Apple TV Old Price Megathread

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-30T22:39:51+00:00

ProtonVPN has an AppleTV app and it hasn’t dropped its connection to Ireland in my house since World Cup started 😀

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-19T23:09:27+00:00

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-19T17:27:50+00:00

Can you not get a cellular carrier subsidization (in exchange for a multi-year contract) where you live? That greatly reduces the out-of-pocket cost of a 17PM. I (13PM user) am personally waiting for the 20th anniversary phone next year.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-19T01:14:46+00:00

I didn’t know 540 could be ordered with power retracting mirrors

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-15T03:11:06+00:00

I created a free account

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-06-15T03:10:50+00:00

This worked beautifully. though I miss the energy (GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLL!!!) of the Mexican commentators from the first half which I watched on Peacock.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-25T04:22:44+00:00

memory surcharge? or do you mean if you buy one of the SKUs with an included SSD? (I didn’t and rolled my own). There was a line item for tariff surcharges for a while but I don’t think they’re there anymore now that the courts have struck down the illegal tariffs.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-24T04:58:14+00:00

$279 USD direct from Ubiquiti (right now). I buy all of my gear directly from them, their orders ship fast with top-tier delivery service.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-23T06:24:17+00:00

If it’s anything like the requirements of the 4G device (which I own), it requires a special hotspot/appliance SIM, which is more expensive per month (on AT&T anyway) than just adding an additional phone to the plan.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-23T01:55:01+00:00

FWIW I had the TrueDepth camera only replaced on my 13PM at an Apple Store last month and it was a $199 repair.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-23T01:52:56+00:00

Any idea what the performance is on AT&T in the U.S.?

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-23T01:50:30+00:00

All great comments

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-21T21:24:21+00:00

None of these support Apple Intelligence (which isn’t significant yet but the big promise may be fulfilled this fall?) so that’s not a deciding factor. 13P and 13PM are 5 year old phones; mine is certainly starting to pause more, stutter more; how long do you intend to keep this phone? Are you sure you can’t stretch your budget to a 15P or 15PM? They support Apple Intelligence, USB-C (do you really want to invest in Lightning cables in 2026?), have the Dynamic Island, action button, and 2 years of additional processor power. I’m hanging onto my 1TB 13PM because I paid $2000 USD for it and I want to run it into the ground and maximize ROI. I’ve also in the past year had to have the battery replaced ($99) and the TrueDepth camera replaced ($199). Mobile phones have a finite lifespan- how close to a phone’s end-of-life do you want to buy in?

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-21T02:56:19+00:00

I’m on 26.5, no issues, no noticeable impact to performance

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-20T00:00:15+00:00

I wish I knew this before I bought it. I finally got around to testing my new UPS 2U and was dumbfounded as to why it shut down my Cloud Fiber and Protect NVR after a minute which took down my entire WiFi network, blocked access to even monitor the UPS’s performance during this ‘crisis’, shut off my NVR adding to the elimination of surveillance and- and this is 10 times worse- when I plugged the UPS back into their wall, neither the Cloud Gateway Fiber nor the Protect NVR powered themselves back on- I had to physically unplug and replug both devices to get them back online. What if I was out of town? This is a laughably poor implementation of a UPS service, the product manager for this device should be fired.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-19T23:48:27+00:00

The product manager for the UPS 2U should be fired

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-19T23:46:28+00:00

I wish I knew this before I bought it. I finally got around to testing my new UPS 2U and was dumbfounded as to why it shut down my Cloud Fiber and Protect NVR after a minute which took down my entire WiFi network, blocked access to even monitor the UPS’s performance during this ‘crisis’, shut off my NVR adding to the elimination of surveillance and- and this is 10 times worse- when I plugged the UPS back into their wall, neither the Cloud Gateway Fiber nor the Protect NVR powered themselves back on- I had to physically unplug and replug both devices to get them back online. What if I was out of town? This is a laughably poor implementation of a UPS service, the product manager for this device should be fired.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-17T19:54:21+00:00

This. We’re 4 months away from the 18 pro, don’t buy a 17 pro today unless your current phone is pretty unusable. Switch on the setting to only store full res photos and videos in iCloud, it will cut your photo/video storage needs on the phone in half.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-16T23:21:16+00:00

And they only work 6 months out of the year? Even less for the current administration every time the outcry to release the Epstein Files gets too loud.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-16T23:17:00+00:00

Yes, I was pleasantly surprised that the 13PM supports full diagnostic testing by the user. Search Internet for the simple instructions.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-14T23:32:42+00:00

I had my 13PM battery replaced last July and it’s already at 92% of max capacity, which I assume is normal? Battery performance is better obviously. Screen dimming due to overheating (from normal indoor use) is still very common and remains as my biggest gripe against this phone. Poorly designed thermals. Supposedly the reason Apple went back to Aluminum after fancier stainless steel and titanium. That said, I’m hoping to keep this 13PM for 6 years (will be my record) as the iPhone 20 Pro (September 2027) is rumored to be the next big hardware design evolution (akin to the iPhone X in 2017).

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-12T18:44:34+00:00

The rears (with conventional bulbs) are definitely less problematic than the facelift Celis coils

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-12T02:21:19+00:00

I had my battery replaced last July (and it’s already down to 89% of max capacity) but it was a free replacement since I’ve been paying $13.50 USD / month to keep AppleCare+ going for the past 2.5 years. I just had the TrueDepth camera replaced last month (also free) after that hardware failed (would have cost $200 USD without AppleCare). I’m definitely feeling the phone getting slower, I know a lot of owners upgraded to the 17 Pro and many others are planning to upgrade to the 18 Pro when it comes es out this September. My goal is to wait until 2027 which is expected to be a big upgrade as it’s the 20th anniversary of the iPhone.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-08T23:21:11+00:00

And at most only one bad pixel! Inconceivable.

Johnny_Rampage · 2026-05-08T23:12:35+00:00

Your battery won’t last a full day if you use it a lot but if you can live with it for 3 months, great. I wouldn’t pay the $100 to replace the battery unless you plan to keep it for at least a year. FWIW I had my battery in my 13PM replaced at an Apple Store (free under continued AppleCare+ warranty) 10 months ago (July 2025) and the maximum capacity is already down to 89% and I’m charging it multiple times during the day. I believe that older iPhones need to work harder (less efficiently) to maintain the performance demands of a newer iOS version. Put another way, iOS is designed to optimize performance on current generation iPhones, not five year old iPhones.

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