280 - Your Carrier or Apple Store Where to Buy Your iPhone - With Jeff Gamet and Ben Roethig

The latest In Touch With iOS with Dave he is joined by guest, Jeff Gamet, and Ben Roethig. Jeff gives us his experience buying an iPhone at T-Mobile store or Apple Store and we know which is better. Apple is adding RCS support in iMessage finally. We talk about what is left using the lightning port. Apple announced the 2023 App Store award finalists. iPhone 15 is 54% faster than the iPhone 14 on 5G. Apple Classical is now on iPad but where is it on the Mac. Plus much more. 

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News

Update from last week: Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit

Six Months of Free Apple Music Available to PlayStation 5 Owners 

Apple Music Classical Comes to iPad

First Qi2 Wireless Chargers Coming Soon 

Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December

Six Months of Free Apple Music Available to PlayStation 5 Owners 

iPhone 14 Users Get Free Emergency SOS via Satellite for Another Year 

North suburban Chicago family sues Volkswagen for holding up search for kidnapped toddler

Apple Releases New Firmware for USB-C Apple Pencil 

TikTok Launches Support for Adding Songs to Apple Music Library 

Topics

Beta this week. iOS 17.2 beta 3

Apple Seeds Third Betas of iOS 17.2 and iPadOS 17.2 to Developers 

Apple Seeds Third Public Beta of iOS 17.2 With Journal App and More

Apple Seeds Third Beta of watchOS 10.2 to Developers

Apple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 17.2 to Developers 

watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe 

YouTuber Explains How to Watch Spatial Videos From iPhone 15 Pro on VR Headsets

Breaking News we discuss the game changing RCS supporting iMessage.

Google wants EU regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage

Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year - 9to5Mac

Apple to Adopt RCS Messaging Standard for Better Interoperability With Android Devices 

Wow iPhone 15 has fast download speeds.  iPhone 15 Models Have Up to 54% Better 5G Download Speeds Than iPhone 14 Models

We review some of the 2023 Apple App Store Award  finalists Apple Announces 2023 App Store Award Finalists 

We are always asked where the best place to buy any Apple product is, especially iPhone. Jeff shared his experience with a carrier vs Apple Store. 

We wondered what is left using the lightning port. All the Hardware Apple Still Sells With a Lightning Port

Announcements

Macstock 7 2023 Digital Pass is now available. Relive the conference as you can Purchase a virtual pass to see the talks that many of our regular guests and contributors did including Dave, Brittany, Chuck, and Jeff. https://macstockconferenceandexpo.com 

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Dave Ginsburg is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users and shares his wealth of knowledge of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV and related technologies. Visit the YouTube channel https://youtube.com/intouchwithios follow him on Mastadon @daveg65, 

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Our Regular Contributors

Jeff Gamet is a podcaster, technology blogger, artist, and author. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s managing editor, and Smile’s TextExpander Evangelist. You can find him on Mastadon @jgamet as well as Twitter and Instagram as @jgamet  His YouTube channel https://youtube.com/jgamet

Ben Roethig Former Associate Editor of GeekBeat.TV and host of the Tech Hangout and Deconstruct with Patrice  Mac user since the mid 90s. Tech support specialist. Twitter @benroethig  Website: https://roethigtech.blogspot.com