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50% of iPhones Brought to Genius Bar Have Never Been Synced
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OMGbrandon
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My wife has never plugged her iPhone into the computer. It only gets synced when I upgrade her OS while she isn't looking.
AtariMac
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Will iCloud really solve this? If users don't sign up for an iCloud account then this solves nothing. Will you be forced to have an iCloud account in order to use the phone?
People that aren't manually syncing the iPhone now are not likely to sign up for iCloud if they are not somehow forced to do so.
I personally know two people that have iPhone 4's and have never synced. I cannot image that magically with iCloud that they will do that.
People that aren't manually syncing the iPhone now are not likely to sign up for iCloud if they are not somehow forced to do so.
I personally know two people that have iPhone 4's and have never synced. I cannot image that magically with iCloud that they will do that.
*LTD*
macrumors G4
I know plenty of lawyers, for example, some of them top litigators (i.e., in Toronto) that aren't very bright when it comes to tech. When it comes to figuring out public policy and legislation, however, they're stars. But work in that industry and witness it for yourself.
Same thing in academia. Same thing in several other professions, especially among more senior members.
Understanding tech is no signifier or marker of intellect. Tech is a tool, that's either comfortable to use to get actual work done, or it isn't. And a lot if it isn't.
It's often a case of smart people using bad tools. There's going to be friction.
This is where Apple comes in. And consumers have responded - from what appears to be all walks of life, especially a lot of smart people that have traditionally shied away from tech or felt intimidated by it. There is simply a lot of bull.sh.it when it comes to tech - a lot of stuff that gets in the way. It can be a huge PITA. Whoever can simplify it while allowing us to get most of the same things done will be a star. Apple is one of these stars. The industry has taken notice and is going through growing pains to shift toward Apple's model - some with more success than others.
Remove complexity, enhance what's left over. Working from that model, we end up with blessings, not headaches.
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The saying "90% of the problems a user may encounter happens between the chair and the keyboard (touch screen in this case)" rings true just based on the headline alone.
I've come across way too many people who have an iPhone and constantly complain about it having an issue here or there but don't realize that the problems require user intervention. Most of the time, a simple restart of the iPhone fixes all their issues; the only thing is that many of these people have never restarted their phone since they walked out of the store with it. Go figure. 🙄
I've come across way too many people who have an iPhone and constantly complain about it having an issue here or there but don't realize that the problems require user intervention. Most of the time, a simple restart of the iPhone fixes all their issues; the only thing is that many of these people have never restarted their phone since they walked out of the store with it. Go figure. 🙄
BJMRamage
macrumors 68030
My wife syncs her phone every few months.
I try to every so often but even adding a CD of songs takes so long, half teh time i wait since it'll take 10 minutes whether I back up a lot or add three songs.
I know a person who said a co-worker has not plugged their phone into a computer since the day he got it (NEW) and that is a 3G or 3GS.
I try to every so often but even adding a CD of songs takes so long, half teh time i wait since it'll take 10 minutes whether I back up a lot or add three songs.
I know a person who said a co-worker has not plugged their phone into a computer since the day he got it (NEW) and that is a 3G or 3GS.
this is probably the same percentage of people who use their iPhones for only texting and phone calls.
For those people, Apple should have a separate area. Call it the "Genius (Yes, we're being sarcastic) Bar".
Funny thing is I just did that today. Yep, there I was a second later looking at 'google.com' with "google.com" as search text. Felt weird. 🙂
*LTD*
macrumors G4
That's just amazing. People trust their whole life to their phone... Store their calendar, contacts, and all their precious vacation photos IN the phone, but never sync it to a computer to back it up? WOW.
They are probably used to dumb phones that never got updates and you never plugged them into a computer.
NightFox
macrumors 68040
This is a great reality check for a lot of posters on these forums who think Mac Rumors members are a good representation of the wider iPhone owning community. We're not, we're a geeky minority. The majority of iPhone owners neither know nor care what iOS, WWDC or iCloud are.
Not syncing/backing up iPhone? That's nothing. Virtually all mac users who are non techies that I know never update their Mac. You know the Software Update of the OS...
Bluefusion
macrumors 6502
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This is absolutely true. I'm actually surprised it isn't more than that. In my time at Bar, I found that around 80% were synced only initially, or (at best) twice due to having to install an update. Not to generalize, but overwhelmingly women and teenage girls failed to sync: college students, male and female, did so far more often, and businesspeople tended to sync about once every two weeks.
It is AMAZING how much can be resolved by syncing, particularly if you never do it!
This is absolutely true. I'm actually surprised it isn't more than that. In my time at Bar, I found that around 80% were synced only initially, or (at best) twice due to having to install an update. Not to generalize, but overwhelmingly women and teenage girls failed to sync: college students, male and female, did so far more often, and businesspeople tended to sync about once every two weeks.
It is AMAZING how much can be resolved by syncing, particularly if you never do it!
Same here. I plug into charge, but only since once a week or less.
I have clients that don't see why it's important to plug in once in a while to sync and update. They see them as phones and not computers.
iCloud is going to be a HUGE benefit to the iPhone-using community across the board.
I have clients that don't see why it's important to plug in once in a while to sync and update. They see them as phones and not computers.
iCloud is going to be a HUGE benefit to the iPhone-using community across the board.