I got a orange carbon fiber skin on it with a Spigen ultra thin clear case. It's gaudy and I love it.
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iPhone 7 | OT | Pre-order Sept 9, Available Sept 16
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I got a orange carbon fiber skin on it with a Spigen ultra thin clear case. It's gaudy and I love it.
cablenathan
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Got mine delivered today, I used to use an Apple leather case and generic third party screen cover on my 6s but for the 7 I'm trying a tempered glass screen protector and a Supcase Unicorn Beetle Hybrid cover. It's not really a fair comparison but this is a bit slippy compared to the leather one, but nice and an awful lot cheaper. If it doesn't work out then it didnt break the bank, and I'll probably pick up a leather, maybe Apple, cover or maybe a folio style. It depends on what Gaf recommends.
Laws00
Member
Thank you for the advice guys. My co worker got an iphone 7. He had a 5 and has used otterbox for his 7 and 5 iphone.
i will look at all these cases guys
i will look at all these cases guys
Gonna upgrade to an iPhone 7 soon. What am I better off with for headphone usage? Bluetooth or the adapter? 90% of my usage is podcasts outside of the home so if I get bluetooth I'm only looking to spend around $30.
Is Bluetooth generally seamless or will there be issues? (having to resync often, etc)
Is Bluetooth generally seamless or will there be issues? (having to resync often, etc)
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Bluetooth is pretty solid with the iPhone but also depends on the headphones.
The built in speakers might actually be okay for podcasts. The speakers are fairly loud. I use Jaybirds which are pricier than your budget but I've heard good things from the picks from The Wirecutter: http://m.thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-cheap-bluetooth-earbuds/
The built in speakers might actually be okay for podcasts. The speakers are fairly loud. I use Jaybirds which are pricier than your budget but I've heard good things from the picks from The Wirecutter: http://m.thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-cheap-bluetooth-earbuds/
Looking at these
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G8JO5F2/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Reviews seem to be really good
http://fakespot.com/product/wireles...ery-noise-cancelling-headsets-1-year-warranty
Fakespot gives these reviews a D, I wouldn't trust em.
I have had a tozo case which is essentially the same exact thing as a peel (there's a YouTube video on it) but I found to to be so thin it virtually couldn't be offering any real drop protection. I also didn't like that it had no screen lip.
Now have the official apple leather case and I love it, and even had a fairly significant drop onto my tile floor in the bathroom (set phone on top of towel and towel bar for a sec which was stupid) and the phone took no damage and neither did the case.
Now have the official apple leather case and I love it, and even had a fairly significant drop onto my tile floor in the bathroom (set phone on top of towel and towel bar for a sec which was stupid) and the phone took no damage and neither did the case.
Love them, feel so good.
Is iCloud supposed to delete all your shit? My grandma got an iPhone 7 and put her contacts in. I turned on iCloud today. When I get home from work, she says everything was fine then all of her contacts disappeared. I checked icloud.com, nothing there. All of them were completely gone. My girlfriend, who's always had iPhones, said that of course its going to, you're supposed to turn it on first.
Last I checked, a cloud service isn't supposed to delete all of your shit.
Last I checked, a cloud service isn't supposed to delete all of your shit.
Your 'turned on' iCloud? How exactly? This was after she put her contacts in?
I've had my contacts carry over for pretty much every iPhone since icloud syncing has been available.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Log into iCloud.com with her account, go to settings, and down at the bottom is "restore contacts". See if it lets you do that
Im such an idiot. Bought a glass protector for my 7 and applied it perfectly, then for some reason on corner got a bubble type of thing after 2 weeks, then tried to fix it , made it worse, tried it again, even worse. Now I got this ugly air pocket in my upper right corner. If I press it, it goes away but returns instantly.
5S are generally 150-200 on eBay or like as a prepaid go phone. Prob have better luck finding a used 5 if you want to stay under 150
Mammoth Jones
Member
You try spraying water as you apply it? Then use a credit card or whatever to squeegee it out?
I've made the step to iPhone after 7 years of Android, never used a case. Bought the Apple leather case now. I don't know, just feels like this phone needs a case for some reason
The thing's slippery as hell
roflwaffles
Member
Day 3 with this phone after 5 years on Android.
There are alot of things that I feel it does much better than Android -
-Better in-app experience - Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc all run leagues better here
-Speedy no matter what situation
-Battery life is pretty great
-iMessage is hands-down the best messaging experience in the business
All of which can be considered the essentials for a what you want your phone to do. However, alot of things still bug the crap out of me and will probably lead me to switching to a Note 8 later this year unless the iPhone 8 is incredible.
-Not being able to choose default apps - why can't Yelp open an address in Google Maps?
-Having to go to the settings menu to change the wallpaper instead of being able to hard press an image and do so
-Notifications are horrid here
-Standard lack of customization, but I bought the phone knowing I would run into this problem. Having app icons populate from the most inaccessible part of the screen makes zero sense, despite having the thumb doubletap option.
-The screen is fine, but for this money I find it a bit ludicrous that it isn't QHD.
The lack of a headphone jack hasn't been a big deal so far - the dongle sucks but it works I guess and the Soundbot360 suggestion earlier this thread was a lifesaver. Overall, I like the phone despite my gripes with it; I just feel like there are alot of things that can be improved that should be quite easy to implement.
There are alot of things that I feel it does much better than Android -
-Better in-app experience - Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc all run leagues better here
-Speedy no matter what situation
-Battery life is pretty great
-iMessage is hands-down the best messaging experience in the business
All of which can be considered the essentials for a what you want your phone to do. However, alot of things still bug the crap out of me and will probably lead me to switching to a Note 8 later this year unless the iPhone 8 is incredible.
-Not being able to choose default apps - why can't Yelp open an address in Google Maps?
-Having to go to the settings menu to change the wallpaper instead of being able to hard press an image and do so
-Notifications are horrid here
-Standard lack of customization, but I bought the phone knowing I would run into this problem. Having app icons populate from the most inaccessible part of the screen makes zero sense, despite having the thumb doubletap option.
-The screen is fine, but for this money I find it a bit ludicrous that it isn't QHD.
The lack of a headphone jack hasn't been a big deal so far - the dongle sucks but it works I guess and the Soundbot360 suggestion earlier this thread was a lifesaver. Overall, I like the phone despite my gripes with it; I just feel like there are alot of things that can be improved that should be quite easy to implement.
jts
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Good impressions.
Small note:
From there you go into the share menu (bottom left icon when viewing a single photo, or in gallery view 3D touch a thumbnail and slide up to see the "share" icon), and one of the activities that can be found in the black and white row beneath the app row, is to "set as wallpaper". Btw the last option of that row is "Menu" which you can tap to change the order of activities, or even turn on and off some 3rd party activities. I guess that's some degree of personalization as well haha j/k.
Small note:
You can change the wallpaper starting from a picture, providing you're in the photos app. If you mean you can't do it from a picture in the browser, then yes it's true. You need to save the picture to the phone first.
From there you go into the share menu (bottom left icon when viewing a single photo, or in gallery view 3D touch a thumbnail and slide up to see the "share" icon), and one of the activities that can be found in the black and white row beneath the app row, is to "set as wallpaper". Btw the last option of that row is "Menu" which you can tap to change the order of activities, or even turn on and off some 3rd party activities. I guess that's some degree of personalization as well haha j/k.
Is there a proper way to use Notification Center in iOS? I pretty much let them pile up and clear them once a week. I suppose this is what people talk about when they talk about notifications.
Banners, alerts, and badge app icons work fine.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
So whats the ideal prices I should be looking for on a 128GB 7+ in the UK? I've seen quite a few on eBay going for £650-700 but they've either been the wrong color or network.
I saw someone selling a new Jet Black 128GB unlocked for £650 but they wanted cash only and to be collected from a total of 4 hours driving. Fuel would push it up to £700 easily.
I'm running on a 5 at the moment with 16GB and while 32GB probably would be fine for a 7+ I feel for the cash I'm paying I should go for the 128GB and I'll be keeping it for a good 3-4 years.
Edit: Got a brand new sealed 7+ 128 GB Silver for £600. Thing is gorgeous.
I saw someone selling a new Jet Black 128GB unlocked for £650 but they wanted cash only and to be collected from a total of 4 hours driving. Fuel would push it up to £700 easily.
I'm running on a 5 at the moment with 16GB and while 32GB probably would be fine for a 7+ I feel for the cash I'm paying I should go for the 128GB and I'll be keeping it for a good 3-4 years.
Edit: Got a brand new sealed 7+ 128 GB Silver for £600. Thing is gorgeous.
cablenathan
Member
In case anyone is evwn remotely interested I'm a week in to using the Supcase Unicorn Beetle Hybrid cover and it is awesome. Rubberised bumper aka the rubbery bit around the edges is smooth yet provides just enough grip. I also love the feel of the transparent plastic back panel. The buttons on the bumper are nice and spongy/responsive. The tempered glass screen cover I got to go with it is fantastic too, silky smooth.
Here's how I've always done it.
1. Make sure the phone is totally powered down, and not plugged into the Lightning cable.
2. Hold down the volume down button.
3. Keep holding the volume down button as you plug the Lightning cable in.
4. The phone will automatically turn on when plugged in. Don't let go of volume down until you see the iTunes logo on the phone.
I would assume this is on iPhone 7? This is pretty much what I'm doing with 6s but I'm using home button instead. It will only show the apple logo and will go straight to lock screen. It's always like that. I remember having the same problem when I'm talking with apple live chat. Ugh
Zeyphersan
Banned
Plug it in to a computer, hold down the power and home buttons until the phone turns off, turns back on To the apple logo, and then turns into The connect to iTunes sign
This is the iPhone 7 OT, so I assumed you were talking about a 7. But yes, the directions on the 6S are otherwise the same except with the home button rather than volume down. The only times I've ever seen the instructions I gave not work are either user error or a malfunctioning button - it's pretty much foolproof otherwise.
Yup, what you said work flawlessly. It seems like the PC I'm using was the culprit. It was pretty much instant on the other PC. Thanks again.
The Faceless Master
Member
I wondered when Apple would get around to it given all the government cases against Qualcom.
That said I choked on my cereal seeing Apple of all companies pointing fingers at others for overcharging.
mercenar1e
Member
i dont know about you guys but im having problems with my battery.. i just charged it 4 hours ago and im down to like 7% is anyone else experiencing the same?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Go to settings->battery and see what it says
mercenar1e
Member
Solideliquid
Member
I used the Apple Leather case for my 6 and 6S, but this time around it seems the leather is very slippery, I mean not as much as having the phone naked, but pretty slippery. I go with the Apple Silicone Case, love the colors, the texture and the extra grip.
I actually just returned the black leather case in black for my 7+ because of how slippery it was to use one-handed.
Zeyphersan
Banned
What apps are taking up most of the power?
That's a really low number but it means your phone has been off the charger for 3 hours but only able to actually sleep for 8 minutes. Even if the screen was off something was keeping the phone awake
mercenar1e
Member
mostly watching movies on my phone.. its the first time i have experienced the battery dying so quickly.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Uninstall YouTube and reinstall would be my suggestion. It's not capturing the links like it's supposed to
DOWN
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Done that a few times and no luck. Does it still work normally for you?
Zeyphersan
Banned
I've had mild issues with it, but even when it opened in the mobile version I still got the banner. Nothing to the extent you're describing
Long hold on the URL and see if "Open in 'YouTube'" is one of the options
DOWN
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It's not there
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Is the location icon supposed to stay on the top of the screen at all times?
Zeyphersan
Banned
If (like me) you have an app or range of apps that use your location constantly. Mine never goes away, but I have a couple weather apps that use it all the time and some system stuff like Home and Find My Friends