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- Thread starter swindonseagull
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I put a panzer glass screen on my z3 and now my z5, makes them virtually bulletproof.
My iphone 5c battery used to die at about 32% - REALLY annoying..
Changed the battery myself with ifixit kit, and boom, just like a new phone and can use it all the way down to 1%
Changed the battery myself with ifixit kit, and boom, just like a new phone and can use it all the way down to 1%
Randsta
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If you have to get an iPhone buy it from apple 0% interest will save you over the course if a 2 year contract
Not sure it really matters nowadays - all phones have cameras that can take good snaps, apps are generally available on all platforms (although a fair few do still start on iOS before being ported over if they take off) and if you're a heavy user you'll be carrying a battery pack around with you.
I've got an iPhone 7 Plus mainly because everything we have is Apple and they are finally doing a pretty decent job of making sure "it just works" across all devices. It can be useful to type something in Notes on my MacBook Air and then open notes on my iPhone and the text is there immediately. iCloud, Handoff and Continuity work pretty seamlessly now and it's quite impressive.
I still see people write things like "I've got a new phone, please send me your numbers" and I don't understand why. My iPhone backs everything important up automatically every day so when I change phones I just restore the backup and I've got all I need.
Someone above wrote about wanting a memory card slot still. Really? I've not checked the storage on my iPhone since I got it 5 or 6 months ago. I just have for the first time, prompted by this thread, and I have 35gb free. Do people really run out of space nowadays?
The iPhones 7 are waterproof, at last, which means I'm less likely to destroy it with rain and sweat whilst out running. The dual lens camera is decent, and you can take some genuinely decent photos with great depth of field with the Portrait mode that the dual lenses makes possible. Other phones may take better photos - I have no idea - but as per muy opening sentence - all phones takes decent photos now. Any "better' must be very marginal.
I've got an iPhone 7 Plus mainly because everything we have is Apple and they are finally doing a pretty decent job of making sure "it just works" across all devices. It can be useful to type something in Notes on my MacBook Air and then open notes on my iPhone and the text is there immediately. iCloud, Handoff and Continuity work pretty seamlessly now and it's quite impressive.
I still see people write things like "I've got a new phone, please send me your numbers" and I don't understand why. My iPhone backs everything important up automatically every day so when I change phones I just restore the backup and I've got all I need.
Someone above wrote about wanting a memory card slot still. Really? I've not checked the storage on my iPhone since I got it 5 or 6 months ago. I just have for the first time, prompted by this thread, and I have 35gb free. Do people really run out of space nowadays?
The iPhones 7 are waterproof, at last, which means I'm less likely to destroy it with rain and sweat whilst out running. The dual lens camera is decent, and you can take some genuinely decent photos with great depth of field with the Portrait mode that the dual lenses makes possible. Other phones may take better photos - I have no idea - but as per muy opening sentence - all phones takes decent photos now. Any "better' must be very marginal.
Oh - Apple service is also spectacularly good. Some will say "and so it should be given what the phones cost", but maybe it is just getting what you pay for.
I dropped my phone onto a concrete floor from a height in New York late one evening. I picked the phone up, saw the screen was cracked so opened the Apple Store app and made an appointment at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station for 7am the next morning. I dropped my (UK bought) phone off, had a great New York breakfast and by 8am my phone was fixed and back in my hand.
I'm not entirely sure how it works on the other side of the fence, other than noticing that whenever anyone I know has an issue with their phone, it goes back to some shop who then send it away and they are either without a phone for a few weeks or have to use some old one they kept hold of. Archaic.
I dropped my phone onto a concrete floor from a height in New York late one evening. I picked the phone up, saw the screen was cracked so opened the Apple Store app and made an appointment at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station for 7am the next morning. I dropped my (UK bought) phone off, had a great New York breakfast and by 8am my phone was fixed and back in my hand.
I'm not entirely sure how it works on the other side of the fence, other than noticing that whenever anyone I know has an issue with their phone, it goes back to some shop who then send it away and they are either without a phone for a few weeks or have to use some old one they kept hold of. Archaic.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
If you can wait, go for the next iPhone on a 0% purchase.
swindonseagull
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Iphone 7 £100 more expensive in the apple store than with a contract ( that includes calls text data etc) how can that be better?
Colonel Angus
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So what do you think then, should he get an Android?
Not really sure which type of phone you prefer. Could you spell it out for us?
There's no reason not to get Android. You're almost certainly save money for a start, although I'll add...
1) The "iPhones are more expensive" thing is largely a myth. New flagship phones from Samsung et al come in at the same price when launched.
2) iPhones hold their value considerably better than other phones from what I can see, which helps when the next upgrade time comes around.
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
How does the fact that iPhones hold their value considerably better than other phones help when upgrading, you don't give them the old phone back do you.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
What Iphone 7 are you comparing like for like with? There is no way a sim free Iphone 7 is more expensive from Apple than a contract Iphone 7 from another supplier!
Basic Iphone 7 - 32 GB Sim Free from Apple is £599
swindonseagull
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iPhone 7
4.7-inch display
SelectiPhone 7 4.7-inch display
From £49.92/mo. with 0% 12 mo.1
Or pay now from £599
My mistake I thought it was 24 months repayment I did not look closley
But
from Apple the phone is 599
https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/con...vaXBob25lLTctZGVhbHMvMzJnYi1ibGFjay8mcG89MQ==
with a contract You’ll pay £863.76 in total
This is over the period of your 24 month contract
so 863 - 599 is 264
so that 264 is the cost of the sim/calls/data thats 11 pounds per month over 24 months
Currently my sim only is £12 per month so there is not much in the total price or have I missed something?
Bob!
Coffee Buyer
- Jul 5, 2003
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I am also a Z5 Compact user, after using a Z3 Compact previously. Same reasons as above, plus a fantastic 20mp Camera.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
No! You have the numbers worked out correctly now!
Of course the advantage of buying the phone sim free is that you can shop around for a less lengthy contract or even use a pay as go you tariff. You can even sell it if you want to change your phone.
If you have the funds it's always advantageous to buy the phone, and get your calls/text/data separately
I always buy my phones outright so I can sell it on when I choose (which is generally when the next one comes out).
Garage_Doors
Originally the Swankers
I too always buy them outright and just have a sim only contract, but never thought of selling them to offset the price.
I keep them and put them back in the boxes !
I have a a very good 3, and Mint condition 4 & 5 back in boxes, never considered the option of selling them.
Always thought its nice option to have a back up if lose/break one, realise i'm not tempting fate but i have never broken a screen of badly dropped one.
iPhone all the way, signed up to the apple upgrade program, pay £49 per month and every year I get the new iPhone that is released. Have had android in the past but find the os very clunky compared to iOS.
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Got the new iPhone 7 yesterday, I figured, rather lazily, that it's all Apple at the moment so why change it. It's a phone, it works and I can play sudoko, so all is good in my world.