Apple September Event - 12th September 2023 @ 18:00 BST

rare · 12 Sep 2023 at 19:56

Somnambulist said:
What colours people going for? I have a feeling anything other than the natural titanium will show wear quickly despite whatever marketing malarky they put out about how many hours it takes to apply.

Natural for me, reminds me of some of the early titanium MacBooks. Nice retro vibes.

andy_mk3 · 12 Sep 2023 at 19:56

Raymond Lin said:
When was this deal? I pay £16 and it’s 100G.

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Bigpig · 12 Sep 2023 at 19:59

If I buy one do I turn into an eco warrior and start glueing myself to the road?

Raymond Lin · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:00

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Thanks, just checked…I’m still in my 24m the contract! I think 6months left.

Faded · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:08

How does the Barclays Finance option work in terms of the 'Choose to upgrade your iPhone whenever you want' section? Is this different to the iPhone Upgrade Programme?

Broken Hope · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:09

AirPod's firmware updated to support the new features too, not beta.

n111ck · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:17

Faded said:
How does the Barclays Finance option work in terms of the 'Choose to upgrade your iPhone whenever you want' section? Is this different to the iPhone Upgrade Programme?

Yes its a straight 24 month interest free credit deal with or without AppleCare - so you can sell the phone and pay off the credit when ever you want.

Not even sure if they do IUP any more.

Reuben klang · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:17

Somnambulist said:
What colours people going for? I have a feeling anything other than the natural titanium will show wear quickly despite whatever marketing malarky they put out about how many hours it takes to apply.

I’m going for that natural one because I think it looks the best.

I’m also, seriously considering getting the max this time!!!

Cosmic182 · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:18

Sticking with my 14 pro max, but ordered an ultra 2

blairw · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:34

Going for the max, undecided on colour but probably natural for a change from my blue pro 12. Any idea when the get ready for pre order thing goes live / let’s you do the credit check if using Barclays so you’re ready to just go on Friday.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:36

iOS 17 RC out now on Public Beta 17 OTA.

Broken Hope · 12 Sep 2023 at 20:59

blairw said:
Going for the max, undecided on colour but probably natural for a change from my blue pro 12. Any idea when the get ready for pre order thing goes live / let’s you do the credit check if using Barclays so you’re ready to just go on Friday.

Supposed to be at some point today, but may end up being early tomorrow for the UK.

kitkat9933 · 12 Sep 2023 at 21:15

uvarvu said:
Contract is a mugs game - don’t forget those nasty CPI increases.

Well not always.

For instance I have a £200 monthly phone and broadband allowance from work. I cannot buy a phone outright so contracts with all the gubbins works best.

Deleted member 77746 · 12 Sep 2023 at 21:17

uvarvu said:
Contract is a mugs game - don’t forget those nasty CPI increases.

Not if you are not paying for it

uvarvu · 12 Sep 2023 at 21:51

GaryTheSnail said:
Not if you are not paying for it

I don’t pay for mine either but my allowance isn’t as generous!

In other news it looks like the magsafe duo and battery packs have been discontinued.

Trig · 13 Sep 2023 at 08:08

Reuben klang said:
This, what a waste of time, effort and money this scene was.

Just use that money to plant more trees.

We've got enough tree's afaik, we've now got more tree's than we've had for a long time, because everyone's solution, is to plant more trees, but, people arent using wood as much as they used too..
Theres also the bit about tree's not being the best way to pull carbon out of the air, there's sea grasses and stuff like that, but from a PR POV you can see a tree easier than sea grass, so we plant tree's instead because looking like you are doing the right thing is usually more aesthetically pleasing than actually doing the right thing...

Trig · 13 Sep 2023 at 08:09

DanF said:
net zero climate impact my leg

The fact that companies can 'buy' carbon credits shows how seriously climate change is taken...

Mesai · 13 Sep 2023 at 08:15

Trig said:
The fact that companies can 'buy' carbon credits shows how seriously climate change is taken...

This is likely what was done. I'd imagine that those solar farms already existed and were just acquired - maybe they built the renewable solutions for the factories though.

Trig · 13 Sep 2023 at 08:21

Shadowness said:
Haha “we’re forced to use USB C” but we think it’s great

Standard Apple that though..
USB-C is a nice connector, but I actually prefer the lightning connector itself, just a shame its not been updated to support faster speeds etc.
I have seen the centre pin broken in devices before, with lightning you don't get that..

b0rn2sk8 · 13 Sep 2023 at 08:21

Trig said:
We've got enough tree's afaik, we've now got more tree's than we've had for a long time, because everyone's solution, is to plant more trees, but, people arent using wood as much as they used too..
Theres also the bit about tree's not being the best way to pull carbon out of the air, there's sea grasses and stuff like that, but from a PR POV you can see a tree easier than sea grass, so we plant tree's instead because looking like you are doing the right thing is usually more aesthetically pleasing than actually doing the right thing...

This, also the issue with trees is that they are generally planted in Forrest’s for the purpose of chopping them down in 50-60 years to be burnt or used in construction etc.

If you plant a tree to offset carbon, you can’t ever use it for any other purpose. If you do, you release the embedded carbon.