iOS8!

[Himu]

[bork]

They have cut and paste...

Cut and paste keys.  I'm looking at my wife's 6 right now-- no cut and paste keys.  The 6 Plus has more keys in landscape mode.

[TakingBackSunday]

oh sorry, keys.  Yeah...they should at least have them on the 6.  Aren't the keys only there in landscape mode for the 6+ though?

[CatsCatsCats]

Really sounds like an unnecessary feature to me

[TakingBackSunday]

Eh.  I don't think anyone has really nailed copy/paste on mobile yet

[Mr. Gundam]

AT&T buyback is amazing. They took my mom and dad's POS iPhone 4 units that can't even run IOS7 and gave 'em $200 apiece for them. They're four year-old phones, for chrissakes.

Verizon gave me a wife a free iPhone 6 for her 2-year old 4S.

[nudemacusers]

wait what is this about a verizon buyback? I can roll in with my 4S and get a 6? Or do I need to be in upgrade cycle?

[Himu]

verizon gave gundam a wife?

[nudemacusers]

and more importantly, a new iphone. talk about winning at life.

[TakingBackSunday]

Is that the trade in value, or are you locked into those awful carrier upgrade plans like Next?  They are a waste of money.

[Himu]

Verizon gave him a wife AND her a free phone so that they can bond sending cat pictures to each other

[Mr. Gundam]

Goddammit autocorrect.

 

She just had to sign a new 2-year contract which we were gonna do anyways. We get a sizable discount on the monthly bill through her employer as well.

We were also due for phone upgrades.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Is that the trade in value, or are you locked into those awful carrier upgrade plans like Next?  They are a waste of money.

Kept the same plan but they gave 'em $400 total in gift cards to apply on their bill. Yeah Next and the mobile share bullshit the carriers seem to push are a huge ripoff.

[Brehvolution]

I walked into Best Buy on Friday at 3pm and walked out with a gold 64GB 6 within 20 minutes.

My daughter doesn't know how lucky she is.

[bork]

 

[toku]

God the 6 is pretty fucking big isn't it? wish these things were like 130+ dollars. I want one

[toku]

So whats the wallpaper size on regular 6s?

[demi]

Apparently 8.0.1 is killing cellular service. You now own the iPod Touch 6

[cool breeze]

yeah I'm just gonna downgrade to ios7.  iOS 8

[TakingBackSunday]

how the fuck does that even pass the first wave of testing

That's the FIRST FUCKING THING you check when making changes to a PHONE

oy vey apple.  fire whoever your QA heads are

[Himu]

how the fuck does that even pass the first wave of testing

That's the FIRST FUCKING THING you check when making changes to a PHONE

oy vey apple.  fire whoever your QA heads are

[bork]

[seagrams hotsauce]

I'm beginning to really hate the releases for these things. It seems like any time I pull it out I get some kind of snarky comment. "Haha how long did you wait for that?" "Haha bend that thing yet?" "Haha did you put yours in the microwave? "Haha iPhones are for girls go android" It happens every time I upgrade, and it wouldn't be half as annoying if these folks would stick by their dumb brand cheerleading. But I've lost count of people who've said shit like this and wound up getting some variation of iPhone shortly thereafter.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

[Cheddahz]

yeah I'm just gonna downgrade to ios7.  iOS 8

How do you downgrade?

[Himu]

yeah I'm just gonna downgrade to ios7.  iOS 8

How do you downgrade?

Restored with this.

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/09/17/ios-8-on-iphone-5-first-impressions-and-performance/

[Himu]

I'm beginning to really hate the releases for these things. It seems like any time I pull it out I get some kind of snarky comment. "Haha how long did you wait for that?" "Haha bend that thing yet?" "Haha did you put yours in the microwave? "Haha iPhones are for girls go android" It happens every time I upgrade, and it wouldn't be half as annoying if these folks would stick by their dumb brand cheerleading. But I've lost count of people who've said shit like this and wound up getting some variation of iPhone shortly thereafter.

I didn't notice how salty android users were until the batch of iphone 6's and ios 8. it's just one after another, even in public. i never seen anyone commenting on android phones so it's pretty

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I'm beginning to really hate the releases for these things. It seems like any time I pull it out I get some kind of snarky comment. "Haha how long did you wait for that?" "Haha bend that thing yet?" "Haha did you put yours in the microwave? "Haha iPhones are for girls go android" It happens every time I upgrade, and it wouldn't be half as annoying if these folks would stick by their dumb brand cheerleading. But I've lost count of people who've said shit like this and wound up getting some variation of iPhone shortly thereafter.

I didn't notice how salty android users were until the batch of iphone 6's and ios 8. it's just one after another, even in public. i never seen anyone commenting on android phones so it's pretty

more proof iOS users are 2 years behind the times

[seagrams hotsauce]

I'm beginning to really hate the releases for these things. It seems like any time I pull it out I get some kind of snarky comment. "Haha how long did you wait for that?" "Haha bend that thing yet?" "Haha did you put yours in the microwave? "Haha iPhones are for girls go android" It happens every time I upgrade, and it wouldn't be half as annoying if these folks would stick by their dumb brand cheerleading. But I've lost count of people who've said shit like this and wound up getting some variation of iPhone shortly thereafter.

I didn't notice how salty android users were until the batch of iphone 6's and ios 8. it's just one after another, even in public. i never seen anyone commenting on android phones so it's pretty

The thing is, I'm not even one of the 'cultist' type Apple fans. I've considered switching to Android a couple times, and any time I explore my options I wind up deciding that I'd just rather stick to what I've known for years rather than learn a new OS. People act like you have to go through some kind of initiation ritual where you hold a burning picture of Jobs in your hand while you swear to never betray La Nostra Mela, when the reality is I'm just too lazy to switch. I knew Android users hated iOS, but it didn't sink in til I realized every post on my FB about the 6 was some jeering, snide android fan getting their licks in. As long as I can take dope pics, listen to whatever I want to on the planet, and meet strange women on the internet with minimal effort, I'm happy.

Also hilariously got to hear a friend who's not really in the tech loop go on a long rant about how Apple is doing everything two years late, and now nobody wants this shit and Apple is dead. I mean, I assume the popularity of iPhones is waning, but when was the last time people lined up around the block for whatever Samsung put out last?

[Himu]

Iphone 6 sold 10 million in like a day. How is iphone dying? What?

Anyways, I'm not a cultist. I don't even have a Mac anymore. I just don't want to be in an app ghetto.

[TakingBackSunday]

As I've said several times, most of the cutting edge apps, not just games, are being brainstormed, designed, and developed on iOS first.  iOS development features some of the best design and broad scope productivity philsophies in the mobile scene.

Most of the career grit and grind programmers and developers prefer android for the freedom, and Google kicks Apple's ass in terms of OS design and development tools (although they still baffle with some of their choices).  Unfortunately, those guys don't run these start ups for the most part.  And if they do, they acknowledge that iOS development is where effort should be spent first and foremost.

[chronovore]

I'm curious about Android and would buy (read: "allow someone to lend me") an Android device, but I already have more games than I can play on iOS and Android peeps are always complaining that no-one makes stuff for them.

I can tell you what I hate about iOS though, and some Paranoid Android-head can tell me if it exists on their platform:

Very limited local file storage from web:
- find a pic you like? tap-and-hold to save the file to your camera roll.
- find a PDF you wanted? tap-and-hold to open it in iBooks, saving it locally -- it's stored on your Mac if you back up locally, but otherwise it's only resident on the device
- find an MP3 you like? GOOD LUCK SAVING IT ON YOUR PHONE.
- same with MP4 or any other kind of media which could be feasibly connected to MPAA or RIAA interests.

Somewhat stupid Options locations; half of them are in the apps, WHERE THEY BELONG, the rest are in iOS' Options which further separates them by category, so they're not in a single list, AND then has separate headers again for Privacy and Notifications, which then have sub-lists for the apps again. WHAT A MESS.

Huh.

I guess I've only got the two gripes. That's surprising.

[Eel O'Brian]

I'll just say this: even at its best, Android is a buggy mess which lags at times on even the most powerful new hardware. It can run like complete shit one minute and butter the next. If you know that going in, and are willing to accept the performance tradeoff for the customization freedom and external storage options, it's a better overall OS.

[Positive Touch]

using android is like using your parents pc: it can be a janky mess and sometimes it's a pain the ass, but you can still do whatever you want on it as long as you put in the time.

[Pringo]

8.0.2 is out now. Fixes all the stuff they broke in 8.0.1.

[chronovore]

I think I'll wait for 8.0.3

[bork]

Finally got my iPhone 6 Plus.  Was interesting watching the tracking progress.  The package just sort of went between depots in China and South Korea for a week with exceptions like crazy, then shipped Thursday and was delivered the next day. 

Concerns over the size are gone.  The phone fits comfortably in my front pocket.  The Spigen clear case I got fits it like a glove and is thin enough that it's not even noticeable times.  The battery life is awesome and the larger screen is enough that I may start doing some iOS gaming...if they ever get games updated, that is.  The stuff I tried either crashed or didn't scale up properly.  It's a mess.

One thing that ran great and looked fantastic blown-up on the larger screen was Gridlee, AKA MAME.  Was surprised at how good and how well games I tried ran.  Now I need a controller, because touch controls are ass.

Bend-gate has affected me in that I now keep checking the shape of the phone every time I take it out of my pocket. 

[chronovore]

The bending thing is people trolling. I'm sure there are valid cases, but the video of that nerd straining his cup-ramen fueled muscles against a phone case was hilarious.

[dmj]

The whole bending phenomenon is odd.  People who don't own iPhones care more about it than people that do... I wonder why?

--

Switching gears, I really need the App Store to start approving all of these apps optimized for larger screens. It's bad on the six, but I can't imagine how bad unoptimized apps look on the six plus.

[bork]

I'm not expecting to find the phone bent, it's just that those stupid videos have made me slightly paranoid in the back of my mind.   

Used my Plus pretty heavily yesterday and the battery was only down to around 76% at the end of the day.  So awesome. 

[chronovore]

Yeah, that was my reaction upgrading from 4S to 5S -- Hey, it’s the evening, and I still have battery left? NO WAY.

[bork]

One thing that does still run the battery down too quick?  Gaming.  I tried Modern Combat 5 online, and after 15 minutes, 20% of the battery was lost.

[chronovore]

One thing that does still run the battery down too quick?  Gaming.  I tried Modern Combat 5 online, and after 15 minutes, 20% of the battery was lost.

You do understand that graphics require processing, and processing requires power, right? 

Please understand.

[bork]

I think I'm just battery-paranoid.  I swear the battery is draining faster than it should for even "regular" use.  Like I start browsing a website and one minute later, one percent of the battery has already gone down.  Maybe that's just how it is when you open the browser or take the phone out of standby mode.  But despite what I perceive as battery drain, I still end up with like 60-70% of the battery remaining by the the end of the day, so I'm probably just fucking nuts.     It does feel like some of the charge is lost more quickly when in standby mode, however.  I don't remember the battery draining say, 5-8% if I leave it in my pocket unused for several hours on my previous iPhone models.  I went and turned off a number of settings that are supposed to help with battery life and reset network settings, but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. 

I should probably just turn off the battery percentage meter and stop worrying over what is likely nothing.

[toku]

You can check what apps are using batter percentage for the last 24 hours or so now. That helps, if you're checking that.

[bork]

You can check what apps are using batter percentage for the last 24 hours or so now. That helps, if you're checking that.

I have and it's pretty much just Safari. 

[seagrams hotsauce]

Can anyone explain how to delete photos en masse to me? I have 2 gigs of space eaten up by pics I have backed up and I can't figure out how to get rid of them without selecting them one by one, and fuck that noise.

[chronovore]

Deleting them from your phone, or deleting them from a photo stream, or deleting from a backup?

[Himu]

I have been having trouble uploading images to safari so I checked out the patch notes for 8.0.2 and thought that it'd be a good update. Since it's been a few weeks, they haven't put out 8.0.3 yet, I figured it was a stable update after the borked 8.0.1. Nope.

Put my phone in recovery.

  Now I've lost everything and currently restoring from the ground up. Thank Apple! Looking online, this is a common problem with 4's and 5's. Do NOT update your 4 or 5 to 0.2. DO NOT. Warning, DO NOT.

[Himu]

God this is taking FOREVER. I need my PHONE in case the boss calls. FUCK.

[Himu]

HOlyshit iooasdof my phone is BRICKED. I just dled the update from itunes twice and it gives me an error, says to restore. But when I click restore it only gives me an 8.0.2 update prompt.

FUCK.

[chronovore]

Was thinking about updating, but an international trip is looming. NFW am I updating imm. prior to a trip.

Good luck, Himumu. Have you contacted an Apple Store for possible help?