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He probably means the cable is lightning at the phone end and type C at the charger end. There are no earlier models than the iPhone 15 with type C.
 
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He probably means the cable is lightning at the phone end and type C at the charger end. There are no earlier models than the iPhone 15 with type C.

Yup, exactly the cable i am using on my ip11
 
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Ok so, you all were right, it is a lightning. I was sure it was a C because the end of my power bank was C. The part I forgot about was that I switched the damn cable, prolly 5 months ago? So yea, complete idiot here. :kookoo::lovetpu:
 
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Ok so, you all were right, it is a fire wire. I was sure it was a C because the end of my power bank was C. The part I forgot about was that I switched the damn cable, prolly 5 months ago? So yea, complete idiot here. :kookoo::lovetpu:

It's called a brain fart, we all have them at some point.
 
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It's called a brain fart, we all have them at some point.
I am absolutely sure it is also called lack of sleep, brain fog and stubborn argumentativeness from a crotchety old know-it-all with a stick up his ass and chip on his shoulder for no other reason than his worthless self worth and the dire need for interaction, despite the lack of connectedness, because of his introvertish tendencies caused by his overwhelming dislike of other people. LOL

;) :lovetpu:
 
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I am absolutely sure it is also called lack of sleep, brain fog and stubborn argumentativeness from a crotchety old know-it-all with a stick up his ass and chip on his shoulder for no other reason than his worthless self worth and the dire need for interaction, despite the lack of connectedness, because of his introvertish tendencies caused by his overwhelming dislike of other people. LOL

;) :lovetpu:

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I dug threw this thread to find my posts, I still have the same Moto G Stylus. I paid $220 for it and still pay $26 a month for unlimited data
 
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Hey Peeps...

I got a iphone 12 pro max... battery life has dropped to 80% now, do i change to upcoming 16 or keep it for another year....
 
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Hey Peeps...

I got a iphone 12 pro max... battery life has dropped to 80% now, do i change to upcoming 16 or keep it for another year....

Get a new battery fitted by Apple and keep it. Cheaper than buying a new phone, and a 12 is still perfectly ok.
 
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Get a new battery fitted by Apple and keep it. Cheaper than buying a new phone, and a 12 is still perfectly ok.
could you give me some bad opinions please :p
 

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The more I use my current iPhone SE, the more I love it. These days these littler phones are somewhat rare, I love that I can use my phone with one hand without problems :)
 
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The phone I use as daily driver

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Get a new battery fitted by Apple and keep it. Cheaper than buying a new phone, and a 12 is still perfectly ok.
I replaced it on my old iPhone 8 Plus myself. Easy if you know what you're doing :)

The phone I use as daily driver

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I remember payphones from the 90s and early 2000s, I had several 30FIM prepaid cards so I could call my mom if I was spending more time skateboarding than I was supposed to. :)

Good times.
 

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I finally got around to upgrading my old mobile phone

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To a Moto G Stylus. It's a cheap phone relatively but it does everything I want. I have a pad and two laptops for portability when needed for travel or occasions like sitting in a waiting room bored. I also have a ridiculously cheap cell plan that's $30 a month. I know it's pitiful but anything more is just an unused waste of money for me.
 

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I finally got around to upgrading my old mobile phone

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To a Moto G Stylus. It's a cheap phone relatively but it does everything I want. I have a pad and two laptops for portability when needed for travel or occasions like sitting in a waiting room bored. I also have a ridiculously cheap cell plan that's $30 a month. I know it's pitiful but anything more is just an unused waste of money for me.
My first one was a Nokia 6110 which I got from my godfather in 2002. Holy shit those prepaid pricings back then.... damn.
 
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The more I use my current iPhone SE, the more I love it. These days these littler phones are somewhat rare, I love that I can use my phone with one hand without problems :)
I daily an iPhone 15 Pro Max, but I also have a 12 Mini that I regularly use when I want something small and light. I would love to see them take the Mini formfactor and use it for a new SE.
 
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I replaced it on my old iPhone 8 Plus myself. Easy if you know what you're doing :)


I remember payphones from the 90s and early 2000s, I had several 30FIM prepaid cards so I could call my mom if I was spending more time skateboarding than I was supposed to. :)

Good times.

If you do that on your 11 and up, you lose the battery health reading, apparently a chip in the battery is matched to tthe phone, and surisingly only Apple can program a new battery to match with the phone.
 
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Hey Peeps...

I got a iphone 12 pro max... battery life has dropped to 80% now, do i change to upcoming 16 or keep it for another year....

My Xs Max has requested me to service the battery. It's at 77% capacity and was at 80% when I got it a few weeks ago. I haven't experienced shutdowns or noticeable slowdowns and it says that full performance is currently attainable with this battery, but it does not last very long. I plan on having it serviced this or the next week, just did not have the time to go to the Apple Store yet.

Your 12PM is still an amazing phone. Have it serviced even if you do not plan on keeping it as your main.
 
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I remember payphones from the 90s and early 2000s, I had several 30FIM prepaid cards so I could call my mom if I was spending more time skateboarding than I was supposed to. :)
Unbelievable. In my youth we hadn't had cellphones at all. It was said at 00:00 we eat. If we haven't been at home at that time we didn't get anything to eat and we had to go to bed. To me this happened exactly one time. Then i was timely at home. No matter how interesting other things have been.
 
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Unbelievable. In my youth we hadn't had cellphones at all. It was said at 00:00 we eat. If we haven't been at home at that time we didn't get anything to eat and we had to go to bed. To me this happened exactly one time. Then i was timely at home. No matter how interesting other things have been.

Reminds me of the first phone I had back in 2002. I was 9 at the time. It didn't really do much and I cared little for it, SMSs were very expensive and I didn't have any credits, or money really. It was just something for my mom to be able to call me at the time.


Simpler times.
 
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This was my first mobile:

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That was 1989/1990.
 

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Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I, chipset fans replaced with Noctua A14x25 G2
Cooling Optimus Block, HWLabs Copper 240/40 + 240/30, D5/Res, 4x Noctua A12x25, 1x A14G2, Mayhems Ultra Pure
Memory 32 GB Dominator Platinum 6150 MT 26-36-36-48, 56.6ns AIDA, 2050 FCLK, 160 ns tRFC, active cooled
Video Card(s) RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition, Conductonaut Extreme, 18 W/mK MinusPad Extreme, Corsair XG7 Waterblock
Storage Intel Optane DC P1600X 118 GB, Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB
Display(s) 32" 240 Hz 1440p Samsung G7, 31.5" 165 Hz 1440p LG NanoIPS Ultragear, MX900 dual gas VESA mount
Case Sliger SM570 CNC Aluminium 13-Litre, 3D printed feet, custom front, LINKUP Ultra PCIe 4.0 x16 white
Audio Device(s) Audeze Maxwell Ultraviolet w/upgrade pads & LCD headband, Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Razer Nommo Pro
Power Supply SF750 Plat, full transparent custom cables, Sentinel Pro 1500 Online Double Conversion UPS w/Noctua
Mouse Razer Viper V3 Pro 8 KHz Mercury White w/Tiger Ice Skates & Pulsar Supergrip tape, Razer Atlas
Keyboard Wooting 60HE+ module, TOFU-R CNC Alu/Brass, SS Prismcaps W+Jellykey, LekkerV2 mod, TLabs Leath/Suede
Software Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores Legendary
New S23 256 GB for my mum.

Impressive phone really. Has efficient Snapdragon chipset, good cameras, great battery life (smaller than my S10+ and much lighter but has 3900 mAh compared to my phone's 4000 mAh, while being more efficient, 8 gen 2 vs 855, 4nm vs 7nm), Victus 2 on both sides, wireless charging, 120 Hz LTPO etc.

https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation/wiki/FAQ Used this to remove the Meta apps, certain bloat and some of the undisableable/un-uninstallable software like Bixby etc.

Better efficiency and WiFi/load battery life than the iPhone 14 Pro too, according to NBcheck, although with the extent of debloating and tuning I've done the battery life is definitely better than stock.

Loaded it up with a Snakehive leather fold case/wallet and a tempered glass screen protector, nice flat screen no curve.

Damn, looking forward to my own phone upgrade to a variant of the S25, likely the Ultra, although I really do wish there wasn't an internal pen, rather a larger battery instead.

Best of all, bought it BNIB unlocked to all carriers off Amazon for £538, RRP about double that a year ago when it was new.

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The Github software programmed in Rust is pretty nice, I like how it shows information about the packages, rather than having to do a certain amount of guesswork when doing via command line, the way I used to.

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Being able to keep a stock unrooted software environment which can update normally, but have the perks of no bloat at all with a reduced battery load, attack surface and lower network usage is such a perk. You have to reset the phone for the bloat to be reinstalled.

Anyway, some envy when I hand her the phone on Tuesday lol.

Realised this would probably be better posted in "what's your latest tech purchase" since it's not technically my daily driver, but I'm too tired to rewrite it now lol.

Oh, the NBC review is for the 128 GB variant too, the 256 GB variant is actually even more efficient, since it uses UFS 4 storage rather than UFS 3.1, since UFS 4 isn't made in 128 GB capacities, but is both faster and more energy efficient.
 

Ruru

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System Name 4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-K
Cooling Alphacool Eisbaer 360 / Alphacool Eisbaer 240
Memory 32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s) Asus RTX 3080 TUF OC / Powercolor RX 6700 XT
Storage 3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s) Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s) Sony WH-CN720N
Power Supply EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD Oculus Rift CV1
Software Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores They run Crysis
Reminds me of the first phone I had back in 2002. I was 9 at the time. It didn't really do much and I cared little for it, SMSs were very expensive and I didn't have any credits, or money really. It was just something for my mom to be able to call me at the time.


Simpler times.
I got a Nokia 6110 back in 2002 as my godfather upgraded his phone and he give the old 6110 to me :)

It was dope as it supported Snake 2 players via infrared :D

I daily an iPhone 15 Pro Max, but I also have a 12 Mini that I regularly use when I want something small and light. I would love to see them take the Mini formfactor and use it for a new SE.
I'm honestly surprised why Apple hasn't made a SE Plus using a 8 Plus form factor o_O
 
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Northern Ontario Canada
Processor Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s) AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s) LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s) Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard Corsair Strafe with browns
Software W10 22H2 Pro x64
Still an old iPhone 8

next one might be a Motorola. Some way cheaper options vs even the intro iPhone.
 
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