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  1. THE HCP

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    i10 has wireless charging. How does that work?
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Pretty well.

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    New Watch has cellular. Don't need to have your phone with you anymore. Was never a real pain to have it with you, but that will be cool!
     
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    I agree. That's making me strongly consider getting one.

    I'm not sure if I should get the 8 plus or the X. I'll probably go with the X since it's only $200 more. I currently have a 6plus, so either of these will be a big upgrade.

    https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/
     
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    The 4K apple tv is worth a look. It's about time Apple got on the 4K bandwagon. Seems their offerings will be HDR, too. Rock on.

    I have an iPhone 6s plus. I'll likely upgrade to the 8 or X soon.

    If iTunes 4K content is ~$30 to buy, I'll be buying the DVDs instead. Much better quality, full bandwidth vs. 1/10th bandwidth (streaming).

    I never thought much of the watch, but my fitbit one is not holding a charge for long and they're hard to find anymore. I probably will end up with a fitbit watch of some kind over the Apple one. I haven't worn a watch for over 30 years now. Don't like the tan lines :)

    The watch doesn't run a WWW browser so any custom app I want to run on it would have to be written native. Not a huge deal, but still work I'd rather not deal with. That, though, is the appeal of Apple Watch.
     
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    I've been using wireless charging for like a year on my samsung s7 edge. Its great.
     
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    I'm getting that X! Wait for a few road trips though #PerDiemLife
     
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    I like the fact that the physical size of the X is a little smaller than the 8 Plus even though the X has a slightly bigger screen size.
     
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    Yeah, its cool in theory but you always want to have a camera with you, its not like having your phone around is a big hassle. Not sure if you can have both phone numbers on your cell phone + apple watch either.

    My bro got the Samsung Gear watch with cellular and it had its own phone number. I guess data will let them talk to each other though.
     
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    Watch will have same phone number. Yeah it's never been a big hassle to have my phone with me. If I'm in another city I just throw it in my backpack have my headsets on Bluetooth and use my watch to do everything.
     
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    Sounds like a solution looking for a problem to me, but what do I know?
     
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    Well, it means that the Dick Tracy 2-way wrist TV is finally here.

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    Maybe for their next trick they can give us Get Smart's Cone of Silence with the iYarmulke (the 3rd version will have LTE service built in)
     
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    lol the Apple X is $1150 (plus tax here).

    Right now with my old LG G4 trade in I can get a Note 8 with a Samsung 360 camera for $640 or so. My bro went in on it, but I didn't want to pony up the money (and financing your phone is for cucks)
     
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    Cellular on the watch is awesome because if you go for a run, bike ride, canoeing, paddle boarding, dog for a walk, etc you don't have to bring your phone.
     
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    They said it will still recognize you if you put on glasses, grow a beard, new haircut, etc.
    Your eyes have to be open to unlock it.
     

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