Poll: iPhone 6s & 6s Plus Thread
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Personally I found the leather case was grippier when I tested them in shop this time last year. Went in with the intention of getting silicon, but wasn't impressed with it at all, really like the Apple leather ones though. My black one seems to have held up well, but my mates red one looks pretty grotty at this point from a lot of use.
The que is already forming in Brum, in the correct, orderly, British manner 
Love how they're roped off like some quarantined cattle
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/24/iphone-6s-apple-store-lineups/
Love how they're roped off like some quarantined cattle
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/24/iphone-6s-apple-store-lineups/
Lots of phones awaiting collection at the Bentall Center in Kingston
About 20 people in line at 10:30am, but got through that in about 10 minutes.
When I went to pay they cash register wouldn't open as it was already full of cash, lol
I'd love to see a ticker of all the money that comes flowing in in real time on a day like today. They probably have one up in a conference room in Cupertino. Eddie Que in his flash red shirt, Jonny Ive with an uncharacteristic glimmer of joyous emotion in the form of a wry smile and Tim Cook, all drinking Champers while watching the number increases at a furious rate.
About 20 people in line at 10:30am, but got through that in about 10 minutes.
When I went to pay they cash register wouldn't open as it was already full of cash, lol
I'd love to see a ticker of all the money that comes flowing in in real time on a day like today. They probably have one up in a conference room in Cupertino. Eddie Que in his flash red shirt, Jonny Ive with an uncharacteristic glimmer of joyous emotion in the form of a wry smile and Tim Cook, all drinking Champers while watching the number increases at a furious rate.
Extra heft? You're joking, right? It's a few grams heavier, yet essentially the same size. Probably barely noticeable at all to most people and I'm sure anyone would get used to it within a few days.
Setting mine up now, really looking forward to this feature
For those asking about cases, I retract my earlier statement about the silicone cases being crap. They've completely changed them this year after looking at them in store. Last year it was a floppy piece of rubbery silicon, really not very nice at all. This year it's actually a hard shell like on the leather cases, but with a silicon coating, which at least makes them a bit sturdier and less prone to letting dirt get underneath. I think I still prefer the leather for grip though.
Yeah, I've got both here.
lol, it feels less modern? It's pretty much exactly the same apart from the weight. What's kinda funny about your thoughts is that many people used to associated weight with substance and quality. A product would feel like it's well made if was heavier because it had a chunk of metal in it.
Fair enough, you'll notice the difference if you compare them side by side. But after today you're only going to use the one, and you'll get used to it.
Would you rather have it a few grams lighter and not have a pretty incredible new piece of tech added?
I think you're overthinking it or comparing too hard, unless you're incredibly sensitive to weight for some reason it's really a non-issue, you'll get used to it
Travel seems to be the same on both devices for the power button for me.
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Loooving the force touch to move the cursor. Does anyone know if there's a way to highlight text that way?
I tried holding shift and then force touching, but that doesn't seem to do it.
EDIT: I've tried pressing hard and harder in the notes app, but only seems to register at one pressure level to move the cursor?
EDIT: Nvm, working now
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Does anyone know how to set iMessage to 'Start new conversations from' your telephone number?
It only has email my addresses listed now for some reason, I've always had it set to my telephone number in the past.
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Good article, any way to switch the default call type when you force touch a contact in the Messages app from facetime to real telephone numbers?
So annoying how they try to force Facetime on users, I just want to phone people using normal phone numbers on my phone!
They did something similar in iOS8 where the facetime button was really close to something else and I often hit it by mistake.
Is there a way to switch between 4k and 1080, or 240fps and 120fps when the camera is open?
Both have icons indicating which is active, but they don't activate on tap or press to toggle or change the recording type. Do you really have to close the app and go into settings to change it?
Both have icons indicating which is active, but they don't activate on tap or press to toggle or change the recording type. Do you really have to close the app and go into settings to change it?
Is that the red silicon case LiE? It looks really nice!
Loving how the extra RAM affects web browsing. Previously when browsing news sites, after clicking a link, then hitting back, it would reload the main page and jump down to try and find my previous position after a couple of seconds. Now it doesn't reload anything and brings me immediately back to the exact position I was on the page before clicking the link. Makes a world of difference.
Loving how the extra RAM affects web browsing. Previously when browsing news sites, after clicking a link, then hitting back, it would reload the main page and jump down to try and find my previous position after a couple of seconds. Now it doesn't reload anything and brings me immediately back to the exact position I was on the page before clicking the link. Makes a world of difference.
Not completely tbh.
I get lag when using the peek preview mode and swipe up in the messages app. It's slightly juddery.
Odd thing is, it's very smooth using the same feature in the mail app.
EDIT: Perhaps that's because currently Messages takes up nearly 1GB on my phone and Mail only takes up 26MB :-/
Everything else seems snappy enough for now. I have to use the power button to check for notifications now instead of the home key as it de-activates the lock screen pretty much instantly every time. Will take a bit of getting used to to change the habit.
I get lag when using the peek preview mode and swipe up in the messages app. It's slightly juddery.
Odd thing is, it's very smooth using the same feature in the mail app.
EDIT: Perhaps that's because currently Messages takes up nearly 1GB on my phone and Mail only takes up 26MB :-/
Everything else seems snappy enough for now. I have to use the power button to check for notifications now instead of the home key as it de-activates the lock screen pretty much instantly every time. Will take a bit of getting used to to change the habit.
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I had to do the restore twice. First time I tried restoring from itunes and it only synced half of the apps. Everything else was stuck after that, tried loads of stuff to activate the download of the rest of the apps but couldn't.
Ended up just wiping the whole phone and starting again, worked grand the second time though.
I imagine the iCloud servers are getting slammed this weekend.
Ended up just wiping the whole phone and starting again, worked grand the second time though.
I imagine the iCloud servers are getting slammed this weekend.
Yep, you need to manually sign out in the settings on the phone.
If you've already got rid of the phone you can do it remotely, but it will wipe the phone.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2702?locale=en_GB
If you've already got rid of the phone you can do it remotely, but it will wipe the phone.
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2702?locale=en_GB
My initial thought after seeing the pictures was WTF were Apple thinking, but once you think about it and realise the design constraints due to Mophie's patents it kind of makes sense.
I was in on of the Apple stores this afternoon and asked if I could have a play with one.
First of all, it looks way better in person than they do in the pics.
Apparently the one reason for not doing a full back is that Mophie have some kind of patent preventing a battery spanning the full length.
It actually works quite well though, it enables it to look and feel much less bulky than the other battery cases. My dad and sister both have the Mophie and it feels incredibly chunky to me. This feels so much better in the hand and doesn't seem anywhere near as chunky due to the majority of the case being normal case size and thickness.
I'm sure weight was also a factor, it's pretty heafty at it's current size, research might have shown it was uncomfortably heavy if the battery spanned the entire back.
The hump is pretty good for grip.
It's got some good things going for it too:
*Getting it in and out is incredibly easy, so much better than any of the other battery cases I've used which means you could quite easily keep the case as backup in your backpack if out an about to use only in an emergency if you really don't want it on all the time.
*It's the only case (I think) that uses a lighting connector, which is a must for me. This means I can use it with all the docks that I've spent a chunk of change investing in.
It doesn't have the on/off switch like a lot of others, but I imagine it could potentially be something they could implement as a software toggle in the future. TBH I'm not fussed about that though.
I walked into the store thinking this was one of the worst designed pieces of kit I've ever seen Apple release....I walked out with one on my phone
Figured I'd give it a test run for a week and see how I get along, so far it actually seems like a pretty decent piece of kit. The white on white looks really good too.
I can imagine it being very popular with people who like to game on their phones frequently or use the camera, video, GPS etc. a lot.
I was in on of the Apple stores this afternoon and asked if I could have a play with one.
First of all, it looks way better in person than they do in the pics.
Apparently the one reason for not doing a full back is that Mophie have some kind of patent preventing a battery spanning the full length.
It actually works quite well though, it enables it to look and feel much less bulky than the other battery cases. My dad and sister both have the Mophie and it feels incredibly chunky to me. This feels so much better in the hand and doesn't seem anywhere near as chunky due to the majority of the case being normal case size and thickness.
I'm sure weight was also a factor, it's pretty heafty at it's current size, research might have shown it was uncomfortably heavy if the battery spanned the entire back.
The hump is pretty good for grip.
It's got some good things going for it too:
*Getting it in and out is incredibly easy, so much better than any of the other battery cases I've used which means you could quite easily keep the case as backup in your backpack if out an about to use only in an emergency if you really don't want it on all the time.
*It's the only case (I think) that uses a lighting connector, which is a must for me. This means I can use it with all the docks that I've spent a chunk of change investing in.
It doesn't have the on/off switch like a lot of others, but I imagine it could potentially be something they could implement as a software toggle in the future. TBH I'm not fussed about that though.
I walked into the store thinking this was one of the worst designed pieces of kit I've ever seen Apple release....I walked out with one on my phone
Figured I'd give it a test run for a week and see how I get along, so far it actually seems like a pretty decent piece of kit. The white on white looks really good too.
I can imagine it being very popular with people who like to game on their phones frequently or use the camera, video, GPS etc. a lot.
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Patents aside, after using it for a few days I quite like the way they've designed it now.
It might looks a little ridiculous at first glance having the bulge, but by doing it this way they've minimised the overall bulk significantly. It feels much butter to hold than the larger battery cases I've seen, which I've held off from buying personally as I've felt they were too bulky. This is the first one I saw that I felt I could use on a daily basis, is comfortable to hold and wouldn't have any issues with it being too big in my pockets.
As N111ck mentioned above, apparently this design is better on the phones battery life than the other cases due to the way it charges.
Quora post on it here
Other things to note, channeling the speaker to direct it towards the viewer is better for watching videos, a nice touch. Although, I'm slightly worried the mic might be stifled slightly by the small hole. Siri doesn't seem to be picking up what I'm saying as well as when I just had the normal case on it, which didn't block the hole. This is in a quiet home environment too, with no background noise.
I've recently made the switch to using Philips Hue bulbs as 80% of my home lights with the new homekit enabled bridge, so I use Siri a lot more than I used to. That's my only real concern so far, only a bit more use will dictate how much of an issue that is
iFixit teardown for anyone interested:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Battery+Case+Teardown/53762
It might looks a little ridiculous at first glance having the bulge, but by doing it this way they've minimised the overall bulk significantly. It feels much butter to hold than the larger battery cases I've seen, which I've held off from buying personally as I've felt they were too bulky. This is the first one I saw that I felt I could use on a daily basis, is comfortable to hold and wouldn't have any issues with it being too big in my pockets.
As N111ck mentioned above, apparently this design is better on the phones battery life than the other cases due to the way it charges.
Quora post on it here
Other things to note, channeling the speaker to direct it towards the viewer is better for watching videos, a nice touch. Although, I'm slightly worried the mic might be stifled slightly by the small hole. Siri doesn't seem to be picking up what I'm saying as well as when I just had the normal case on it, which didn't block the hole. This is in a quiet home environment too, with no background noise.
I've recently made the switch to using Philips Hue bulbs as 80% of my home lights with the new homekit enabled bridge, so I use Siri a lot more than I used to. That's my only real concern so far, only a bit more use will dictate how much of an issue that is
iFixit teardown for anyone interested:
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Smart+Battery+Case+Teardown/53762