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Why does Facebook use so much battery anyway? Like what is it actually doing??Feenix posted:I really like that Disney review. The tone of it. Yeah it's really great. Feels like someone who actually wanted to give both phones a proper real-world test, rather than wanking about specs and fiddling around with the devices at home. "Hey check out these test photos I took out the window"
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Kinda bummed that family sharing shares a single payment method. My partner and I like the idea of it, but we keep discretionary spending like music or apps separate from each other.
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Sep 18, 2014 05:48
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Kinda bummed that family sharing shares a single payment method. My partner and I like the idea of it, but we keep discretionary spending like music or apps separate from each other. I mean if there is significant overlap in paid media used, then it makes a lot of sense to lose a bit of personal freedom for the sake of adding a mutual bank card as the master account. In my family's case, the overlap is probably 40%, which is still at minimum 50-100 a year in saved money. Well worth the inconvenience of having charges on my card.
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Sep 18, 2014 05:59
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Why not just have them buy (often discounted) iTunes vouchers and you both enjoy the shared purchases without them using any of your money?
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Sep 18, 2014 08:30
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Have iOS 8 running on my 4S and it's not slow at all - those "don't put it on 4S" articles must have just been preemptive clickbait
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Sep 18, 2014 08:57
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MrBond posted:I think we can all agree that 32 vs. 16 would be better for every user. The issue is that they didn't leave it at 16GB to cater for a specific user. If you asked anyone if they wanted 16GB or 32GB for $649 they'd say 32GB every time. It would cost Apple a pittance. They want you to buy 64GB because they want your extra money Wow! I can quadruple my storage for "only" an extra $100! If 32GB was an option I sure as hell wouldn't be spending $749. They're a business but its still a scummy tactic.
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Sep 18, 2014 10:06
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ijyt posted:It would cost Apple a pittance. It was a cold and calculated business decision. We'll just have to wait and see if it ends up hurting them. I have a feeling that the guys working there are probably smarter than all of us.
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Sep 18, 2014 10:45
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Whirlwind Jones posted:A pittance x 30 million phones adds up quick. Uh, Apple has twice the cash reserves of the entire UK. You don't have to defend a multinational corporation. 
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Sep 18, 2014 11:20
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ijyt posted:Uh, Apple has twice the cash reserves of the entire UK. You don't have to defend a multinational corporation.
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Sep 18, 2014 11:38
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The UK will lose none of its land either way. gently caress sake.
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Sep 18, 2014 12:19
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Upgraded to iCloud Drive, does it still back up when plugged in and with the screen locked? Unless I'm missing something my phone didn't back up last night as the last backup date hasn't changed and I can't find the Backup Now option.
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Sep 18, 2014 12:56
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Any way to delete the recently deleted album from Photos?
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Sep 18, 2014 12:59
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Think the space requirements are really going to slow down iOS 8 adoption for normal people. Especially since there are relatively few obvious changes.
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Sep 18, 2014 13:01
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I see so many people bitching about the 8GB and 16GB devices. Don't buy them. Stop. If Apple didn't sell HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF THEM, they would stop making them. People keep buying the smallest, cheapest option, then bitch non-stop about it being the wrong phone for them. Apple looks at the numbers, see that most people buy the smallest option possible, so to them, that is obviously what the public wants. Do you think that Apple cares that you feel that "16GB is not enough" when they see people across the planet line up for a mile at every store to get a 16GB model? Getting an iPhone 5S with 16GB? Pay just ~9% more for 200% capacity. ($550/16GB -> $600/32GB) Getting an iPhone 6 with 16GB? Pay just ~15% more to get 400% storage capacity. ($650/16GB -> $750/64GB) For a device & service that will probably cost you thousands of dollars, how is "saving" $50 to $100 by permanently loving up the device with crippled storage a good idea? EugeneJ posted:Have iOS 8 running on my 4S and it's not slow at all - those "don't put it on 4S" articles must have just been preemptive clickbait Yeah, iOS 8 works amazingly well on my wife's iPhone 4S.
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Sep 18, 2014 13:14
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I feel like in general that maybe people should stop projecting their opinions about mobile devices on the entire population. The only purpose seems to be feeding the perpetual outrage machine.
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Sep 18, 2014 13:45
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In 2014 the smallest, cheapest option should be 32GB and should cost what 16GB costs, or maybe like $5 more. In 2014 you shouldn't have to pay $100 ($110 in Canada) for an extra 48GB of flash memory in a consumer device that already has large profit margins. 16/64/120 is pretty scummy.
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Sep 18, 2014 13:49
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Still trying to get used to SwiftKey but it's severely slowed me down while I check it got my words right. Though I think what bugs me the most is that I can't hold down the keyboard button to get a list of all my keyboards. I can only tap it to go back to normal and then hold it for a list.
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Sep 18, 2014 14:16
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I'm highly anticipating the inevitable "thumb length to optimal iPhone 6 screen size" comparison article. Until then it's going to be difficult to know which to get for some (in this country we only have fake apple stores that won't have hands-on demo units out for ages). Is this the best we have?
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Sep 18, 2014 14:25
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Gandhi Theft Auto posted:I'm highly anticipating the inevitable "thumb length to optimal iPhone 6 screen size" comparison article. Until then it's going to be difficult to know which to get for some (in this country we only have fake apple stores that won't have hands-on demo units out for ages). Is this the best we have? WSJ updated this with the new iPhones: http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/smartphone-ergonomics/?standalone=1
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Sep 18, 2014 14:33
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Is there a way to turn off the Predictive Text in any 3rd-party keyboard? I don't want it taking up part of my screen with guesses of what I am typing. I like the idea of having different keyboards, or keyboard themes, but I don't like the cookie-cutter approach where they work way differently than the default keyboard and there aren't any options to change.
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Sep 18, 2014 14:33
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:My Facebook used up 2% of my battery in the last 24 hours. How exactly is the app a battery hog? I just checked and Facebook has used 26% of my battery in the last 3.5 hours. I even had background app refresh off. The second was Dropbox at 11%. I checked and both of them had location services 'always' on. I would imagine since I have a very bad signal at work, this is killing my battery life away. I changed Dropbox to 'never', and Facebook to 'while using the app'. Hopefully I will see a change tomorrow. Edit: Question about 3rd party keyboards. Is there a way to make a 3rd keyboard the default keyboard. It seems when using Message, that after awhile it keeps going back to the regular iPhone keyboard. Also why doesn't Swype go to the bottom of the messages (already sent and received) automatically when typing. I have to swipe the screen up every time to see the last message sent. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Sep 18, 2014 |
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Sep 18, 2014 14:38
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It is ridiculous that Apple still has it's low tier at 16gb but it is nice that they give you twice as much storage for the same price compared to the last few years. But they're keeping the trend of valuing storage space much higher than their Android and Windows Phone counterparts, even more so if you've got a phone with MicroSD support as you can get a 128gb card for $100 but then again your phone may only come with 4gb of OS space.
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Xenomorph posted:I see so many people bitching about the 8GB and 16GB devices. Don't buy them. Stop. If Apple didn't sell HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF THEM, they would stop making them. People keep buying the smallest, cheapest option, then bitch non-stop about it being the wrong phone for them. Apple looks at the numbers, see that most people buy the smallest option possible, so to them, that is obviously what the public wants. People will always buy the cheapest one because it's the cheapest, but it's not the existence of smaller storage that rubs people the wrong way, it's the ridiculous markup. Obviously it's a great business decision by Apple, because it will make them a ton of money, but that doesn't mean people have to like it.
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Sep 18, 2014 14:53
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My iPad Air updated last night. I noticed the new Hey Siri requires it to be plugged in though. Is that limitation just in the iPads or is it in the phones too?
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Sep 18, 2014 15:10
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Aphrodite posted:My iPad Air updated last night. I noticed the new Hey Siri requires it to be plugged in though. It's present in both.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:11
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It exists on the phones, too.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:11
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It, also, is like this on the phones.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:13
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Aphrodite posted:My iPad Air updated last night. I noticed the new Hey Siri requires it to be plugged in though. I think it's supposed to be more of a while-you're-driving feature, hence why it only works while plugged in.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:18
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Do notes no longer sync through iCloud? Ever since I updated to iOS 8 none of my notes are syncing between my phone and iPad.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:19
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Snuffman posted:I think it's supposed to be more of a while-you're-driving feature, hence why it only works while plugged in. Yeah, I figured it's for driving or like setting up a quick alarm/reminder while it's sitting on the charger or something. Strange that they didn't make it always on in at least the iPhone 6es. Motorola somehow managed to make theirs work in the new Moto X while getting rid of the secondary low power processor.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:23
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Am I doing something wrong or does Hey Siri only work while plugged in and the screen is on? I was hoping it would work whenever it was plugged in.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:27
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Whenever it's plugged in. I've done it from screen off many times.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:28
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Works fine for me when the screen is locked. It's even triggered a few times listening to podcasts when the host exclaims "is he serious?!"
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Aphrodite posted:Motorola somehow managed to make theirs work in the new Moto X while getting rid of the secondary low power processor. IIRC it's that the main applications processor in the 2013 Moto X (the S4 Pro) didn't support hotword detection, so Motorola added the sidecar CPU. The new Moto X uses a Snapdragon 801, and in that series Qualcomm built-in low power hotword detection, so no need for the secondary unit just for that purpose. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a feature Apple's holding out on for the A9/6s next year.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:31
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So, noticed that the top-right corner of the screen on my 5s is starting to bulge out. That's probably a battery issue, right?
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Sep 18, 2014 15:32
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My iphone 5s has a crack in the screen. Anyone here ever done the screen replacement themselves? How hard is it really? and what kit would you recommend? I got an upgrade I can use, for the 6, but the resale value of the 5s is so much lower when there is a screen crack.
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Sep 18, 2014 15:33
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I'm glad the cheap option is only 16 GB because it really seems to wind up the most annoying bitch rear end posters.
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sudo rm -rf posted:So, noticed that the top-right corner of the screen on my 5s is starting to bulge out. That's probably a battery issue, right? Could be. Had the same problem, and when I took mine in on Monday I was told the battery was fine and what was really going on was there was a piece of plastic on the inside that had fallen out of place. They just popped open the phone, fixed that, and reseated the screen. On the outside chance it's an inflated battery I'd say get it to a Genius Bar stat.
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For the 5/5s, the battery is along the left edge. So if the right side is popping out there is a chance it's not the battery.. I guess it just depends on random luck because the battery takes up almost half the width of the phone. Obviously take it in but don't be surprised if it's not the battery. But if it is, woo-hoo, free replacement!
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kitten smoothie posted:Could be. Had the same problem, and when I took mine in on Monday I was told the battery was fine and what was really going on was there was a piece of plastic on the inside that had fallen out of place. Was it just an in-warranty fix for you? I don't have Applecare+, unfortunately.
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