Well, turning off my 14 Pro's settings I have no use for, did help. I am a light user, and so far charge my iPhone every three days, or even two days if the battery has discharged to 30-35%. I charged it 2 days ago, and right now the battery shows 68% remaining. I take such advices, regardless of whom they come from, "with a grain of salt". If turning off some settings and apps I don't need extends or delays battery power drainage, then it works for me.
Why does someone need to get "Apple back on track?" Apple is $T, very successful and has been bringing great products to us. What do you dislike about Tim Cook's superb performance?
iOS and Apple in general these days is buggy for sure, but I can't imagine myself switching. In fact, just switched from Spotify to Apple Music so anticipate being even more locked into the ecosystem. The bugs in the OS are a result of Apple's meteoric success-- they've honestly just grown too fast and IMHO the company has overwhelmed itself with its to-do list.
Fortunately, Apple makes it so you don't have to switch (or be locked in). About 95 percent of the services I use on my iPhone, Macs, and iPad are third party services. Google, Dropbox, Yahoo, etc. Spotify, Pandora and others work just fine on my devices too. There are one or two Apple services I do use, but I'm not dependent on them.
Absolutely. I’ve had no problems using Spotify or other competing services like Dropbox on Apple devices either. I don’t see Apple getting more anti-competitive now that they are fighting certain policies in Europe.
Yes got fed up with Apple 2.5 years ago! Bought a Pixel 7a for less than half the price of an iPhone and have no regrets. The battery still lasts up to 2 days with normal use and it does everything iPhone does with no fuss. Yes Google tries to follow you around, but you can lock that down if it bothers you.
The current “test in production” method is the way Microsoft used to operate, it’s annoying that apple releases beta versions almost weekly that never really address the base problems.. it seems like things don’t begin to stabilize until the x.7.2 release. These forums are a great source of information and certainly steer you away from problematic releases.. IMO the testing process needs to control the release schedules..
It's not a paper weight although it would work as one. The point is I want a phone to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive texts. That is all it has to do. I certainly don't need it to navigate to the grocery store. I do not want it to have any financial information at all. It's far too easy to lose or get stolen.
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Hard to get an Android phone that will top the Pro Max for battery life. Even the SiC battery phones with larger batteries are inefficient and supposedly age faster than traditional Li-ion batteries. If maximizing battery performance and battery lifespan is your goal, I would consider the 17 Pro Max. (Just stay away from the betas)
Pixels are great. I have a 3a XL which I got in May 2020. My wife and I were on those for 9 months before deciding to switch back to iPhone. Being primarily Google in services (both of us), that made it easy to switch back and forth.
I just looked at the state of charge of my iPhone 14 pro, and it shows 46% of capacity remaining. I recharged it 3 days ago, so it seems that I may have to recharge it tonight if its battery's remaining capacity drops to perhaps 35-36%. For those who don't need or want a great number of features (bells and whistles), it only makes sense to turn their settings off.
I’m not a Gen Z and don’t have boundary problems with my phone. The form factor is very convenient allowing me to not get up to my computer to do a lot of things. I may not need to navigate to the grocery store, but when heading into the big city I use Apple Maps to see what’s the best route. Plus have multiple financial apps on my phone.It's not a paper weight although it would work as one. The point is I want a phone to make and receive phone calls, and send and receive texts. That is all it has to do. I certainly don't need it to navigate to the grocery store. I do not want it to have any financial information at all. It's far too easy to lose or get stolen.
Apparently I'm ahead of the trend,
Gen Z is desperate for landlines — and creating their own makeshift versions with cellphones
Business Insider talked to three young adults who said creating a physical boundary around their phone improved their screen time and quality of life.
I would only agree because of how "not ready for release" iOS 26 is. It wouldn't be a problem if we could roll back to iOS 18. What I'm not sure about is how Planned Obsolescence is somehow shoehorned into the Apple 2030.
Love this response in relation to carrying a phone, keys, wallet, camera etc-I remember having 4 pockets and all of them being filled-imagine my old Olympus C150 camera bulging out of one pocket, a Nokia 3310 in the other, a wallet in a back pocket, and the final pocket, 4 sets of keys. Now its a phone and keys. Lovely!
Nope. I remain thrilled. Since the v1 iPhone. Given iPhone sales [despite the high price] i would say most of the world disagrees with you and instead agrees with me.
Not sure if you are bing sarcastic, but AI has been a ******** and a complete PR disaster. He's been good but in this modern age they do need new person to lead the charge. Tim is more focused on stock buy-backs than funding the project of the scale needed for AI.
No I was not being sarcastic. Sure Apple's operation is imperfect, and anyone can cherry pick specific items they personally do not like. But you are denigrating the whole entity, and to do that you need to look at the whole, and compare against similar whole entities (to the extent that any may exist).
I have been known in the past to show up at Starbucks with two 17" PowerBook G4s in one bag. And then to use both while drinking my coffee. I will often carry my primary phone AND my backup phone.
I think successful and back on track are two separate things. Back on track for consumer satisfaction. There's no doubt that they're not feeling pressure because their stock prices are still great but if they continue to get past up by other brands when people continue to get fed up, it could hurt the success. In this case, it would be very slow cause and effect.
