Not by choice bro, hahaha…

All other telcos still have sucky coverage where I live…

Sometimes I look at Klang and I think it is a ulu place bro, hahaha…

So if you are on maxis, even if your phone is updated to 16.2, you won’t see the 5G option right?

Hahaha, usually just 2 la, one for the wife, and one for myself. That said, this could possibly be the year I just buy one coz my wife swears by the lightning port, she doesn't want USB C

Hahaha - trying to explain to her that USB C data transfer is much, much faster compared to lightning and she goes “Transfer data out for what?”

So, no bro, you can’t out #iFag my wife, hahaha….

This post has been edited by attw: May 6 2023, 08:14 PM

Here's a shot on the Google Pixel 6a (my secondary aka work phone) vs the iPhone 14 Pro Max

Pic A	Pic B

So which do you guys think is which, and which one do you prefer? I posted the same in the Google Pixel 6 thread... will be interesting to see the results!

P.S. Oh, by the way, this was the best banana leaf rice I've ever had - Puchong Mess! I kinda prefer it to Ganapathi Mess

Looks like Google's computational photography is still tops! Pic A is from the Pixel 6A, folks!

Haha, to be fair, they are very close. As far as point and shoot goes, I think this Pixel is my next favourite after the iPhone. (An argument can also be made for the Pixel to be first, but I’m still an iFag at heart, hahaha)

I think we’ve seen discounts since the 7 series bro - I remember the 7 Plus going for 500 less 5 or 6 months after launch. Apple’s official prices haven’t changed though, just the resellers getting rid of excess stocks before the next iPhone with USB C ports launches in a few months.

This post has been edited by attw: May 16 2023, 08:58 AM

Well, the Pixel 6A definitely has many midrange defining qualities, I’ll share them in the Pixel discussion later. But overall, can’t say it’s a bad buy for under RM1.2k.

I don’t think the dealers are allowed to do anything without Apple’s explicit (or implied) approval so maybe they are fully aware of the discounts, hahaha. But Apple’s resale value is not much better than most Android these days, but you’ll probably get more interests. Buddy of mine at this forum just sold off his very, very new iPhone 14 Plus at a massive loss a couple of weeks ago so yeah, I don’t buy the argument that iPhones have a much better resale value these days. It’s probably still marginally better, but only just.

Removed before I could watch bro

Ahhh, ok… Hahaha… this is such an Apple fanboy video bro

Wait for 9.9 sale - you'll see RM1000 or more off the RRP

As someone who has been buying, using and selling iPhones since iPhone 4, the resale value isn’t all that great these days - and I mean realistic value where you get serious buyers But the trade-in value offered by authorised retailers is laughable. Hopefully we’ll see better trade-in deals from Apple’s official store next year.

It’s normal. My wife’s 14 Pro Max (since November 2022) was also at 95% when I just sold it off a couple of weeks ago. She doesn’t game, doesn’t charge overnight and uses it mostly for just social media, calls and texts.

So I have another 14 Pro Max which is a company phone, so I’ve passed that to her so she’s using that now. Only change was hers was a Deep Purple unit so now she’s using a Space Grey unit I bought a 12 Mini cheap and am using that temporarily till the 15 launches as well. Ya, usually I would wait till I have the new phone to transfer data over (so I don’t have to do it twice) but I decided to sell the 14 Pro Max off earlier this cycle because of the transition from lightning to USB-C - I have a feeling all lightning port iPhones will be a difficult sell after this (or rather, the value will be significantly lower). Anyways, we’ll see… I could be wrong

Yeah, we’re seeing very steep discounts on the 9.9 sale this round. I don’t remember seeing such discounts on current gen iPhones before the next gen launches in previous years - probably 700-800 max. Kesian Samsung, they had to throw price for their very new S23 Ultra to compete

Yeah, they had free storage upgrade at the launch, pay for a 256GB one and get 512GB. If I remember correctly there was no 128GB one at launch hence probably makes sense to have promos now.

I’ve experienced this in the past - Siri being triggered in the middle of the night for no apparent reason… very horror-movie like, hahaha…
I’m assuming you’ve already killed all apps and done a restart? That usually does the work for me without having to reset the phone..

This post has been edited by attw: Sep 12 2023, 02:26 PM

Nah, they won’t. How else to get you to buy the 15 pro? Hahaha…

I think for older phones, OS updates are merely to improve security and fix bugs. I doubt they’ll add new features to it anymore.