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Apple iPhone 6S |OT|
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RoninChaos
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I don't really care about bulk. I just want protection so if this thing goes skittering across the parking lot or lands face down when I get out of my car and shattering.
I have a tech armor edge to edge glass screen protector on it and on my 5s this was the case I used: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098FKJ04/?tag=neogaf0e-20
If you look at the screen shots you can see the rubber from the case came up and over the glass. I'm looking for something similar to that if you have any suggestions.
I'd love some red to be in it too. lolsorijealut
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Yup...! the 6s+ is a great phone and I may end up missing the 5.5 screen, but I decided I only need a simpler phone for the next year or so. Hopefully Apple will come up with a smaller design in the 7.
But yeah, the case is as thin as it gets, and I can see it's a high quality aluminum frame.
that's exactly why i got the magpul. and with the 6s doing so well on drop tests, i'm not even bothering with a screen protector. replacement screens from apple aren't that expensive either. ($130)I don't really care about bulk. I just want protection so if this thing goes skittering across the parking lot or lands face down when I get out of my car and shattering.
I have a tech armor edge to edge glass screen protector on it and on my 5s this was the case I used: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098FKJ04/?tag=neogaf0e-20
If you look at the screen shots you can see the rubber from the case came up and over the glass. I'm looking for something similar to that if you have any suggestions.
After my reset everything is noticeably faster.
Going to take my time with my installs / settings tweaks and do thorough testing after every change.
Edit: without changing anything it is now locking up for 7-8 seconds at a time.
RoninChaos
Member
Got the links for the one you have? I see a bump case on amazon and carrying case. What's the difference?
Sometimes I feel like the constant micromanaging of a lot of these system settings does more harm than good.
I see folks talking about regulating Bluetooth and cell data and wifi and so on and so on and they don't often seem to have positive outcomes. I honestly feel like the phone is designed to keep all that pretty well maintained and barring special circumstances a user is better served just using their phone without the babysitting. (Not picking on you Raiden it's fairly common discussion every time a phone is released)
https://www.magpul.com/products/electronic-cases
the field case is just one semi-rigid layer, while the bump case has two layers, with the inside being a softer rubber to absorb shocks. i've owned both and they've both worked fine for the many times i've dropped my 5s and 6. the field is cheaper in price and is also more svelte.
Kibbles
Member
I wonder if the tunewear works with a cinder. I might back out of the k11 Kickstarter because it doesn't and buy this instead
I got the leather case from Apple for the plus and I love it.
Improves grips, greatly improved feel and looks great.
Has a decent lip that I think would be pretty good against most drops but most people here will probably be able to better advise you and it is on the expensive side (50 bucks):
My 5s works fine tho
my 5s camera takes longer to open on iOS9, but overall speed is fine and navigating the OS is way improved.
Mine felt a tiny bit sluggish when switching apps.
But it was not something that happened often.
And my phone was dropped so often I am sure it fucked some shit up.
Macho Madness
Member
9 doesn't feel noticeably slower on my 5s.
DaleinCalgary
Member
I love my 6S, it's such a step up from the 5 I had before it's ridiculous. Only thing I'm not liking is that I settled with a silicone case since they didn't have the colour I wanted left in the leather. Gonna go back and exchange it once they get stock in.
Also does anyone else notice that the stock camera app seems to jack up the ISO really high in low light? Seems to overcompensate sometimes and has a lot of noise in the image as a result.
Also does anyone else notice that the stock camera app seems to jack up the ISO really high in low light? Seems to overcompensate sometimes and has a lot of noise in the image as a result.
Yup but as it's not official i would avoid doing it. I'm almost certain the moisture detection sticker inside your phone will go off voiding your warranty.
Wouldn't apple need some certification to say that it is waterproof? I seen videos of the 6 in water but the sound didn't work.
You will void your warranty if you dunk your phone in water. Don't.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204104
Zeyphersan
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Hm? Mine doesn't do that
I can use peek and pop in the tab switch view in Safari, but it's SUPER sensitive. It doesn't do the two stage feedback (one for peek, one for pop), you just lightly hold down a tab to preview, and then the first stage selects it
NYR
Member
Press a bit harder.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Ditto.
Has anyone come across any backlighting uniformity issues? My phone has a diagonal band that's a darker than the rest of the screen about 1/3 of the way down. It's a shadowing effect and is most prominent on white backgrounds. I've tried to ignore it the past couple days, but I'm probably going to exchange it.
Yeah my 5s was noticeably slower in switching and swapping. It's not unusable or anything, but I definitely noticed tapping the screen quite a few times to no avail every I'm something swapped. Like I was waiting for the program to load and the input to be able to register at all.
I'm really impressed with the battery life of the 6S. Yesterday I used it for 8 hours almost constantly while it was syncing a music playlist to my watch and it was only at 15% by the end of the day. Today I kept it in low power mode all day and it barely dropped below 70%. Fucking amazing. I do turn off push email, hey Siri and a few other useless settings though.. But I have the dynamic wallpaper and a live lock screen.. Nbd.
Oh super neat. Was wondering how to trigger that as some press and swipes seemed to pop and app, and some seemed to open the switcher. I think just pressing in the edge pan area is way nicer/ more predictable
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Deleted member 17706
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Here in Seattle at least, T-Mobile is way faster. I've seen upwards of 90 Mbps on their LTE network (usually around 60 near my house) using the Speedtest app. Verizon and AT&T never show speeds like that.
Wow, that's really cool. Thanks for the tip!
Seattle, is T-Mobile headquarters city of course its blazing fast haha.
This works for me, but it seems like you have to use a lot of force, which doesn't feel natural to me. Sometimes I'll go back in Safari or Spotlight will open.
Leona Lewis
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Wasn't the whole idea of iOS 9 to introduce a bunch of under the hood tweaks to optimize for older devices?
Hopefully this is just anecdotal.
James Sawyer Ford
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After using this for a few days -- man, what an amazing phone. Even coming from a great phone (5S), the upgrade in terms of speed and lack of hiccups is substantial.
Streaming all kinds of HD content and GIF threads without a single hitch. First time I genuinely feel like I don't need my PC anymore (for basic content consumption).
Streaming all kinds of HD content and GIF threads without a single hitch. First time I genuinely feel like I don't need my PC anymore (for basic content consumption).
I am pretty sure it didn't go through because they want me to upgrade my old plan and pay $20 more per month for each line on my plan. I already can't make any changes or add any new lines without switching to the new plan.
What's app switch?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Ohhhhhhhhh you meant peek and pop to get to the app switcher, not peek and pop ON the apps in the app switcher
See that's what I was trying to do
I wouldn't be surprised if they made it waterproof, or as close to waterproof as possible. It cuts down on repair cases for accidental drops in water. But I can understand why they wouldn't announce it: Too many stupid people would take it as a challenge and see how far they can push it, or casually go swimming with it or something.
NYR
Member
Press on the side, and drag to the left, once you see the screen shift a bit and and show a bit of the pages of other apps, push a bit harder and you'll get the feedback and the open app switcher will fully show up.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Yeah now the only thing holding up GIFs is the time for them to load with my shit connection.
Weird seeing that speed on a phone.
Atraveller
Banned
I laugh at people who immediately turned it on when they got their phone, it's like using crutches long before your legs broke, why even do that?
It's fine on my 5, it's the battery that makes me want to switch most.
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Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Hello GAF ! This is my first post. Got my Gold 6s+ Friday, and I love it. I'm usually an Android guy, but after getting my MacBook Pro I felt it was time to get an iPhone. And being an Android guy I knew to go for the 6s+ since I'm used to big phones. I was surprised that the phone isn't even all that big as people talk it up to be. It's perfect. The regular 6s must be tiny ! I'm sending my Apple leather cases back to Apple and getting my money back as I didn't really like them, and I am a #teamnaked 95% percent of the time. But I do have the Rearth Rignke (I believe that's how you spell it) on the way from Amazon tomorrow. It's a clear case that actually looks decent for only 10 dollars and reviewers on YouTube were saying it is one of the best cases. It's actually the best selling case on Amazon.
Mr. Wonderful
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LOL article implies (non-vanilla) Lollipop actually made devices faster, "but that's not the case with iOS 9"!
Anyways, outside of very specific software-hitches, iOS 9 was only faster for me. If 9.1's performance improvements are true, which they likely are, given that iOS 9 was a partial graphics stack rewrite to Metal, which is bound to create some bugs, the OS is positioned to be in the best place performance-wise since iOS 6. (And if it's not, then yeah, Apple will be kind of an asshole).
jellies_two
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On my iPhone 6 with IOS9 I noticed things getting a bit weird. Stalls when I didn't expect them and so on.
Then I looked at the preference for "search" and found it "search inside" default enabled for what looked like about 200 apps (games and whatnot). So I went down the list turning it off for every single one, it took ages.
Haven't had the same weird stalls since I did that.
Then I looked at the preference for "search" and found it "search inside" default enabled for what looked like about 200 apps (games and whatnot). So I went down the list turning it off for every single one, it took ages.
Haven't had the same weird stalls since I did that.
It could have been caching and indexing all your apps and information for spotlight search. Might come good after a little while