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You mentioned CX-5. I didn't see the CX-50 mentioned. Any reason you've not looked at that?

Maybe Or maybe car dealers have a better lobby to prevent automakers from selling direct to consumer. Dealership interest groups lobby state lawmakers to ensure the current system stays in place. How many states prevent Tesla from selling direct to consumers? I'm not saying some people don't...

oilBabe has been enjoying her 17 Pro Max for the past week. I don't regret getting her the new phone. Her mom is also excited to get oilBabe's 15 Pro Max when she visits next month.

Blanket statements don't make smart people.

Before we were handing down our phones, we kept them longer. However, since a device stays in the family about 4 years, I don't feel bad about upgrading oilBabe's phone every other year.

I thought it was interesting they recorded the even on the 17 Pro series of phones. Of course, post production was on a Mac. I also want to visit that Apple store in NYC :)

We are a magsafe home as oilBabe wasn't good about plugging her phone in. Now that it's just place it on a MagSafe cradle in her car or at home, seldom is there a dead battery issue. I also carry one when we travel as she can use up the battery taking photos et al. So I carry a battery that...

oilBabe has had one since the first one came out. We were lucky that instead of having to take the special iPhone data plan from AT&T, we were able to use the same plan her Treo was on. So no plan change, just a new device. I was issued either a Treo or Android device until the iPhone 7...

After a year, my 16 Pro is down to 98% max capacity. oilBabe's mom is fortunate as oilBabe just had her 15 Pro Max replaced by Apple. She dropped it in Alaska and AppleCare+ replaced the phone for $29. A new phone with 100% battery capacity. Even the 12 Pro I have is still at 81% life. My 15...

I've set mine to charge to 90% as I'm a pretty heavy user. I know 80% is the target for max battery life. I use my phone a fair bit and like that extra 10%.

That's a solid plan. Ours stay in the family, so while we buy a phone a year (okay, I pick up a phone on FB marketplace play with them and then sell them on, usually for what I paid, sometimes, like the iPhone 13 mini I had, for more) the phone goes through two people before it gets sold on. A...

I'm jealous in a way.

The base 17 seems to be a solid value (relatively speaking, there is the "Apple Tax") The screen and camera upgrades as well as the base storage starting at 256GB now make it a compelling phone. For those who may have an older Pro tier, it might be worth considering the base model 17 as a...

It's oilBabe's turn to get a new iPhone and they announced the 17 series. More evolutionary, not revolutionary changes. I think the iPhone 17 Pro Max will be a good fit for her and an apt replacement for her iPhone 15 Pro Max. (And to the BITOG tightwads that are still rocking a flip phone...

I know oilBabe, so I have AppleCare+ on her phone. She just got a brand new iPhone 15 Pro Max from Apple last month as she dropped hers in Alaska. I thought it was only going to be a screen replacement. They said the phone needed replacement. Either way it was $29, so we won this round. Her...