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iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#11

Post by augustl »

christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

Apparently, the reason Apple dropped support for iPhone 7 is performance on the new lock screen. Pretty lame if that's the case, Apple has usually been good with supporting all devices as long as the hardware allows it (for example, hardware level secure enclave was required at a certain version of iOS)

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#13

Post by Daltzn »

avtar wrote: post #10

Apple’s call and sms spam filtering remains subpar to say the least. When I had a Pixel, I had the option to let the OS transcribe what the potential spammer was saying and end the call. It’s puzzling why Apple isn’t doing more here.

Give the app bouncer a try. I been able stop almost all spam texts.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#14

Post by GeekyBear »

christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

Apple just released another security update for the 2014 iPhone 5s.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#15

Post by anonuser123456 »

augustl wrote: post #11
christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

Apparently, the reason Apple dropped support for iPhone 7 is performance on the new lock screen. Pretty lame if that's the case, Apple has usually been good with supporting all devices as long as the hardware allows it (for example, hardware level secure enclave was required at a certain version of iOS)

It is a extremely hard to maintain differential software features across hardware product lines. What ‘sounds lame’ may translate into significantly added complexity to the maintenance process.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#16

Post by bnt »

Next to CarPlay it says "Vehicle announcement coming in late 2023" - what is this related to? Showing car-related information in CarPlay, or are they announcing a car of their own?

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#17

Post by jackson1442 »

bnt wrote: post #16

Next to CarPlay it says "Vehicle announcement coming in late 2023" - what is this related to? Showing car-related information in CarPlay, or are they announcing a car of their own?

I think that's surrounding which vehicles will support the CarPlay dashboard.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

#18

Post by alwillis »

augustl wrote: post #11
christophilus wrote: post #8

I'm surprised they aren't using the iPhone 14 in the promo images. Anyway, looks like my old iPhone 7 is finally going to have to retire. :/ I can't wait for a good Linux phone. Edit: 7 years of use isn't bad compared to Android, but the phone is still just fine, and it really bothers me that it's turning into e-waste for no good reason.

Apparently, the reason Apple dropped support for iPhone 7 is performance on the new lock screen. Pretty lame if that's the case, Apple has usually been good with supporting all devices as long as the hardware allows it (for example, hardware level secure enclave was required at a certain version of iOS)

Apparently, the reason Apple dropped support for iPhone 7 is performance on the new lock screen.

It’s more likely the fact the iPhone 7 only has 2GB of RAM and two cores, not to mention missing the Neural Engine, the image processor and other features on Apple’s latest SoCs that iOS 16 requires for some of its features.

Most of major features of iOS 16 would have to be removed to run on an iPhone 7.

Re: iOS 16 Available September 12th

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Post by berberous »

bnt wrote: post #16

Next to CarPlay it says "Vehicle announcement coming in late 2023" - what is this related to? Showing car-related information in CarPlay, or are they announcing a car of their own?

I’m not sure, but a while ago they announced a sort of expanded CarPlay where things like the speedometer, fuel gage, etc were shown in the CarPlay format, so I assume that.
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