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🗓️ 6 October 2023
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Benjamin and Chance go hands-on with Apple Watch Double Tap and all the changes in the latest iOS 17.1 beta, wrap up the iPhone 15 #overheatinggate fiasco, dive deep into the ongoing Google trial that is revealing all sorts of details about the Apple search deal, and discuss why Formula 1 is a good target for Apple’s sports streaming ambitions.
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Chance Miller
Benjamin Mayo
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0:00.0 | Okay, Chance, when was the last time you switch carriers? |
0:03.7 | Switch to carriers with the iPhone 13, I think, so two years ago I switched to T-Mobile from AT&T. |
0:13.4 | And in America, I mean I guess you're in E-Sim at this point, right? |
0:17.2 | Yes. |
0:18.4 | Did you keep your number? |
0:20.0 | Yes, I kept my number. |
0:21.4 | My wife did not, because she had, she had Sprint, which obviously got acquired by T-Mobile at some point, but in 2019 or, I guess it would have been like 20-20, 2021. |
0:33.9 | T-Mobile did not have the infrastructure |
0:36.0 | to port Sprint phone numbers, even though they owned Sprint. |
0:41.1 | Even though they owned Sprint. |
0:42.1 | So she had to get a new phone number, but it was, they ported my number from AT&T in like 15 minutes |
0:48.8 | maybe. |
0:49.8 | In 15 minutes, okay, that's what I was going to ask you. |
0:51.4 | How long did it take for when you |
0:52.8 | swapped over to the number switch over so literally 15 minutes okay then they gave me a |
0:57.2 | free iPhone 13 or something as part of like a promotion so yeah and is the 15 minute thing because it's a |
1:03.7 | Sim or is that kind of the situation back in the day as well when you had |
1:06.2 | physical Sims too that would have been a physical Sim I believe okay so. So in the in the incredible across the pond of the |
1:16.2 | United Kingdom where our iPhone still have sim card trays because the |
1:20.9 | e sim revolution is not really here yet. You can get e-sims nowadays but they're still not the most popular option. |
1:26.0 | I've been waiting for the year when Apple like expands the similar iPhone to just be on the US, but it hasn't happened yet. |
1:34.0 | So over here, Sim cards, physical Sim cards are still the thing. |
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