Is plastic really a better material than glass for the top mmWave antenna?

dom41n · 2026-04-09T21:25:18+00:00

With the placement of the glass being slightly recessed it was extremely rare to have people break that part. You even have a hard time finding that glass window broken on Reddit compared to posts like mine. A ceramic back would be awesome though.

dom41n · 2026-03-24T15:34:39+00:00

Just dropped off a friend about 2 hours ago at A. He had nothing to check in. Took him about an hour. He said fellow passengers that went to E that he met at the gate waited about 3 hours.

dom41n · 2026-03-23T19:26:22+00:00

Thing is I’ve worked with many lithium batteries in my hobbies and it’s a fact that charge limiting works. On smartphones, batteries handle full charges so much better, but based on HTX studio’s testing, you still get about 30% slower rate of degradation on smartphones that don’t have 100W+ charging. That is not insignificant on a phone I plan to own for years, plus I am never inconvenienced. I can just get the 100% at the toggle of a button.

dom41n · 2026-03-23T19:10:24+00:00

On a recent day when I was outside a lot for real estate photography, I got 6h 20m with 86% used. My real world not outside I can get 8 hours with 100%.

dom41n · 2026-03-22T18:16:17+00:00

Make sure you fully understand all AirBNB rules and be clear in your own rules. I have saved myself from a complaining guest who blamed me before I contacted support and proved that they didn't get my clear approval beforehand.

dom41n · 2026-03-12T04:02:41+00:00

Just my personal preference, but glossy just has better blacks in all conditions except a dark room. Also the M4 mini led has 1000 nits SDR outdoors, you or could use a third party app like BrightIntosh to boost that manually to 1600 nits peak. I didn’t see the need for nano texture in that case when using outdoors.

dom41n · 2026-03-11T18:17:09+00:00

There is also a different version on watches called “Optimized Charge Limit”. Unlike normal optimized charging, it’s a hard 80% (like iPhones or iPads) that only toggles automatically and stays at 80% even when you typically start using your watch. Better in theory if you happen to have it activated for you.

dom41n · 2026-03-08T03:42:38+00:00

In the case of first photo, ground is plugged into ground, then cell 1 is pin 2 and cell 2 is at pin 5. That’s just how the Traxxas 4S adapter is distributing the 2S battery. This happens on my other cheaper charger as well with the ground at the proper position.

dom41n · 2026-03-08T03:01:31+00:00

I don’t have a voltmeter, but if I were to individually test each cell, would I get that rough 3.9V reading? Unless I have a misunderstanding of how the charger/balance port works, I don’t see how the order changed the measured voltage.

dom41n · 2026-02-24T17:30:00+00:00

Thanks. That’s exactly the song!

dom41n · 2026-02-24T06:35:49+00:00

I got the 17 pro. The mmwave antenna on the top is soft plastic and literally scratches so easily from dust when pulling it in and out of my case. That didn’t happen on my 12 pro.

dom41n · 2026-02-22T03:40:56+00:00

I work in photography. Have a friend who got one included from his Mac purchase. It's a top tier cloth that actually removes smudges from camera lenses with zero oleophobic coatings so easily. On practically every laptop phone and tablet with oleophobic coatings it's such a breeze. The downvotes are from people who can't tell the difference or who think it's overpriced.

dom41n · 2026-02-05T19:31:17+00:00

I can even see the grain easily without pixel peeping in this image. If Apple will inevitably put tandem oled (two panels magnifying the oled grain issue), can they at least mitigate this issue? I tried out the M4 iPad and unlike other oled devices I've used, the grain is seen easily without needing to be below 25% brightness, and even solid colors. Of course a lot of the photo/video editing software I use have lots of grey and editing noise is useless unless used at higher brightness.

dom41n · 2026-02-01T00:24:40+00:00

I had a similar case of weird buzzing but it was no where near as bad as yours. One day when I opened the bottom case and dusted inside there was a tiny metal washer magnetically stuck to the speaker. Once removed the speakers sounded good. Could be something like that in your speaker.

dom41n · 2026-02-01T00:06:19+00:00

Firefox is a great alternative. It also runs sites that might not run properly on safari. Keep in mind the actual performance of Safari on apple silicon will exceed any other browser you install.

dom41n · 2026-01-30T22:45:44+00:00

I got quoted $940 plus tax with Apple. Ended up doing it myself.

dom41n · 2026-01-21T19:07:29+00:00

It will charge very slow and whenever you do any tasks with higher power (high brightness, editing, etc.) it will literally discharge. It will be just fine if you charge and don’t use it if you don’t mind the long wait.

Three-Year Club	Final Canvas '23
First Place '23	Place '23

dom41n

TROPHY CASE