A week with Apple ...

[Dolby]

So, I haven't got play in depth with my iPhone 13 Pro - so some of my 'issues' below may be settings or really learning to 'untrain'. But I thought I'd share a few things .

I love the calibrate colour feature between iPhone and Apple TV. Some reviews say you get blue hues which aren't the best - but I get a warmer tone which I prefer
I love Apple pay and the double tap to access - rather than going into an app like I previously did (FNB)
I love the speed & fluidness of the OS
I love the camera - but I do get more motion blur than I was led to believe when taking photos of my kids

I don't like that I can't resize widgets . I have 5 x stock tickers and I can only select the size widget that they tell me (3 x or 6 x can accommodate me)
I don't the extra step of unlocking the phone with Face ID. My old Huawei was just as quick on the face and - because I missed the unlock step with it - it felt quicker / more convenient
I don't like that my editor of choice (Snapseed) doesn't work nicely and photo's can't easily be shared.
I don't like that I'm stuck to 4 icons and not 5 on the home screen
I don't like that charging speed is so slow - and it shows
I don't like that my Huawei GT has *all* notifications or *none* - but going Apple watch means 1 day battery life. I'll get a Garmin Venu 2 is due time to correct this though

 

[Affieplaas]

Some considerations:

- Get WidgetSmith from the appstore. It allows apps displayed as widgets to be viewed as small. medium or large.
- Get a 20W wall adapter. My iPhone 12 charge from flat to full in less than 30 minutes.
- Face ID unlock works well as long as you look at your phone when you lift. Once it recognizes your face it will be in an unlock position but you still need to swipe up to remove the lock screen.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I love the camera - but I do get more motion blur than I was led to believe when taking photos of my kids

Live Photos? If not I would enable that and then you can just choose the Key Photo you want.

I don't the extra step of unlocking the phone with Face ID. My old Huawei was just as quick on the face and - because I missed the unlock step with it - it felt quicker / more convenient

Extra step? FaceID works completely transparently? There is no step?

I don't like that my editor of choice (Snapseed) doesn't work nicely and photo's can't easily be shared.

It seems like a very kak app, so probably for the better to find something else.

I don't like that I'm stuck to 4 icons and not 5 on the home screen

It will blow your mind if I told you I don't use static icons and I'm annoyed that those can't dynamically update with the rest of them. There only being 4 is irrelevant since I have a whole Home Screen of icons.

I don't like that charging speed is so slow - and it shows

I have no idea how this is an everlasting concern for you. My phone goes on charge at night....and any which way it is 100% in the morning and that's that. How fast it go to 100% is utterly irrelevant to my life.

And that's fully wireless. What are you charging it on? Does it not get done overnight?

I don't like that my Huawei GT has *all* notifications or *none* - but going Apple watch means 1 day battery life. I'll get a Garmin Venu 2 is due time to correct this though

Who knows that may change in the near future with the new Watch.

 

[IssiAmd]

I have no idea how this is an everlasting concern for you. My phone goes on charge at night....and any which way it is 100% in the morning and that's that. How fast it go to 100% is utterly irrelevant to my life.

And that's fully wireless. What are you charging it on? Does it not get done overnight?

Once you go super fast charging it's difficult to go back.
What was once the norm of having to charge your phone overnight is now a chore.
I pop the charger in about 20 minutes before leaving the house, usually good to go for the day.

 

[Dolby]

Live Photos? If not I would enable that and then you can just choose the Key Photo you want.

Extra step? FaceID works completely transparently? There is no step?

It seems like a very kak app, so probably for the better to find something else.

It will blow your mind if I told you I don't use static icons and I'm annoyed that those can't dynamically update with the rest of them. There only being 4 is irrelevant since I have a whole Home Screen of icons.

I have no idea how this is an everlasting concern for you. My phone goes on charge at night....and any which way it is 100% in the morning and that's that. How fast it go to 100% is utterly irrelevant to my life.

And that's fully wireless. What are you charging it on? Does it not get done overnight?

Who knows that may change in the near future with the new Watch.

Interesting.

Are you able to acknowledge anything wrong or mediocre at all? If you really stretch yourself, can see that not everything is 100% super amazing?

I'm not sure if I fit in the club then. But maybe in time...

 

[SauRoNZA]

Once you go super fast charging it's difficult to go back.
What was once the norm of having to charge your phone overnight is now a chore.
I pop the charger in about 20 minutes before leaving the house, usually good to go for the day.

But when I do need to charge my phone on the odd occasion on a cable that’s pretty much a 20min job?

So I don’t get it.

 

[Romeo_RX]

If I knew about that calibration feature I would have gone with AppleTV over the Xiaomi

 

[SauRoNZA]

Interesting.

Are you able to acknowledge anything wrong or mediocre at all? If you really stretch yourself, can see that not everything is 100% super amazing?

I'm not sure if I fit in the club then. But maybe in time...

Of course there’s plenty of annoying **** that I can’t believe is still a problem.

Most front of mind the lack of global default notifications settings and secondary to that the ability to sync notification settings between devices.

Every single time I jump on a different device I need to manually go click/tick a hundred times to setup each and every app individually. I don’t want ANYTHING to make a sound, this should be a single single default toggle, but nope I need to go do this for every app (and every time I install a new one) and do it on every device.

It’s less annoying on iOS which is just silent via the toggle, but it’s a major pain on iPadOS and MacOS.

I wasn’t fighting with you, just offering a point of view and genuinely trying to understand the pain points raised.

Unlike my complaint above yours seem very very trivial to overall user experience, so please do answer the questions without thinking I’m out to get you.

I’m actually really enjoying to you being open enough to try it out and was looking forward to exactly this thread.

Many years ago I did a similar thing going Android and then Lumia and then back to iOS. Can’t remember the thread title but it’s here somewhere but probably completely pointless to compare with today.

 

[Romeo_RX]

The Anker PowerPort Nano 20w charger is currently R299 at Takealot. I prefer it to Apple’s charger.

 

[SauRoNZA]

I’m actually going to run my phone down till it dies on purpose just to charge it on a wire and discover all this drama for myself.

 

[OnlyOneKenobi]

I use the default camera 99% of the time, but I have a few "manual control" camera apps for the times where I find the native app is not cutting it, eg, if my subjects are fast moving and keep blurring photos in the stock app, I'd use an app with manual controls where I can set the shutter speed higher.
FaceID is leaps and bounds ahead of any other face-unlock I've seen on any other phone. In a perfect world, iPhones might have had both TouchID and FaceID but I suppose it would have been too costly. I agree that file sharing between apps can be a hassle but sometimes it's just because of the way the app developer went about it.

 

[ubercal]

So, I haven't got play in depth with my iPhone 13 Pro - so some of my 'issues' below may be settings or really learning to 'untrain'. But I thought I'd share a few things .

I love the calibrate colour feature between iPhone and Apple TV. Some reviews say you get blue hues which aren't the best - but I get a warmer tone which I prefer
I love Apple pay and the double tap to access - rather than going into an app like I previously did (FNB)
I love the speed & fluidness of the OS
I love the camera - but I do get more motion blur than I was led to believe when taking photos of my kids

I don't like that I can't resize widgets . I have 5 x stock tickers and I can only select the size widget that they tell me (3 x or 6 x can accommodate me)
I don't the extra step of unlocking the phone with Face ID. My old Huawei was just as quick on the face and - because I missed the unlock step with it - it felt quicker / more convenient
I don't like that my editor of choice (Snapseed) doesn't work nicely and photo's can't easily be shared.
I don't like that I'm stuck to 4 icons and not 5 on the home screen
I don't like that charging speed is so slow - and it shows
I don't like that my Huawei GT has *all* notifications or *none* - but going Apple watch means 1 day battery life. I'll get a Garmin Venu 2 is due time to correct this though

looks like apple is giving you plenty of problems.Why not go with xiaomi , for a fraction of the price

 

[greg0205]

I’m actually going to run my phone down till it dies on purpose just to charge it on a wire and discover all this drama for myself.

Noble, but I'm with you on charging overnight and I just can't see the point of plugging a phone in when the MagSafe is around.

 

[bluepoole]

I assume Dolby is referring to having to swipe up once FaceID has unlocked the phone. It is really not that bad for myself, but I can maybe understand that if you are used to the swipe not being required on other devices, it feels like "extra work"

I've never charged any of my iPhones with the included 5W charger (when a charger head was still included in the box of course). Have always used (and still do) the 18W charger that came with my iPad. Using that, my phone charges quite fast, definitely not a hassle.

 

[Dolby]

Unlike my complaint above yours seem very very trivial to overall user experience, so please do answer the questions without thinking I’m out to get you.

I didn't say they were massive, but here goes :

Live Photos? If not I would enable that and then you can just choose the Key Photo you want.

Most people say that although it isn't the best camera phone, it's the most consistent. I've seen people say things like they're get more motion blur on their Android vs iPhone. I'm saying that I have come across this yet - and if I battled to take on Android, I battle to take here.

Extra step? FaceID works completely transparently? There is no step?

Android was "look at hone >>> use phone"
iPhone is "look at hone >>> swipe to unlock >>> use phone"

That swiping is the extra step that I've never needed to do before, so it makes it seems a bit slower. In my mind, direct unlock would be better and should at least be an option

It seems like a very kak app, so probably for the better to find something else.

It's actually one the most highly rated free editing apps.

There only being 4 is irrelevant since I have a whole Home Screen of icons.

I've had 5 apps at the bottom of the screen with my most frequently used apps for a decade. Yes, I can put them on the home screen and swipe - but wouldn't 5 static icons at the bottom be an option, at least ?

I have no idea how this is an everlasting concern for you. My phone goes on charge at night....and any which way it is 100% in the morning and that's that. How fast it go to 100% is utterly irrelevant to my life.

Going half the speed isn't a concern - but is it something you have to get used to .

I didn't charge my phone last night and usually I'd plug in just before I leave - and it's ready. This morning there wasn't enough time and I took my charger with me . I think one does get used to high speed and less worry about the charge. I've had 40w charging since end 2018 - so not having the ability to fast charge

5w / 7w / 10w / 15w / 20w all work - but 30w or 40w is even better in my eyes

 

[Dolby]

I assume Dolby is referring to having to swipe up once FaceID has unlocked the phone. It is really not that bad for myself, but I can maybe understand that if you are used to the swipe not being required on other devices, it feels like "extra work"

Exactly what it is .

Again, for the last 4 years I just looked at my phone ...

 

[SauRoNZA]

Most people say that although it isn't the best camera phone, it's the most consistent. I've seen people say things like they're get more motion blur on their Android vs iPhone. I'm saying that I have come across this yet - and if I battled to take on Android, I battle to take here.

Yea but is this with Live or static photos? That’s why I made the point.

Static photos you’ll have much more luck. Live Photos by their very nature give you the option to go choose the best frame later and therefore can be blurry as it records a stream, but the whole point is you can go change the key frame later so there’s nothing lost and you have the chance to correct what would have otherwise been a missed shot.

Android was "look at hone >>> use phone"
iPhone is "look at hone >>> swipe to unlock >>> use phone"

That swiping is the extra step that I've never needed to do before, so it makes it seems a bit slower. In my mind, direct unlock would be better and should at least be an option

The entire point of that is not needing to unlock at all to complete basic actions.

You can tick off reminders, look at notifications and even reply to messages right from there with no need to unlock the phone.

And depending on the action you want to take it will unlock for you.

If anything this is all faster because right from the Lock Screen you’ll get where you need to be.

I opened this very message on Tapatalk right from the Lock Screen. No up swipe required and directly where I needed to be because FaceID already did the work for me.

This is more of a workflow issue I reckon and something that will become transparent with use.

The Lock Screen should pretty much be your primary engagement interface for being “responsive” to things.

You’d only need to swipe up and unlock if you had no particular intention to do something and go into the messing around I’m bored mode.

Best part is that it’s all private because it only shows this to you and nobody else looking at your phone.

I've had 5 apps at the bottom of the screen with my most frequently used apps for a decade. Yes, I can put them on the home screen and swipe - but wouldn't 5 static icons at the bottom be an option, at least ?

It would break the entire design mantra because the icons would need to become smaller to facilitate this. As you’ll have noted they are all very specifically the same size and very specifically in a static grid for consistency.

Going half the speed isn't a concern - but is it something you have to get used to .

I didn't charge my phone last night and usually I'd plug in just before I leave - and it's ready. This morning there wasn't enough time and I took my charger with me . I think one does get used to high speed and less worry about the charge. I've had 40w charging since end 2018 - so not having the ability to fast charge

5w / 7w / 10w / 15w / 20w all work - but 30w or 40w is even better in my eyes

So just start charging it over night. Problem solved. World peace, job done.

It really seems like a fabricated problem, done with intention to complain about it.

And you can Fast Charge, so not sure what you mean by not having the ability. It sounds to me like you are comparing Lamborghinis and Ferraris here.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Exactly what it is .

Again, for the last 4 years I just looked at my phone ...

To do what?

What is the next step in this workflow of staring at the Home Screen?

If you tell me to drag down the notification bar and see what you need to do next then I’m going to say you just took an extra step for no good reason.

If it’s to open WhatsApp/Telegram/Email/Signal/Whatever to see what messages are waiting I’ll also argue you just took an extra unnecessary step.

If you are going to just open up your camera then another step wasted.

To open automatically on your Home Screen actually seems quite silly because it’s not a focused action in any way. It’s only leaves you wondering “okay what do I do next” and seems like a recipe for distraction.

Between Control Centre, Lock Screen and to some degree Siri there is very little reason to unlock your phone if you didn’t have a very specific purpose in mind.

 

[Dolby]

Do you only reply to notifications?

You don't phone / Whatsapp / Compose mails?

I think more and more I've realized the iPhone is a Goldilocks phone for it's users. 'Everything is just right!'

Don't get me wrong - I like the phone.

 

[bluepoole]

I don’t want to sound like a typical Apple fanboy (though I am ), so I will gladly admit that iOS, iPhones etc are also not perfect, like anything else in life. There are also quirks and what not.

But what the quirks take away, the performance, stability and user friendliness give back ten fold.

I simply cannot operate Android, the way settings and menus etc are designed does not make sense to me. But I also appreciate the fact that for someone else it might be the exact opposite.

Same with PC’s…to this day I hate Windows, but MacOS immediately impressed me when I first started using it last year. It also has it quirks and I do miss some small little things from Windows though.

If one uses something long enough, you do learn it well and become use to it (with Apple it’s just easier )

What I’m trying to say with all this rambling, is that @Dolby, you will soon appreciate all the nice things and experiences that iOS/iPhones offer, that you will easily live with the things that “bug” you