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If I have a problem with my iPhone under warranty I can just walk into an Apple Store and speak to a person. The lack of similar options as a consumer with a ph

by mattl 3y ago

If I have a problem with my iPhone under warranty I can just walk into an Apple Store and speak to a person. The lack of similar options as a consumer with a phone by Google is a reason I don’t recommend anyone get one.

hammyhavoc 3y ago
I can get replacements same-day'd. Know what the Apple Store in Liverpool told me when I took my Mac Pro into the city center? Come back in two weeks. No parts. Know what they told me when I came in asking to buy a maxed out top-of-the-line MacBook? You'll have to buy it online, we don't sell those in-store. Same issue with having them work on it; they just didn't have the parts in stock. Know what they told me when I took my MacBook Pro in with logic board failure? That'll be £700, despite it being a problem with the NVIDIA GPU, prior to their replacement program becoming a thing. No stock either. If it works for you, that's great, I'm not knocking functioning solutions to actual problems. I know what works for me, and that's not running a Mac in 2023 and instead same-daying replacement components and even doing the sensible thing of running a matched B-rig for anything mission critical, and keeping a spare phone for when the shit really does hit the fan for any reason whatsoever, ergo I'm never phoneless and never need to worry about going to a store during business hours or worrying if I can source a replacement same-day.
- mattl 3y ago
  I have a feeling some of that may be different in the UK vs the US, but you can rarely buy anything but the base models here too.
throwaway2056 3y ago
Thankfully you are in the USA... + have > 300 in your account when it falls on the floor. Others will get a robust Xiaomi or Moto - it will survive falling on concrete - or if lost buy a replacement for $100- $200 It is one thing keeping a $1500 phone for 5 years. (though I have never seem flagship lovers that kept it for 5 years. They are too obsessed with keynote every fall that they buy new every year...) Others love buying newer when it breaks.
- mattl 3y ago
  I’m using a 3 year old phone now. Even if I needed to buy a new iPhone today it would be the SE again.

by mattl 3y ago

hammyhavoc 3y ago

I can get replacements same-day'd. Know what the Apple Store in Liverpool told me when I took my Mac Pro into the city center? Come back in two weeks. No parts. Know what they told me when I came in asking to buy a maxed out top-of-the-line MacBook? You'll have to buy it online, we don't sell those in-store. Same issue with having them work on it; they just didn't have the parts in stock. Know what they told me when I took my MacBook Pro in with logic board failure? That'll be £700, despite it being a problem with the NVIDIA GPU, prior to their replacement program becoming a thing. No stock either. If it works for you, that's great, I'm not knocking functioning solutions to actual problems. I know what works for me, and that's not running a Mac in 2023 and instead same-daying replacement components and even doing the sensible thing of running a matched B-rig for anything mission critical, and keeping a spare phone for when the shit really does hit the fan for any reason whatsoever, ergo I'm never phoneless and never need to worry about going to a store during business hours or worrying if I can source a replacement same-day.

mattl 3y ago
I have a feeling some of that may be different in the UK vs the US, but you can rarely buy anything but the base models here too.

throwaway2056 3y ago

Thankfully you are in the USA... + have > 300 in your account when it falls on the floor. Others will get a robust Xiaomi or Moto - it will survive falling on concrete - or if lost buy a replacement for $100- $200 It is one thing keeping a $1500 phone for 5 years. (though I have never seem flagship lovers that kept it for 5 years. They are too obsessed with keynote every fall that they buy new every year...) Others love buying newer when it breaks.

mattl 3y ago
I’m using a 3 year old phone now. Even if I needed to buy a new iPhone today it would be the SE again.