Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[sim667]

I’ve noticed another improvement since the update, and this one is a massive one and the end of a major pain in the arse for multilingual people.

I’m Spanish and naturally do compose a lot of emails, texts and WhatsApps in my native language. Even though I have long had the Spanish keyword installed, until this update it had never worked intuitively or with auto complete/correct. In fact auto correct was really annoying as it kept trying to change most Spanish words into English (though I could have always disabled it of course).

But now my phone instantly recognises Spanish words and not only does no longer try to correct words to English, but the Spanish auto complete/ correct woks a treat. In a language like Spanish with accents and special letters and characters, auto complete it is really fucking useful!

It will still not recognise ‘fucking’ though

I had the google swipe keyboard in, but it always used to play silly buggers and take ages to load, but now there's an apple swipe keybaord I've just reverted back and its made a massive difference.

I do keep finding I have to reload apps though to get them to load, espeically ones that need a thumb print to log in.

 

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iPhone SE 2 Launching in Q1 2020 At $399 Price: Report

 

[sim667]

Well we got the money back, and my partner still wanted an apple watch, we decided to go for a series 1 because they were within her £80 budget and she really wanted the rose gold one so we bid on one and it turned up today.

Its in perfect nick, I doubt its been worn much at all, if not just left sitting with no charge in it, flip it over, and realised they'd misadvertised it and its a series 2...... So got some good karma after faffing with that first watch

 

[skyscraper101]

iPhone SE 2 Launching in Q1 2020 At $399 Price: Report

Its a good move to keep hold of a large percentage of their market - particularly older people - who care very little about most of the bells and whistles of the higher spec iphones.

 

[Detroit City]

I have an iPhone 8+ which I bought 2 years ago. I love it and it is almost paid off.

 

[skyscraper101]

Apple Confirms iPhone Advantage Over Android

 

[editor]

Apple Confirms iPhone Advantage Over Android

And this is news and interesting, why?

 

[skyscraper101]

And this is news and interesting, why?

It’s a piece regarding iPhones on an iPhone thread which I thought may interest people who are into Apple/iPhone discussion. Is this not ok to be posting?

 

[editor]

It’s a piece regarding iPhones on an iPhone thread which I thought may interest people who are into Apple/iPhone discussion. Is this not ok to be posting?

Come on. You've been here long enough to know that you're expected to at least add one line explaining what the link is about or - even better - express an opinion.

 

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Don’t know legit this is as haven’t used google photos for a while.

iPhone Has Free Unlimited Original Quality Storage on Google Photos -- Pixel 4 Doesn't

 

[skyscraper101]

Don’t know legit this is as haven’t used google photos for a while.

iPhone Has Free Unlimited Original Quality Storage on Google Photos -- Pixel 4 Doesn't

I use Google photos for all my backup and wasn’t aware of this. Nice.

 

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Booo

google to fix iPhone free ride

 

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Apparently AirPod pros are going to drop before Christmas. They look hideous!

AirPods Pro to Feature New Colors, Including Black and Midnight Green, According to Chinese Report

 

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Ok so the inverted base makes them look a little better than what was posted above. But at a whopping £249 (£100 more) for added noise cancellation which has 3 different settings. Other than that no other bonuses. Same battery life as the gen 2 standards and same total charge via the case.

An upgrade only for those that need to stand out from the crowd. Otherwise I’d say wait for the version 2s of these.

Buy AirPods Pro

 

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iOS 13.2 also sees deep fusion go live for the cameras on the latest iPhones.

Deep Fusion Demo: Trying Out Apple's Computational Photography Tech

 

[skyscraper101]

Apparently AirPod pros are going to drop before Christmas. They look hideous!

AirPods Pro to Feature New Colors, Including Black and Midnight Green, According to Chinese Report

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I'm a big fan of regular airpods, but I'm not sure about these. I don't like silicone (or rubber) tipped ends on any ear buds. One of the main things I love about the airpods is they have the same hard plastic all over. I find the rubber tipped ends while they block out external noise better, they also amplify your own internal goings on (breathing, chewing, swallowing etc) which I find disconcerting and annoying, plus I like to have a bit of spacial awareness when I'm walking or on the train, for safety sake above all else.

I'll demo them anyway in the Apple Store in case I'm wrong. But I think I'm going to prefer over ears for noise cancellation.

 

[Crispy]

You need a seal around the ear for noise conacellation to work, which is why these have silicone tips.

I like to have a bit of spacial awareness when I'm walking or on the train, for safety sake above all else.

This is what the "pass-through" setting is for. You'll hear the surroundings, but actually relayed through the microphones in the buds.

Still, £250 for earbuds? Fuck right off

 

[editor]

You need a seal around the ear for noise conacellation to work, which is why these have silicone tips.

This is what the "pass-through" setting is for. You'll hear the surroundings, but actually relayed through the microphones in the buds.

Still, £250 for earbuds? Fuck right off

Yeah, but Apple.

 

[Marty1]

Apparently AirPod pros are going to drop before Christmas. They look hideous!

AirPods Pro to Feature New Colors, Including Black and Midnight Green, According to Chinese Report

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Not good that the headline of the article focuses on the different colour novelty factor.

 

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Not good that the headline of the article focuses on the different colour novelty factor.

that didn’t materialise anyway. White only.

 

[T & P]

Wow. For the last 3-4 weeks I’ve been manually setting an alarm at 23.59 between Sunday and Wednesday to remind me to book tennis courts in advance the second they became available at exactly midnight, as there is over demand for bookings.

I had completely forgotten to set an alarm this evening and the phone has just asked me if I would like to do so.

Not exactly cutting edge AI stuff of course, but it’s still a very useful feature and the first time a device proactively does something like that

 

[Mr Retro]

Got an iPhone11 up from an iphone7 today. It’s a brilliant phone and a noticeable upgrade after 4 years or so but I’m glad I won’t be looking at the back of the fucker too often.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I just ordered an iPhone 11 Pro Max Super Smashing Great (it's my birthday soon) which I will be picking up a bit later on, so I will be able to test out this magic camera. Tbh the one on my 6S+ feels pretty poor quality these days. That's the only thing wrong with it though - as I keep saying, cameras are pretty much the only reason to upgrade these days, with all the other tech having peaked, though the big screen and improved battery will be nice.

 

[Detroit City]

I just ordered an iPhone 11 Pro Max Super Smashing Great (it's my birthday soon) which I will be picking up a bit later on, so I will be able to test out this magic camera. Tbh the one on my 6S+ feels pretty poor quality these days. That's the only thing wrong with it though - as I keep saying, cameras are pretty much the only reason to upgrade these days, with all the other tech having peaked, though the big screen and improved battery will be nice.

my little brother just got this phone a few months ago. he loves it and the camera take incredible pictures. you'll love it too

 

[skyscraper101]

The camera on the Pro is amazing, it's even very good on the 11, great low light shots, and portrait and wide angle modes on the front and back are outstanding. The most noticeable thing for me, is the speed, especially for Face ID it's almost instant.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Literally picked it up about ten minutes ago and am now setting it up! Apple makes it really easy to, er, spend large amounts of money with them. App to shop was about an hour.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

This is like living in the future. A feeling that will maybe last 24 hours before it becomes the norm again.

The most noticeable thing for me, is the speed, especially for Face ID it's almost instant.

Yeah that is very impressive - I can barely notice when it's authorising me. I was expecting at least to have to look at the camera and line my face up in a box or something, but it's just like it knows who I am all the time.

 

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Literally picked it up about ten minutes ago and am now setting it up! Apple makes it really easy to, er, spend large amounts of money with them. App to shop was about an hour.

Did you do the super easy 'oh put you're current iPhone next to me and I'll transfer all your data that way' witchcraft.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Did you do the super easy 'oh put you're current iPhone next to me and I'll transfer all your data that way' witchcraft.

Yup. I guess that's NFC? Or maybe they just sense each other's Apple glow. It's really pretty impressive but where the hell is my home button dammit.

 

[Detroit City]

It's really pretty impressive but where the hell is my home button dammit.

it's in the rubbish