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Sorry mate I don't get what you mean? Google Keep functionality is shared between the Reminders app and Notes app on iOS. Unless Google put something new in there since the last time I used it?
Gavin.
ClioSport Club Member
Apple haters coming in 3...2...1...
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Apple aren't the only ones doing it tbf. We can say they need to change all we want but in reality are you going to want to pay double for your new devices? No company will want their profit margin you drop so that's the only way it'll ever happen.
Gavin.
ClioSport Club Member
What do you mean? We Apple folk pay double already :tonguewink:
They get paid peanuts, even if they were to be paid double what they are now, the cost of a device may go up £3?
It's such a negligible cost compared to everything else because they get paid a week what most people get for a few hours work.
It is terrible, but that's just China, I went to Shanghai earlier this year, strange place. I was held captive with a ransom that had to be paid to set me free. Did I think about going to the police afterwards, no f**king way.
It's such a negligible cost compared to everything else because they get paid a week what most people get for a few hours work.
It is terrible, but that's just China, I went to Shanghai earlier this year, strange place. I was held captive with a ransom that had to be paid to set me free. Did I think about going to the police afterwards, no f**king way.
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
208 GTi
Depends what you want... easier/better or cheaper.
MicKPM
ClioSport Trader
Clio16v/Zoe Z.E.50
I had my 6 replaced today by Apple due to faulty Mute switch. My first ever experience with AppleCare/Genius Bar and by ek, is it worth it!
All data backed up, new handset had data restored and confirmed as being ALL my data (Pictures, Video, Apps, Calendar, Mail, Etc)... Awesome service.
All data backed up, new handset had data restored and confirmed as being ALL my data (Pictures, Video, Apps, Calendar, Mail, Etc)... Awesome service.
Deeg
ClioSport Club Member
It depends very much on the genius you get.
The one I had last week was f**king useless, to the point where I told him to stop trying to help and I'd sort it out myself.
The service though is one of the many reasons I stay with Apple. If you have an issue, take it to the Apple Store, get a new one / repair (usually).
Finally caved, my 4S is dead and cracked to bits so ordered a 6 tonight on vodaphone through carphone WH.
£99 upfront, £39.50 p/m - unlimited minutes, texts and 4gb data + £60 cashback by going through quidco.
Can someone summarise the last 5 pages?
Case? Worth it? What one?
Screen protector? Worth it? What one?
Car cig charger - What one?
:sleeping:
£99 upfront, £39.50 p/m - unlimited minutes, texts and 4gb data + £60 cashback by going through quidco.
Can someone summarise the last 5 pages?
Case? Worth it? What one?
Screen protector? Worth it? What one?
Car cig charger - What one?
:sleeping:
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Apple rubber case is actually quite pleasant Sam (unless you need hard wearing?) Screen protector? Why buy the best screen on the market and then make it less responsive? Car charger? Only genuine apple cables (for me) and then any half decent brand car charger, cheap ones buzz the radio etc.
Also, how are you chap?
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
BMW 440i
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
I thought I'd told the story on here, maybe not, probably not something for this thread.
But here goes...essentially it was our last night in Shanghai after the F1 race and we were out drinking, we then we're going back to the hotel, 4 of us, my boss wanted to go out for more fun so I decided to go with him to make sure he was ok......
We were leaving the hotel and two girls asked us if we wanted fun, obviously my mate said yes, so we walked quite a distance following these girls, they took us to this building in a dimly lit street, my safety warning system had gone off as soon as we saw these girls, but I wanted to make sure my mate was ok so went along with it.
We went upstairs, to this karaoke type room with a big tv and sound system, and these girls came in, we were asked if we wanted to spend some time with one, no idea what actually for exactly, they said including a free beer it would cost us the equivalent of £30, my mate had no money, but he was game so I paid for him, he chose a girl and I reluctantly did too, not that any of them were that nice.
So they they take me out of the room into my own room, same setup. She massages me for a while by punching me playfully, very surreal. Anyway it's over and I am led back into the original room with my mate who's also getting a massage.
Then the girls leave and 3 guys come in, I'm thinking, s**t, I know what's going to happen here, and I was bang on (tbf I'd called it from the moment we saw these birds), then asked us to put everything from our pockets on the table, then strip to prove it. Said that we'd enjoyed the service they had supplied and now needed to pay. We said we'd already paid, they said, no, that's the tip for the girls. You now need to pay us, and the price was £5000.
At this point I'm shitting it, as this can only go one way! So they ask my mate for a credit card, he hasn't got one, they search him again, he even takes the inner sole out of his trainer to prove (he actually had a card in the other one lol), so they asked me, and I had a debit card, they asked me how much they'd old charge to it, I said I didn't know, which was the truth as I didn't know how much they could get away with, looyds are pretty hot on fraud when abroad. He called me a liar, we went back and forwards for several minutes me saying i didn't know, and in the end I just said, ok, yes it will work just to shut him up. So they got a card machine and plugged it in, and tried it for 5k, by this point they'd given me my phone back and it was in my pocket. I thought about entering the pin incorrectly but knew it would show that and it would antagonise them further so put the right one in. As soon as I did I felt a vibration in my pocket, which I knew was lloyds preventing the charge, and I was right, it was decline. He then asked me if £2.5k would work, I said probably not now it's been declined, they tried again and same thing. Then they asked how much I can get out of a cashpoint, I said £200, they were going to escort me to one until I said that.
So they call the big boss in, he's dressed in a sharp suit, just like a film or something, he asks us to empty our pockets again. Keeps the phone this time, although they aren't interested in the phones or the cash we have, just a credit card transaction. So they turn to my mate again and say this is a serious matter, and we have to come up with a way of paying. They can't believe he doesn't have a card on him, but he does have a hotel room key and the cardboard cover they come in, so they now know where we are staying and what room he's in and say he must have a card back at the room as he's on holiday. So they say he has to go back with 2 guys escorting him while I'm held there. So off they go, take a taxi and 2 guys go with him leaving me with the 3rd guy and the boss.
I am shitting myself at this point as I'm now left completely on my own, and actually am considering the fact I might die and might have to fight my way out of this to save my life, very scared. The guy picks up my phone and immediately the boss goes mental at him telling him to put it down, they weren't at all interested in an iPhone 5.
After what seemed like the longest period in the world another guy comes in carrying the card machine again, and I'm praying its because my mate is back, and he is, with his credit card, they put it in the machine and process it for £2.5k and get him to sign a paper receipt, they wanted it to look as official as possible and then said ok, you're free to leave.
I had masses of adrenaline running through me now, as I walked past the guy I shook his hand and said thank you lol, as if thanking him for letting me leave unscathed. They asked if we wanted a taxi calling, my mate said yes, I said no thanks, I didn't want to be driven to the next place to get fucked over so decided we would walk.
I didn't speak for literally 10 mins after leaving, still in shock, then my mate said to me that it was the biggest adrenaline Rush he's ever had, only matched by a skydive, he was buzzing, I was still in shock.
So that's my captive and ransom story, like out of a film but experienced for real, mental!
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Oh yes, forgot to say, he called the bank in the morning (not that night as we didn't want it cancelled withy them knowing where we were) and said it was stolen, they gave him the money back so we didn't lose anything in the end, other than a few years off my life.
I genuinely thought I might die or be seriously injured, the guys meant business, or were very good at pretending they did, but I wasn't willing to find out, they seemed serious enough, and you don't f**king mess with the Chinese triads!
I didn't have anything on me except my debit card and phone, as the trip was quite busy, started off in Bangkok, then went to phi phi, then back up to bangkok, then over the hong kong, then macau and finally Shanghai for the gp so didn't take my slr or any watch with me, was backpacking it (but posh hotels
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I genuinely thought I might die or be seriously injured, the guys meant business, or were very good at pretending they did, but I wasn't willing to find out, they seemed serious enough, and you don't f**king mess with the Chinese triads!
I didn't have anything on me except my debit card and phone, as the trip was quite busy, started off in Bangkok, then went to phi phi, then back up to bangkok, then over the hong kong, then macau and finally Shanghai for the gp so didn't take my slr or any watch with me, was backpacking it (but posh hotels
)
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Jesus Christ.
Very glad you were both unhurt though!
And as rob said, was the transaction cancelled?
Very glad you were both unhurt though!
And as rob said, was the transaction cancelled?
When on phi phi I managed to get a group tattoo too while intoxicated and under the power of tramadol.......
Never ever wanted to have one but was persuaded in my state and had a bamboo one, which is supposed to be f**king painful. I hardly felt it, on the bottom of my foot lol.
It's been a mental year! Best of my life I think.
Never ever wanted to have one but was persuaded in my state and had a bamboo one, which is supposed to be f**king painful. I hardly felt it, on the bottom of my foot lol.
It's been a mental year! Best of my life I think.
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
yes mate, was cancelled, I thought we might have an issue because he used his pin and they had his signature on a receipt, but I guess I doubt they would fight it as it was illegally obtained, well proving it would be difficult, they wanted what looked like a clean transaction.
Funny that I went with him to look after him and he ended up having to bail me out, but it was his fault and I dread to think what might have happened if he was on his own and I hadn't gone with him.
You hear these stories, but to be involved in one, scary, I class myself as a seasoned traveller, I've ben all over the world by myself, but you never know what's around the corner!
Cheers matey! Rubber case is fine, actually just had a look at one of the girls at work and it's quite a nice fit, my previous rubber sleeve thing on the 4s used to annoy me as it would always peel off when going in and out of my (admittedly hipster-tastic) skinny jeans.
Screen protector, meh, maybe.... Would rather save the £100 quid excess when I inevitably crack it to be honest hahaha!
All good here thanks, working loads of the xmas period unfortunately. Embraced diesel living for a while due to the london/bristol run every weekend and bought an Alfa (mad I know).
How's tricks with you?
"Edited to add" also in geek-speak. But yes, I did...
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