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iPhone 5 Quick Queries

  • 09-05-2013 11:21am
    #1
    Nail Varnish Junkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭


    Hi all,

    My smartphones have always been Android so I'm new to the Apple family. Couple of short questions:

    1. Can anyone recommend where to buy a good but cheapish iPhone 5 car charger online or am I as well to buy in a mobile shop?
    2. Is there a widget that can be placed on the homescreen for bluetooth & wifi?

    Thanks for your help.


Comments

  • #2
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    1. buy a usb cigarette charger and use an official apple lightning cable.

    2. no, leave bluetooth and wifi on always, iphone 5 has bluetooth 4.0 which drains less power and actually goes into a sleep mode if no devices are connected.


  • #3
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    If you're buying chargers from phone shops I find that 3 are actually cheaper than any of the other places (O2 carphonewarehouse and Vodafone). I would suggest turning off 3G when you aren't using it as I find it drains my battery really quickly.
    Also, any iPhone chargers you buy, keep your receipts, I have had an iPhone since 2008 (I think) and I've lost count how many chargers I've had to buy and replace before the warrenty would have been up for some reason chargers don't seem to last.


  • #4
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    wtf do you do to your chargers? I've never had an official one go bad and I've been using an ipod since 2003.


  • #5
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,010 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    wtf do you do to your chargers? I've never had an official one go bad and I've been using an ipod since 2003.
    My iPod mini charger from 2003 only died last year. So don't know how you go through so many chargers.


  • #6
    tigershould
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭tigershould


    If you can wait the 2-4 week delivery time I recommend dealextreme. I bought 3 or 4 of the old 30pin ones with a cigarette USB for the car for less than €10. Then when apple released the lightning dock I got 4 of them too. This way I can leave a cable in the car, in the office, in the bedroom, in the living room etc etc


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  • #7
    qo2cj1dsne8y4k
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    wtf do you do to your chargers? I've never had an official one go bad and I've been using an ipod since 2003.

    I have no idea, my official one, the cable frayed and I replaced if with the one from a phone shop, which none of them lasted me more than 6 months.

    Have my new iPhone 5 since September and had to have the charger replaced once as it stopped working. The lady in the phone shop said it seemed to be common enough as a few people had brought back dodge chargers


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