should have thought of that before you got into bed with steve jobs
― caek, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
$50 for repairs, $199 for a new iPhone 4, assuming it really has been 2 years
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
(sorry about your phone max)
assuming it really has been 2 years
― mh, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:16 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
you doubt me?!
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
eh it still works so probably i will do what i always do which is just use it until it really breaks even tho it has a gross ugly broken screen now
Well, I would say "2 years" if I'd bought it in mid-December 2008, but by actual time, that is 1 year, 11 months and some change.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well i bought it in sept 2008 so so there
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
$199 for a new iPhone 4
+ 2yr contract?
― Interests: eating my cookie (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Some friends insist that you're actually losing money if you don't upgrade your phone as soon as your carrier will subsidize a new one, since part of your monthly bill is basically paying for that subsidy.
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
haha that is the kind of thing my dad says
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, don't do it if you have any inclination to switch carriers, though.
I say all this from a guy who was off-contract for like three years and bought his own phones, so ymmv
― mh, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
is the supposed verizon-apple deal coming soon
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
new year allegedly
― caek, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
(i just alleged it)
maybe itll be worth it to just stick it out then
― max, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:26 (thirteen years ago) link
meh, i didnt feel like paying $199 for the 4, i just upgraded to a refurb 3gs for $20
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
and if it shits the bed, it was only $20
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon thing might actually be happening early next year, so its probably not a bad idea to wait. i havent bought an iphone yet, but ill probably go for it next summer after iphone 5 comes out
― markers, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon thing IS happening, btw. friend of mine works for A Company (not apple) and one of his coworkers was at a factory in china and saw the verizon iphones being made
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
MAX pro-tip DO NOT BUY IPHONE 4. pls pls wait for the 4G version
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
verizon are retards fwiw
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
improved camera alone has been worth the upgrade to iPhone 4, IMO
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, and the display is ridiculously high-res.
― schwantz, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:17 (thirteen years ago) link
And the 512Mb memory. It's basically better than an iPad.
― Interests: eating my cookie (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:31 (thirteen years ago) link
probably what's going to happen is the glass shards are gonna lacerate your femoral artery and you will bleed to death
― .\ /. (dayo), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― .\ /. (dayo), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:52 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
best advice so far
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wont i be waiting, like... forever?
btw buying phones in this country is such a fucking drag
4g is not really 4g. T-mo's 4g? Same tech as at&t's 3G. Sprint's? Marginally faster, but works on few phones and their coverage is ~
I think the official 4g spec is another factor faster than anything anyone is using the branding for.
― mh, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
is there any way to make new itunes look less ugly
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
hit it from behind
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
the icon, or the actual program? app looks basically hte same
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
max, just operate it only via the Remote app on an iPhone or iPad.
― mh, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
app does not look basically the same unless you are blind
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
also lol crhis
i AM blind fuck u
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
will it b hard 4 u 2 b a surgeon
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
two things u can do:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/09/move-itunes-closeminimisezoom-buttons-back-on-top/http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20100925045549512
― caek, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
the latest version of iTunes has a checkbox to turn Ping off in the preferences
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
or however that sentence is supposed to read
if there's one thing this thread has established it's that we don't like the checkboxes in itunes
― caek, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, i turned ping off but then it just leaves arrows to the itunes store
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
you can make those arrows more useful so they take you to the relvant "page" in your own library by either holding alt when you click them or using some command line thing to make the alt behaviour the default
― caek, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
first thing i do on a new install, after i uncheck all the songs
― caek, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i just did that from your links thanks
the only thing that is really bugging me now is the insanely ugly volume slider
― max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
defaults write com.apple.iTunes special-slider-just-for-max -boolean YES
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of which i just did a software update and it totally f'd up my dock settings (no reflective tray garbage, hidden apps get greyed out)
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
put your dock on the side you gigantic ninny
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
eww why would i do that
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
well you are a ninny so i guess you wouldn't
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link