Recent content by bigboy529

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    Apple Watch thread

    Hi all, I last had a Series 5 which broke a couple of months ago and I want to get a new watch. As I see it, the only nice feature the Series 11 has over the SE3 is the hypertention notifications. I am on medication for high blood pressure which keeps my blood pressure nicely in check. I have...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    I totally forgot to post this here earlier. FYI I experienced a very annoying bug since I got my 17, eventually I decided it can't be normal so I read up a bit, turns out it was a iOS 26 bug which has already been resolved, but it requires manual intervention to fix. I noticed while not using...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Slightly OT, can anyone recommend a wireless charger for use with my iPhone 17? Good quality, USB C, Magsafe compatible will be nice though not essential, 15W or so will be fine since I charge wirelessly over nightt. It doesn't seam like UGreen have something, they are my go-to when it comes to...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    FYI My Vodacom prepaid eSim didn't transfer from my old phone to the new so I had to do a Sim swap. What a backwards way to get it done in 2025, a real ball ache and to make it even worse, I couldn't find the correct updated process anywhere on the Vodacom website and 3 different consultants I...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Loving it so far, obviously a massive massive upgrade from my XR, so some apps which was painful to use the last 6 months or more is actually a pleasure to use again. Cameras is super and I don't even have the Pro. I just charged from 33% to 81% in 25 minutes almost exactly, that's just crazy...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Finally!!! After my call to Skynet this morning when they said it didn't go out for delivery today and it's still in the warehouse, I contacted Vodacom again to tell them how useless their courier partner is. Whatever they did made a difference, suddenly the driver called me at 16:30 saying he...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Yes no delivery yet, I even escalated it to Vodacom again and both parties promised I would get delivery yesterday.
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    I'm beyond gatvol of waiting, first I was waiting for Vodacom for over a month, now it's their courier partner Skynet. This is the third day in a row now, the parcel is out for delivery, the driver calls around 10:00 to confirm my address and whether I'm available, then I hear nothing from them...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    I just received a SMS from Vodacom / SkyNet that my order will be with me soon!!! That's after placing a order 24 October. I agree that the hole Vodacom back order system is totally messed up BS, that's exactly what I told them on Tuesday when I lost my sh&t with them a bit, I told them it's...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Nope nothing yet
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    I just spoke to a slightly more helpful person at 082178442 She told me they can not see on the system whether the next stock they receive will cover a specific back order. She did however tell me she can see that this Friday 21 Nov, they will receive 900 units of the iPhone 17 256 GB in black...
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    Apple iPhone 17 thread

    Exactly, if they could just give proper answers / updates. I ordered 27 October. I called again last Friday the 14th, first they told me it still says on back order, then the lady told me they are getting stock today, so I will get a SMS from the courier on Monday. I then told her I know they...
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    Households that bypass the smart electricity meters that Eskom is deploying will face severe penalties

    That's currently my next big mission in life, to try make plans to go competely off grid. It will cost me around R450k to R500k. The problem is, it doesn't make sense to start small just to reduce my bill and still have to pay the R4k a month line fees whether I use 1 or 100 kWh per month from...
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    Households that bypass the smart electricity meters that Eskom is deploying will face severe penalties

    We are rural on a farm, line fees is already around R4k a month.
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    Households that bypass the smart electricity meters that Eskom is deploying will face severe penalties

    They are busy installing these smart meters in our area, I haven't received a call from them to make an appointment yet, but I recon it will be in the next week or 2. A guy on one of our area groups mentioned the meter have a SIM card, he watched while they installed it. We are direct Eskom...
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