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Favorite 2.1 'feature'

What is you favorite new 2.1 feature?

  • Faster backup

    Votes: 38 20.0%

  • No lag (SMS and contact)

    Votes: 54 28.4%

  • Phone reliability (signal and dropped calls)

    Votes: 37 19.5%

  • Better Battery life

    Votes: 33 17.4%

  • No application crashes

    Votes: 15 7.9%

  • No safari crashes

    Votes: 2 1.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 11 5.8%
  • Total voters
    190
Mad Mac Maniac

Mad Mac Maniac

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Original poster
I know the features of 2.1 are mostly just fixes of how it should be, but still with that being said what is your favorite new thing about the new software?
 
All of the above?

For me it would have to be better battery life, better reliability and no lagging keyboard.
 
I would have to say better battery life, all the other features are pointless if your battery is drained.
 
Signal more than anything. I never had huge issues with backups, crashing, or any of the common stuff, but the 3G reception was awful. It's worlds better for me since I've installed 2.1.
 
Too me for some reason it was the faster backups.

I could handle the dropped calls, the constant powering off and on, the application crashes and the slow application updates/installs.

But it really got under my skin looking at the snail moving backup progress line over a period of hours It would essentially make the iphone useless for hours.
 
yea for me it was the faster backups too.

When you have to take several hours aside to charge your phone, it really sucks. you can't go anywhere or do anything because u need your phone! and then you can't make/receive any calls or texts... quite inconvenient.
 
I really like the fact that backups work so much better!

Also, the Am/Pm feature enabled for UK users is good too.
 
Ummmmm...ALL of the those are what we should have expected out of the box. The only reason we consider those "new features" is because we got such an unstable product.
 
dranakin said:
Ummmmm...ALL of the those are what we should have expected out of the box. The only reason we consider those "new features" is because we got such an unstable product.
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Exactly. I'm thrilled that I finally have a phone that functions as advertised. I'm upset that it took Apple TWO FRAKIN' MONTHS to deliver. 😡
 
Faster backups, by far. My phone has always been stable, good battery life...but the backups. Those were killing me. And they're still too long for my liking (3-5 minutes).

A close second is the faster application installs/updates.
 
Better reception is a myth, and Apple's own release note has said nothing about improved reception. I am sure in a week or so, this topic will be officially brought up by one of the popular blogs.
 
I just updated, so my vote's still out...
Faster backup -- I did not have issues with this before.
No lag (SMS and contact) -- This is immediately noted and appreciated.
Phone reliability (signal and dropped calls) -- Am hoping this is true
Better Battery life -- My battery life was not great, but not obnoxious. I wasn't clear if this includes the EDGE iPhone, but I'll be happy if it does.
No application crashes & No safari crashes -- I didn't have a lot, but I'm happy with any improvement in these areas.
Genius -- I have not played with this yet.

My other confounder, however, is that I have always jailbreaked my iPhone to have it unlocked. I started out with 1.1.4 JB/UL (ZiPhone) then went to 2.0.1 next (Pwnage). This time I updated directly from iTunes (since Pwnage unlocking survives a restore now). So this is also the first time I've had my iPhone have no Jailbreaking software on it (e.g. no Installer, Cydia, BSDSubsystem, etc). So that may also contribute to stability and/or speed.
 
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