New iPhone 14 and Apple Watch Ultra

[HuskerGarrett]

Thoughts? Is it worth the upgrade? The “dynamic island” looks kind of cool

Everything Announced at Today's Apple Event in Just 11 Minutes

Apple today held its annual iPhone-centric event, debuting the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple also introduced...

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[ChocaEgg]

Go Android.

 

[gtlacey]

Thoughts? Is it worth the upgrade? The “dynamic island” looks kind of cool

Everything Announced at Today's Apple Event in Just 11 Minutes

Apple today held its annual iPhone-centric event, debuting the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple also introduced...

www.macrumors.com

Seems Apple is going after the Garmin Forefunner crowd (new Apple Ultra is $799).

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

I don't think the Apple Ultra's 36 hour battery life is long enough to track exercise and sleep (you'd have to charge very often), and I'll stick with my Garmin 945 for now, but I'll keep watching the improvements on the Apple watch and maybe someday get it.

 

[ChocaEgg]

Seems Apple is going after the Garmin Forefunner crowd (new Apple Ultra is $799).

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

I don't think the Apple Ultra's 36 hour battery life is long enough to track exercise and sleep (you'd have to charge very often), and I'll stick with my Garmin 945 for now, but I'll keep watching the improvements on the Apple watch and maybe someday get it.

Garmins are great.

 

[gtlacey]

Garmins are great.

The best! I use it for running, golf, swimming, biking, yoga, tracking sleep, stress, - just about everything.

 

[cwessel76]

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Thoughts? Is it worth the upgrade? The “dynamic island” looks kind of cool

Everything Announced at Today's Apple Event in Just 11 Minutes

Apple today held its annual iPhone-centric event, debuting the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Apple also introduced...

www.macrumors.com

“Dynamic Island” sounds like a place that @Jim14510 goes to once a year.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Seems Apple is going after the Garmin Forefunner crowd (new Apple Ultra is $799).

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

I don't think the Apple Ultra's 36 hour battery life is long enough to track exercise and sleep (you'd have to charge very often), and I'll stick with my Garmin 945 for now, but I'll keep watching the improvements on the Apple watch and maybe someday get it.

I did read it will get up to 60 hours battery life with some new software update in coming months

 

[Kaladin]

Not worth it because they are fugly as hell

edit: i am referring to the watch

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

Probably not but we’ll upgrade anyway m I right garrey

 

[Jim14510]

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“Dynamic Island” sounds like a place that @Jim14510 goes to once a year.

They invite me every year but seems beneath me.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Probably not but we’ll upgrade anyway m I right garrey

That’s how it usually goes

 

[iruletheskool]

Still don't understand the smart watch thing

 

[herbsinator]

I did read it will get up to 60 hours battery life with some new software update in coming months

My Garmin Fenix lasts like 14 days

 

[jaihawk]

Still don't understand the smart watch thing

I love mine, which is cellular. Don't need my phone. Can operate my Tonal with it. Paired to my headphones, I can run while listening to music or podcasts without needing to have a phone on me. Husker tickets are on my watch in Apple Wallet.

 

[God is a Husker]

my iPhone XS is still doing great and I won’t get a new phone until this one dies


PS: Wife has been through like 3 phones over the same time period tho, she lives to drop or lose her phone

 

[realbp]

When are they going to make them more compatible with Android messaging. It's mind bottling.

 

[LoudHogRider]

my iPhone XS is still doing great and I won’t get a new phone until this one dies


PS: Wife has been through like 3 phones over the same time period tho, she lives to drop or lose her phone

Mine actually dropped a new iPhone into an open-top ginormous diet Coke she'd just purchased from Cubby's. An open-top soda fountain cola ... no lid nor straw. Incredible.

FWIW, you'd see a big leap forward in performance from that XS to the new 14, particularly in the camera and connectivity to more and faster networks while you're burning up the highways in rural Nebraska and Kansas. It's nice to have (fast) signal vs. being in "paperweight mode". My $0.02 on that one, amigo.

 

[LoudHogRider]

When are they going to make them more compatible with Android messaging. It's mind bottling.

Or ... when is Android messaging going to become compatible with iMessage?

I hate this, FWIW. Had to send a bunch of files out last night to folks I play Pickleball with. Many were Android users and I had to ping them for their email addresses as simple .pdf's wouldn't send from my iMac using iMessage. Sucks balls.

 

[betsch]

I don't need my watch to tell me I need to exercise more. I get that from enough other people.

 

[HuskerGarrett]

Or ... when is Android messaging going to become compatible with iMessage?

I hate this, FWIW. Had to send a bunch of files out last night to folks I play Pickleball with. Many were Android users and I had to ping them for their email addresses as simple .pdf's wouldn't send from my iMac using iMessage. Sucks balls.

Apparently it’s Apple that refuses to make their phones compatible with the new texting technology (RCS I believe) and instead convert all texts from Android to old SMS technology. They could easily support newer technology but it forces people to buy iPhones to avoid the “green bubbles” and quality issues with texting to androids