New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

I use my iPhone so little as a *phone* that the plus seems nice because it's like an ultra portable tablet. Still wary of carrying it around all the time.

feel like when my contract is up might just switch to the cheaper pay as u go plan and keep my 5, not cause i h8 the 6 just cause im feeling disgusted at materialism

I tried that paper cut out of the 6+ in my hand - not as bad as I thought. I can see a problem using apps that require you to tap the corners often, but most don't

back button?

swipe from top to get notifications?

i think part of my problem was that its huge and also thin, so it just feels really odd to hold

i get most notications on the lock screen anyway
but yeah... we'll see. once it finally comes in i'll have 14 days to stick with it or switch to the regular 6

http://i.imgur.com/GIsRcBZ.jpg

pictured: gr8080

All the dudes in here talking about ability to use phones one-handed: I see you. I know what you're up to. I don't approve of it.

Texting while driving is pernicious behavior I agree

how are they gonna integrate the watch into "one-handed phoning"

The watch is gonna have an extra powerful vibrator

everyone I've seen use a samsung phablet thingy as a phone in public has used the earphones with mic

i hav seen people talkin on a phablet and boy does it look goofy

i wrote a post saying "the problem isnt the length so much as the width" and hovered over the submit button for about 15 seconds before deleting it. and now i have caved and done it anyway.

I actually like the width of the 6 but wish it wasn't so tall. I'd prefer the squarer 4/4S proportions with the larger screens - as it is, the top of the 6 is out of reach if you hold your hand so your thumb can reach the home button, and the 6+ is of course even worse. Also, why are the bezels around Apple's screen thicker than competitors'? The TouchID needs some space, but the sides and top could have been more svelte.

i wrote a post saying "the problem isnt the length so much as the width" and hovered over the submit button for about 15 seconds before deleting it. and now i have caved and done it anyway.

― ryan, Monday, September 29, 2014 4:18 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's nothing wrong with pointing out that girth is really the more important factor imo.

Lee626 have you been using the "reachability" function at all? I find that most times it's the top of the screen is not enough of a stretch to justify it, but occasionally if my hand is in the right position it's a nice way to reach an app.

I don't have my 6 yet, so no. But on the 6+, hitting the home button to engage Reachability may itself be unreachable when you need it, and it seems some types of clickable notifications still appear at the top of the screen even with reachability turned on.

hey is this where i can complain that it's not longer viable to own a 16 GB iphone, since iOS 8 is demanding i have over 25% of my total storage free before i can install it?

mhmm

outrageous thats still the base model

xxp i think that's only for the over-the-air update, i believe if you install thru itunes it will use less space

yeah just wait til you're home dawg

that said i have a 12GB iphone and i installed iOS 8 over the air np

just had to delete some baby photos np

wtf i haven't plugged my phone into itunes in years

can you do it... for ten minutes to install software?

I already updated to iOS 8 over the air. Is the OS still taking up more space than it would had I upgraded via iTunes, and if so is there a way to rectify this?

I mean, really, the alternatives to having a large download before OS upgrade are:
1. Somehow have a patch file for changes between versions. Since a major OS upgrade updates all libraries, it'd be nearly the same size, and take foreeeeeever to run
2. Split the patch into multiple install pieces, each of which have a larger chance of failure than the large patch, and it'd make development time exponentially larger
3. Have some sort of phone upgrade kiosk that just does that (which is basically what plugging your phone into the computer for ten minutes does)
4. Have an installer package that is really small, then have it install/download at the same time. Depending on connection speed, it'd either take forever, be really likely to fuck up your phone, or both

Lee, no, it deletes the installer after installation

max and a few others basically made me realize I was less of a man for buying less than 64GB last time so I have the 128GB phone and I care not at all now

thx

It's a disgrace. The update to ios 8 itself is 1.1 gb, yet it wants me to free 5.6 gb to be able to install it on my ipad. Fuck you apple. Fuck. You.

The compressed file is 1.1GB
You gotta decompress that fucker, what are you doing, running Stacker on your phone? No way

lol Stacker

16gb ipad 3 here. Times is tough. #fml

thank you for your appreciation, Nhex

So this "hey Siri" thing is pretty great for the car.

Hey siri better put it all behind you

I appreciate that joke.

http://www.vogue.com/1415025/apple-design-genius-jonathan-ive/

fwiw while I generally like his design I really hate the look of the color gradients in the app icons (although now that I think about it it's a clever way to distinguish Apple brand apps from other apps)

idk i like the ios 7 style

it's a little chillwave for my tastes

hah

should be totally bw

Black-and-white option in prefs is pretty pimp.

did not even know that existed

Apropos of nothing, I am really into the honeycomb app picker on the watch. I find myself relying mostly on spatial memory when opening apps on my phone, more so than any visual input from the icons. The hex grid means that scrolling from one app to another is just a journey across a plane, without the more abstract folder and page concepts adding friction. To get from Fitness to Music I just have to go from here to here.

older guy i work with was complaining about the look of the latest ios a few months ago. turns out he had "invert colors" turned on in accessibility settings. i didn't know that existed until then. trippy.