Have you had the third party cables longer than the Apple cable? It sounds to me like they’re just more broken in.

I can’t reproduce this.

Is it just UI glitch that can be fixed with a restart?

Settings > Screen Time > App and Website Activity

If they bought it on Amazon, there’s a good chance it’s counterfeit.

and that’s about it

The 120Hz display is too big of a detail to leave unconsidered.

My gripe with the plastic screen protectors is they’d trap in grit and would actually scratch up the screen over time.

A popular “hack” was to tear out the plastic screen protector and put on a tempered glass one anyway.

http://expensivestickers.com

Every fucking day.

iPhone 8 starting at $449

They sure advertise it as an iPhone feature.

Fine wine: aka release a product with dogshit drivers and make them a little better over time.

It was actually a 7, so I guess I went 7 years.

Yeah, it’s a pretty big difference.

I use a case, but I also go like six years without upgrading.

Lockscreen and Wallpaper related stuff has been buggy as hell for me on iOS 17