I imagining things or did there use to be s way to post Facebook updates directly from the notification pull down. I don't see it anymore.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 12:06
|
|
|
People tend to look at you funny if you clad your kids in saddle brown leather.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 12:22
|
|
|
Froist posted:I was at the Genius Bar for an appointment today and, welp.. Doesn't even protect the bottom of the phone. Useless.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 12:46
|
|
|
td4guy posted:Doesn't even protect the bottom of the phone. Useless. I have one of those Ringke cases that has little tabs over the 3.5mm Jack and lighting port. It's pretty neat. Ugh I hate contributing to case chat.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 13:30
|
|
|
Boris Galerkin posted:This is how Tim steals your money. It went away in like iOS 8 or maybe even earlier. RIP easily spamming FB and Twitter.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 14:00
|
|
|
Boris Galerkin posted:Am I imagining things or did there use to be s way to post Facebook updates directly from the notification pull down. I don't see it anymore.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 15:15
|
|
|
I went caseless on my iPhone 5, and it was dinged to hell after two years.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 15:33
|
|
|
Babies are slippery and have no hard edges to hold on to and they shatter easily.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 16:09
|
|
|
Rexim posted:Babies are slippery and have no hard edges to hold on to and they shatter easily. Yeah but that doesn't mean you need to protect them I just replace mine every time they're dropped. also as a bonus you'll never need to buy new clothes as long as you drop them often
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 17:43
|
|
|
POCKET CHOMP posted:It went away in like iOS 8 or maybe even earlier. RIP easily spamming FB and Twitter. Pretty sure that went away with iOS 7.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 17:58
|
|
|
my shitposting about cases was mostly for comedy reasons but if you guys are gonna get serious about it Like, look, yeah after 3 years my iPhone 5 looked pretty busted up. I had scratches on the back and front, nothing that interfered with its use though and nothing you'd notice unless you were looking for it. The metal band around the edge certainly did have dents and chips taken out of it. It looked worn-in, dependable, like your precious saddle brown case. I totally shattered the screen once, which was a relatively inexpensive repair later in its life, and I also replaced the battery before selling it. I was completely honest about its condition, priced it reasonably, and still sold it for nearly $300 (I don't remember the exact price) nearly 3 years after I bought it. I've had my 6S since launch and I've only seriously dropped it once, and it came out completely unscathed. It doesn't feel terribly slippery to me. There's a tiny scratch on the screen that I got within the first week of owning it, I have no idea how that happened, but I don't care since you can't see it anyway. Could I insure it and worry about resale value, or could I just use it like a depreciating asset that I treat with some level of care and repair as I go along? In all my decade+ of experience buying, selling used hardware, minor cosmetic damage has never hurt resale value enough to justify the up-front cost of insurance, nor has a case ever prevented the minor cosmetic damage I'm talking about. If we're talking about total destruction of the device, I think you'll find few scenarios where a case would have prevented it. You're usually just talking about a busted screen or some cosmetic damage. Look, the phone is expensive BECAUSE it's thin and light. If it were twice the thickness it'd be less than half the cost. Why would you put a case and cover up the expensive industrial design you've paid for, only to hope to retain some few dollars more in resale value or to prevent minor cosmetic damage? Rock out with your cock out, dudes.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 17:59
|
|
|
Well if we're realtalking, people should do what they want with their phones and not worry about the "goon consensus" on cases, screen protectors, etc.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 18:01
|
|
|
TraderStav posted:I've had great luck with the magnetic vent mounts. for $5. I put the metal plate in my saddle brown case and it sticks very well.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 18:11
|
|
|
Rexim posted:Babies are slippery and have no hard edges to hold on to and they shatter easily. This man has a point. It would be really dumb to expand on what GOD GRANTED with some form of protection. No one would do this. Or  Yeah maybe there are things these analogies fall down on. I was anti-case up until the 6, which is so drat slippery the peace of mind granted by a little extra grip is worth it not being the thinnest phone around. I use iPhones for iOS anyway, not to stare at their design.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 18:48
|
|
|
Pertplus posted:I like the idea of a magnetic mount but I can't see how a big metal plate being pressed against my phone 24/7 wouldn't leave a mark. Does it? I'm also staying away from a strong magnet millimetres away from my $800 thingy that depends on magnetic storage and stuff to work. I don't care how many reviews or "scientists" tell me it's safe, I refuse to believe!
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 18:55
|
|
|
Flash memory has nothing magnetic in it, it can't do jack poo poo to your phone.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 19:08
|
|
|
xzzy posted:Flash memory has nothing magnetic in it, it can't do jack poo poo to your phone. Yes, but your phone does have a compass that senses magnetic North, so certain things related to Navigation may get messed up, especially if you lose GPS and data for some strange reason.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 19:16
|
|
|
I drove a 900 mile trip back in September using my phone for navigation with it on a magnetic mount and I didn't get lost or die.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 20:13
|
|
|
Also that compass is pretty lovely in general so I'm not sure I would notice it being screwed up.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 20:19
|
|
|
Gotta say that the official Apple PRODUCT(RED) silicone case is a really nice shade of red. It has a hint of orange that doesn't show on the pictures online. I would absolutely get the iPad Air case in the same colour if it didn't cost a loving fortune. Hopefully the silicone doesn't wear away too badly over time. Question Mark Mound fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jan 24, 2016 |
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 20:26
|
|
|
Rubiks Pubes posted:I drove a 900 mile trip back in September using my phone for navigation with it on a magnetic mount and I didn't get lost or die. Your phone pretty much disregards the magnetometer if it has access to GPS or cell-tower triangulation data.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 20:38
|
|
|
xzzy posted:Flash memory has nothing magnetic in it, it can't do jack poo poo to your phone. Well hey, I thought it used magnets to write and read binary somehow, now I've learned about electron tunnelling and I just understand that flash memory is, instead, magic. 
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 22:07
|
|
|
tuyop posted:Well hey, I thought it used magnets to write and read binary somehow, now I've learned about electron tunnelling and I just understand that flash memory is, instead, magic. The principle of HDDs is simple: storing data in the magnetization direction of magnetic material. The principle of flash is simple: storing data in the presence or absence of charge in a semiconductor. You could probably build a 1-bit version of each with a bit of research and some commonly available parts. The problem is getting them fast, reliable, and crazy-dense. Leave that part to the boffins and trust that it works.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 22:15
|
|
|
Pivo posted:
Mostly agree with everything you say. I particularly don't like the resale value argument people make. I should baby my phone because I'm worried about pleasing a stranger in the future? gently caress that. you gloss over the consequences of a shattered screen though. Isn't that like a $130 repair?
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 22:49
|
|
|
bobfather posted:Your phone pretty much disregards the magnetometer if it has access to GPS or cell-tower triangulation data. It always does if you have a vector that's formed of two points whose possible error doesn't overlap. In clear outside conditions this is usually about 4-6mph. The compass bearing really isn't a thing with navigation, outside of a few apps that for some reason use it to orient your map. Magnets can harm an iPhone, but only if they're strong enough to be pulling at ferrous components and breaking them by physical force. Even with a regular HDD, the magnets needed to wipe the platters will destroy the drive physically before any data loss occurs.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:04
|
|
|
Rexim posted:you gloss over the consequences of a shattered screen though. Isn't that like a $130 repair? Depends on what model and how late in its life, which determines the availability of parts and their cost. AppleCare+ costs, what, $130? Each 'accidental damage surcharge' is $129? So you're paying $130 up front to extend your warranty and to have access to up to two $129 "I hosed up" replacements, whereas an out-of-warranty replacement is something like $300 from Apple themselves? I mean, that's an expensive insurance policy. It is exactly that: insurance. They wouldn't be offering it if most people didn't lose, or it wouldn't be profitable. The cost of the screen on the 5 for me, IIRC, was about 60 CAD, through a third-party. Compared to like, 260 USD with AppleCare+? It's not even a question. Get a credit card with nice rewards that warranties your stuff and funnel your purchases through that, make sure your home or renter insurance covers electronics, don't buy these additional warranty things... If you break your screen, get a new screen, that's your bad. Insurance for relatively inexpensive things like this (I mean, it's not a home or a vehicle or some ~30k piece of gear you use to run your business) is usually a losing proposition. But that's just my experience as a 'person who buys poo poo and worked in insurance at one point', I'm no expert. For me it doesn't make sense and my opinion is that it doesn't make sense for most. If you are a business and 130 bucks may as well be a rounding error and you don't want to deal with potentially non-OEM parts and all that, it makes sense. For an individual? I dunno. I'd rather buy a new screen than pre-pay for the privilege of swapping out my phone for a surcharge.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:04
|
|
|
GTFO with your common sense!
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:23
|
|
|
how do people write more than 2 sentences in a post and expect people to read it
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:31
|
|
|
noirstronaut posted:how do people write more than 2 sentences in a post and expect people to read it I type fast. As for the expect people to read it part - I'm arrogant.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:32
|
|
|
Pivo posted:Depends on what model and how late in its life, which determines the availability of parts and their cost. AppleCare+ costs, what, $130? Each 'accidental damage surcharge' is $129? So you're paying $130 up front to extend your warranty and to have access to up to two $129 "I hosed up" replacements, whereas an out-of-warranty replacement is something like $300 from Apple themselves? I mean, that's an expensive insurance policy. It is exactly that: insurance. They wouldn't be offering it if most people didn't lose, or it wouldn't be profitable. Yeah I agree. You also pay a significant opportunity cost when you buy this poo poo for your tv, laptop, vacuum, and so on altogether. If you just saved up the repair costs then you'd have the ability to actually use the money at some point, and carry it forward to your next purchase when your obsolete poo poo doesn't break.
|
|
#
?
Jan 24, 2016 23:35
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 27, 2024 14:13 |
|
|
Holy poo poo no one cares if you want to use a case or not. Just that if you do, orange silicone is the only acceptable choice.
|
|
#
?
Jan 25, 2016 00:04
|
|