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Interesting. First I've heard of this. So you can change an eSIM on the fly just by flashing software?
I downloaded a prepaid eSIM on my 13 mini here in Australia just by going to one of our local carriers website. It literally took 5 minutes.
 
Honestly? Crappiest event ever!
What has Apple actually offered that justifies any spend or upgrades?

They don’t have to justify anything. And you don’t have to spend or upgrade. It is a new iteration with improvments.
 
Interesting. First I've heard of this. So you can change an eSIM on the fly just by flashing software?
I have an iPhone 12 Pro Max. It has a physical sim slot and 1 eSim slot. The 13 Pro max has 1 physical and 2 esim slots.

Basically, you run your US carrier the way you always do so in the case of new phone in eSim slot 1. Esim slot 2 you then activate an eSim from an app like Airalo or dozens of others. Esims can be downloaded via apps, scanned via QR codes, or provisioned via manually typing in some info. You can have literally dozens of inactive eSim profiles. However you can only have two sims active at a given time. One for voice, one for data.

Worked great for me on a recent overseas trip. I had my voice line on Visible at the time (testing it out) which didn't support any roaming. For data I downloaded an eSim for the country. The iPhone automagically used the data connection of the eSim line to enable a pseudo "wifi calling" for my Visible data line. I was able to keep using my iPhone as I do at home making and receiving voice calls, as well as sending texts and using data. Was brilliant.

While stateside, I'm using T-Mobile on the physical sim and Visible (verizon) on the eSim. This gives me coverage everywhere. If one carrier has no coverage and the other does, everything fails over. It is great.
 
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could be the idea to have to upgrade iphone every 2 years - so the satSOS feature stay for you free. and the "peasant" that bought the refurb is realy doubtfult to be stranded in some hilltop [ovulating in a crashed car]...
That would be better, I am on upgrade program anyway….. but paying a subscription for such a feature worries me
 
iPhone 14 Pro 999$
Dollar Euro 1:1 exchange rate
German VAT 19%

So German price should be 1190€, right?

Nope, it's 1300€, because why not.
Well the expectation is that euro is going to keep on falling the coming months, and Apple's prices factor that in.
 
Did anyone else catch the teaser at end of the show? Im 99% sure they teased the VR/XR headset. I’m too excited for this
 
Watched it. Not impressed. The presentation was obviously not designed for older folks like me. That said, my next purchase will be the rugged Apple Watch, not because I need ruggedness, but because I think it's cool.
 
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TC and Musk don't seem to be friends. At all.
I have always thought that if Steve Jobs was alive he would either be a mentor to Musk or would not like Musk. We just had the iPhone event that happens every year that this time, whether we like what is coming out or not. Musk is known for over promising, under delivering and being very very late. Musk will go down in history as an innovator, but Tesla needs a grown up CEO.
 
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