How do they know that its using LTE instead of Wifi?
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How do they know that its using LTE instead of Wifi?
BruiserBear
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You can track your data usage in the phone's menus.
Gary Whitta
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Ugh, please provide a warning when linking Gizmodo. I hate giving them clicks.
Hard to believe someone actually spent even an hour or so writing up that whole thing. What a colossal waste of time.
Silly.Mikey
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Ya, they said that they were on wifi 80% of the time and still busted their monthly cap which never happened before with the 4 or 4s, so they started checking and noticed that wifi wasnt working properly. It was mostly Verison customers i think.
mescalineeyes
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If you don't care about this kind of detail there are other phones in the market better suited to your priorities.
mescalineeyes
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Not yet. Apple uses a special chip that can reverse polarity thus allowing you to insert the cable anyway. Third parties haven't figure out that chip. The ones you buy now will burn out your iPhone connector port if you try.
Oh shit. Didn't know that.
Thanks for letting me know what my priorities are and that I'm not welcome to own an iPhone. Guess I'll return my 5 now. Or maybe I'll continue to not care that the album artwork is positioned where it is because it makes sense for reasons already discussed in this thread.
There are frankly other things I'd like to see fixed and discussed than a non-issue like album artwork positioning.
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Deleted member 30609
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The way album art is displayed on the lock screen is embarrassing. Whoever decided that it was ok like that needs to -- seriously reconsider their decision.
mescalineeyes
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I'm just fucking with you man, but if you have followed Apple, you know their attention to detail was something people admired them for, and this is just another sign showing that they're slipping.
It's more of a meta discussion than about what we are actually discussing -- at least for me.
(another good example would be it basically killing you if you followed the directions on the Maps app icon
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CharminUltra
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This may be the first time I've seen 'reverse polarity' used in an actual, serious context.
Good Job Bob
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Welcome to Apple threads.
I've seen lots of these cables being sold on ebay.
Where do you see that they're burning out ports? I'd have expected a lot more noise about it.
Gary Whitta
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I just tried the lock screen album art thing and I have to admit it bugs me now! Hopefully they'll fix it, seems like a silly design oversight for Apple.
B-b-b-but the way it is now the number 1 is actually centred, the weight of the digit just fools the eye into thinking its not, what the hell.
Gary Whitta
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Gizmodo, wrong again? Not letting facts get in the way of a shit-on-Apple story? Hard to believe. What a fucking joke that site is.
TheGreatDivide
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They're not wrong in that it looks better in the "corrected" version, I guess.
IHaveCandy
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What's wrong with the lock screen album art
IHaveCandy
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I don't see what's wrong with it at all. Maybe you don't find it appealing, but there's nothing wrong with it. I think you are making too big of a deal about it.
NYR
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They have embraced their anti-Apple agenda since the iPhone 4 incident. They feed the trolls and they feed them with clicks and ad revenue. Awful site in general, lowest common dominator.
Obviously Apple made that icon with flying cars in mind. Always thinking ahead!(another good example would be it basically killing you if you followed the directions on the Maps app icon
Yeah, that's really scary. I can already see people picking up 3rd party cables and getting irreversibly screwed.
NYR
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lol, have to hand it to Apple. Totally cornered the market on cables, they are going to make a killing on top of the killing they'll make on the iPhone 5.
I'm curious, can an app switch between its 3:2 and 16:9 versions on-the-fly? Not sure how versions works in-app, but i'm surprised at how notification banners still overlap the top menu bar in-app. Really annoying when you're trying to navigate, but a banner drops down instead, covering the buttons. You can just barely manage to a nav button, but it's really easy to accidentally hit the notification banner instead..
What's funny is that the letterboxes for a 960x640 app are perfect for banners, so there is no overlap when running those. I don't get why they couldn't get the menu bar to be dynamic and shift downward when notifications come in. I did the math and it (the menu bar) would only need to slide 40 pixels down. An app can't be dynamic between two versions can it?
Yet another example of how poor iOS is adapted to extra screen real-estate.
What's funny is that the letterboxes for a 960x640 app are perfect for banners, so there is no overlap when running those. I don't get why they couldn't get the menu bar to be dynamic and shift downward when notifications come in. I did the math and it (the menu bar) would only need to slide 40 pixels down. An app can't be dynamic between two versions can it?
Yet another example of how poor iOS is adapted to extra screen real-estate.
Hey man, they eventually fixed that too.
Hari Seldon
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Going to try and call up apple and have them switch my 16g preorder to a 64g, without resetting my position in the pre-order queue.
ElectricBlue187
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Just ordered a 16G in black. Backorder is 3 weeks
I'm curious, can an app switch between its 3:2 and 16:9 versions on-the-fly? Not sure how versions works in-app, but i'm surprised at how notification banners still overlap the top menu bar in-app. Really annoying when you're trying to navigate, but a banner drops down instead, covering the buttons. You can just barely manage to a nav button, but it's really easy to accidentally hit the notification banner instead..
What's funny is that the letterboxes for a 960x640 app are perfect for banners, so there is no overlap when running those. I don't get why they couldn't get the menu bar to be dynamic and shift downward when notifications come in. I did the math and it (the menu bar) would only need to slide 40 pixels down. An app can't be dynamic between two versions can it?
Yet another example of how poor iOS is adapted to extra screen real-estate.
I don't want the menu bar moving around. The banner is temporary for a reason. File this idea in the junk drawer with the circular sliders.
Hey man, they eventually fixed that too.
And the world will continue to turn.
Do it. 16GB is way to small, especially if you game and/or take lots of video. I have 64GB white and it's nice not having to juggle space.
FlashFlooder
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I'm curious, can an app switch between its 3:2 and 16:9 versions on-the-fly? Not sure how versions works in-app, but i'm surprised at how notification banners still overlap the top menu bar in-app. Really annoying when you're trying to navigate, but a banner drops down instead, covering the buttons. You can just barely manage to a nav button, but it's really easy to accidentally hit the notification banner instead..
What's funny is that the letterboxes for a 960x640 app are perfect for banners, so there is no overlap when running those. I don't get why they couldn't get the menu bar to be dynamic and shift downward when notifications come in. I did the math and it (the menu bar) would only need to slide 40 pixels down. An app can't be dynamic between two versions can it?
Yet another example of how poor iOS is adapted to extra screen real-estate.
In case you didn't know, swiping a notification banner from right to left makes it go away.
The Outsider
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Lots of pages to sift through here, so apologies if this has been address already.
What are some of the best cases on the market? Something not too bulky, but still protects pretty well.
Is it worth getting a screen protector as well? Screen is intended to be scratch proof as far as I know.
What are some of the best cases on the market? Something not too bulky, but still protects pretty well.
Is it worth getting a screen protector as well? Screen is intended to be scratch proof as far as I know.
FlashFlooder
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I got a CaseCrown Slider, it's thin/lightweight but provides full protection. I've never used a screen protector in the past, never had issues with scratching.
You mean lightning? Also there was a rumor that Apple put a chip inside the lighting cable so it cannot be replicated, any truth to this...
IHaveCandy
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I think the chip is used to change the use of the pins based on the device.
Silly.Mikey
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Why did they even change the cable? Was that answered?
Exactly, and also moving the nav buttons down would still make you hit the wrong target if you were already about to tap it. The iPhone 5 has actually helped me with that because I find myself hitting the lower part of the nav buttons more frequently due to the longer distance. Apple should just have a slight delay before the touch target switches from the bar to the notification (if they don't already, I don't really have this problem so I'm not certain). Swipe to dismiss is crucial though and not immediately obvious
Yes. The new cable is smaller, all digital, and is reversible.
IHaveCandy
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They needed to make the port smaller for the iPhone 5. Every iPhone 5 teardown says they definitely could not have fit the components if they used the old 30 pin connector port.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Must not be engineers. I've used those terms in serious context.
http://www.boatus.com/boattech/casey/Reverse-Polarity.asp
layzie1989
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the lockscreen appearance of album art has bothered me since i got the phone. it's incredibly lazy.
Silly.Mikey
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^^
lol Siri needs more of this. More personality i guess.
lol Siri needs more of this. More personality i guess.