Recent comments in /f/iphone

EVOrider1998 t1_j23ivbd wrote

I started on the 6s in 2015. When the XR came out, I got one and tried it for a month. I liked the battery life, but I couldn’t get Face ID to work well for me. It also probably didn’t help that I was so use to a home button. So, I gave the XR to my daughter and I went back the the 6s, which is still being used today.

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c0smogfd t1_j23fzkr wrote

More than that, they’ve gone up to 6 years before with the iPhone 6s. It didn’t get iOS 16 this year, but it got iOS 15 last year and will continue to get security updates for as long as Apple wants to keep supporting it.

My iPad mini 2 (2013) stopped getting major iOS updates with iOS 12 (released 2018) and got regular security updates for years, and I even got a security update in August this year. Granted it was to fix a big vulnerability, but it’s almost 10 years old.

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CaptNemo131 t1_j23fjno wrote

That the little bit of black between the two modules is really just black screen? That’s the only “issue” I’ve heard about it related to sunlight.

It’s not an issue, it’s reviewers looking for something to criticize.

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Anonymous_ro t1_j23e8h3 wrote

S10 to 14 pro max here, iphone is superior at almost everything in my opinion, I don’t really care about costumization, cameras are better, battery is the best, everything works better, apps and apps design work better, everything is smoother, it is a more enjoyable experience, I will never fully go back to android again, maybe I will use some fold or flip as a second phone because they are unique.

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GimmiCookies t1_j23dwti wrote

I like chinese stuff. There are some real gems. But a have a strict rule: I buy chargers and power banks from well known, genuine brands only.

Cheap quality or shortcuts in production may lead to fried devices or your house to burn down.

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bbb3000 t1_j23dhzt wrote

I switched from OP7T Pro to the iPhone 14 Pro a couple weeks ago. Up until now I do not regret it at all. I do miss a couple things (like the “back button” being on the left AND right of the phones edges and it working in every app and I miss YT Vanced) but all in all the iPhone is very smooth and works so well. My gf has an iPhone 12 which she bought around the time it came out, so a little over 2 years now, and it works like on the day she bought it. Something I never had with android phones, they always did work worse after every year of usage. So yeah, I am quite glad with the change.

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www9animeDOTid t1_j23dgn2 wrote

Reply to comment by dskatter in iOS 12.5 by Effective-Ad6542

Irrelevant if the iPhone becomes a device where you can no longer use software, so yes that old Android device is funnily enough becomes the better and more useful.

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IAmDrNoLife t1_j23cxy2 wrote

Reply to comment by MDM3331 in Face ID: a hassle or no? by drDVMHomie

Might be. The phone I had was a 6S, and the fingerprint scanner worked at best 50% of the time.

All I can say with certainty is that I followed the setup instructions to a T. I also ended up doing the setup process many times over, because it was incredible how bad the fingerprint scanner worked. But it was always bad.

But yeah, it caused me great frustration. So I'm really happy about FaceID. That, and the gesture based navigation, was the reasons I switched to an iPhone X as soon as it came out.

But yeah, if it wasn't clear before. My iPhone had a better fingerprint scanner than my laptop. That I will give Apple. While it was still trash (in my opinion), it still worked better than my current laptop does.

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MDM3331 t1_j23cg3y wrote

Reply to comment by IAmDrNoLife in Face ID: a hassle or no? by drDVMHomie

Something is up with either the way you add your prints or they keep changing for some reason for it to fail so often. Even first gen touch id doesn't mess up this bad for most people

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