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ios 12 a disgrace

  • 08-10-2018 03:40PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭


    I have used iphones since the 4 came out and on every release of iOS queried why its impossible to block calls with no caller id.
    This is now a feature on even the cheapest Androids.

    I finally switched last Saturday to a Galaxy.

    Reason i chose it was the Samsung SmartSwitch app for Galaxy which downloads all contacts photos etc from iCloud and updates the Galaxy.

    Next step this evening is to get the Itunes music transferred.

    Will Apple ever give their phones basic phone functions?


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,255 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Mine iPhone can make/receive calls and texts. Does your not?

    I think apple have the basics covered!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭davo2001


    godtabh wrote: »
    Mine iPhone can make/receive calls and texts. Does your not?

    I think apple have the basics covered!

    Strange, last time I checked a smart phone shouldn't just cover the basics, especially one that can cost over €1000.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭Oxter


    davo2001 wrote: »
    Strange, last time I checked a smart phone shouldn't just cover the basics, especially one that can cost over €1000.

    I cannot bar calls from 'no caller id' calls
    Being able to do this is a basic function,

    Even the cheapest Alba android for €15 in Argos has it-


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Oxter wrote: »
    I cannot bar calls from 'no caller id' calls
    Being able to do this is a basic function,

    Even the cheapest Alba android for €15 in Argos has it-

    I'm agreeing with you! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    I can reject those callls by pressing the red reject button when they come in. Simple.
    Also I don’t get the fear of blocked numbers. What’s the worst that can happen?

    Calling iOS 12 a disgrace because of the lack of one feature whilst ignoring the other things it does that android can’t is ridiculous imho.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭davo2001


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Calling iOS 12 a disgrace because of the lack of one feature whilst ignoring the other things it does that android can’t is ridiculous imho.

    Such as what exactly? (Genuine question by the way!)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭Oxter


    murpho999 wrote: »
    I can reject those callls by pressing the red reject button when they come in. Simple.
    Also I don’t get the fear of blocked numbers. What’s the worst that can happen?

    Calling iOS 12 a disgrace because of the lack of one feature whilst ignoring the other things it does that android can’t is ridiculous imho.

    Like sex, if you do it yourself its no good.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    I suppose they can get away with releasing cr@p with all the would-chop-their-bits-off-for-apple-fanboys around





    iOS 12.0.1 includes bug fixes and improvements for your iPhone or iPad. This update:
    - Fixes an issue where some iPhone XS devices did not immediately charge when connected to a Lightning cable
    - Resolves an issue that could cause iPhone XS devices to rejoin a Wi-Fi network at 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz
    - Restores the original position of the ".?123" key on the iPad keyboard
    - Fixes an issue where subtitles may not appear in some video apps
    - Addresses an issue where Bluetooth could become unavailable


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭3DataModem


    Add contact called “unknown” and block it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,133 ✭✭✭NabyLadistheman


    So you've used iPhones since the 4 (must be doing something right) and its now at the release of IOS 12 you blow the head gasket? You could have been fairly certain this feature wasn't going to be included. If its that important to you maybe you should have jumped ship when the 5 was released?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭DubDJ


    This is an amusing thread. Not even 10 posts in and somebody already has brought up the fanboy argument. iOS 12 is one of the best releases Apple have released recently. The title of the thread doesn't really relate to the actual problem you have either. Apple doesn't let you auto-block unknown callers. Fair enough feature to request, but I'd argue it doesn't mean iOS 12 is terrible in any way, shape or form.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    davo2001 wrote: »
    Such as what exactly? (Genuine question by the way!)

    I'm not getting into an Android v iOS slanging match as it's been done to death and you can look it up yourself.

    I will say that people ignore how iOS does things and that is often ignored by android enthusiasts/Apple haters.

    For example, the new bokeh function. Samsung owners say they have had that for years but what they have is just a general blurring of the image and nothing as complex as Apple's attempt of calculating the depth of the distances between background and foreground and more accurate blurring.

    People also slagged Faceid and but ignore how accurate and fast it is and cannot be fooled by photos like previous android attempts


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    murpho999 wrote: »
    ......

    People also slagged Faceid and but ignore how accurate and fast it is and cannot be fooled by photos like previous android attempts




    .


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    gctest50 wrote: »
    I suppose they can get away with releasing cr@p with all the would-chop-their-bits-off-for-apple-fanboys around





    iOS 12.0.1 includes bug fixes and improvements for your iPhone or iPad. This update:
    - Fixes an issue where some iPhone XS devices did not immediately charge when connected to a Lightning cable
    - Resolves an issue that could cause iPhone XS devices to rejoin a Wi-Fi network at 2.4GHz instead of 5GHz
    - Restores the original position of the ".?123" key on the iPad keyboard
    - Fixes an issue where subtitles may not appear in some video apps
    - Addresses an issue where Bluetooth could become unavailable

    That’s the nature of quick releasing software. The 3 year old android version the average android guy has has hundreds of bugs fixed but he can’t get them.

    I tend to update to the N.1 version myself though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    gctest50 wrote: »

    .

    You realise that out of tens to hundreds of millions of devices and billions of attempts one false positive is a pretty good result.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    gctest50 wrote: »

    .

    Bloody hell what does that prove? Do things only go wrong with iPhones?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Bloody hell what does that prove? Do things only go wrong with iPhones?
    You said it cannot be fooled by photos, but it clearly can be fooled.
    FaceID is really good. But you are paying extra for it to be that good; so it should be.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    You said it cannot be fooled by photos, but it clearly can be fooled.
    Ehm, you realise that's an actual, real live boy, not a photo?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Johnmb wrote: »
    Ehm, you realise that's an actual, real live boy, not a photo?
    Ehm, yes. You do realize I didn’t say it was a photo (and just it can be fooled)?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,814 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    Is it ever possible to have one of these threads without fanboys arguing either way over which multi billion dollar company makes better phones.

    Meh, I’m not that happy with iOS 12 either. I haven’t been happy the last few releases really. I was thinking of going back to a mid range android so I can do basic things like actually turning off WiFi and Bluetooth and for a better battery life.


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  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 3,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeloe


    What the hell are you all doing with your phones to need to turn off WiFi and Bluetooth to save minutes of battery life?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    Ehm, yes. You do realize I didn’t say it was a photo (and just it can be fooled)?
    You said it cannot be fooled by photos, but it clearly can be fooled
    That's what you said. Clearly implying that it can be fooled by photos. Then you presented a video that claims her son (who is the spitting image of her) can also open the phone. Apple said from the beginning that this could happen. Other facial recognition systems have been shown to be fooled by photos, as well as vague lookalikes. And not particularly good or professional photos, they've been fooled by photos taken on the sly from across a table with a standard phone camera. FaceID has never been shown to be fooled by anything like that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Johnmb wrote: »
    Ehm, you realise that's an actual, real live boy, not a photo?

    You'd want to be using a photo then ? why didn't you say so

    Bit of sticky tape and a cornflakes box :





  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    You said it cannot be fooled by photos, but it clearly can be fooled.
    FaceID is really good. But you are paying extra for it to be that good; so it should be.

    I said it cannot be fooled by a photo and it was not fooled by a photo and the video has nothing to do with it being fooled by photos which android versions can which is a really large weakness and much bigger than being fooled on a rare occasion by two family members allegedly (as I don't trust that video).

    I never said that it cannot be fooled.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,804 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Is it ever possible to have one of these threads without fanboys arguing either way over which multi billion dollar company makes better phones.

    Meh, I’m not that happy with iOS 12 either. I haven’t been happy the last few releases really. I was thinking of going back to a mid range android so I can do basic things like actually turning off WiFi and Bluetooth and for a better battery life.

    Seriously turning off wifi and bluetooth saves almost nothing and it can be turned off in iOS.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    Johnmb wrote: »
    That's what you said. Clearly implying that it can be fooled by photos.
    No, you clearly don't get it.
    I just said it could be fooled, nothing else.
    Johnmb wrote: »
    Then you presented a video ...
    No I didn't. Try again.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,438 ✭✭✭j8wk2feszrnpao


    It's fine that it's fooled on the very odd occasion. It's a quality piece of hardware. It should be at that price point.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭davo2001


    murpho999 wrote: »
    I'm not getting into an Android v iOS slanging match as it's been done to death and you can look it up yourself.

    Not a slanging match, a genuine curiosity, what features does iOS currently have that Android does not?

    Used to have a few iPhones until the 6, switched to Android and will be needing a new phone again soon, so if iOS has something that Android doesn't then I'd be interested.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭heroics


    I’ve been an iPhone user since iPhone 4 and have an iPhone 8 with iOS 12 on it at the moment. Recently got a galaxy j5 as a work phone and have been using both every day. TBH it’s hard to choose between the 2. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

    iOS 12 does seem to have improved the performance of the phone though. Apps just see to open quicker.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭Johnmb


    No, you clearly don't get it.
    I just said it could be fooled, nothing else.
    So someone hacked in to your account and edited your post to add the "You said it cannot be fooled by photos," clause to the sentence?
    No I didn't. Try again.
    Sorry, you didn't present the video, you made the quote in response to a reply referencing the video.


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