> "iPhone 4 users will enjoy improved responsiveness and performance" I hear: "iPhone 4 users will be slightly less screwed over this time". I am updating as fast as I can, because frankly, nothing can be worse than the iOS 7.0 upgrade that I (regrettably) did. No matter how iOS 7.1 works on my iPhone 4, I will remember how I got screwed by the 7.0 update. In the future I will never upgrade to a major new OS version…
iOS 7.1
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Re: iOS 7.1
#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
The stated claim seems entirely in context. And in fact, your restated argument is still rebutted by the post you're replying to. You can't just say "straw man" or "out of context" and then provide no explanation to those claims. Well, obviously you can, because you have been, but it makes your arguments fall flat. I would restate the grandparent's claim to further argue, but clearly that's an effort in futility.
It's not rebutted. Nowhere does he address the point that android makes the user manage the power where iOS does not. Instead he simply attempts to reframe the debate into the usual old saw about Apple's approach being restrictive vs Android. This simply does not rebut the idea that Android is making the user do the work, whereas iOS is doing it for the user. It just tries to make it sound like a good thing rather th…
Your assertion that Android makes the user manage power is so far off base that it's difficult to speak to. It permits the user do, but neither expects nor demands it. The average Android user has no need or desire to proactively manage their power usage by killing tasks or whatnot. You're tilting at windmills here.
When exactly did you last use an Android device?
Re: iOS 7.1
#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, it’s a real damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation for Apple. If they cut off support they are evil for making old devices obsolete too quickly. If they don’t cut off support they get poor performance with an OS that takes advantage of all the performance in the newest models.
Does taking advantage of the technology in the newer devices automatically mean you must have degradation in the older ones?
Not automatically, but there is no free lunch. Also, if Apple disables too much stuff they also get yelled at for not bringing all the features.
I mean, sure, there is a balance somewhere in there, but it’s not easy to hit quite right and I don’t think it will make everyone happy.
Re: iOS 7.1
#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Not really. I think the better term is locked out of the ancient CDMA networks of Verizon. Nexus series is GSM, which is used globally, except for Verizon in the U.S. Don't overstate the rarity of CDMA or the ubiquity of GSM. Yes, GSM is effectively the global standard, but CDMA is way more popular than you say. Examples of other CDMA networks include China Telecom (40+ million subscribers) and au by KDDI in Japan…
It is as bad as I am saying it is, regardless of your cherry picking. You can see GSM (red) vs CDMA (blue) global adoption rate here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Cel... The Nexus and Motorola phones work fine on GSM. If anything, it's more of a reason to buy them than avoid them like you said. Edit: And I quote: >"Maybe not Google Nexus, but then you're locked into the inferior network co…
Regarding your edit: that's not me.
Re: iOS 7.1
#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not rebutted. Nowhere does he address the point that android makes the user manage the power where iOS does not. Instead he simply attempts to reframe the debate into the usual old saw about Apple's approach being restrictive vs Android. This simply does not rebut the idea that Android is making the user do the work, whereas iOS is doing it for the user. It just tries to make it sound like a good thing rather th…
Your assertion that Android makes the user manage power is so far off base that it's difficult to speak to. It permits the user do, but neither expects nor demands it. The average Android user has no need or desire to proactively manage their power usage by killing tasks or whatnot. You're tilting at windmills here. When exactly did you last use an Android device?
What is the value of permitting it if it's unnecessary?
Re: iOS 7.1
#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
Your assertion that Android makes the user manage power is so far off base that it's difficult to speak to. It permits the user do, but neither expects nor demands it. The average Android user has no need or desire to proactively manage their power usage by killing tasks or whatnot. You're tilting at windmills here. When exactly did you last use an Android device?
What is the value of permitting it if it's unnecessary?
Surely it hasn't escaped your notice that it's rather par for the course for Android to give users the ability to do things they way they want, whether necessary or not.
Android doesn't presume to dictate acceptable feature sets for applications; as a result, sometimes apps will do things that the user did not expect or want (which may still in fact be a valid feature of the app, or may just be a bug), and then it provides tools to allow users to identify and correct the problem if it is unacceptable for their use case. This is the pathological case, though, and not the norm. The general assumption is that the user's preferences trump the OS's, which is a large part of the reason that so many people like Android to begin with.
Re: iOS 7.1
#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
It was never intended for end user use, according to Google: http://www.pocketables.com/2013/12/google-clears-app-ops-con...
For now, yes. Like most things (e.g. Chromecast SDK) they don't speculate until the release is complete. >The current UI is definitely not something that is appropriate for end users; it is mostly for platform engineers (a tool for examining, debugging, and testing the state of that part of the system), maybe some day for third party developers. In what form these features might be available in the regular UI I could…
Look, spin it however you want. The point is. it's not there today.
And as far as Google is confirming, it won't be available any time in the near future.
Re: iOS 7.1
#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is interesting - I've been using iOS7 since the day it came out and don't think I've seen a serious bug yet, certainly not hundreds of them. I really am curious - is it the hardware (iPhone 5s here) or different usage patterns? I'm a developer too, and just haven't had this experience. Please let me know a couple of the specific bugs you've seen, as I'd like to try and recreate them before upgrading to 7.1
I've seen two annoying bugs so far: * the music player corrupts itself and starts skipping all songs, may or may not be fixed by rebooting the device. May require resynchronising all the music (remove/readd everything) * it regularly decides to stop opening sync sessions with iTunes and has to be rebooted Apart from that it's been pretty smooth sailing. Oh yeah, and every single update re-enables bluetooth, that's an…
Just curious - why do you disable bluetooth? Does it have an impact on your battery life?
Re: iOS 7.1
#219I've been running the latest beta for a while, and I'm updating my devices now. Here's my beef: This came too late. For months now - ever since iOS 7 came out, I've had to tell people "iOS 7 is great, but buggy. Don't worry, Apple will release 7.1 soon that will fix a lot of these issues." Time, and time again, I said that. With each beta it became more and more obvious that Apple wasn't releasing a quick fix for the…
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Re: iOS 7.1
#220iOS 7.1 now on my 4S and guess what:
it has crashed at least 7 or 8 times in the few hours I've had the iOS update
thanks a lot, crApple