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About ready to chuck this iPhone 6 out the window

highlightshadow said:
I'm so sick of the iPhone 6 and iOS8

3rd party keyboards totally unreliable
App crashes are among the worst its ever been on iOS
Another phone with a home button that feels like its about to give in
Restored iPhone again today (set it up as new when i 1st got the 6) but tried doing same today .... phone decides 2 hours later to start heating up drastically and chewing battery .... was depleting fast than i could charge it. Did a hard-reset and it seems to have settled it for now.

I've owned every iPhone since the 3G but this one is the 1st one where i've totally regretted upgrading to.

Just can't believe we're on 8.1.1 and the OS is still a complete mess
So back to Apple i go to get this swapped under warranty but i'm thinking now this will be my final Apple device.... was going to upgrade iPad2 to an iPad air 2 in the new year but not doing that anymore. Toying will selling the phone and jumping to android .... i know i've a lot of apps i'll miss but having to force quit apps constantly on iOS8 is waring thin

I know this is just my story and i'm sure it'll cue a countless amount of forum jokeys with the 'cool story bro' comments .... but don't care :)
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Don't do it if it is on contract; since it not yours yet! But if you full paid for it; then do as you please!
 
I had a crash on 8 here there nothing that drove me nuts but now it's finished nothing it's like it used to work... I'm now at 8.1.1 I say try updating and see what happens see Apple or toss it and get what YOU like!
 
I think iOS 9 will be iOS's snow leopard. Far too many bugs have happened this year, and Craig Federighi even made a wise crack about getting "feedback" during the iPad Air 2 keynote.

Let's not forget that Federighi played a major role in Snow Leopard so he's more than capable of fixing iOS.
 
highlightshadow said:
I'm so sick of the iPhone 6 and iOS8

3rd party keyboards totally unreliable
App crashes are among the worst its ever been on iOS
Another phone with a home button that feels like its about to give in
Restored iPhone again today (set it up as new when i 1st got the 6) but tried doing same today .... phone decides 2 hours later to start heating up drastically and chewing battery .... was depleting fast than i could charge it. Did a hard-reset and it seems to have settled it for now.

I've owned every iPhone since the 3G but this one is the 1st one where i've totally regretted upgrading to.

Just can't believe we're on 8.1.1 and the OS is still a complete mess
So back to Apple i go to get this swapped under warranty but i'm thinking now this will be my final Apple device.... was going to upgrade iPad2 to an iPad air 2 in the new year but not doing that anymore. Toying will selling the phone and jumping to android .... i know i've a lot of apps i'll miss but having to force quit apps constantly on iOS8 is waring thin

I know this is just my story and i'm sure it'll cue a countless amount of forum jokeys with the 'cool story bro' comments .... but don't care :)
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News flash fruit loops, the iPhone 6 is the fastest smartphone on the market. If you're not enjoying the iPhone 6, I don't know how in the crap you will enjoy an android anything. It's like going from Lexus to Kia.

We iOS users blow a kiss and wish you a happy life. (no we don't lol)
 
It is reasons such as the Op's story as to why the s version is always superior to the non s version.

4 had antenna gate
5 had can't remember gate but I'm sure there was some sort of gate
6+ had bendgate

Apple always gets it right the year after a change in number.
 
Deeds500 said:
It is reasons such as the Op's story as to why the s version is always superior to the non s version.

4 had antenna gate
5 had can't remember gate but I'm sure there was some sort of gate
6+ had bendgate

Apple always gets it right the year after a change in number.
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iPhone 5 suffered from "scuffgate"
 
iososx said:
Living and working in a tech centric environment I use and enjoy Android and iOS.

The lion's share of my friends are serious Smartphone enthusiasts that also use both. Some are experiencing terrible frustrations with their iPhone 6, 6+ models. Conversely mine's trouble free. So hard to say what it is due to the fact that amongst us about 40% of iPhone 6 series are a mess of problems.

A hard core Apple Smartphone and Computer user, I've never seen this fragmentation of good vs bad iPhones or iOS issues in the same model line. I have confidence Apple will get it sorted out, in fact five have been replaced in the Apple Store since last Wednesday.

Thankfully our new Nexus 6 models are all stellar. At least twenty of us use both Android and iOS. It's nice for variety and keeping current with our knowledge and skill on both platforms.
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Its not hard to say what the problem is. The problem is "made in China." Poor mfg by unskilled labor force = poor quality. That is the new world market in a single sentence.
 
Had the handset replaced by Apple....

Short story shorter.... Did a full 'setup as new' DFU restore...
Phone decided to go mental and start super-heating - i'd barely even started installing anything...

Battery was dropping at 1% / minute and getting really really warm ....
Did a 2nd DFU restore and it seemed better....

But took to apple and got a 'goodwill' exchange since i had that issue, loose/crunchy home button and a slightly intermitten mute switch (sometimes it'd take 20s for the 'mute' to actually take)

This new handset is slightly better and the (4th) fresh setup at 8.1.1 is slightly better...

Still 3rd party keyboards in messages app are a disaster (still have to kill that app 5-10 times a day)

But most other things seem a bit more stable...

And yes ... i know iPhone6 is the highest benchmarking phone and Android kit has higher speeds and feeds but performs slower .... so ever considering Android is a mixed blessing
 
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