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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)

caek, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link

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

probably what's going to happen is the glass shards are gonna lacerate your femoral artery and you will bleed to death

― .\ /. (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

MAX pro-tip DO NOT BUY IPHONE 4. pls pls wait for the 4G version

― Shakey Sides (sunny successor), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wont i be waiting, like... forever?

max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link

btw buying phones in this country is such a fucking drag

max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 01:26 (thirteen years ago) link

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

max, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link

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

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

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link

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

my own reason: vertical real estate is more valuable than horizontal

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link

side dock usrs should be automatically added to the terrorist watch list and sex offender registry

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link

well geez i was gonna try it out for a bit but now that i know that i could be a sex terrorist i guess i wont

BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link

side dock is basically essential when using Final Cut and if that makes me a sex terrorist well then bring on the molestation jihad I say

ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:37 (thirteen years ago) link

if you do put it on the side i like it better "pinned" to the top of the screen, so that it expands down, rather than floating in the middle. to do this, put the following in the terminal -

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start

if you want to put it back in the middle do:

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string middle

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link


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