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iPhone 7 Problems?

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Marcus has recently purchased himself a shiny new iPhone 7, which we all know by now doesn’t include the 3.5mm headphone jack and only has one Lightning connection. What makes that a problem?

 

No more charging and listening to music at the same time!

 

Hooooowever, there are a couple of ways that, that problem can be addressed, whether they are practical or not remains to be seen, but we do have some solutions to your charging and listening problems:

To buy iPhone 7 Stuff please click here!

 

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The Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar retailing at £34.99 is the simple way to get charge to your new iPhone while listening to music just plug the cable into the iPhone and then connect one end ot your Apple earphones then the other end into the power brick!

 

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Apple has the iPhone Lightning dock which allows you to charge and listen to music but this time via the 3.5mm audio jack. So shying away from the lighting earphones and returning to the trusty 3.5mm “old” style headphones to get around this problem. Available in Silver, Gold, Rose Gold and Black this dock is available for £49.99!

There is always the Earpods that Apple want us to buy:

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With a £159 price tag these beauties aren’t cheap, but with Apple’s own wireless technology allowing connection to your phone as soon as you take them out of the charging case these aren’t to be scoffed at! With 5hrs battery life on one charge, the 24hr total listening time from the charging case and 10M of range, hopefully the sound quality will match the price when they come out in ‘Late October’

Maybe Apple is pushing for a fully wireless age with the removal of the headphone jack and inclusion of Siri compatibility with the Airpods. Will we think the removal of the 3.5mm Jack was detrimental or will it lead the way for electronic makers to come!? Only time will tell but Samsung are apparently already planning to follow suit!

To get your hands on your own iPhone 7, please click here!

To hear the guys talking about it on the most recent podcast please click here! 

Fifa 17!

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Fifa is BACK! In a big big way too, introducing the new Frostbite engine, bringing new graphics and realism to faces and environments. Frostbite is shown off with the “Journey” mode which allows you to take control of Alex Hunter where your decisions determine where you go in the game and in your life on and off the pitch as a footballer. Experience never before seen environments in Fifa games, such as match day tunnels, Locker Rooms, Manager’s office and even the team plane!

Not only that there is a complete overhaul in the way that players move and think on the pitch, interacting with other players physically and execute more intricate attacks together.

Funk Butcher really enjoyed the game, he even ran home from the show last week to get his hands on the demo. Even saying that they are leaps and strides ahead of Pro Evolution Soccer, so it has the Butcher sign of approval!
To get your own copy of Fifa please click here!

 

To listen to Funk’s detailed breakdown of his experience with Fifa, please click here!

 

 

The Night Of.

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“After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.”

The Night Of is an 8 part crime drama miniseries that is broadcast on HBO and Sky Atlantic in the UK. Based on the 2008-09 British miniseries Criminal Justice, the drama written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian and directed by James Marsh follows a man who wakes up to find that he had been charged with the murder of a female stranger whom he had been partying with the night before.

To hear the guys talking about it on the most recent podcast please click here! 

 

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Final Fantasy XV

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Final Fantasy is BACK and Funk Butcher is GASSED! Final Fantasy XV is released on November 29th 2016 and we at How To Kill An Hour HQ couldn’t be more excited. After going to the Philharmonic Orchestral Performance of the music from the game this past week we have well and truly been hooked into the Final Fantasy world. Square Enix are doing a ton of promo for this game and its one of the biggest versions of the game since the 7th installment, to highlight this a high budget movie is coming out on the 30th September called Final Fantasy XV: Kingslave! This game is going to be HUGE!

To pre-order your own version of the game please click here! 

To hear the guys talking about Final Fantasy please click here!

Narcos on Netflix

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Narcos is the programme that everyone is talking about and Season 2 started recently which Funk Butcher has been fully engrossed in and has been trying to get Marcus Bronzy involved in with little joy, however on this weeks show Marcus may have been persuaded to give Narcos another go!

The programme is created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro and follows the drug king pin Pablo Escobar’s life and how he became a billionaire selling the illicit substance. The series was so successful Season 2 was green lit and most recently the programme has been renewed by Netflix for a 3rd and 4th season!

To watch Narcos please download Netflix here! 

To hear the guys discussing Narcos please click here! 

Bestival Festival App

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Funk Butcher recently DJ’d at Bestival and had the time of his life, he even sipped a bit of Jaegermister (Funk doesn’t drink) and while he was there he downloaded the Bestival App which helped him out a lot! What is the Bestival App, will I even be able to use it with phone signals and why do I even need to use an app at a festival?! I hear you ask!

Well the app definitely works and you get full signal while at Bestival and the reasons you are going to NEED this app and not want are as follows:

  • IF you managed to not get to Bestival Red Bull TV stream all the madness straight to your phone, from the Mainstage to the Big Top if its there you will see it!
  • Your own customisable schedule so you can never miss one of your acts and you can decide which one to go see if they clash with artist profiles!
  • A site map so you don’t get lost! Thank goodness for GPRS!
  • Connect your Spotify so you can get tailored suggestions!
  • Social side of the app allows you to connect with other festival goers about the artists available to see.

To download the Bestival App please click here!

To hear the guys talking about Bestival App on the show please click here!

Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal

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Do you ever struggle counting your calories? Whether you guys are trying to gain weight or lose weight, sometimes counting up those pesky calories can become quite a chore! Well here at How To Kill An Hour we have found THE way to make your life a lot lot easier when it comes to calories and your nutrition! The “Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal” is a FREE app from MyFitnessPal, (Powered by UnderArmour) with an option to go premium which offers no ads and a bunch of extra features like more detailed nutrition break downs and more detailed meal nutrition.

It is really simple to use, just create an account and log in, then use the camera on your phone to scan the barcodes of the foods that you are eating and the app does all the work for you. Using their 5,000,000 food database (which is constantly growing!) you can be sure that the details that the app is giving you is correct. If the food isn’t in the database you can always go through and add in the data yourself manually. No Cheating now! With goals listed at the top there is no reason why you cannot achieve your fitness goals as fast or slow as you wish!

To download Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal please click here!

To hear the guys talking about this app on the show please click here!

Apple Store App!

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The Apple Store app is basically the Apple Store we all know and love but on your phone, you can do a bunch of stuff like buy your shiny new iPhone 7 a case, purchase those really cool new Air Pods, buy a brand new Macbook Pro and even reserve your place at a workshop in store. However, what we like it for on How To Kill An Hour is the ease of use that it has to upgrade your iPhone to the latest model with the Apple iPhone Upgrade Programme. Simply go into the app, scroll to the “iPhone Upgrade Programme” click into it, select which one you want, select your nearest store and reserve it to pick up in store! BAM! Simple! Once your there a team member will guide you through the activation process, simple! Now go ahead and reserve yourself a brand new iPhone 7/7 Plus (which some of us can’t do yet! *cough* Producer Billy *cough* *cough*)

To download the Apple Store App please click here! 

To hear more the guys talk about this app please click here!