New iPhones

[Simon]

My work 6 is horrendously slow with Ios12, and I barely use it. Don't have loads of crap and apps on it but it's barely usable for some reason. Time for a new one soon I think.

[Mito Man]

Yep all my apps loaded pretty much instantly on my 7 so what speed improvement there is must be imperceptible. But then again I only have simple boring apps and don’t bother to play shit like Skyrim which would make a big difference. Still, should be faster when rendering videos from my drone when I bother to get it out next.

I keep comparing the screens between the 7+ and XS max and they both look the same to me sharpness wise apart from the OLED has warmer colours and is less blue - bit like you have 25% of night mode on. Again that’s the main difference I can see on the camera, but then all my old 7+ photos look the same now because it’s more the screen changing the colours than the camera. Would have look at both pictures from both through a 4K monitor to notice the true difference but who has time for that.

Easy enough getting used to not having a home button but I’m not sure flicking the screen up is a better solution, over say sticking a home button on the side. Also the lack of symmetry over the bottom speaker holes annoys my OCD.

[Ascender]

The OLED screen shines in comparison when playing video, so if you use your phone for a lot of that then it’s maybe a worthwhile upgrade over your old phone or even the forthcoming XR. I don’t think the majority of users will notice any difference between the screens in daily use.

I’ve just put iOS 12 on to an old iPad mini and it’s made a huge difference to the speed and responsiveness.

[JLv3.0]

4 days to go.

WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE ON THIS ABSOLUTELY LIFE-CRITICAL PURCHASE?!!

[Richard]

My work 6 is horrendously slow with Ios12, and I barely use it. Don't have loads of crap and apps on it but it's barely usable for some reason. Time for a new one soon I think.

Is your battery shagged?

Settings > Battery > Battery Health

If that’s all ok, maybe a factory reset and restore?

[ShockDiamonds]

4 days to go.

WHY HAVE WE NOT BEEN KEPT UP TO DATE ON THIS ABSOLUTELY LIFE-CRITICAL PURCHASE?!!

Apple vs Google.
iMessage wins.

1 to 2 week’s delivery, XS Max.
I’ll put up a website which does a countdown for you.

[Richard]

iMessage!?!?

Doesn’t everyone just use WhatsApp??

[JLv3.0]

Not Shockers - he's too rich. You wouldn't understand.

[ShockDiamonds]

Not Shockers - he's too rich. You wouldn't understand.

A good deal richer now I won’t be paying Vodafone 20% more for the same deal.

[Simon]

Interesting. For the last 3-4 years I've found Voda a fair bit cheaper than anyone else for my usage (excluding '3' who the O/H uses, but I don't like dealing with their overseas call-centre).

[ZedLeg]

After some hard negotiation with my favoured dealer (the person on the other end of the online chat on O2’s website) I got myself an iPhone XR over the weekend.

It’s quite good. The facial recognition thing is pretty unobtrusive and the spooky set up process means it all just worked about 20 mins after I first turned it on.

Only downsides are that it’s substantially bigger and heavier than the phone I had before, to the point that it doesn’t fit in my pocket properly and they don’t give you a lightning to 3.5mm adaptor so I’m stuck using the shite earphones from the box this morning.

Would it kill phone makers to put a decent set of earphones in with their incredibly expensive phone?

[Foz]

I was all set to get an XR until i popped into my local preferred Apple store, and picked up the XS MAX

I personally Hope the XR2i model is released soon and is another incremental improvement!

[mik]

Mrs mik took delivery of an Xs Max yesterday.

I am travelling but I believe she has already accidentally locked herself out of her appleID during setup. Awesume.

[Jobbo]

Two reasons I fancy an XR: the bigger screen and the bigger battery. Two reasons I'm unsure: the bigger size and the face recognition (I like the fingerprint method, particularly when the phone is lying on the desk an arm-stretch away). So I'm not swapping yet.

[ZedLeg]

The battery life is amazing compared to the 6S I was using before. I was using it my usual amount (basically glued to it) and only needed to charge it twice between Friday and Monday.

[ste]

I walked into the Apple Store to buy an XR. Then I picked one up and it felt quite bulky and heavy. Screen was perfectly adequate though IMO. Killer for me was the physical size of it, just slightly too large. Ended up getting an XS. Have been quite pleased with it, although swapping between screens just isn't as good as the finger print home menu and in loads of scenarios face recognition isn't as good as fingerprint IMO. eg phone in cradle in car, I have to tap the screen and arch my face over to the phone and it still rarely unlocks. Also couldn't unlock it in the pitlane on track to turn my GoPro on when I had my helmet on.

[ZedLeg]

The size and weight is the biggest problem I have with it tbh. It's slightly too big for the pockets of my trousers so I'm a bit paranoid of it sliding out when I'm sitting down. It's also a noticeable weight in your pocket when you're walking around. I'll probably get used to it but it might've put me off if I'd actually held one before ordering.

[tim]

Two reasons I fancy an XR: the bigger screen and the bigger battery. Two reasons I'm unsure: the bigger size and the face recognition (I like the fingerprint method, particularly when the phone is lying on the desk an arm-stretch away). So I'm not swapping yet.

I was a massive sceptic of face Id, but in reality it's pretty seamless and impressively quick even in dodgy light.

[Jobbo]

Two reasons I fancy an XR: the bigger screen and the bigger battery. Two reasons I'm unsure: the bigger size and the face recognition (I like the fingerprint method, particularly when the phone is lying on the desk an arm-stretch away). So I'm not swapping yet.

I was a massive sceptic of face Id, but in reality it's pretty seamless and impressively quick even in dodgy light.

What about in the situations Ste described?

[Foz]

Unless it works in RACECAR with helmet on I am not interested