Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[Vintage Paw]

Oh, I see there's a version of Adblock Plus available. Anyone used that? It's always served me well on PC.

 

[chilango]

In what way do you use Siri?

I tried it out, but I feel like a right nob

When I want to find out something that I'd usually Google, or to convert units or quick calculations, stuff like that...

 

[Gromit]

In what way do you use Siri?

I tried it out, but I feel like a right nob

My mate keeps calling me lazy for using Siri as if taking longer to find the calculator on my phone and type in a sum is somehow better?!

Besides, how are we ever going to have robot butlers if we don't help advance voice recognition software through usage?

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Well, I'm getting used to it now. It's so very fast! And oh my, 4G is fast too.

I very much like it.

Still trying to get the hang of this 3D touch malarkey.

The camera is miles better than any other camera I own in terms of MP fidelity

And it's so fast!

It has some very neat little uses, a fave of mine is deep press on the edge of the left side of the screen to pull up the multitask screen.

 

[Vintage Paw]

omg that's a thing! That's good. After my last home button debacle I don't like using it that much, especially for double clicks (irrational, I know), and now I don't have to

In other news, this phone is too big. I had the hardest time trying to carry it around with me while also pushing a trolley at the supermarket the other day. (I have my shopping list on there.) It's huge. Thank fuck I didn't get the plus.

 

[xenon]

The reviews are shit for purify. Anything January this year and onwards are saying it's deteriorated, makes safari really laggy, and loads of ads are getting through.

Has that been your experience, bees, xenon?

Not noticed ads getting through. Some sites slow my phone but I put that down to loads of JavaScript or something else going on.

Re size of the 6, 6s, yeah. It is definitely putting some people off. My friend is due an upgrade and she is now put off another iPhone because of the new size.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Don't get me wrong, when actually sat down using it, the size is lovely. Using photo apps is a far nicer experience because I can see more of what I'm doing. Same for games, even reading texts... that extra screen real estate is pleasant.

But carrying it around is a nightmare!

I need a lanyard

 

[Vintage Paw]

I think I've inadvertently happened across what could be a great new trend.

A la Flava Flav, wearing your smartphone round your neck

 

[Gromit]

I wanted a plus but when I walked into the store and they didn't have one.

Then I tried one handed thumb typing with with the 6s and was so glad I didn't get the plus. I can hardly operate this phone one handed.

 

[hendo]

If it wasn't for the fact that my other half is an Apple fangirl and my work systems only play nicely with Cupertino gear I'd have long since toddled off to Android land. That being said I lashed out on a 6S Plus a couple of months ago and it's a beautiful piece of technology. I really like it.
The camera is very good; it shoots in 4K so it's useful for my work, the chip is very quick and the battery lasts ages considering it's an iphone. I too am enjoying the screen real estate; I also have a 5S and it seems a bit squitty and fiddly in comparison.
I was worried it wouldn't fit in my pockets but it does. I have to operate it two handed but I don't feel that's an issue.
I also thought it might make my ipad redundant but it hasn't done this; the apps are different and when I travel without it I really miss it; it's still better for reading papers and books than the phone and remains sumptuous to watch TV on.
I think it'll last a good three years by which doubtless something sexier will have come along; but it's ticking the boxes very nicely at the mo.

 

[twentythreedom]

Graun bleating on about iPhone SE launch

Apple iPhone SE launch: key points at a glance

Thrilling so far:

 

[Kid_Eternity]

If it wasn't for the fact that my other half is an Apple fangirl and my work systems only play nicely with Cupertino gear I'd have long since toddled off to Android land. That being said I lashed out on a 6S Plus a couple of months ago and it's a beautiful piece of technology. I really like it.
The camera is very good; it shoots in 4K so it's useful for my work, the chip is very quick and the battery lasts ages considering it's an iphone. I too am enjoying the screen real estate; I also have a 5S and it seems a bit squitty and fiddly in comparison.
I was worried it wouldn't fit in my pockets but it does. I have to operate it two handed but I don't feel that's an issue.
I also thought it might make my ipad redundant but it hasn't done this; the apps are different and when I travel without it I really miss it; it's still better for reading papers and books than the phone and remains sumptuous to watch TV on.
I think it'll last a good three years by which doubtless something sexier will have come along; but it's ticking the boxes very nicely at the mo.

It's superb, I never thought it'd be useful but 3D Touch has turned out to be bloody great!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The reviews are shit for purify. Anything January this year and onwards are saying it's deteriorated, makes safari really laggy, and loads of ads are getting through.

Has that been your experience, bees, xenon?

I use AdBlock Plus. Works perfectly as far as I can tell.

 

[lizzieloo]

Total novice to ios, my husband has just got a new iphone (new to him, a 5s) I've just been through and set up all his sounds for notifications for stuff like WhatsApp and FB but there are no notification sounds actually happening.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm doing the set up cos he "doesn't do technology"

 

[lizzieloo]

Blimey didn't think this would be a bump. Is there a more recent ios thread?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Total novice to ios, my husband has just got a new iphone (new to him, a 5s) I've just been through and set up all his sounds for notifications for stuff like WhatsApp and FB but there are no notification sounds actually happening.

What am I doing wrong?

I'm doing the set up cos he "doesn't do technology"

Obvious check, but is the little mute button on the side of the phone on?

 

[lizzieloo]

Obvious check, but is the little mute button on the side of the phone on?

Thanks! It's not obvious when you've never had an iAnythingbefore

 

[editor]

iPhone sales have fallen for the first time and it looks like the next one is unlikely to set the work alight as the law of diminshing returns cuts in.

For the first time since Apple launched its flagship smartphone in 2007, the company sold fewer iPhones than it did in the same quarter the previous year. Sales dropped 16 percent in the first quarter of the year—and an even more dramatic 32 percent from the last quarter of 2015. The world’s most valuable company still moved 51 million smartphones, more than anyone not named Samsung can boast. But that doesn’t soften the impact of a product that’s never gone any direction but up finally taking a dive. In fact, the iPhone’s so critical to Apple’s balance sheet that its fall led to a 13 percent drop in the company’s revenue.

It’s not like iPhones have somehow gotten worse. Other phones, though? They’ve gotten a whole lot better. And they’re cheap. “The phones we have right now are good enough, to the point where I don’t need a premium phone to do everything I need to do,” says Gartner analyst Tuong Nguyen. “Even if I got a mid-tier phone, that’s probably more than I need.”

In truth, many affordable smartphones have moved beyond “good enough” and many, like the (currently discounted) $300 Nexus 5X, are excellent. This shift comes as US carriers abandon the two-year contracts that long masked the true cost of phone ownership. An entry-level iPhone 6S costs $650, and buyers feel every penny of that, either up front or through monthly installments.

Dawson sees cheaper Android devices eating into high-end Android sales more than iPhone sales, especially in non-US markets. Even if Android and iPhone users tend to stay in their lanes, though, the price gap between the two creates a median that’s much harder to cross. An iPhone 6S may be better than a Nexus 5X, but is it $350 better? That’s a question Apple must answer to win converts.

Apple’s iPhone Sales Just Fell for the First Time—It Won’t Be the Last

That said, the company is still phenomenally profitable so I don't think Apple execs will be too downhearted.

 

[sim667]

They must have totally saturated the market.

 

[mwgdrwg]

I can't be the only one happy with a 3 year old smartphone? It's an Android though (Sony Xperia Z1 compact).

The urge to upgrade annually has gone completely. The market has to start shrinking, perpetual growth seems insane.

 

[sim667]

I can't be the only one happy with a 3 year old smartphone? It's an Android though (Sony Xperia Z1 compact).

The urge to upgrade annually has gone completely. The market has to start shrinking, perpetual growth seems insane.

Im doubting whether ill bother upgrading mine at the end of the contract..... In some respects I'm almost tempted to dump the smartphone and just go old school and get a phone with snake.

What I really want is an iPhone, on an unlimited data only contract, and then I'd just get a phone number via Skype....... but I haven't found any companies that will do that.

 

[discobastard]

It's superb, I never thought it'd be useful but 3D Touch has turned out to be bloody great!

I've had one for a couple of weeks now but haven't used it once - what do you find it useful for specifically? Genuine question.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I've had one for a couple of weeks now but haven't used it once - what do you find it useful for specifically? Genuine question.

Multitasking is a big one, pressing on the left of the screen/ bezel will take you into the card view. Very useful for snapping back and forth between things.

The sneak peak on links is bloody good too, and one of my favourite is using it on Slack to flick quickly between teams (very useful when you're in 6!).

There's a bunch of others (I discover a new one every so often) which slip my mind at the mo but will post when I remember!

 

[discobastard]

Multitasking is a big one, pressing on the left of the screen/ bezel will take you into the card view. Very useful for snapping back and forth between things.

The sneak peak on links is bloody good too, and one of my favourite is using it on Slack to flick quickly between teams (very useful when you're in 6!).

There's a bunch of others (I discover a new one every so often) which slip my mind at the mo but will post when I remember!

Cheers - clicking on the bezel is a decent one I had no idea about - that's been quite useful. I don't use Slack but I shall investigate it.

Peeking at links I don't really get because I'm happy looking at mails or messages anyway but I'm sure at some point it will evolve into something more intuitive - from what I've seen it just doesn't add much yet.

Thanks though.

 

[chilango]

I do find myself using the 3D Touch a lot and I'm surprised to discover that I like the live photo thing.

 

[skyscraper101]

Does anyone actually care if the next iphone ships without a standard headphone socket? People seem to be going nuts about it, but if it makes the phone thinner and maybe more waterproof then I don't see the problem, just use a little adaptor if you wantuse your existing headphones it's hardly going to be a dealbreaker.

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - BBC News

 

[sim667]

Does anyone actually care if the next iphone ships without a standard headphone socket? People seem to be going nuts about it, but if it makes the phone thinner and maybe more waterproof then I don't see the problem, just use a little adaptor if you wantuse your existing headphones it's hardly going to be a dealbreaker.

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - BBC News

It depends how much an adapter is and how robust they are.

 

[Gromit]

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - BBC News

Rumours that Apple are ditching 3.5 jacks.

Give me a removable battery and I won't complain but otherwise no. I need to be able to charge and plug in my headphones at the same time.

That is how I watch movies on long train journeys and flights etc. Whilst it's charging.

 

[Gromit]

Does anyone actually care if the next iphone ships without a standard headphone socket? People seem to be going nuts about it, but if it makes the phone thinner and maybe more waterproof then I don't see the problem, just use a little adaptor if you wantuse your existing headphones it's hardly going to be a dealbreaker.

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - BBC News

This is the iPhone 6 thread not iPhone 7.

I've posted about this on the general iPhone thread:
Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

 

[8den]

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket - BBC News

Rumours that Apple are ditching 3.5 jacks.

Give me a removable battery and I won't complain but otherwise no. I need to be able to charge and plug in my headphones at the same time.

That is how I watch movies on long train journeys and flights etc. Whilst it's charging.

That rumour has been going on for a while now.

It's been a year since I bought a second hand 32gig 5s my first iphone. I recently had to go back to Samsung Galaxy for a little bit, and I have to admit I much prefer the iphone. That being said, I'd really need a compelling reason to upgrade. And the only thing I can think of is longer battery.