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subego · Sep 8, 2016, 04:07 PM

A "meh" thread for a "meh" phone.

Sep 8, 2016, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by subego

A "meh" thread for a "meh" phone.

Thorzdad · Sep 8, 2016, 05:27 PM

This phone makes it clear that, if I'm finally going to get a smartphone, I probably should do so while I can get an I6.

subego · Sep 9, 2016, 03:32 AM

I was awake, so I decided to go for it.

Chongo · Sep 9, 2016, 10:02 AM

Is this another Nova (no go) or Coca Cola (bite the wax tadpole) urban legend in the infant stages?.
iPhone 7's new slogan translates to 'This is penis' in Cantonese | Daily Mail Online

Sep 9, 2016, 09:21 PM

iP67 is a standard, yet iP7 is a phone...

reader50 · Sep 9, 2016, 11:45 PM

I keep reading the title as IPv7. They won't need to expand the address space again for at least a century or three, so the new features will probably center around encryption and privacy.

subego · Sep 10, 2016, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by reader50

I keep reading the title as IPv7. They won't need to expand the address space again for at least a century or three

Unless you get your Internet of Things in my grey goo.

Two great tastes that go great tog̥̫̫̀͟͠ę̛̝̱͙̣̤̳̳̜ṯ̳͘h̛̟e̯ ̣͟r̞̝̭̜̖͘͟!̨̫̬̰̭͓̱̞!̇̑͐ͩ̋ͬ� �̎ͫͣͬͩ̑̍͆̌̚҉̛̝͇̣̹̘̥͇̱̬͔͝͝! ̵̗̲̝̩͔͎̙̰̣̔̿̍ͮ̕

BLAZE_MkIV · Sep 10, 2016, 09:26 AM

There was a joke add posted
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comme...inally_wanted/
The second thing I though is I'd totally buy a phone I didn't have to charge for 3 years.

turtle777 · Sep 10, 2016, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by And.reg

iP67 is a standard, yet iP7 is a phone...

It's not. Hardly anyone refers to the iPhone as iP.

But hey, it's teh intarwebs, people do crazy things...

-t

Sep 10, 2016, 08:03 PM

Speaking of crazy things... What the...?

What did you type?

subego · Sep 10, 2016, 10:30 PM

To ̖̙̝̝͚̥in̥̥͕͖͉v̺͕̘͢ͅo̶̭̤̹̪̰͚ ̩k̶e̵̲͉̰̗̼̫͔ ͕̬̪̗̟͜t̘͈̻̙̺̼ͅh̤̭͓̞e̛͎ ͏̘̗̰̩͈h̛͇͖i̢̦̙̥v͏̼̹̥̳͙̜͉e͍̟ ̮-͎͉ḿ͇̼͍͙͎in̹̺̲͎d͓̗ ͟r̡̺̤̫͉̗e̜̤̱͍̦p̹̙̫͇̟r̜͎̪e̴͍� �̪̮͈͓s̤e̠̰͉͙͇̙n͓̻̮̝͎̺̞t̶͕͉͍i n͔̹g̷ ̮͔̩̦.̯̰̦̲͎̺
҉͓̤̭̠̣͈͙Ì̱̯̹n̡̺͖̞̖̪͔v̮̪o̶̺� �͙̗͚͔kị͎n̩̥̺ǵ̺̫̣͉͙ t҉h͡ͅe̫̩̤͝ ̢f̴eé͚̯l̛̥̬̯ͅi̬̳̹̳͈̼͕͞n͎̦g̣̜ ̞̬͍̕ ̹͉̫̺o̝̠̼̯͇ͅͅf̵̬̙ ̶̤̱̜͙̼c͎̫̺͖͔͔͇͘ḩ͔̬̤̫͎̘a̸̦� �͓͇̮̲̥o͏͎͉s̭̞̣̯̣͉̞.̼̳̬̞̗
͞Wi̧͍̟̠th̜̮͙̝̗̤̲ ̼̟͡o͜u̧̯t̢͙̘͍̫͕͖̘ ̻̤o̬̙r̷͉͎͖̲̱d̠͖̦e͓̹r.̞̺̞͜
̖̼͕̟͉͞T͎̲̤̭͇̼͝h̺̝̞e̙̻͍͇̦̜͞ ̵̩̭̦N̷͚̤e͙̖̝͢ẕ̙̭̠̣̹̪p̮͇̖e̛� �̘͖̱̱ͅͅr̯̹̮͕̮͓d̳̩̬̟̲i̕a͙̺̖͎n ̙̥̝̰̜̖͍ ̳̠h̷̝̬̣̭i͇̪v̩̺̺̹̹e͟-̲̺̹̻̖ͅṃ̡̙͙͈͚͓͖i͚̭̲͖̝̝n̛̬͎� �͖d҉̮͇͙ ̟̬̘͚̘̗ͅo̷̦̰f̻͍͙͙͚͚ ̴̩͎̪̬̼ͅc̘̠̝̲̩̺͟h̤͖͙̞̥a̫̹̺o̧ ͖s̹͉̪̮.̨̙̝̗ ̙̺Z̻a̫̘͠l̶̝͕̻g̡͎̠̱̘o̠̳.̗̩̱
͕̤̫͇͟H̹͎̪̩e͘ ͝w͚ho̴̝ ̜̫̰̩͝Ẁ̜a͉͖̹͈i̬̜̼t͎̗̯̝͍̕ͅs ̠̝̺̯̣̯B͈̞̘̝͍͉e̺̰̱̬̻͍̘ḩ̤̰̜� �i̼͓̱̟̜͇̼͡n̖͓̯̳̤͘d̺̲ ̧͚T̗̥̣͍̻h͕̯͔̞͚̞̪é̤̞̩̭ ̝̟̤͠W̳͕̼̺̩͙a̠̗ͅll̠͖̜̞̻͢.͟

Sep 13, 2016, 02:07 PM

That didn't answer my question. How about which keys in what order?

subego · Sep 13, 2016, 03:09 PM

These keys: A E G L O T X Z

This order: ZALGO TEXT

Though you won't get your answer unless you press those keys while in Google.

Sep 13, 2016, 05:14 PM

Never... heard... of that... before...

subego · Sep 15, 2016, 02:00 AM

It's far more interesting than the phone.

Sep 15, 2016, 01:22 PM

On the bright side at least the battery won't explode. (Just saying...)

subego · Sep 15, 2016, 10:20 PM

And it's supposed to be better. I'll definitely be the judge of that.

09:40 AM

Here we go...

Apple Investigating iPhone 7 Bug Causing 'No Service' After Turning Off Airplane Mode

Wonderful QC... makes me want to stick with my 2015 Pro Macbook for a while just in case QC fails on the new redesign

AND:
Samsung: "Well at least our phones don't hiss at us like snakes..."

iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Exhibiting 'Hissing' Noises Under Load for Some Users - Mac Rumors

I mean it is a phone you're supposed to listen to it.

#SnakeGate

turtle777 · Sep 19, 2016, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by And.reg

Here we go...

Apple Investigating iPhone 7 Bug Causing 'No Service' After Turning Off Airplane Mode

It's probably an interaction of hardware and software, and can be fixed with an iOS update.

-t

mindwaves · Sep 19, 2016, 11:22 PM

Got my iPhone 7. Quite happy with it. Very Snappy(tm).

The SIM tray and the lightning connector all require a bit more force to use. I guess it is due to the waterproofing. The home button isn't that bad to use. Haven't used the phone much though!

turtle777 · Sep 20, 2016, 10:48 AM

I don't like the haptic feedback of the home button.
It's far inferior to the click-feeling of the physical button of the iPhone 6s.

Sure, I'll get over it, but it's a step back.
Just doesn't feel like a real button (unlike the MBP Forcetouch Trackpad, which is almost indistinguishable from a real button click).

-t

subego · Sep 20, 2016, 05:46 PM

I assume you have it set to 3?

It's not quite as satisfying as a real button, but I don't find it too horrid.

subego · Sep 20, 2016, 07:38 PM

It feels like a real button, but a chicklet one, or a membrane one.

How hard I press seems to factor into the "satisfaction" index.

I feel like it's draining the hell out of my battery, but in trying to form an opinion, I'm playing with it way more than normal.

mindwaves · Sep 21, 2016, 05:38 AM

I like the new home button actually. Double clicking it is far easier than a physical button.

P · Sep 21, 2016, 08:54 AM

I'm sure that they will make it part of the display as soon as they can make TouchID work with that. It is pretty clear that Ive's design goal is all display front.

turtle777 · Sep 21, 2016, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by P

I'm sure that they will make it part of the display as soon as they can make TouchID work with that. It is pretty clear that Ive's design goal is all display front.

I'm very curious how they incorporate other uses of the Home Button into the UI.

E.g. app switching and closing apps.

Dedicated virtual button like you get with Accessibility settings ?

-t

subego · Sep 22, 2016, 09:43 PM

I don't dislike the fake button, but it confuses my muscle memory.

Said memory wants the real button, and interprets the fake one as something else.

On more than one occasion I've needed to get to the home screen and wondered for a second what I'm supposed to do. Or I'll have the opposite problem where my thumb wants the button to be part of the interface of the app I'm using. Like it's an extension of Force Touch.

subego · Oct 28, 2016, 01:05 PM

Having problems where the screen locks if there's a phone call... or just now needed to report a robbery in progress and the phone keypad locked up.

Annoying.

OreoCookie · Oct 31, 2016, 11:57 PM

I got my Jet Black iPhone 7 (non-Plus with 256 GB storage) last weekend to replace my aging iPhone 5, and I effin' love it. I was never very enthusiastic about the design of the iPhone 5, it looked like half an iPhone 4/4S to me with an unimaginative back. The touch of the Jet Black phone resembles the glass back of my beloved iPhone 4S, and because the antenna lines are nigh invisible, it really seems like the monolith from Space Odyssey.

Of course, it is lightening fast (compared to my iPhone 5 which had to deal with an OS that had outgrown its CPU oomph), all interactions feel instantaneously, and to my surprise, I even use Force Touch for Peek & Pop as well as Live Photos. Ditto for the Taptic Home Button, I was initially quite skeptical, but given the many uses of the Taptic Engine, I don't miss it anymore. (I'm also happy with my Force Touch Trackpad, if that is any indication.) The camera also didn't disappoint either, and the fact that I can use it as my commuter pass on public transport is really the icing on the cake.

Perhaps I wouldn't rave as much if I were upgrading from a 6, but still, it's an amazing piece of engineering. The only two downsides are that I am still getting used to the 4.7" screen size, and the difficulty of quelling my paranoia that I'll scratch it.

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OreoCookie · Nov 2, 2016, 10:39 PM

Originally Posted by And.reg

Put a screen protector on it. They put so much effort to the back of the phone finish that I bet that it would take something like putting it in your pocket with your keys to scratch it.

I've ordered a FabrixCase, it should arrive soon. At $20 and $30 they are quite affordable (the more expensive ones use cloth meant for suits which is not just more durable, but also quite classy). I have had several over the years for iPod Touches and my iPhone 4S. They worked great, because they offered protection without a case. I really love the industrial design of the 7 (and 4S), so any case detracts from that. Plus, every time you pull them out of the case, you clean the front and back of your phone.

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subego · Nov 3, 2016, 12:32 PM

I think this is more a sleeve type deal, not a skin.

In that same vein, but not as cheap, I'm a fan of Foof.

OreoCookie · Nov 3, 2016, 10:45 PM

Thanks, subego, these look rather nice. I might get one of those for my wife for Christmas!

subego · Nov 4, 2016, 01:25 AM

My pleasure!

Brien · Nov 8, 2016, 10:13 PM

I have had my jet black Plus for about a week, coming from a 6 Plus. So far I'm loving it. Faster and I like the haptic home button way more than I expected.

OreoCookie · Nov 9, 2016, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Brien

I have had my jet black Plus for about a week, coming from a 6 Plus. So far I'm loving it. Faster and I like the haptic home button way more than I expected.

Yeah, same here. I was skeptical because I have an affinity for physical buttons, and trying the 7s out in the local Apple Store didn't really endear me to it. Then I got mine and quickly forgot about its nature. I really like how in some cases the Tactile Engine enhances the UI.