Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72775
Only thing I miss is the headphone jack. On a long flight/train ride you can keep the phone charging and pumpin out the bangin toonz via the head phones. But I’m sure I’ll live with it.
28th Apr 2020 6:32 pm
RBP
Member Since: 29 Aug 2012
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1936
AirPods? 8)
28th Apr 2020 7:14 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72775
Got a set of BT beats. It’s just that the old headphones in the jack meant on a 13 hr flight meant the phone could be fully charged at the end, ready to figure how to get to the hotel. Plus cheap headphones weren’t a worry if they went AWOL, expensive BT headphones are.
28th Apr 2020 7:33 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6568
The morning show is ok (I liked it very much) and so is humankind. No idea on the newer content, haven’t been back.
28th Apr 2020 7:52 pm
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 547
DSL wrote:
Only thing I miss is the headphone jack. On a long flight/train ride you can keep the phone charging and pumpin out the bangin toonz via the head phones. But I’m sure I’ll live with it.
A lack of 3.5mm audio jack is one thing that I wasn't sure about when I went from the (old) SE to an XR last autumn - no problem in the car, it just plugs into a USB connector for audio and power, but in the Disco I had separate audio and power cables for it. I just found a Y-split cable on eBay which breaks the Lightning connector out into a 3.5mm socket for audio and another Lightning connector for power - cost less than a fiver and works absolutely fine.
29th Apr 2020 1:13 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72775
Didn’t know such a splitter existed. Will have a search for one.
29th Apr 2020 9:19 am
gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 547
This is the one I bought. £3.59 delivered - nothing fancy, doesn't do data syncing, just simple power and audio, but works fine for me. The seller I used doesn't seem to have them listed at the moment, though.
29th Apr 2020 6:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72775
Will be good for in my car as don’t have fancy CarPlay etc. Screen always lit up for Google Maps, bangin toonz through the aux input while it’s all being powered through the ciggie socket. Jobs a good ‘un.
29th Apr 2020 6:14 pm
maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 1263
DSL wrote:
Only thing I miss is the headphone jack. On a long flight/train ride you can keep the phone charging and pumpin out the bangin toonz via the head phones. But I’m sure I’ll live with it.
He that knows about such things as “bangin toons” in our house says new ear phones supplied have lightning plug.........I never looked just left them in the box in drawer. I was expecting to carry on using one of one of three other sets I have acquired. Yet another Apple product to have to buy in a short time with splitter / adapter for charging and who thinks a 1m lightning cable is really long enough, the way to go. Great products but little niggles D3 2.7 Zermatt silver (not another one)
D3 4.4 V8 Zambezi silver
D3 4.4 V8 Adriatic Blue
D3 2.7 (gone) Tonga Green
D3 4.4 V8 LHD Tonga Green
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Defender 300
30th Apr 2020 11:58 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23337
Losing the headphone socket was key to making them more water resistant. Or so I was told by someone who knows about such things.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
30th Apr 2020 12:17 pm
dantheman
Member Since: 12 Mar 2010
Location: Essex
Posts: 1722
how are people getting on with the new se? Im needing to upgrade and always had android but this falls into the price and size category im after.
Thoughts please and can you use things like google maps and gmail? I always back up to google so hopefully that would still be possible?? Today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
4th Jun 2020 7:40 pm
RBP
Member Since: 29 Aug 2012
Location: N Yorks
Posts: 1936
My daughter has one - very impressed for the money. You can get an app for Gmail & Google maps. I back up using Icloud which obviously works really well. Don’t see why you shouldn’t back up to Google though, someone else will hopefully confirm....
I upgraded from the old SE (“classic”?) and have found the improved camera to be worth the change, the increased screen size is welcome for reading text. I still haven’t got used to the bulk & weight, though. Glad to have saved money in not getting an 11.Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Got one for my wife and she is very happy with it. Her iPhone 5 needed replacing and she is an apple fan so this was a good option at a good price. Especially with interest free credit.
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