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"Buy a case for it" & "Update next month" - Apple Supervisor
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I've been reading this board for awhile and just recently joined to post. What I can tell you is that this is one of the worst boards of this size (and organization) that I've ever seen for flaming. Seriously, it's out of control here.
Anyway, good luck with the reception. I don't really want a free bumper. I just want it fixed
You misunderstand "fanboyism" at MR. Fanboys here are probably more critical of Apple than avg. consumers, not less. You seem to be equating people that don't have reception issues as fanboys -- in a pejorative way, as-if to say we'll accept ***** as gold.
The fact is our phones work fine so we can't really complain. We are not just rah, rah, rah because we are mesmerized by the soft white Apple on our phone. You got stuck w/ what was probably, after this week, a burnt out tech support operator. Try again next week if Apple doesn't come out w/ a fix. It sucks getting defective products. Been there. It sucks having to fight to get them fixed. Been there too. But don't blame us because we don't carry your burden. Go pester Apple until they do you right.
This is the most ridiculous response and is repeated on this forum to anything that is even remotely negative about an apple product. I mean it is one thing to be a fanboy but quite another to go out of your way to derail a thread that has a legitimate complaint about the hardware... Welcome to an open forum Sleazy... it's called an open forum because it allows everyone and anyone to provide their personal opinion. My personal opinion is that the people telling other people to stop complaining are more annoying.
I see fanboyism as supporting a company and ignoring widespread issues and a lack of acknowledgment of said issues no matter what. I love Apple too but for a company who always claims "it just works", this phone has serious problems. Your flaming contributes nothing to the conversation so grow up and keep them to yourself while the adults have a conversation.
Unless my reading comprehension is below my doctoral level I don't recall this poster "blaming" anyone on the board. I don't believe he is pestering anyone either.
As a pilot myself, you guys that are giving the op grief for using the phone while flying sound ridiculous. But them again, if I didn't know anything about aviation, I might relate it to driving, enev though the two are not even closely comparable.
Anyway, the iPad and iPhone have apps that don't use cell service that hold valuable information, especially when flying in instrument related weather. There are other devices made by gamin, bendix/king, and I'm sure others that work just as well but aren't as compact and certainly not as cheap as the iPhone or iPad. The garmin g1000 is $2700 with xm weather, digital charts, taxiway diagrams, and aopa directory. You can get all of that on an iPhone and much more. Plus the pilot doesn't have to carry a case full of charts the size of a suitcase. Course you still do for backup, but it makes the flow more efficient and less cluttered. Which in the end makes it safer for everyone.
So don't compare driving and flying, they are nothing alike.
Anyway, the iPad and iPhone have apps that don't use cell service that hold valuable information, especially when flying in instrument related weather. There are other devices made by gamin, bendix/king, and I'm sure others that work just as well but aren't as compact and certainly not as cheap as the iPhone or iPad. The garmin g1000 is $2700 with xm weather, digital charts, taxiway diagrams, and aopa directory. You can get all of that on an iPhone and much more. Plus the pilot doesn't have to carry a case full of charts the size of a suitcase. Course you still do for backup, but it makes the flow more efficient and less cluttered. Which in the end makes it safer for everyone.
So don't compare driving and flying, they are nothing alike.
There is a third way. People can also sue Apple and make sure that they never ever try to sell a phone that does not work again. That would teach Apple a useful lesson and the lesson is clearly long overdue. Remember how long it took Apple to add second button to their mouse? We need a little bit more attention from them to what real people need.
So I guess you never bought a printer or monitor that required a cable purchase? I'm pretty sure if you had called, the rep would tell you go buy a cable. If you are a pilot, and this call really happened then you sir should not be sitting left seat.
A bluetooth headset will allow me to use applications without having the phone in my hand? Please read the full thread instead of responding to the title.
really? playing with your iphone while operating a plane full of passengers?
would you like some shots of vodka also
would you like some shots of vodka also
No just tape the bluetooth headset over the notch in the bottom left corner of your phone, problem solved.
The call did happen and I do sit left seat. If you are aware enough of the difference between left and right seat in an aircraft, I'm surprised you're not aware of the benefits to using an iPhone or iPad as a pilot.
Also, how can you compare the 2? Though it is terrible you need to buy a cable with a printer (FYI I have an HP wireless printer that did come with a cable), this is more like the printer not having a paper tray and you need to manually feed the paper to the printer for it to operate as advertised. It is a design flaw, not simply a missing accessory.
Not within 8 hours of a flight according to FAA rules and regulations. Read the other posts and maybe you'll learn something about operating an aircraft from people who do it.
Then why do we have to turn off all cell phones and devices in planes and have to use airplane mode mid flight when you don't? (even though it was impossible to get a signal on my iPhone in the air, so idk how your getting one). Lets all wait and see what Apple announces on Monday/incoming weeks.
yea yea we all know about you guys anyway, hey save me a swing of jack next time
Already answered that. Read my other posts.
Reception also depends on your altitude. Since cell towers are on the ground, you are not likely to get a signal at FL300 (30,000 feet). It is completely possible to get a signal at lower cruising altitudes.
It just dawned on me that I didn't really address the confusion in my post.
Pilots are REQUIRED to reference these charts while flying. Whether it be on paper or an iPhone or garmin. You couldn't get the plane down if you didn't. Trying so might cost you your license and maybe your life.