People are bored easily. Put down the boring phone and read an exciting book.
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iPhone 14 Pro Already bored with my iPhone 14 Pro Max. I didn’t think the novelty would wear off so fast.
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I’m going on 4 years on my Xs max. I updated spouse from xr to pro max. It’s a huge jump. After the transfer was complete I tweaked some settings and took a picture and handed the phone to her.
My phone is both a tool and a fun pocket computer. I spend a bit of time on it, but just playing around for then sake of playing around, nope.
Did you know that this iphone has a start up and turn off sound?
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A revolutionary feature is a revolutionary feature whether from coming from a 4 year phone or last years model.
It’s like people who are lucky enough to get a new car every year. Unless the car is a complete redesign the delta of new and enhanced features are small— as in the case of consumer oriented electronic devices..
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Here is My thought.........I own an APPLE X 256MB ( at the start of the sale of it ). To me it's upgrade time. Worse is I am paying more than others cry about their increases. Japan we paying even more than the UK etc. saying it's not a worthy upgrade from the 13 I say why even bother?
But bad mouthing others that want this version is basis people are crying about. If you are willing and need a grade I say it's their life. I don't change phones every year anymore. ( live in japan I love the newest and best devices.) But now I am smart I change when I feel it's right. Years of changing every year are not as important, but what is the enjoyment of owning to me? One size doesn't fit all. I have to pay 176,800 yen for 256 MB for my phone PLUS AppleCare. It's not cheap as some people are complaining about prices or crying about its a worthless upgrade. I have owned many Apple items in my lifetime. I am not new to Apple's ways or prices and changing of design BS. I like apple and enjoy their items, but when I see people making bad comments about people's choices buying example this phone series it's Annoying and I ignore it. When I bought my apple x, people say the same thing about buying it was not worth the buy. But to me it was good and it lasted me until now. I wasn't going to change, but I have a home for my apple x. I am giving it to my spouse, they use it until they need to get a new device. ty reading
But bad mouthing others that want this version is basis people are crying about. If you are willing and need a grade I say it's their life. I don't change phones every year anymore. ( live in japan I love the newest and best devices.) But now I am smart I change when I feel it's right. Years of changing every year are not as important, but what is the enjoyment of owning to me? One size doesn't fit all. I have to pay 176,800 yen for 256 MB for my phone PLUS AppleCare. It's not cheap as some people are complaining about prices or crying about its a worthless upgrade. I have owned many Apple items in my lifetime. I am not new to Apple's ways or prices and changing of design BS. I like apple and enjoy their items, but when I see people making bad comments about people's choices buying example this phone series it's Annoying and I ignore it. When I bought my apple x, people say the same thing about buying it was not worth the buy. But to me it was good and it lasted me until now. I wasn't going to change, but I have a home for my apple x. I am giving it to my spouse, they use it until they need to get a new device. ty reading
I didn't realize iphones were meant to be entertaining.... sounds like device attachment, get help.
Even in the 23rd Century, it will be boring.
People expect too much from devices. It's supposed to help your life not cause stress.
Get a cat.
Cat picture included for demonstrative purposes
If you want an all-new, mind-blowing experience, save your money for the Apple AR/VR headset.
Even in the 23rd Century, it will be boring.
Not when you’re calling Scotty to be teleported back to the Enterprise!
Or, to launch a photon torpedo attack or to beam down the Vulcan Ambassador!
Or, when you discover your starship has vanished into another dimension and no rescue party is coming…
People are crying about how expensive they are. Well live in Japan and pay what we are. Count yourselves lucky you're not paying as much Japanese buyers. People look at specs and compare ( at least I do ). Or saying look at the keynotes and THE way out presentation people already have. BTW Japan buyers ( preordering) the apple 14 Pro Max with its high prices, it goes down to need, not what egos to own.
Exactly. The days of phones having better displays, being faster or keeping things in memory longer & not refreshing/reloading etc are over.
We can all do our usual daily tasks on phones from 4 years ago! The only thing that improves these days are the cameras but heck, cameras from a few years ago were good enough for the job for most people.
As much as I liked the iPhones I have owned it isn’t true that “everything just works”. I’ve had plenty of things that didn’t work.
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It’s a phone, what did you expect? Upgrade your life.
“The thing is that there’s only so much excitement and joy one can derive from a status bar.“
This statement should be carved and enshrined in stone as a universal truth.
This statement should be carved and enshrined in stone as a universal truth.
End of the day it’s just a phone. The island, AOD and 48mp pro raw is really good. If those things don’t matter too much then yeah easy to get bored.
All phones basically do the same thing these days.
All phones basically do the same thing these days.
same here.
Would usually have between 60-70% left by time going to bed. Last few days on ios16, it as been ~40%
Why no digital as opposed to mechanical buttons on the iPhone?
that would be a nice update
However in any case, the upgrades are minor and in most cases only optional not a necessity
Apple has plenty of patents for features it could implement but is not willing to reduce their profit margin
that would be a nice update
However in any case, the upgrades are minor and in most cases only optional not a necessity
Apple has plenty of patents for features it could implement but is not willing to reduce their profit margin
That's the Apple way. They will get you to 'upgrade' sooner rather than later....
Just my two cents…
I do the iPhone Upgrade Program. I really enjoy the keynotes and get pretty hyped up about whatever the next iPhone is. I’m always happy with my new iPhone but I’ve learned not to expect a huge wow moment. Those are rare and for me include Live Photos, Siri and the OLED display. We all have our favorites. But I will say what normally happens for me are delayed wow moments. Maybe days, weeks or months down the road I’ll be impressed with how good a photo or video looks. I might take notice of how good a song sounds. It’s all about the continual improvement. Each of us gets decide how patient we want to be for the next batch of improvements.
I do the iPhone Upgrade Program. I really enjoy the keynotes and get pretty hyped up about whatever the next iPhone is. I’m always happy with my new iPhone but I’ve learned not to expect a huge wow moment. Those are rare and for me include Live Photos, Siri and the OLED display. We all have our favorites. But I will say what normally happens for me are delayed wow moments. Maybe days, weeks or months down the road I’ll be impressed with how good a photo or video looks. I might take notice of how good a song sounds. It’s all about the continual improvement. Each of us gets decide how patient we want to be for the next batch of improvements.
No more than the computer era is in its last phase. Sustaining development with the occasional headline feature, that’s where the Mac was at during the whole 2010s. There’s nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that people think there’s something wrong with that.
Edit: It’s called a sustaining product. It’s like cars, there’s nothing dramatically new in cars and hasn’t really been since the introduction of the first automatic transmission or electric vehicle. People would look at you funny (and rightfully so) if you said that this was “the last phase of automobiles”, though.
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