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iPhone X With USB-C Port Sells For $86,001 on eBay
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Don't we all want this kind of disposable income.
And it’ll eventually end up in the box of other obsolete electronics crap that the owner just can’t throw away.
For 86 Grand there are too many stipulations no restoring the phone not using it not opening it up for that kind of money I will do as I wish with the phone
I'd actually argue that wireless charging is the most frivolous thing I've seen. We waste a lot of energy just because we're too lazy to plug a cable into our phones.
Once you know that wireless charging only has just a fraction of the power efficiency of wired charging, every fibre in every decent human being should be screaming: We shouldn't be doing this. Unless of course you think it's cool to need twice the power to get the exact same result as before, a charged phone.
Not sure either. I mean, it’s certainly unique, but mainly in the fact it’s a meaningless mod that has reduced the usefulness of the device.
What’s the buyer going to do, put it in a cabinet and look at it?
Wireless charging is inefficient compared to wired. Even with MagSafe your phone will charge slower, get hot, have to have a puck on the back of it while you use the phone. It also only works with your phone so you need to take another charger with you for other devices.
You also then have to produce propriety MagSafe pucks with processors and everything in them. Or you can use a simple USB-C cable you probably already have. I know which one is better for reducing e waste.
Who wouldn't want the ability to charge an iPhone from 2017 with a USB-C cable?
It wouldn’t surprise me if all he did was put the guts from a £5 lightning to USB-C OTG adapter into the phone itself. Hence the “requirements”.
Is it too late to cancel my winning bid?
Neither is impressive since can't sync. Also display seems not original or elevated. This is crap sold for many moneys.
Winning doesn't mean much more than publicity. Getting the money is another thing. Could easily be a shill, a scammer, or someone who got it for novelty who will take pics and then return it as SNAD for a full refund. Ebay almost always sides with the buyer even when given clear evidence that the buyer is disingenuous.
Collectors love rare items. Rarer the better. This right now, is one-of-a-kind.
Wireless charging is awful for the environment. We're a long way off from that becoming the standard.
That dude isn’t getting a dime. All fake bids.
I don't see the point of Apple moving off Lightning for the iPhone. It's a cable. It charges the phone and if you connect it to your computer you can copy your music to the phone. I have not seen any article stating that an iPhone with a USB-C port would transfer 2x or 5x or 10x faster my music or somehow make my experience more magical. Yes, in the world outside Apple, in theory, and with the right equipment, USB-C *can* transfer a lot faster than USB 3.0...but you need the right cable, a fast enough drive on one end, a fast enough drive on the other end, and the computer hardware that actually supports USB 3.1x.
My gut says that 90% of the iPhone users out there use the cable only for charging...not transfering data. So what's the point in adopting a new cable (other than for adoption's sake)?
My gut says that 90% of the iPhone users out there use the cable only for charging...not transfering data. So what's the point in adopting a new cable (other than for adoption's sake)?
Ya just carry a wireless charging puck just like ya would a cord 🤷♂️