Everyone knows that T-Mobile doesn't work so well in country areas. They have done quite a bit to improve this, doesn't make them a bad company. The X might be a good phone is it the best IPhone for everyone, no it isn't. I am much happier with my 7plus than I feel I would be with the X.
On 12/4/17, Paul Richard McGann <[email protected]> wrote: > mark, > > I did check iphone x and investigated. no hme button, but only wants face to > > look at you to unlock. > > it is silly of apple of doing this. that is because in past, after what > happened in shootings in santa monica, fbi had iphones that belonged to > shooters. fbi needed to opento investigate something, but apple came up to > block as they refused to cooperate. it is because of perosnal issues as they > > can't break. I applauded apple for protecting privacy. as if someone would > steal iphones like this. but for fbi and police reasons, it would be more > helpful. like wallets. fbi and police don't care for perosnal thigns, but > they want to find ids and make sure of this. now, mark, apple has health > app. one of my close friends got stabbed and he dialed 911 fro iphone and he > > was lying on sdewalk. olice came over and took care of his iphone. they > checked for his health for blood type, for medicine, and others that would > save his life. fbi didn't care for anything for his perosnal things. > > I have health app as I use for my name, my medicine, my sister's name to > contact for emergency as police can check and find out plus they can see > what kind of communication methods I need. they can see who is my > interpreter service. this would help police contacting interpreter service > to arrange for itnerpreters to pop up for tactile communciaton. > > mark, apple is missing a lot as they lack reality. they have forgotten about > > edward snowden sharing about nsa as why there are many issues. apple > realizes this. > > mark, my question is why do you care for iphone without home button?only > press power button andf press home button to unlock. that is all. > > mark, each time when we upgrade ios version, at the egining, it keeps > repeating asking quesitons if we need touch, passcode, and face photo. I > roll up eyes why wasting times ignoring as I click but they stay stubborn > and it takes several minutes to get out of touch, passcode and photo and go > > on normal. I am tired. of all jokes.it is ridiculous for apple to do for > blind and deafblind like this. > > sincerely, > rich > > > -----Original Message----- > From: M. Taylor > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2017 1:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: I went to buy an iPhone X. T-Mobile told me it wasn't worth it - > CNET > > I went to buy an iPhone X. T-Mobile told me it wasn't worth it > Commentary: A visit to a T-Mobile store reveals some very particular > feelings about Apple's new phone. > December 3, 2017 9:00 AM PST > > Not worth it? > César Salza / CNET > I think of T-Mobile most often when I see it's insulted Verizon and when I > see someone wear a pink tutu at a party. > Still, it's presented itself very well over the last couple of years as the > carrier that thinks most about customers, especially with its push toward > unlimited data. > Could it possibly be the store that would guide me toward buying the right > phone? > Regular readers might know that I've been visiting various retailers to see > how they present different phones to customers. You know, in person. > I've been to both a Verizon store and a Best Buy to learn about Pixel 2. In > both cases, I was guided toward a Samsung Galaxy. > I went to an AT&T store, where I was told that the Galaxy Note 8 was a > better phone than the iPhone X. > What would T-Mobile tell me? > I was moved to visit, as the carrier offered a 2-for-1 promotion on the > iPhone 8 last week. > Did this mean that T-Mobile was selling so many iPhone X's that it was > desperate to get rid of the lesser upgrade from last year's phone? > Was iPhone X the phone that would tear me away from my trusty, now slightly > rusty-looking iPhone 6? > I went to a San Francisco Bay Area T-Mobile store to find out. > It all started well enough > A sprightly salesman approached me as I looked over the iPhone range. > I showed him my iPhone 6. He didn't sneer. This was a good start. Not > everyone looks so kindly on old phones in the Bay Area. > He swiftly dismissed the iPhone 8 as a minor upgrade. > "You've got wireless charging, faster processor and you've got the glass > back. But it's pretty much the same phone as the one you've got," he said. > "But wait. Don't you have a 2-for-1 promotion going on for these right > now?" > "That ended Monday. We've got a 2-for-1 on the Samsungs, but not on the > 8's." > Was this the moment I was going to be told Samsungs were better? Not yet, > it > seemed. > "Oh, so did you have the promotion because you needed to get rid of a lot > of > 8's?" I asked. > "No," he replied, a little too quickly. "It was just a promotion." > I then asked him about the iPhone X. He couldn't show me how Face ID works, > because each phone can only work with one person's face. > He insisted, though, that it was secure. "I think there's a million-to-one > chance that someone else's face will open your phone," he said. > iPhone X? It's not worth the extra 200 bucks > Then things took a strange turn. > He suddenly volunteered that it took more time to get to all your apps on > the X than it did with the iPhone 8 Plus. > "With the 8 Plus, you just double-click on the home button and, look, there > they all are," he said. "With iPhone X, it's messier." He showed me how > much > messier, as he made several gestures to achieve the same effect. > So the future of the smartphone takes you back in time, not forward? > "A lot of people aren't buying the X because they miss the home button," he > said. "Look, there's not much difference between the X and the 8 Plus. The > camera's the same, the screen size is almost the same. All the iPhone > people > in this store upgraded to an 8 Plus, not an X." > "Why?" > "Because they didn't think the X was worth the extra 200 bucks." > I confess to being surprised. I've enjoyed the candor of all the > salespeople > I've talked to. But here was one who was trying to sell me what most people > would tell me is a lesser phone. > "So why do people buy the iPhone X?" > "One of the biggest reasons is the animojis," he said, with something of a > chuckle. These require your facial features from Face ID and animate them > into, say, a unicorn or a pile of excreta. A pile of singing excreta, if > you > want to enjoy animoji karaoke. > "But these are just younger people, right?" > "No, all ages. It's incredible." > And the best phone is...the one that's dead > "So which phone do you think is the best?" I asked. > "For me, the Note 8," he said, without hesitation. "I had an iPhone for a > while when the Note 7 thing happened. But when the Note 8 came out, I went > straight back to it." > He explained that, for him, Android was better because he could "do more" > with it, especially download free apps. I'd heard this from several > salespeople. This one loved the Note 8's big screen. > It was then that he admitted his Note 8 had died just before Thanksgiving. > "Just totally dead," he said. "I couldn't believe it." > He had a temporary phone but would be going straight back to a new Note 8 > shortly, he said. > Now that was brand loyalty. And no, unlike staff in other carrier stores, > he > said he didn't get a work phone from T-Mobile. > "So are you saying I should get a Note 8?" I asked. "Isn't it hard to > switch > from iOS to Android?" > "It's simple," he replied. "We do it all here for you." > This was an incentive I hadn't heard before. But he stopped short of > telling > me I should go Android. > "You should stick with iPhones," he concluded, with a tinge of pity. "It's > what you know." > OK. So, finally, which iPhone? > This salesman was utterly charming, if occasionally distracted by a sudden > influx of customers in the store. > He took me over to the iPhone comparison chart to make his final pitch. > "See here. With the 8 Plus, you even get one hour's more browsing than you > do with the X," he said. (This is true. 13 vs. 12.) > He could see I wasn't quite convinced. > "What it comes down to is this," he said. "If you take a lot of selfies and > you like animojis, get an X. If you don't, get an 8 Plus." > He got pulled away by another customer and became so involved with that > customer that I ended up leaving the store. > And I underline, as always, that this was just one visit to one store. > On the plus side, he hadn't tried to move me over to Android, as > salespeople > in other stores had. On the 8 Plus side, he seemed determined that the big, > but not so novel, phone was right for me. > I asked T-Mobile whether salespeople are incentivized to sell certain > phones > at certain times. The company declined to comment. > Was he trying to sell me the phone he thought would be best for me? Or was > he trying to sell me the phone he wanted to sell me? That's the real-life > customer dilemma. > I dwelt on this for a moment, before another thought invaded: At no store > has a salesperson told me the iPhone X is the best phone or even, in this > case, the best iPhone. Even though my colleague Scott Stein, who knows > about > these things, insists it is definitely the latter. > That's a little odd, isn't it? > TECH TODAY > > Original Article at: > https://www.cnet.com/news/iphone-x-t-mobile-told-me-it-wasnt-worth-it/#ftag= > CAD-09-10aai5b > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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