Chiming in to support said bloke.

Had my first "drop test" last week. Phone fell from about 4-5 ft. Landed on a corner. TG survived but the Ringke Fusion suffered some scratches to the corner it landed on.

Better the case rather than the phone eh?

Quoting so I can easily refer to it later. Lol.

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Anyone here that have used wireless charging since iPhone X days? Contemplating one but it's a mixed bag. Some says it's better whilst some people say it degrades the battery. I remember a fellow forumer saying that they have the battery degrade under 90% with one year of using wireless charging, with the same charging pattern of using wired charging.

I've had my 6s Plus for about three years and the battery is currently sitting at 83%. Would like to replicate that with the Max

Hmm. What wireless charger were you using yeah? Could it possibly be poor regulation or is it just an inherent wireless charging problem. I know induction charging by its nature would produce heat as a byproduct.

I wonder if a pad with a fan would help with that.

Anyone else care to chime in?

The older models don't scratch quite so easily. Or I suppose it's because I got the smoked one for my old phone. I just noticed the yellowing when putting new and old, side-by-side. If it stands alone, it isn't very noticeable. Not bad for a three year old case.

Any recommendations for a case that also has a lanyard loop? Thought of alternating cases. Would very much like a clear back but froster side. Pure transparent kinda sucks with the black.

Would consider a rhinoshield but I've had it break from normal usage before. So feeling a bit skeptical on it now.

Huh. You made me check and you're indeed right. I already have scratches on mine. Meh. It's a case, it's bound to get scratches

Any other case you've used similar to the Ringke?

I tried this Spigen and it looks alright. Just don't really like the rubber sides and the lack of a hole to attach a lanyard.

That case looks big though. If you're rocking a Gold max, transparent casing looks really quite nice. That Neo Hybrid kinda takes away from the whole gold thing. My take at least


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So any case recommendation for something that is good against drops AND has lanyard loop?

Mous huh. I've heard about them but have never actually looked at their offerings. Thought it was just another one of those overhyped Kickstarter product.

Do you happen to know if RhinoShield have improved their quality? The last time I bought from them, both of my bumpers broke (tore) from normal daily usage. I find that very disheartening (despite the claim for lifetime warranty - I have yet to try that)

Yup. Using the Ringke Fusion myself now, the black frosted type. Not really a fan of the solid suit myself though. I think I bought my bumper when the solid suit was still on preorder.

I don't remember it having a lanyard hole. Should dig it up and check.

Pretty sure you need PD for it to quick charge. And that looks very much like a one way input.

There's a Kit? Damn. Didn't know about that. I just googled and don't quite understand the card holder. Is it supposed to be hooked to the lanyard?

I've been using my Max for almost a month now. I hardly have the need to charge it mid way. Not too heavy a user I suppose. Last 10 days analysis:

Average Screen On is 7 hours. Biggest drain comes from Waze at 17%, followed by Apollo at 12% and finally Safari at 11%.

For the past week, I've only resorted to a power bank once - even then I was pretty confident I could reach the end of the day (although doing so would leave my battery go below 20%).

I too use the McDodo cable with a 2.4A charger. Just charge it right before I go off to bed. A typical day will leave my battery at about 30-40% charge by 10 pm.

To those that have the battery die off very fast, what's your biggest drain?

Curious. Would using Safari reduce your battery drain? Since that seems to be the case for my MBP. Using chrome really eats away at my battery

Conversely, I think my Max lasts longer than my 6S Plus. I remember having to rely quite a bit on a power bank back then. Probably because I actually played more games back then, as opposed to now

Mail draining the battery? How much of emails do you do from your phone man?

I think if you scroll the past few pages, quite a few people have the same issue on a Xs. XS max here. Battery still at 100% after a month of use. Sounds like a hardware issue. Pretty sure the battery isn't supposed to degrade that fast.

Damn. That's a lot of emails.

It's almost midnight and my phone is currently standing at 33%

I think the battery life is quite alright, all things considered. I don't even need to plug in when I use Waze nowadays.

Anyone with network problems?

I'm trying to figure if I have a problem with my LTE signal. Getting only about one to two megs on speed test...although I think it might be Celcom. Anyone else on Celcom experiencing horrible data from 10 pm onwards?

Whut. 48 hours standby. That's incredible. I wonder if the wife would be interested in that. Hmm. I've heard about how great the battery life is, but this is insane. Should I be regretting getting the max?

By the way, I remember reading someone enabling dual WhatsApp on their phone. Not sure if it's this thread or the previous one.

Could OP maybe catch all these details and put it on the first post? Quite a number of repeat questions already.

Looking at the photos by the XR, the software does a good enough job at simulating the bokeh via software. Which leaves the only reason to have the secondary camera for zoom and non-human portrait mode...right?

Apart from those two reasons, is there actually a good reason to have the secondary camera?

On the second point, you could actually use an app...hallide iirc. Which leaves only one actual good reason for the secondary camera. No?

Guys, anyone using a Hoda TG with a rhinoshield bumper? My google-fu is lacking

Edit: Nvm. Sakurazz just confirmed that it is. Black Friday sale on btw to those that wanna get it.

This post has been edited by marquis: Nov 23 2018, 09:50 PM

This was discussed in the Celcom iPhone thread.

Quick reference for you - if you've been a customer for more than a year, no need for upfront payment. If lesser, yes. How much? Search in that thread I mentioned. Not sure myself.