I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers

Re:I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other lon... by doubled112 on Monday September 15, 2025 @11:07PM (#45257637)

I realize we're talking about Airpods, but hot swappable batteries don't make sense to me either anymore. I seem to have power almost everywhere.

My phone spends a surprising amount of time on a charger. Most of the day while I'm at home, it's on a charger. I used to keep one at the office on my desk. The car has a charger too, and CarPlay so you might as well plug it in.

I'm not sure if it's a coping mechanism for poor battery life or just convenience.

For long days outdoors, I've also got a booster pack in the car with USB ports and an inverter (120V) that gets some use.

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Re:I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other lon... by raw_anon_1111 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @12:17AM (#45257971)

I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and an older version of this battery I use and when I travel:

https://a.co/d/3g3F4eC

It can charge my MacBook Aur M2 once or my iPhone 16 Pro Max 3-4x. The iPhone itself can easily last flying and layovers all day.

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Re:I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other lon... by doubled112 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:20AM (#45261250)

https://a.co/d/igikGeL

I'm not sure how many times it would charge our phones. One day I think we did 4 different ones without issue.

When you're standing around at a BMX track, the functionality here actually made a lot of sense. It's not travel friendly in the same sense.

We have named ours "the cube".

Phone dead? Grab the cube. Tires soft? Grab the cube. Left the lights on in the car? You got it, the cube.

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Re:I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other lon... by raw_anon_1111 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:10PM (#45269960)

Yeah I can’t take that on a plane…

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