Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones

Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by mcculley on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:17PM (#37600785)

I use this a lot. It burns two batteries instead of one, is unreliable, and adds latency. I would very much like to buy a laptop from Apple that has a modem builtin like I can get from Dell. Furthermore, I would like a modem in the laptop that is always on and ready, just like in the iPad (zero click).

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by rz2k on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:59PM (#37601438)

I wonder how it will work if you attach an iPhone 15 Pro to your laptop with a short USB/Thunderbolt cable. Presumably it will at least save on rebroadcasting the internet connection.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by mcculley on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:06PM (#37601523)

I often do this with my iPhone 11 Pro. It is dumb and works better than having no connection. It is a ridiculous thing to do at a time when watches have LTE modems.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by mcculley on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:22PM (#37606294)

Your experience differs from mine. I try to use it quite a lot and fail. When it does succeed, I watch both batteries.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by rz2k on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:21PM (#37606287)

I have the same phone and the performance never seems any better than when using bluetooth PAN. I mentioned the iPhone 15 Pro, because it will be the first one with more than 480mbps over USB. At 10gbps the wired connection should have enough bandwidth to handle anything even 5g will offer for a while.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by mcculley on Friday September 22, 2023 @09:10AM (#37611559)

I am scheduled to pick up an iPhone 15 Pro today. I will see how well that works and report back.

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Re:Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part fo... by johnwalkr on Thursday September 21, 2023 @05:17PM (#37604488)

Of course, it connects over usb. It works on windows as well (the easiest way to install the drivers is to install iTunes).

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