I am sure they had reasons but the new version was definitely half-baked and shipped too early
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
yeah 'absolutely no reason' seems unlikely.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
'hey we are rewriting this old software to be more robust and it'll handle some stuff we're going to introduce in the future''oh cool it's ready for next week right''uhhh sure'
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
I'm so far into Google's software now on my iphone that I think a move to android would almost make sense
― calstars, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
btw tried outlook for ios and it's not bad
― μpright mammal (mh), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
haha my iphone 5 had the sleep/wake button go out for a few months, which is a common enough problem that they extended the warranty for this...and then the button started working again today, out of nowhere
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
I have a friend who works for google and he mentioned that a lots of google people who have apple devices tend to use outlook for email, even though they use gmail addresses. It's generally considered to be the best iOS mail client.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 14:59 (eight years ago) link
little sketchy on iPad mini, can't figure out how to get the sidebar to disappear
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
Wonder how Google feels about their email going through Outlook's chinese servers.
― stet, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
I think the outlook client directly connects from phone to yr mail server?
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
They replaced that button on mine for free as a recall.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I tried that but the repair center (not an Apple Store) said my phone had been tampered with (it hadn't ) and so couldn't do it.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
Someone should ask Tim Cook if he feels safe enough to keep his documents in iCloud
― calstars, Sunday, 20 September 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
aaaaargrgggggghttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/7218207?start=0&tstart=0
― Spottie, Sunday, 27 September 2015 04:40 (eight years ago) link
Just got the 6S and I'm so angry about the size. It's less comfortable to hold. I have to use two hands to accomplish basic tasks. Why was this a good idea?
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 28 September 2015 16:34 (eight years ago) link
presumably a majority of people they spoke to when they were researching the new form factor :-(((((((
it is a tragedy
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 28 September 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
did they change it form the 6?
― Spottie, Monday, 28 September 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
no, i had the 5S which was perfect, is now and ever shall be, world without end, amen.
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 28 September 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link
agreed; they're gonna have to make the tech a lot better for me to want to trade up. Or just age me out with increasingly demanding software, which is much more likely.
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Monday, 28 September 2015 17:17 (eight years ago) link
5s is great
― marcos, Monday, 28 September 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
I just got a 6s and love it and it's bigness and thinness. Also that it stays charged longer than the mere 8 hours or so my 5s was capable off at the end.
And 64gb too which is mind blowing.
― joygoat, Monday, 28 September 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
what are the odds on the 5s size being updated next year? 50/50? worse?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
zero
― calstars, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:09 (eight years ago) link
6s plus all the way
― calstars, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
ta for advice upthread btw folks - it was that internal connecting cable, and girlfriend's laptop has been given a temporary reprieve from the Mac graveyard.
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
rumor was that they had an update to the 5 form factor in the pipeline for this cycle and killed it. I don't know if that makes me more or less hopeful.
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Monday, 28 September 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
the ipad mini branding right now is a complete mess
― 龜, Monday, 28 September 2015 19:09 (eight years ago) link
the 5 was kinda the perfect size. but I'm also cool with my 6+
― Spottie, Monday, 28 September 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
not only was the 5 the perfect size, it was very light as well, noticably so from the 4 and the 6.
― calstars, Monday, 28 September 2015 20:09 (eight years ago) link
I much prefer reading ilx and twitter on the 6, really good size
― μpright mammal (mh), Monday, 28 September 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
I think they will make a 6c, at 5 sizes, soon. Ther's too much demand for them to ignore it.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 04:26 (eight years ago) link
http://s30.postimg.org/vt39gv5v5/Untitled.jpg
― the late great, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 04:50 (eight years ago) link
^yeah that happened to my parents' charger as well. my mom is always so cautious with that stuff, winding the cord properly around the charger before storage - in this case I think that made it more likely to break (inside). anyway, design is rubbish.
― willem, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 08:09 (eight years ago) link
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), maandag 28 september 2015 20:10 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good to hear.
Not very impressed with the camera on the 6/6s; it does a heavy noise reduction which makes skin look all blurred and smeared. I'd noticed it in my own pictures, but hadn't realised how very bad it was until I saw the close-up portrait comparisons on this site. The 4s is miles better, I think
http://snapsnapsnap.photos/iphone-6s-camera-comparison/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQB955IWwAAcksm.png
― stet, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 09:15 (eight years ago) link
man i just did an iphone update and now "music" is like attempt after attempt to get me to sign up for apple music
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
icons at bottom of "music" rearranged too, idgaf about "radio" or "playlists" i specifically put "artists" "albums" and "genre" there why did you move them apple fuck off
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
like you used to be able to customize how to sort your music, now this useless "@connect" icon is stuck there and i have to do an extra step to sort by genre
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
tbf sort by genre seems like a pretty niche thing to want to do
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:46 (eight years ago) link
well it nice to be able to choose what tabs appear at the bottom, if i have no use for "radio" or "playlists" or "connect" itd be great to be able to choose something else
― marcos, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
the "recently added" thing is pretty cool though
"Showing only music on this iPhone. Show All Music"
FUCK OFF
― 0 / 0 (lukas), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
xp yeah, it's nice. this version is actually a slight improvement over the last one, but still basically the same messed up interface with a bit less crap. i still don't know why the hell it's reversing my playlist orders randomly
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
Apple is replacing my shattered iPhone for free b/c the last time I dropped it, it also misaligned the Facetime camera, which could be mistaken as a manufacturer's defect. Thanking the kind Genius who made that assessment.
The worst thing about the 6 IMO is how slippery it is. Without a case, I dropped it and cracked screens 3 times (plus numerous other times that made the cracks worse). Never damaged a 4 or 5 b/c they had damn corners.
― Je55e, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
RELATED: But why oh why is there even an option in the desktop side-menu to view "ALL FILES"? I have hit this thing by accident more than once only to have my iMac stop everything it's doing and gear down to show me all 238902309 files I've amassed on there.
― pplains, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:21 (eight years ago) link
it's a more useful view if you sort by last opened
but you can remove it from the sidebar if you don't like it
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
yeah i hate that "shortcut" too
― Nhex, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
I do again highly recommend the tech21 case if you're klutzy like me but don't want something as gimpy looking as an otterbox. Has protected my 6 in a number of bad falls.
After having had a 6 for a while now what I actually dislike most about it is just how fucking much I wind up using it/wasting time on it. I upgraded from a 4s, and this is the first phone I've had where I really feel like it's relatively easy to do internet and facebook stuff, and I find myself doing it way too much.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
There's something awful about having so many different kinds of distractions in the same portable device. Especially now that you kind of get internet on the subway. As I got off the train this morning I realized that I had actually gotten myself really agitated reading so many different microbursts of news and content and ilx and facebook.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
2nd the Tech21 rec. Mine has protected my 5, and now 6, for a bunch of sketchy falls.
― schwantz, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link