Apples launch today, iPhone freezing.

James Bond Junior

Is it a coincidence that on the very day the iPhone 7 is launched that my year old iPhone 6 is freezing and generally acting the prick? This happening to anybody else?

Funk you apple, android here I come.

B.A._Baracus

Thanks now I have the James Bond Jnr theme in my head.

I hope you can't think of anything but The A-Team now :mad::pac:

Sh1tbag OToole

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Funk you apple, android here I come.

Android is a load of sh1t too. Getting fairly sick of that duopoly

Fr_Dougal

It's all fun and games 'til someone loses an earphone.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Is it a coincidence that on the very day the iPhone 7 is launched that my year old iPhone 6 is freezing and generally acting the prick? This happening to anybody else?

Funk you apple, android here I come.

You don't want freezing and acting the prick and you want an android phone...you're not gonna have a good time. I have both and that's my experience anyway.

Inb4 apple v Samsung fanbois.

YFlyer

Was just prowling around the Apple Launch thread. Bunch of geeks on it.

James Bond Junior

YFlyer wrote: »

Was just prowling around the Apple Launch thread. Bunch of geeks on it.

Posted from my iPhone.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I've had my iPhone 5 for 4 years and the only trouble I've had with it was when I dropped it and smashed my screen, breaking my camera. Haven't taken a selfie in nearly a month. Cannot wait for the 7, rose gold baby!

_Kaiser_

Watched the launch/announcement a while ago out of curiosity (as someone who currently uses Android).

Not particularly impressed... lots of marketing spin about the manufacturing process and the colours, and the home button(??) but nothing groundbreaking - except maybe the price.. over €1000 for the top-end version!!

More telling, even the iPhone fans don't seem blown away by it.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Innovation has really slowed down. Not just for iPhone but android too. Better cameras, more memory but nothing innovative. I don't care about a new home button or "3D touch"... Make my battery last longer than a day and id be interested but not €1000 interested.

worded

I had an iPhone for years and I'm considering defecting to something else

What's the best alt out there ?

_Kaiser_

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Innovation has really slowed down. Not just for iPhone but android too. Better cameras, more memory but nothing innovative. I don't care about a new home button or "3D touch"... Make my battery last longer than a day and id be interested but not €1000 interested.

Yep, to be fair Samsung are having the same issue.. the S6 Edge/Edge+ is still every bit as good as the subsequent S7 series (as someone who has both)

Then there's the Note 7 fiasco....

It's mainly incremental but marginal hardware updates and gimmicks no-one uses after a day at the minute

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

worded wrote: »

I had an iPhone for years and I'm considering defecting to something else

What's the best alt out there ?

I went for the new oneplus phone. It's got a custom android ROM and a decent battery life and a great screen. It's not quite as slick as the iPhone but if your on a budget it's half the price of one.

worded

The Honey Monster wrote: »

I went for the new oneplus phone. It's got a custom android ROM and a decent battery life and a great screen. It's not quite as slick as the iPhone but if your on a budget it's half the price of one.

Spec looks good in comparison

http://www.cnet.com/news/specs-compared-apple-iphone-7-plus-vs-samsung-galaxy-note-7-lg-v20-and-oneplus-3/

Will it handle an exchange email account and contacts ?

It's also dual sim - interesting

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Yep, to be fair Samsung are having the same issue.. the S6 Edge/Edge+ is still every bit as good as the subsequent S7 series (as someone who has both)

Then there's the Note 7 fiasco....

It's mainly incremental but marginal hardware updates and gimmicks no-one uses after a day at the minute

Nail on head there. The only thing that made me upgrade my iPhone was that as new iOS came out it was made for newer devices and it just slowed down. Same thing happened all my Samsung's too. Phones themselves were perfect but newer operating systems slowed them to death.

BionicRasher

Moto Z and Moto Mods are pretty innovative. First iteration so that will be tweaked also but it looks like the way to go. Basic phone with a number of add ons to suit most people's choice/taste/requirements.
Hard to keep innovating as it's reached tipping point now so it will just be small advances from here on I suspect.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

worded wrote: »

Spec looks good in comparison

http://www.cnet.com/news/specs-compared-apple-iphone-7-plus-vs-samsung-galaxy-note-7-lg-v20-and-oneplus-3/

Will it handle an exchange email account and contacts ?

It's also dual sim - interesting

Not sure about that email question. It's done everything I've thrown at it anyway so far. Bit of a software step down coming from iOS but I'm getting used to it. It's a beast of a phone, just different.

andekwarhola

The best android phones and iPhone offer more or less a similar product and have plateaued in terms of power and innovation. A top end phone one or two iterations back is still more than adequate for most needs.

That said, fair play to Apple as there will still be a significant amount of retards that will pay about 20% extra just to flash an Apple logo (while intoning some zombie mumbo jumbo about 'ecosystems') though.

suicide_circus

Does my phone make calls, have the internet for browsing/tunes/videos/whatsapp and take photos with decent battery? Yes? Job done.

Capt'n Midnight

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

It's all fun and games 'til someone loses an earphone.

Don't worry , you've to buy new headphones anyway.

It's been confirmed that it won't support the normal headphone cable that have been around since 1878.

So you'll have to buy new cables or get bluetooth, and good luck getting bluetooth to synch with video.




Didn't think it was possible but now I have even less interest in a new iphone.

bazz26

Could be worse. Could be a Windows phone.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

bazz26 wrote: »

Could be worse. Could be a Windows phone.

I'd rather have a 3310.

z6vm1dobfnca3x

Two days ago I downgraded from an iPhone 6 to a Nokia 222.

So far, so good. I'm enjoying using my eyes to look at the world around me instead of reaching for that piece of **** every 30 seconds!

P.S. I'm an iPhone repair technician... And no, I am not joking.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

Two days ago I downgraded from an iPhone 6 to a Nokia 222.

So far, so good. I'm enjoying using my eyes to look at the world around me instead of reaching for that piece of **** every 30 seconds!

P.S. I'm an iPhone repair technician... And no, I am not joking.

I've thought about doing this too and I didn't in the end...I hate staring into it too but the reason I stared at it for so long was because of Facebook, instead of changing the phone I just deleted Facebook and other time consuming apps I had.

murpho999

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Don't worry , you've to buy new headphones anyway.

It's been confirmed that it won't support the normal headphone cable that have been around since 1878.

So you'll have to buy new cables or get bluetooth, and good luck getting bluetooth to synch with video.




Didn't think it was possible but now I have even less interest in a new iphone.

So you don't think it's time to move on from something from 1878? FFS, is it too soon for you?

Anyhow, what you are saying is not true as all iPhone 7s are being shipped with a free adapter so people can use their own 3.5mm headphones if they want.

Grayson

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Innovation has really slowed down. Not just for iPhone but android too. Better cameras, more memory but nothing innovative. I don't care about a new home button or "3D touch"... Make my battery last longer than a day and id be interested but not €1000 interested.

Your next phone might be a sony then.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/01/sony-boost-smartphone-batteries-people-are-not-replacing-phones

Ok, they're not longer lasting as in you get more usage in a day but you can go longer before the battery needs replacing.

_Whimsical_

Apart from a week long battery and dropping several hundred quid off phone prices, what feature is left that would actually excite us at the moment?

There's not much left to do, we need a leap now to something none of us know we want yet or something we can't even dream up before phones get really exciting again.

I actually miss finding this stuff interesting!

Cookie_Monster

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Apart from a week long battery and dropping several hundred quid off phone prices, what feature is left that would actually excite us at the moment?

a universal translator would be pretty good

_Whimsical_

I wonder if we have had our generations "big thing", that massive paradigm shifting innovation that changes daily life forever for the ordinary person that only seems to come once or twice in a generation. We have had Internet and mobile devices, could be be lucky enough to have another?
I'd be sad to think not.

lawlolawl

worded wrote: »

I had an iPhone for years and I'm considering defecting to something else

What's the best alt out there ?

Whatever your service provider will give you for free with your contract.

Phones are pretty much obsolete weeks after they are released and, realistically, what are you using it for? Social media, web browsing, calls and texts. The crappiest android phone will do all that.

Discodog

I have a Nexus 5 which I love. It has never frozen or failed to perform perfectly. The battery life could be better but it's two years old & I have no desire to replace it.

I got a couple of cheap Huawei Phones, around €100, for some elderly friends & they are surprisingly good. I would never spend a lot on a phone again. The Chinese Phone thread here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057438440 is the place to go for good value phones.

People buy Apple & Samsung as a status symbol.

andekwarhola

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Apart from a week long battery and dropping several hundred quid off phone prices, what feature is left that would actually excite us at the moment?

There's not much left to do, we need a leap now to something none of us know we want yet or something we can't even dream up before phones get really exciting again.

I actually miss finding this stuff interesting!

I used to be one of those people that upgraded every 12-14 months but kept my last phone for about 3 years and just picked up a spare battery. It's probably no coincidence that more and more phones appear to have sealed-in batteries.

The Bishop Basher

andekwarhola wrote: »

That said, fair play to Apple as there will still be a significant amount of retards that will pay about 20% extra just to flash an Apple logo (while intoning some zombie mumbo jumbo about 'ecosystems') though.

Not cool to use that word for anyone..

But that aside..

Many of us will happily pay the premium because we like the product.. It's our hard earned money and we'll be the ones using the phone.

Your time would probably be better spent trying to figure out why that bothers you so much instead of abusing strangers on the net for their own personal choices..

andekwarhola

Swanner wrote: »

Not cool to use that word for anyone..

But that aside..

Many of us will happily pay the premium because we like the product.. It's our hard earned money and we'll be the ones using the phone.

Your time would probably be better spent trying to figure out why that bothers you so much instead of abusing strangers on the net for their own personal choices..

Can I interest you in an unique Apple crystal that interfaces with your phone depending on your mood? €299. Only 250 made.

z6vm1dobfnca3x

The Honey Monster wrote: »

I've thought about doing this too and I didn't in the end...I hate staring into it too but the reason I stared at it for so long was because of Facebook, instead of changing the phone I just deleted Facebook and other time consuming apps I had.

You should give it a try for a week! Even just to remind yourself what it's like to live without that constant interruption.

Realistically I'll need to revert back to an iPhone though, as I need to be able to reply quickly to work emails, wherever I am. But what you did is probably what I'll do going forward.

Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram etc. will all be deleted for good!

omega man

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

Two days ago I downgraded from an iPhone 6 to a Nokia 222.

So far, so good. I'm enjoying using my eyes to look at the world around me instead of reaching for that piece of **** every 30 seconds!

P.S. I'm an iPhone repair technician... And no, I am not joking.

I swapped over my work Samsung smart phone for a tiny Nokia 105 dumb phone last week. Calls, text and that's it basically. Perfect.

I do have my own personal iPhone SE mind you which I love. iPhone 6 functionality in the size of a 5.

Don't think I'm ready to get rid of the iPhone just yet although I'm liking the sheer simplicity of the Nokia.

The Honey Monster

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Innovation has really slowed down. Not just for iPhone but android too. Better cameras, more memory but nothing innovative. I don't care about a new home button or "3D touch"... Make my battery last longer than a day and id be interested but not €1000 interested.

In fairness, the likes of OnePlus have pretty excellent batteries. The "flagship" brands of both Apple and Android have slowed down, but there's still innovation out there.

z6vm1dobfnca3x

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness, the likes of OnePlus have pretty excellent batteries. The "flagship" brands of both Apple and Android have slowed down, but there's still innovation out there.

A friend of mine got the OnePlus 3 the other day and while it's a great phone for great price, it still just feels a little bit cheap...

BTW, the it's not that the battery on the OnePlus 3 is excellent - it has some new kind of charging technology that allows you to charge the battery to 75% within 30 minutes, or something like that.

The actual battery life itself is similar to an iPhone from what I've heard.

omega man wrote: »

I swapped over my work Samsung smart phone for a tiny Nokia 105 dumb phone last week. Calls, text and that's it basically. Perfect.

I do have my own personal iPhone SE mind you which I love. iPhone 6 functionality in the size of a 5.

Don't think I'm ready to get rid of the iPhone just yet although I'm liking the sheer simplicity of the Nokia.

Do you think you'll stick with the Blokia? And what are you doing with the SE for the moment?

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

A friend of mine got the OnePlus 3 the other day and while it's a great phone for great price, it still just feels a little bit cheap...

BTW, the it's not that the battery on the OnePlus 3 is excellent - it has some new kind of charging technology that allows you to charge the battery to 75% within 30 minutes, or something like that.

The actual battery life itself is similar to an iPhone from what I've heard.



Do you think you'll stick with the Blokia? And what are you doing with the SE for the moment?

In fairness, you're getting a phone that is as good for hundreds less.

z6vm1dobfnca3x

Deleted User wrote: »

In fairness, you're getting a phone that is as good for hundreds less.

I agree, but I'm not a fan of Android.

If it ran iOS, I'd probably buy one tomorrow.

mass_debater

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

I agree, but I'm not a fan of Android.

If it ran iOS, I'd probably buy one tomorrow.

I'm the opposite, I have a OnePlus One and iPhone 6. I hate the iPhone, detest iOS, it's just clunky, simplistic and wrong. Give me the iPhone hardware with Android would be my dream phone

degsie

James Bond Junior wrote: »

Is it a coincidence that on the very day the iPhone 7 is launched that my year old iPhone 6 is freezing and generally acting the prick? This happening to anybody else?

Funk you apple, android here I come.

Funny how iPhones are freezing and Samsungs are burning up!

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

I agree, but I'm not a fan of Android.

If it ran iOS, I'd probably buy one tomorrow.

The OnePlus phones don't run the stock Android ROM though and, unless they've changed with the Three, run a CyanogenMod OS. But if you're not happy with the one that comes with it, you can always try out one of the other ones.

_Kaiser_

Kairi Polite Nitroglycerin wrote: »

You should give it a try for a week! Even just to remind yourself what it's like to live without that constant interruption

The problem is though - especially if you use the phone for work, or work emails - that everyone else will expect you to be contactable instantly by chat/email

For example, most of my friends are married/settled and living all over the place. If it wasn't for the Viber group we have setup we probably wouldn't talk from one end of the week to the other.

It's more that you should filter what you're notified about. If you don't need to know about every Facebook triviality, disable it, mute or aggregate notifications in chats etc

mass_debater

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The OnePlus phones don't run the stock Android ROM though and, unless they've changed with the Three, run a CyanogenMod OS. But if you're not happy with the one that comes with it, you can always try out one of the other ones.

No they don't. Oneplus and Cyanogen fell out shortly after the release of the One. Since the Two they've come with Oxygen which is pretty close to stock Android.

givyjoe

murpho999 wrote: »

So you don't think it's time to move on from something from 1878? FFS, is it too soon for you?

Anyhow, what you are saying is not true as all iPhone 7s are being shipped with a free adapter so people can use their own 3.5mm headphones if they want.

Hear, hear... lets roll out square wheels too. Those round ones have been around for too long. Not only that, lets market it as an upgrade and charge even more than our usual over inflated price.

BrokenArrows

The Honey Monster wrote: »

Nail on head there. The only thing that made me upgrade my iPhone was that as new iOS came out it was made for newer devices and it just slowed down. Same thing happened all my Samsung's too. Phones themselves were perfect but newer operating systems slowed them to death.

Never upgrade a phones operating system unless there is something specifically wrong with your phone which the update fixes or the update has some feature which you MUST have.

This is the problem with is updates. They will eventually slow down your phone.

ando

It’s not just updates, its security updates too. As times goes on, hackers find windows to get around IOS/Android security, which the updates are there to close. Unfortunately the updates also are aimed at higher spec phones which ultimately can slow older phones down too. It would be great if you could choose between security and general updates, but somehow I doubt this will ever happen

andekwarhola

A company that routinely ensures you have to use proprietary - instead of generic - accessories is of course presumably only ditching headphone support to strike a noble blow for technological progress.

lawlolawl

andekwarhola wrote: »

A company that routinely ensures you have to use proprietary - instead of generic - accessories is of course presumably only ditching headphone support to strike a noble blow for technological progress.

Apple are such a ****-heel company but people have been cargo-culted into buying whatever they are currently shilling.

Fair play to Apple. They are selling a middling product but they are basically telling everyone it is innovative and premium and for some reason people are believing them. The BMW/Merc of mobile phones.

Atoms for Peace

I had a Nexus 7 which was a great little tablet, until I updated android which rendered it a slow POS and managed to brick it while flashing it with the previous thanks to a dodgy usb connector, thanks Google.