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IMAC55 t1_ixmajm4 wrote

Sometimes it doesn’t keep up perfectly. Maybe you walked further away from your phone than you thought. You can turn the notifications off but do you really want to? What about the day you really do leave the phone on your nightstand or at work. 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’d rather it work too well than not well at all. Ever since I was 16 they have ramped up the focus and while I do appreciate not getting a notification every 12 seconds, I don’t appreciate not getting important notifications until noon or 5 PM or whenever my focus is set up for. So I had to go into the notification screen and set it up custom. The ones like email and important messages need to come through immediately and the news stories and unimportant things can be held back till later. So I would advise you to set it up to your convenience.

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Onlycardleft t1_ixm500z wrote

I purchase the new Garmin Inreach Mini about 2 months ago. It is $400. A year of service is +/- $125 for the cheapest plan. There is little cell service in my local National park. I can send text messages and my location with accuracy and reliability to a friend. I have not had reason to contact emergency services, but I don’t doubt that it will work just as well.

The main advantages of the Garmin over an iPhone is that the Garmin is bombproof, and it has 10 days of battery life. It has survived impacts, scratches, and exposure that would kill my phone . It’s a really tough piece of hardware. I clip it to the outside of my pack and forget about it. I have been to some rugged places in adverse weather with it clipped on the outside of my pack.

I love the iOS interface, Apple iPhones and iPads. if Apple makes an iPhone with similar ruggedness and battery life, that would be my preference. Until then…

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-K9V t1_ixm3tkb wrote

Oh yeah but what I’m saying is that we should be able to set a perimeter, like if you go X distance away it’ll ping you. I only get the notification if I actually leave my AirPods, I’ve never gotten it while using them or having them in my pocket. Not even while driving.

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