iPhone 16

I am not planning to get one. I am happy with my iPhone 13. I have been using it for more than two years and it is working great.
 
BobbyFord said:
$1,029 with 256G. I can put a lot of music on there…🤔
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Is your current phone full? Is there much on there you haven't listened to in years and could be offloaded? Can you add a bigger memory card?

I've never been big on upgrading phones regularly. I rarely take full advantage of the capabilities of what I have, so the features of new models usually have no appeal. I keep whatever I have until I break it or the operating system won't update, then buy one that's a version or two behind the latest release.

There's a lot of things I'd rather do with $1K. Just me.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Is your current phone full? Is there much on there you haven't listened to in years and could be offloaded? Can you add a bigger memory card?

I've never been big on upgrading phones regularly. I rarely take full advantage of the capabilities of what I have, so the features of new models usually have no appeal. I keep whatever I have until I break it or the operating system won't update, then buy one that's a version or two behind the latest release.

There's a lot of things I'd rather do with $1K. Just me.
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My current phone is an 8. I have 11GBs of music but I'd like to add more.
 
I upgraded from the 11 to the 15 last year for three reasons:

1.) Final year I could trade it in and get $700+ in credits.
2.) The iPhone 11 was the last iPhone without 5G.
3.) The iPhone 15 uses USB-C, a far superior standard to lightning for charging and for using other accessories.

I won't be upgrading anytime soon as there's no need. You can keep an iPhone for years and years.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Thank the EU for that. They got tired of people trashing chargers and cables when they switched phones. If USB-C was good enough for everybody else, they told Apple to suck it up.
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It’s not gonna have the effect the EU thinks it will.

These phones can detect what brand cable is plugged in and limit charging and stuff.

My old Samsung would not charge if it wasn’t a Samsung brand cable and a Samsung brick or battery pack. I think they moved away from that but it was one of many things I hated about my Note8.

I know some of the lower end iPhone 15s limit the ability of the USB-C ports.

It’s not just about charging for me either. I can use my Shure XLR mic with my iPhone now with a basic adapter. Same with other accessories.

My old cords didn’t go to waste either since my Apple TV remote and my iPad both use lightning.
 
What I'm going to miss most when I have to ditch my Samsung A15 is the physical 3.5mm audio jack.

I wear hearing aids and they're Bluetooth enabled. They work great with the phone in the morning when I'm exercising or working in the yard. The problem is when I go to take a shower, I forget the aids are in my ears. Too often I've started to get my head wet and had to scramble to get the aids out before they get soggy.

With a physical jack, it's almost impossible to forget the corded earbuds are in. Even if I somehow manage to do that, I won't care if the cheap things get wet.
 
Scary feature about these iPhones. They transfer everything just being in the vicinity of another device. We already know that this technology is already being used by “law enforcement” and other government agencies.
 
BobbyFord said:
Scary feature about these iPhones. They transfer everything just being in the vicinity of another device. We already know that this technology is already being used by “law enforcement” and other government agencies.
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I'm pretty sure you can disable that feature. I can on my Samsung, and I doubt it can do anything the Apple can't.
 
BobbyFord said:
Planned obsolescence is capitalism at it's best. Keep up or get run tf over.
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Eventually changes to the operating system will bypass the hardware capabilities. Staying up with OS changes is pretty much a requirement for security. (It's also how they fix mistakes introduced in the last update.)

Having obsolescence inflicted on you by the company is one thing. What I don't get is people who abandon devices they aren't taking full advantage of, just to pay for a new device they still won't leverage. 'Oooh, the new camera has 9 bazillion megapixels!' 'Dude, you never look at your photos on anything other than the phone's 7" screen.'
 
I love the new phone, so far. Easier to use, map app is great (I use it a lot at work.)
Lots of music storage. I had an issue with the music on my phone syncing with my two PCs. I looked for answers on the Apple community forums but there were no solutions. I kept at it for a couple of days and figured out a work-around.
Really nice phone.
 
Saw an article today that $pple is adding a "minutes until fully charged" indicator. Last i checked, Android has had that since...2015? if not earlier?
 
Magnethead said:
Saw an article today that $pple is adding a "minutes until fully charged" indicator. Last i checked, Android has had that since...2015? if not earlier?
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I set mine to optimum charge so that it waits until a certain time to fully charge. They’ve had this functionality for several OS updates.
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I don't update often but when I do I get maximum storage. I will never use it but I got so ticked when I ran out of storage a couple phones ago that I vowed to never let that happen again.
 
Dudley said:
I don't update often but when I do I get maximum storage. I will never use it but I got so ticked when I ran out of storage a couple phones ago that I vowed to never let that happen again.
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My last phone (iPhone 8) was a gift from someone. It had very little storage.
I got plenty this time. I waited way too long to upgrade.
 
I keep very little on my phone. While I do have all of Jimmy Buffett on there, I listen to more podcasts than music and those get dumped after I've listened to them. I have so few apps that everything I use fits on one screen. There are maybe a dozen pictures.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
Been using my iPhone 14 Pro Max a little over two years now. I've only grown to despise this phone more with each passing day. Still counting down the days until my move back to Samsung next November.
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Just for giggles, I'm trying to get some value out of my late father's iPad. I thought I'd use it to display photos, changing them randomly. As far as I can see, there's no reason to have it on WiFi, Bluetooth, or other connection.

I can't get the damn photos on there in any organized way, and I can't see an easy way to manage them once they're on there. I've installed the iTunes and Apple Devices apps on my Windows box and connected the device with a USB cable. The photos are organized in folders on the Windows machine but apparently transferring them ('syncing' in Apple-speak) dumps them all in one 'Library' with no regard to the original folder arrangement. Once there, I can't access them through the Files app; I have to manage them through the clunky Photos app (even thought .JPGs are FILES, dammit!). Also, I can't delete them from the iPad unless I enable the iCloud file sharing and upload them first.

With my Android devices, I just jam the cable in and the device and its folders show up in the standard Windows Files management tool. Drag and drop between them, folder organization is carried over, and with no external connection or service is needed. JPGs show up on the Android devices in the files management tool just like any other file type.

And I'm reminded yet again of all those years I had to support iPhones at work and why I swore I'd never buy an Apple device.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Just for giggles, I'm trying to get some value out of my late father's iPad. I thought I'd use it to display photos, changing them randomly. As far as I can see, there's no reason to have it on WiFi, Bluetooth, or other connection.

I can't get the damn photos on there in any organized way, and I can't see an easy way to manage them once they're on there. I've installed the iTunes and Apple Devices apps on my Windows box and connected the device with a USB cable. The photos are organized in folders on the Windows machine but apparently transferring them ('syncing' in Apple-speak) dumps them all in one 'Library' with no regard to the original folder arrangement. Once there, I can't access them through the Files app; I have to manage them through the clunky Photos app (even thought .JPGs are FILES, dammit!). Also, I can't delete them from the iPad unless I enable the iCloud file sharing and upload them first.

With my Android devices, I just jam the cable in and the device and its folders show up in the standard Windows Files management tool. Drag and drop between them, folder organization is carried over, and with no external connection or service is needed. JPGs show up on the Android devices in the files management tool just like any other file type.

And I'm reminded yet again of all those years I had to support iPhones at work and why I swore I'd never buy an Apple device.
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I’ve never owned a Mac or iPad. I have two windows based PCs and an iPhone. I’ve transferred photos from phone to PC via cable and I’ve emailed myself photos from my iPhone to get them on the PC. I manage the folders and arrangements separately on each device.
 
BobbyFord said:
I’ve never owned a Mac or iPad. I have two windows based PCs and an iPhone. I’ve transferred photos from phone to PC via cable and I’ve emailed myself photos from my iPhone to get them on the PC. I manage the folders and arrangements separately on each device.
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I just use iCloud on PC.

I have an iPad but the Microsoft Surface Pro is infinitely better.
 
HoneyBadger said:
I just use iCloud on PC.
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Yeah, I can go that way if I absolutely have to, I guess. I'm not enthused about having to create cloud accounts and route files through them just to get files on the device.

I can't think of any other practical use for it. I have an older Samsung tablet for a jukebox, and a newer one for general use. I might just do a factory reset and toss it out at the next yard sale.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Just for giggles, I'm trying to get some value out of my late father's iPad. I thought I'd use it to display photos, changing them randomly. As far as I can see, there's no reason to have it on WiFi, Bluetooth, or other connection.

I can't get the damn photos on there in any organized way, and I can't see an easy way to manage them once they're on there. I've installed the iTunes and Apple Devices apps on my Windows box and connected the device with a USB cable. The photos are organized in folders on the Windows machine but apparently transferring them ('syncing' in Apple-speak) dumps them all in one 'Library' with no regard to the original folder arrangement. Once there, I can't access them through the Files app; I have to manage them through the clunky Photos app (even thought .JPGs are FILES, dammit!). Also, I can't delete them from the iPad unless I enable the iCloud file sharing and upload them first.

With my Android devices, I just jam the cable in and the device and its folders show up in the standard Windows Files management tool. Drag and drop between them, folder organization is carried over, and with no external connection or service is needed. JPGs show up on the Android devices in the files management tool just like any other file type.

And I'm reminded yet again of all those years I had to support iPhones at work and why I swore I'd never buy an Apple device.
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Unfortunately iOS can make the simplest of tasks very cumbersome.
 
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