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twosix said:
That’s unfortunate. Most of my Apple products lasted for years. I want to change/upgrade also feel heart pain. Still working what, why change. Haha.
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Year so far my previous MacBooks lasted me till I sold them just because I wanted something new that's all.

This iMac is indeed a lemon.
 
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twosix said:
That’s unfortunate. Most of my Apple products lasted for years. I want to change/upgrade also feel heart pain. Still working what, why change. Haha.
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Heard of lemon set? Happened to a couple of mine before, even Apple couldn't say why.

I always have Apple+ and not desperate enough to look at refurbished too.
 
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discoburg said:
I really hope so as my use for a pc is quite low.
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My experiences just for reference: so far Apple products are very good in terms of reliability.

Mac Mini 2011 -- 2011 to 2019 (most likely power supply died)
Mac Mini M1 -- 2020 to now
MacBook Neo -- 2026

iPad 2 -- 2011 to 2021 (battey bloated after putting aside for a while)
iPad Mini -- 2013 to 2026 (cannot power up now)
iPad 2018 -- 2019 to now
iPad 2019 -- 2020 to now

iPhone 6S 128GB -- 2015 to now (changed battery once, not using)
iPhone 6S+ 128GB -- 2015 to 2019 (Face ID + Battery issue, no point to change battery as per Apple Orchard staff. Then we tried to replaced the battery by ourseleves and failed, if not it may still be alive for longer time)
iPhone 7+ 256GB -- 2016 to now (changed battery once)
iPhone X 256GB -- 2017 to now (changed battery once)
iPhone 14 512GB -- 2022 to now (changed battery once recently)
 
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xiaofan said:
My experiences just for reference: so far Apple products are very good in terms of reliability.

Mac Mini 2011 -- 2011 to 2019 (most likely power supply died)
Mac Mini M1 -- 2020 to now
MacBook Neo -- 2026

iPad 2 -- 2011 to 2021 (battey bloated after putting aside for a while)
iPad Mini -- 2013 to 2026 (cannot power up now)
iPad 2018 -- 2019 to now
iPad 2019 -- 2020 to now

iPhone 6S 128GB -- 2015 to now (changed battery once, not using)
iPhone 6S+ 128GB -- 2015 to 2019 (Face ID + Battery issue, no point to change battery as per Apple Orchard staff. Then we tried to replaced the battery by ourseleves and failed, if not it may still be alive for longer time)
iPhone 7+ 256GB -- 2016 to now (changed battery once)
iPhone X 256GB -- 2017 to now (changed battery once)
iPhone 14 512GB -- 2022 to now (changed battery once recently)
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nv i own any macs b4 as i just could not understand them...
i once wanted to get the mac mini m4 when it first launch as it was super cheap for a mac.. under 900sgd...
iphone 4 8gb - 2010 till now still working nv change batt b4
iphone 6 - 64gb 2014 till 2016+ screen got ghost touch
iphone 6s - 64gb 2016 till now still working change batt once
iphone 13 - 256gb 2021 till now still working still using nv change batt
 
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as a iphone small space user.. i would highly recommend not to pay for bigger storage space like 1tb or higher..
you can export out to your pc or mac and date it
or del the all the rubbish duplicates... vid and photos
later u start at 512 then bigger and bigger then once u hit 2tb how?
i clould + 12tb?
 
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as a iphone small space user.. i would highly recommend not to pay for bigger storage space like 1tb or higher..
you can export out to your pc or mac and date it
or del the all the rubbish duplicates... vid and photos
later u start at 512 then bigger and bigger then once u hit 2tb how?
i clould + 12tb?
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Unfortunately my wife likes to use large storage iPhones as she does not like to delete stuff. And she will only use iPhone as the main phone even she has another Android phone as a backup phone. Next one will be iPhone 18 Pro 512GB but I am trying to convince her to delay and get iPhone 18 512GB instead when Apple releases it early next year.

I myself use mid-range Android phone with 512GB storage now (budget limit to S$500, used to be S$400), Poco X7 Pro 512 GB and Poco X8 Pro Max 512GB.

We have more than 1.2 TB stuff in Google Photos and we are paying for two Google One Standard 200GB plans (S$40 X 2 = S$80 per year), luckily older photos before 1-June-2021 do not count towards the storage entitlement.

The next tier is indeed Google AI Plus 2TB at S$140 per year, which may be worth paying now that they add some extra AI benefits (used to be Google One 2TB plan at the same price).
 
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xiaofan said:
Unfortunately my wife likes to use large storage iPhones as she does not like to delete stuff. And she will only use iPhone as the main phone even she has another Android phone as a backup phone. Next one will be iPhone 18 Pro 512GB but I am trying to convince her to delay and get iPhone 18 512GB instead when Apple releases it early next year.

I myself use mid-range Android phone with 512GB storage now (budget limit to S$500, used to be S$400), Poco X7 Pro 512 GB and Poco X8 Pro Max 512GB.

We have more than 1.2 TB stuff in Google Photos and we are paying for two Google One Standard 200GB plans (S$40 X 2 = S$80 per year), luckily older photos before 1-June-2021 do not count towards the storage entitlement.

The next tier is indeed Google AI Plus 2TB at S$140 per year, which may be worth paying now that they add some extra AI benefits (used to be Google One 2TB plan at the same price).
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one more thing is the iphone vs pro phone.. unless you are really using all that pro stuff really no point paying but of coz if u baller then no one stopping you.
now coz the base iphone 17 the price went up else i was thinking of upgrading.. now i am holding back in hope base 18 will push the 17 base price down. iphone 17 is one of apple's best in a long time. as some of the pro stuff in a base phone. i wanted pro motion for the longest time.
i really dont believe in paying more for space unless its work. but apple's i cloud + 50gb is a very good thing now with apple tv + arcade + apple music select.
paying for storage is really really wasteful b4 the ai crap. 2tb hdd was only 99sgd. now i cant say
but this is my own view, as long as you happy can already. + happy wife happy life
 
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