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Re: iPhone SE

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Post by SonicSoul »

themartorana wrote: post #441
makecheck wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, until you mentioned it just now, I’d forgotten my phone even has 3D Touch. It had been literally weeks since I last thought to use force-touch for anything, mostly because there is zero indication where it will work. And it is half-baked in the sense that when I do activate 3D Touch, it’s usually by accident. It is almost the same gesture as deleting apps on the home screen! I go to delete an app, press-and…

The only time I remember is when I tap a link just a hair too hard and it doesn't open because it went through a fraction of a second of the force touch action. I've never "hated" a feature on the iPhone. I very strongly dislike this one.

I dislike the 3d touch on the new macbook trackpad for the same reason. i try to move something but it decides to show me a dictionary definition of that word. does anyone use the dictionary that much for this to be the default behavior?

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by [deleted] »

programLyrique wrote: post #40
afreak wrote: post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

I am always surprised by these expansive US plans. In France for instance, you can have 50 GB LTE for 20 € per month (with Free). In Austria, 10 GB LTE for 15 € is not uncommon.

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Re: iPhone SE

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Post by namiller2 »

kylec wrote: post #385
frandroid wrote: post #379

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The floppy drive, the DVD drive, the Ethernet port, the MagSafe port...

Fair enough, I should have specified "iOS device". Though I would argue that the MagSafe change doesn't count as it still retains the same functionality, it's just a different form factor.

MagSafe has been removed from the new 12" Macbooks.

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by jaysonelliot »

ino wrote: post #440
makecheck wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, until you mentioned it just now, I’d forgotten my phone even has 3D Touch. It had been literally weeks since I last thought to use force-touch for anything, mostly because there is zero indication where it will work. And it is half-baked in the sense that when I do activate 3D Touch, it’s usually by accident. It is almost the same gesture as deleting apps on the home screen! I go to delete an app, press-and…

Start using the keyboard trackpad for moving the cursor, selecting and deleting words, paragraphs or the whole text input. It's the killer app.

Unfortunately the keyboard force touch only works about ~70% of the time, which is too unpredictable for me to start incorporating into regular use as a user.

It's odd that after ten years of development, Apple still hasn't made their keyboard just work. Selecting and manipulating text is still buggy and unpredictable.

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by makecheck »

themartorana wrote: post #441
makecheck wrote: post #419

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, until you mentioned it just now, I’d forgotten my phone even has 3D Touch. It had been literally weeks since I last thought to use force-touch for anything, mostly because there is zero indication where it will work. And it is half-baked in the sense that when I do activate 3D Touch, it’s usually by accident. It is almost the same gesture as deleting apps on the home screen! I go to delete an app, press-and…

The only time I remember is when I tap a link just a hair too hard and it doesn't open because it went through a fraction of a second of the force touch action. I've never "hated" a feature on the iPhone. I very strongly dislike this one.

Yeah, the timing is definitely something that could use feedback.

I think they should have at least done something similar to the pull-to-refresh animation (where the shape isn’t “complete” until you’ve pulled far enough). Why couldn’t they pop up a tiny circle or something under your finger that turns like a clock and shows you how much longer you have to press to activate a 3D Touch?

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by lucaspiller »

programLyrique wrote: post #40
afreak wrote: post #10

$399 USD is great, but why are we still stuck with 16 GB of storage on base model phones? You can barely put a day's worth of music on your phone and you cannot always stream via services like Spotify. Spotify accounts for 2 GB of traffic per month on my phone and some plans are barely affordable when you want more than that--fortunately I can do up to 6 GB before I am traffic shaped, but that isn't the say the same…

I am always surprised by these expansive US plans. In France for instance, you can have 50 GB LTE for 20 € per month (with Free). In Austria, 10 GB LTE for 15 € is not uncommon.

Across the border here in Italy, 5GB for €20/month is a good deal. If you are very lucky you can even get a 4G signal.

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by cauterized »

aiabgold wrote: post #208
cm2187 wrote: post #180

I would buy it if there was a 128GB version. It's the only form factor that works for me. I can't reach the whole of the screen with a single hand on the 6s and 6s plus.

You're probably already aware, but there's a nice feature on the 6s and 6s plus which somewhat handles this: double touch the home button (without pushing it down) and the screen moves down by half, leaving only the top half of the screen visible. Makes it a lot easier to reach options located at the top of the screen.

Doesn't help much if your hands are too small to reach more than a third of the way across the screen while holding the phone even vaguely securely.

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by zootam »

bydo wrote: post #328
mrweasel wrote: post #299

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>$399 USD is great It's going to be $559 in Denmark. I had to check the prices on the other models, the cheapest 6S is $875. I never realized how expensive an iPhone is. Why anyone would buy an iPhone at those prices are beyond me. Sure, most will be buying via their carrier along with a subscription, but in most cases that will just make the phone more expensive.

Note that the price in Denmark includes VAT, whereas the price in the US is before any taxes. Though which comparable device would you suggest at a similar price point?

if one is smart, one can avoid paying taxes on large electronics purchases

Re: iPhone SE

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Post by Esau »

makecheck wrote: post #419
tsunamifury wrote: post #35

No 3D touch is a very odd fragmentation. You'd think they'd want to shore up their devices to be completely compatible with this across the spectrum to motivate developers to use it as a key part of their UX. Now when only X So your apps have to optionally use 3D Touch, Pencil, adaptive layout, fingerprint, and several other interactions that only cover fractions of their hardware line.

You know, until you mentioned it just now, I’d forgotten my phone even has 3D Touch. It had been literally weeks since I last thought to use force-touch for anything, mostly because there is zero indication where it will work. And it is half-baked in the sense that when I do activate 3D Touch, it’s usually by accident. It is almost the same gesture as deleting apps on the home screen! I go to delete an app, press-and…

I think 3D touch is a lot like a right-mouse click in the desktop environment, in that there is rarely anything to indicate where you can do it. You basically have to read about it or just try.

That said, I don't personally care for it. I also feel that iOS is getting too complicated.

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