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Because that shit's discontinued! Also because carriers weren't known for having tons of stock anyway, given its price and age.
bestbuy.com
Saw them at other carrier sites a few days ago as well.
They aren't cheaper on ebay. Was trying to get in on this.
https://www.att.com/prepaid/iphone-savings-offer.html
My iPad Air 1 definitely feels a bit faster on iOS 12 - that said, all the arsing about they did with iOS 11 had significantly slowed the experience down so it's probably as much them removing the cruft they put in last year as it is any great advancements. Still, small victories.
Just forget about them and switch to Apple Music. I think it's been over two years now since they ate up the fan made Spotify watch app and NOTHING official happened.
I don't know if it's placebo, but I just installed Safari 12 on my MBP and scrolling on Era feels much more fluid.
They need to completely redesign iTunes before I even consider using Apple Music.
This is a bit of an essay, so apologies in advance. I've been thinking more and more lately that my next phone (planning to upgrade in a year or so) may very well see me move back to iPhone.
I've been an Android user for years - since I went from the iPhone 3GS to the Galaxy S2. A few times over the years I've considered moving back to iPhone; I have an iPad and enjoy using it - many of its features are excellent. The removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone put me off initially, as I have multiple pairs of wired headphones. However, with OnePlus joining the long list of Android manufacturers also removing the headphone jack, upgrading my current OnePlus 3 to their new model just got decidedly less attractive - if I'm going to use a phone without a headphone jack, do I want to use Android over iOS?
More and more features and related services of iOS are making me say "no" to that these days. iOS has both improved in functionality while my use of my phone has changed over the years. I now find myself using a very similar set of core apps day to day, I don't customise my phone as much as I used to, and I don't feel the need to root it to get functionality I feel I need. "It just works", essentially - and both platforms do this. A combination of factors and improvements in iOS are making me consider the iPhone for my next upgrade:
There are some things I'll miss, I suspect - so I'll await Apple's next phone (my OP3 is fine currently) and see if any of those are rectified. If these already exist and I missed them, please correct me:
I've been an Android user for years - since I went from the iPhone 3GS to the Galaxy S2. A few times over the years I've considered moving back to iPhone; I have an iPad and enjoy using it - many of its features are excellent. The removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone put me off initially, as I have multiple pairs of wired headphones. However, with OnePlus joining the long list of Android manufacturers also removing the headphone jack, upgrading my current OnePlus 3 to their new model just got decidedly less attractive - if I'm going to use a phone without a headphone jack, do I want to use Android over iOS?
More and more features and related services of iOS are making me say "no" to that these days. iOS has both improved in functionality while my use of my phone has changed over the years. I now find myself using a very similar set of core apps day to day, I don't customise my phone as much as I used to, and I don't feel the need to root it to get functionality I feel I need. "It just works", essentially - and both platforms do this. A combination of factors and improvements in iOS are making me consider the iPhone for my next upgrade:
- Software support - This is the big one. My iPad Air 2 is still being updated by Apple, as are even older devices. This is excellent, and a stark difference with Android. To be fair to OnePlus, they will release Android P for my OP3 at some point, which is more support than most Android phones get. However, it's still nowhere near the 5 years + of support Apple provide.
- Hardware support - Being able to walk into an Apple Store should I have any problems, and potentially walk out with a replacement phone the same day if the damage warrants it, is reassuring. No having to send the phone away and be without it while it's fixed.
- iPhone Upgrade Program - I have a very well-priced sim-free plan currently, and don't really want to give that up when I get my next phone. With most devices, my options would be limited and I'd likely have to either pay the full cost up front - difficult to justify to myself for a £1000 phone - or pay extra in interest. The iPhone Upgrade Program appears to be 0% finance, so I can keep my current sim plan and pay per month for the cost of the phone and its insurance. No having to move to a worse contract to make the payments manageable.
- Less reliance on Google services - I use Gmail and don't see myself moving from that, but it'll be nice that the phone will be sending less data to Google while I use it; hopefully that will result in an increase in battery life.
- Apple News - I use this on the iPad and it's fantastic. Customisable, looks great and layouts properly optimised for the phone with minimal advertising. It's so much better than Google News that to me they aren't even comparable.
- Password manager integration - The limitations of LastPass on iOS compared to Android used to put me off switching full-time to the platform, but it seems with iOS 12 this is finally changing. Coupled with SMS 2FA autofill, a brilliant feature, it seems my password manager complaints have been dealt with by the latest iOS. Another draw for Android where it used to be a win.
- Integration with Apple products and services - While I don't own a Mac, I do have an iPad, and would consider a future Apple Watch and potentially Apple TV4K, so having integration between those devices would be welcome.
- Availability of accessories and compatible products - My OnePlus 3 currently has a broken official screen protector; OnePlus no longer sell replacements. All third party ones on Amazon appear universally poorly-reviewed. The ubiquity and popularity of the iPhone ensures plenty of choice of accessories however long after launch you buy the phone.
There are some things I'll miss, I suspect - so I'll await Apple's next phone (my OP3 is fine currently) and see if any of those are rectified. If these already exist and I missed them, please correct me:
- The big one, which I realise will never change; headphone jack - More and more Android phones are copying this, and while I wish they wouldn't, I guess I just have to accept this at some point. So if the choice is between an iPhone with no headphone jack and an Android phone with no headphone jack, the reasons above are making me lean more and more towards an iOS device.
- Fast Charge - One thing I've really got used to since having the OnePlus 3 is plenty of charge in 30 minutes, a full charge in ~ an hour or so. I hope the next iPhone adds this, is it a limitation of the Lightning port or something? I can't see why Apple haven't added such a convenient feature otherwise.
- TouchID - I really like TouchID on the iPad, and have got used to using the fingerprint scanner on my OP3. I hope Apple adopts an in-screen fingerprint sensor in the future in addition to FaceID. Having read other accounts of iPhone X users, it seems FaceID is good in some situations, but worse in others - from what I've read the angle you look at the screen is important. No being able to unlock the phone while it's sitting on your desk to respond to a notification
- No quick way to enter "shift characters" on the keyboard - Hopefully I'm wrong here, but on iOS I can't see a way to enter for example punctuation by long-pressing a letter to use its shift character (e.g. ", £, & on a PC keyboard's number row). SwiftKey offers this on Android, but on iOS it appears that the "special characters" key needs to be pressed and then the character chosen - no long press option seems to be available.
- Automation through Tasker etc - I believe there is some sort of shortcuts functionality being added with iOS 12 - are these similar to what can be accomplished via Tasker (e.g. turn off mobile data at home automatically based on location, etc)?
- Can't set default apps - Again, I doubt this one will change. It'd be nice to automatically open maps in Google Maps, photos in Google Photos, and so on, but while it's a drawback I feel it's one I can live with.
- Notifications aren't persistent - This one I feel will take the most getting used to for me. If I have an email, the email icon in Android is permanently visible until I dismiss it. Not so on iOS it seems. There's icon badges I guess, but those aren't quite the same as they aren't visible when using other apps. I don't notice this issue on my iPad as I do all communication on my Android phone. Obviously moving to an iPhone would make this more pronounced. For anyone who's moved from Android to iOS, how did you find this change?
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I thought Android only guarantees software support for 18 months? My info may be very old... not sure.
I know that generally they don't, but I'm wondering if there's a flagship that has. I know the Samsung line hasn't, but I'm mostly out of the loop on all the other ones out there.
The new ones have fast charge with the USB-C chargers I believe and the new keyboard has where you 'swipe down' on a key to get the second characters, if that helps.
No, I don't think so.
The closest is OnePlus I think at 3 major versions (launched with M, receiving an upgrade to P). Most phones get only two major versions. Even Google itself doesn't guarantee three years + of updates for their phones.
Thanks, this is good to know. I'll try out the swipe-down keyboard shortcuts on my iPad when I get chance, that would alleviate one of my issues.
Is the USB-C charger the Macbook charger? Or can any compatible USB-C charger or powerbank be used?
You can charge faster using, for example, an iPad 12W charger, or I guess even the Macbook USB C ones. But of course, it comes at a cost, because those chargers (and, in the case of the Macbook, a special USBC-Lightning cable) are not exactly cheap. One of the few astonishing omissions with this gen is that Apple has not moved away from those cheapo 5w USB-A chargers, but Gruber mentioned they are popular because they are so compact (at least in the USA). Personally, I haven't used the pack-in charger in years, but I have generations of iPad charger plugs to go around.
It can read your face from a pretty surprising number of angles, so yes, if it's flat you may find yourself using a "craning" gesture, but I will say after moving on I find using a touchID phone device to be a profoundly weird experience now, a year later. If you're within the angle (or use a stand), well, you have it unlocked pretty much immediately anyway.
There's a new Apple app for this, can't really speak to how it works, but there's something there.
Thanks for this - I have an iPad charger so I can at least use that to make charging a bit faster. I didn't think of a stand to make FaceID unlock easier, that would work well since I can just leave one on my desk in work.
Seems most of my inconveniences are either being fixed by Apple or can be worked around fairly easily; I think the iPhone XI or whatever it ends up being called will be my cue to return to iOS.
Yeah I definitely appreciate the size of the 5W, but at this point I've got probably a dozen of those things so I really don't need any more. If they aren't going to give me a 10+W charger than just don't give me any one, lol.
I am more surprised this is the year they didn't switch over to USB-C, since everything but the MacBook Air, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini have Type C ports now (and the MBP, which is by far their most popular line, has had them for two years.)
Yeah what happened to that USBC rumor? Maybe for the October iPad event...
...anyhow why can't they give us faster USBC chargers on iPhone XS etc with these bigger batteries? (USBC to lightening rather than USBA to lightening.) these faster chargers have been rumored for years now.
...anyhow why can't they give us faster USBC chargers on iPhone XS etc with these bigger batteries? (USBC to lightening rather than USBA to lightening.) these faster chargers have been rumored for years now.
You can choose to trust the device you log in on. If it's a shared computer, I think you can still trust it, and it won't use 2FA next time you log in.
I can't imagine them switching to USB-C for the iPads only. I also can't see them only changing those chargers.
USB-C on the iPad makes sense as it's a crucial component it's missing as a desktop replacement, but I can't see them changing the Lightning port when all the other devices have it and the Pencil charges that way.
There's two degrees of faster charging on iPhone - that's 10/12W with iPad chargers on USB A, and then there is true fast charge that Apple added only last year which requires an 18W or higher USB C charger with USB C to Lightning cables.
Any USB C charger with USB C Power Delivery can be used - that's the important part (same requirement as Nintendo Switch, so if you're looking for a cheaper third party charger, it needs to be Switch compatible because it needs USB C Power Delivery, not just USB C).
MacBook chargers work and for the cable you need the genuine Apple USB C to Lightning cable. This is a requirement. You can't just buy an A to C USB adapter and use any old Lightning cable.
You're also going to be waiting on support from carriers anyhow. It's a feature that absolutely isn't going to be as useful now as it probably will be in a year or two or three.
Safari 12 killed my Adblock because "it could make your browser run slower"
Conspiracy?
You can turn it back on in preferences. I'm still using Ublock Origin because ads are what actually makes my browser run slower. I've only tried one supported adblocker (1Blocker) and it wasn't good enough.
I'm doing another free trial of Apple Music since it launched and it's definitely better now but yeah using iTunes blows. Also the lack of a web player kinda kills it for me. I wanna listen to music on my work computer
They guarantee three years starting with the Pixel 2. So they launched with Android 8 and also get 9, 10 and 11.
FWIW, Apple now licenses USB-C <> Lightning, but I'm pretty sure no manufacturer has come out with cable. So for now, it's the Apple Store or nothing. But thanks to BAD for clarifying exactly the requirement; I knew PD was involved but not the wattage.
Actually, you can take a step farther, too - there are a variety of Qi chargers out there, some cheap, some expensive, but even some of the cheap ones have standing poses. So if you want a casual 5W or 7.5W charge, there you go.
Absolutely agreed. I totally understand continuing to use Lightning as a cable, but not having the other end USB-C just totally undermines the push to C on the Macbook line.
It's weird, but I could see them do it. If the new iPad has a new min-edge design and FaceID as proposed, then it's basically the biggest change to the iPad in years anyway, and they could prop up the connection between iPad Pro and Mac. But obviously, I think we would all prefer a standard 18w USB-C charger as a minimum change to the line as a whole.
The one thing that really had me wondering was the new Logitech Crayon, which doesn't need to pair to be used. Sure, it has a few drawbacks, but it makes me wonder if future Apple Pencils go USB-C and also dual-mode radio. Just a random thought.
Actually, you can take a step farther, too - there are a variety of Qi chargers out there, some cheap, some expensive, but even some of the cheap ones have standing poses. So if you want a casual 5W or 7.5W charge, there you go.
Absolutely agreed. I totally understand continuing to use Lightning as a cable, but not having the other end USB-C just totally undermines the push to C on the Macbook line.
It's weird, but I could see them do it. If the new iPad has a new min-edge design and FaceID as proposed, then it's basically the biggest change to the iPad in years anyway, and they could prop up the connection between iPad Pro and Mac. But obviously, I think we would all prefer a standard 18w USB-C charger as a minimum change to the line as a whole.
The one thing that really had me wondering was the new Logitech Crayon, which doesn't need to pair to be used. Sure, it has a few drawbacks, but it makes me wonder if future Apple Pencils go USB-C and also dual-mode radio. Just a random thought.
Is anyone else just considering buying a used iPhone X instead? I still have a 6s that I need to repair the screen so I figure I can still get $150 for it. I've looked around Craigslist and have seen last years X for about $700. $550 doesn't seem as bad as dropping over a grand on a Xs or am I being crazy?
Haven't tested messages, but generally when you deactivate iCloud features your phone will ask if you want to keep the stuff on your phone or delete it.
1. As others have said, you can charger faster with an iPad charging brick, or by getting the usb-c to lightning cable and the 30W USB-C wall plug (or any others over 18W). Yes it sucks it's not included.
2. TouchID is dead, it's all FaceID. I promise you you'll get used to it, and use it without even thinking about it most of the time.
3. What I do is I hold down the "shift" button then swipe over to the character I want without letting up. Gif here: https://imgur.com/a/Q3wMYZI
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Yeah, Safari turned off my Ghostery and uBlock Origin, but I re-enabled them and the scrolling fluidity I noticed is still there. I think they must've made other fundamental performance improvements.
As for Adblock and other older ad blocker extensions, they want people to move to extensions that use the newer API because Safari's built-in ad tracking protection is better.
Interesting that Gruber's review of the phone is basically all about the camera: https://daringfireball.net/2018/09/the_iphones_xs
It's definitely a noticeable bump up in quality based on the review samples I've seen.
It's definitely a noticeable bump up in quality based on the review samples I've seen.
Gruber's been on that "the new neural engine is actually amazing" train for a week now, I'm excited to see if it pans out
I tried to Google this but can't get a straight answer so figured I would ask here: Does anybody know if the iPhone 7 AT&T model works on Verizon? Our family is considering switching to Xfinity Mobile which runs on Verizon and we have two iPhone 7's an iPhone SE, and a iPhone 5S and I am trying to get an idea who would need to buy new phones to make the switch.
Is that the engine that changes up the photo for the best possible shot?
Yes. And AR stuff. He said earlier that there's a tangible difference in using an AR app on a X versus a XS