Surely, your phone is worth more than the price of a beer?Just bought beer in a pub with my phone.
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Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
My android has done this for ages. Except at work the mobile network is shit as well.
Have they given you the option to use both wifi and 4g for very fast downloading?
Have they given you the option to use both wifi and 4g for very fast downloading?
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Haven't seen any reference to that.
mauvais
on reddit or something
No normal phone uses both Wi-Fi and mobile data simultaneously. It'd be a mess in technical networking terms, and would sap the battery immediately.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
mauvais
on reddit or something
Are you sure? Why?
Edit: missed the link, fair enough. It's a set piece for a very specific context though, and not something you'd use more widely. I suspect it fails quite a lot too
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Tbf I don't really use it as I don't download large files and have a data cap, so can't comment how well it works. It seemed a neat idea though if you had unlimited data.
mauvais
on reddit or something
I used to do R&D involving a similar feature, which would switch bearer (WiFi or mobile) based on what you were doing. It worked but it goes against a bunch of how the operating system works, and that was one bearer for one download, not two bearers at once. The whole thing from pretty low down is set up to route everything down one pipe at once. It also goes against how much of the internet expects you to behave.
ApplePay though. Really what's the point. Specifically no point whatsoever in the UK where we have contactless cards. Why would you wave your phone about, when it's easier and more convenient to just use your card. Don't you also have to reply to a text to confirm the purchase? Even so, got no intention of using it myself.
I don't know how it works exactly from a technical PoV but guessing where in use, it reconstructs the streams from each connection and passes them back up the TCPIP stack. I mean, you can get mobile routers that combine 2 or more celliar connections for bandwidth agrogation. E.g. The Mushroom Networks products.
Have turned off Wifi Assist for now anyway.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I use it wherever I can now, it's way quicker than getting my wallet out and finding the card I want to use.
As for replying to a text? Errr, no. Take phone out of pocket, double click home button, touch to reader. Done.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
FunkyUK
u=5337
Apple Watch saves you getting your wallet (or phone) out. Proper space age shit.... you know, it will save me carrying a wallet, and 4 contactless cards (card clash on the tube, dont get me started)
... and my phone is in my hand far more often than my wallet. shit, they've done it again.
i hate apple
Each to there own I spose. I only tend to use one card out and about.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Apple Watch saves you getting your wallet (or phone) out. Proper space age shit.... you know, it will save me carrying a wallet, and 4 contactless cards (card clash on the tube, dont get me started)
... and my phone is in my hand far more often than my wallet. shit, they've done it again.
i hate apple
This is what I've found, look at most queues and people are head down in their phones, far quicker to pay with Apple Pay than to go get wallet, take out card, pop in reader, wait for it to register it, add pin, wait for approval to remove card....
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
9.1 is out. News app seems to be the main thing.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Yep and it's vanilla at best. No way I'm giving up the excellent Flipboard for this..!
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
I used 25% battery yesterday from 8AM to 12PM.....
So its not something you need for a decent battery life, when my iPhone 6 has a pretty decent battery life in the first place....
iirc the 6s has a better battery life than the 6 too.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I never worry about getting through a day with my 6s, there's usually at least 20% or so left by the time I go to bed. That'll do.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Mine lasts for 2 days of regular use. More than I find necessary but handy if I forget to charge it of an evening.
I'm rarely away from a charging source for more than a few hours, and almost never for more than a day, so I couldn't give a toss about battery life beyond that.
I'm rarely away from a charging source for more than a few hours, and almost never for more than a day, so I couldn't give a toss about battery life beyond that.
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Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
My 6S plus has amazing battery I regular go 8am till 7pm with moderate to heavy use and still have 25/30% left on battery.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Finally bit the bullet and have a 6s arriving tomorrow (is there a thread just for the 6s? Couldn't see one). My iPhone 4 started having one too many tantrums and is a pain in the arse to use now (the home button has been almost-broken for years).
I don't have itunes installed (I've had 3 different computers in the time I've had this phone, and can't be arsed with the syncing bullshit). Anyone know of decent software that will let me transfer my data over to the new one? Don't really fancy typing out all my notes and calendar and address info.
Got a Rhinoshield Playproof case coming too. Not sure whether I'll get a screen protector. I don't know what the deal is with the touch screen and gesture stuff on these newer models. Is it hampered by a protector?
I don't have itunes installed (I've had 3 different computers in the time I've had this phone, and can't be arsed with the syncing bullshit). Anyone know of decent software that will let me transfer my data over to the new one? Don't really fancy typing out all my notes and calendar and address info.
Got a Rhinoshield Playproof case coming too. Not sure whether I'll get a screen protector. I don't know what the deal is with the touch screen and gesture stuff on these newer models. Is it hampered by a protector?
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Is it still the case that connecting to itunes with a phone you haven't previously synced will erase the content? That used to be the case back in the day, I seem to remember.
Years since I used the awful thing.
I see I can back up to the cloud and restore the data on the new phone. I expect syncing from itunes would be quicker? If it won't erase everything first...
Years since I used the awful thing.
I see I can back up to the cloud and restore the data on the new phone. I expect syncing from itunes would be quicker? If it won't erase everything first...
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