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Tedstor t1_iu4rour wrote

Reply to What's the best thing about iphone? by decoyj6g

I like carplay. I like how iphone works with AppleTV. I like ApplePay.

I also have an old ipod touch connected to a stereo rig in my office. I can use my iphone as a remote control for the ipod. This is an odd use case though.

I guess I like the ecosystem more than I like the phone. But the phone is a central component of the ecosystem.

As far as the phone itself is concerned, I could probably live just as happily with an Android. Android probably has a good equivalent to everything I listed above. But the iphone does everything I want it to do. They last for years and are supported seemingly forever.

My first smartphone was a Samsung S5 (i think). I didnt have it two years before OS couldnt be updated and apps got buggy. It wasn't a particularly well made phone either. I switched to iphone mostly because thats what my work issued. The iphone worked well, and I didn't want to carry two chargers. So I defected and haven't had a reason to consider switching back to Android.

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walgman t1_iu4rerw wrote

Reply to comment by chhappy7 in Folks, I am first time iPhone user. I am just loving the experience so far(14 pro max). I bought the leather cover as well. So wanted you opinions if AppleCare is worth it, it’s quite expensive to be honest by Onion_rings_

I’ve got the theft cover too now.

I had bank insurance but when I got my phone stolen in Spain I found out how inadequate it was. I run a business and needed my phone to take bookings.

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PollutionExisting920 t1_iu4pcvp wrote

Reply to Folks, I am first time iPhone user. I am just loving the experience so far(14 pro max). I bought the leather cover as well. So wanted you opinions if AppleCare is worth it, it’s quite expensive to be honest by Onion_rings_

I don’t want to be that person walking around with a cracked screen so I think i rather pay for the AppleCare. It costs less than a subway sandwich would cost me if I ate one every month so whatever.

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TheMr91071 t1_iu4p2yj wrote

Reply to Folks, I am first time iPhone user. I am just loving the experience so far(14 pro max). I bought the leather cover as well. So wanted you opinions if AppleCare is worth it, it’s quite expensive to be honest by Onion_rings_

So you have an expensive phone but you’re balking at 15 dollars a month to have peace of mind if anything adverse happens to it? Anyway, to answer your question, YES. AppleCare is definitely worth it.

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jm31828 t1_iu4od72 wrote

Reply to Esims question by Normal-Question-1994

In my opinion, eSIM is a huge pain in the a**. I bought a 14 Pro at launch to test it out, and had to activate the eSIM. That part was no problem. HOWEVER- since I decided I didn't want to keep the phone and go back to using my 13 Pro, that is where the problems really began. Instead of simply swapping a SIM card as I would have done in the past, it ended up being a 45 minute visit at the carrier store trying to get an eSIM moved over to my old phone- after that simply failed, they had to give me a new SIM card that was activated on my account to use on my 13 Pro (since the old SIM that was still in it would no longer work, having been transferred over to the 14 Pro's eSIM).

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The ability to quickly and easily swap between phones is a thing of the past with eSIMs.

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