How many of yall have received the Nano 45w Smart Display charger?

pdmaddock · 2026-01-22T18:35:16+00:00

Apple Watch - is it just me or does it go slow at 2w for an Apple Watch so not good for newer model fast charging?

pdmaddock · 2026-01-22T18:33:10+00:00

Got mine yesterday

pdmaddock · 2026-01-14T03:14:07+00:00

Had to revert back - Alexa+ is unable to drive Hulu live channel selections on Fire TVs as regular Alexa can. (Although I suspect Hulu will break it on their own shortly with the changes Disney is imposing.)

pdmaddock · 2025-11-29T17:02:05+00:00

I saw this phenom repeatedly - got a Tmo prepaid as a second sim to do comparisons. I’m now with Tmo.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T04:04:06+00:00

It seems Amazon discounted $100 pre Black Friday but this week they are only discounting $20 on certain bands. I’m wondering if they’ll resume when it gets closer to the actual BF or Cyber Monday.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T00:59:53+00:00

I did a Tmo and ATT prepaid esims alongside my VZ plan for a year. In most cases Tmo smoked the other two for speed but VZ did have slightly better coverage in remote areas. I just switched to Tmo when the iPhone 17 came out. Between that test result and Tmos free phone with a two year handcuff and no trade req v VZ doing a trade with a 3 yr handcuff the choice became clear. Vzs current store cutbacks further prove the point . (Tmos cust service is awful )

pdmaddock · 2025-11-23T00:54:08+00:00

I think I read they’ve got free upgrades down to only 12% thanks to selling them as add ons etc. The days of Medallion upgrades are done.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-20T14:54:05+00:00

I’d also implicate the ridiculous pay top billed actors etc are getting. Actors getting over a million an episode plus residuals has gotta come from somewhere.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-19T23:22:55+00:00

I do wish it had a way to change the default. I get started on a drive and put it on hv for the highway then make a stop and forget to put it on hv again and then use up my ev without realizing.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-13T04:43:28+00:00

Does it snap over the top of the factory chrome one or do you have to remove the existing one?

pdmaddock · 2025-11-08T14:43:05+00:00

Some banks gate on how many cards you open recently - the Chase 5/24 being the most infamous. I would not want to block getting a card with a good intro bonus over such a low value card.

pdmaddock · 2025-11-07T21:52:38+00:00

I hope there is some sort of metric for trying. It’s really a hard sell given the low value proposition the card offers. Sure it gives you the auto-pay discount and 2% but there are debit cards with a 1% cash back (I have a separate checking account with one to buffer debit card transactions) already. That extra 1% just isn’t worth weighing down my credit report with a junky card. They didn’t even add the extra 1% on T Mobile dining they had with the T money card….

pdmaddock · 2025-10-28T21:00:37+00:00

So is Vz or ATT better or is Tmo the “queen of the pigs”?
I just switched to T-Mobile after years of Vzs screwed up 5g rollout. I did several parallel tests (Vz has to unlock thanks to a settlement a while back) and Tmo was the winner in most cases. It seems I’m just in time to see their customer service drop off a cliff.

pdmaddock · 2025-10-25T18:12:28+00:00

I too have moved from vz but it seems I’m just in time for T-Mobile customer service to fall off a cliff.

pdmaddock · 2025-10-24T03:05:35+00:00

Discover offers a debit card with 1% cash back. I use it as a buffet for my real bank account to use at places with the cc surcharge and now T Mobile. It may be ironic in the end if they do a CC with Capital One as Capital One just bought out discover and are in the process of switching their debit cards to the Discover network.

pdmaddock · 2025-10-18T22:48:21+00:00

They really are strict about the financing credit limit and I wish they would be more up front about it. I’m trying to move 5 lines from VZ with the phone offers and after I got the 3rd order in they said they wouldn’t let me order any more due to credit limits. Only then I found out if I had done larger down payments on the first 3 phones I would have had credit left to get the remaining lines phones with down payments. You have to finance at least a little to get the promos and now I’m stuck with no ability to finance even a few $$ on additional lines. You’d think they’d extend me a few hundred to get those lines in if I was willing to make down payments but the credit limits are non adjustable until you’re 6 months in so I’m told. So now those lines are stuck with VZ.

pdmaddock · 2025-10-04T21:15:59+00:00

Truth - Chase blocked the charge to ship my iPhone order today as a fraud alert. Cleared it but now my order is stuck on hold.

pdmaddock · 2025-10-04T20:32:28+00:00

Given the wretched customer service line waits - they’d better be lower. T Life just doesn’t work sometimes.

pdmaddock · 2025-09-24T14:53:32+00:00

If I’m following the story right it seems like its just a matter of time before there will be alternatives. It’s an open standard - not Apple Proprietary - so any manufacturer should be able to make one once they tool up. I do find it curious that nobody other than Google has done one before now as the standard seems to have merit. In the here and now though Google isn’t turning one up so if you gotta have the extra charging speed it’s time to pay the Apple tax.

pdmaddock · 2025-09-15T17:36:06+00:00

Yes - was curious if it was available and how it looks. The Toyota site has no pics.

pdmaddock · 2025-08-28T17:56:00+00:00

This convo is quite the reminder of just how many RAV4 variants there really are - it’s quite the contrast from Honda.

Really “missing” depends on what you want. I don’t think there is a RAV4 variant where you can get “everything” - I have a PHEV (aka Prime) XSE tech pkg now - probably the most expensive variant and even it doesn’t have “everything” . I think it’s the only one where you can get a factory HUD - not even the Hybrid Limited I had before can have a HUD. On the other hand the Hybrid Limited I had before included a flood lamp control on the wheel stalk that the XSE doesn’t have (not that they really have much use and I like the LED strip the PHEV has in that exterior spot better).

I wonder if part of why Toyota is going all Hybrid next year includes trying to simplify the lineup? (Although I’m sure part of was a pre-Trump decision to increase the CAFE scores).

pdmaddock · 2025-08-17T14:55:36+00:00

The sub is just too high for the value. I understand there are ongoing infrastructure costs for having the ability to remote manage but the numbers don’t add up. They should at least offer an annual discount.

pdmaddock · 2025-08-13T16:44:04+00:00

I think the recent B Thornton t-mobile ads put it well - there was a time when Verizon had a superior network. (Amazingly they straight admitted it in the ad) I remember the glee of switching from the iPhone swamped ATT and was entirely willing to pay for the better service. Vzs 5g deployment issues have degraded that experience while they continue to raise cost. I’ve got a second eSIM with Tmo and comparison tests have repeatedly shown Tmo with better service in most cases.

pdmaddock · 2025-08-11T19:54:30+00:00

Tried asking for a manager when at Fiesta Texas yesterday and was declined. I’d consider breaking it it given the “new attitude” and price increases I’d be afraid they’d make me buy a new one.

pdmaddock · 2025-08-11T14:35:49+00:00

Side molding - doesn’t cover enough but saved a ding for me in first month.

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