Apple Releases iOS 11.2 With Apple Pay Cash, Faster 7.5W Wireless Charging, Date Bug Fix and More [Updated]

Chupa Chupa said:
I find the line in the right ear on the X a frustrating addition of clutter. If people are having a hard time finding control center it's because Apple designed the X interface in an inconsistent matter with the rest of the iPhone models. The line is at best a band-aid to a larger iOS GUI design issue which shouldn't have been an issue at all. Placing control center up there is odd (because of the inconsistency) and inconvenient.

The line just distracts and almost looks like it's a defect -- dead pixels. The original bottom line isn't great but at least it's a bit hidden. My personal feeling is if you need a cue to tell you how to use the GUI then that GUI is poorly designed. A GUI -- esp. an Apple GUI -- should be intuitive or at least only a slight learning curve. But I'm pretty sure X users can memorize where it is without the line cue. I wish Apple incorporated a "advanced user" mode where both of these cues could be disabled. After 5 minuets using a X they really are superfluous.


Edit: just finished updating my X. The control center "cue" line showed up briefly but now is non-existent. Not sure if that is normal but happy it's not persistent, at least on mine.
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It only appears on the lock screen, which is annoying. I would rather it not be there at all. I can’t imagine that that many people were having a hard time figuring out where control center was. And even if they work, I don’t think a line under the status bar makes people look at it and think, “Oh! There’s control center.“
 
Yet another rushed update to deal with a catastrophic bug.

No haptics for home or control center on my X, fwiw.
 
cmaier said:
Yet another rushed update to deal with a catastrophic bug.

No haptics for home or control center on my X, fwiw.
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Thats good!

Haptic to home EVERY time you close an app would drive me nuts

Control center back to home, does that evoke haptic like 11.1.2?
 
Delgibbons said:
My other half 6 plus was painfully slow. She upgraded to an 8 today.

Considering apple bang on about (allegedly) how much faster their chips are, its either piss poor programming or clearly planned obsolescence as the lag, app switcher and general use speed was awful on the 6 plus. Her new 8, surprise surprise, is lovely and speedy.
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Planned obsolescence is a folklore. Never existed.

https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/is-it-true-that-iphones-get-slower-over-time
 
Thai said:
Planned obsolescence is a folklore. Never existed.
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or they could just "plant" a bug in iOS so at a future date the only fix is to update to newest iOS versions, what if this bug occurred in 10.3.3? would those who can't upgrade to 11.2 be screwed?
 
Interesting little bug/‘feature’ of this update is that it turned on WiFi calling on my X... anyone else notice this? I’ve never enabled it before and now it’s just on
 
Thai said:
https://www.futuremark.com/pressreleases/is-it-true-that-iphones-get-slower-over-time
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This article doesnt discredit anything.

Real world use/performance and experience crushing bugs are a real thing.

Benchmarks wont reveal that. They just render stuff and spit out #’s.

Of course apple isnt SLOWING DOWN the processor itself with new versions for older gear.

But people with older gear on newer versions, experience way worse times. And its not just nostalgia. It’s a lack of care.



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I dont believe its intentional malicious planned obsolescence, fwiw.

I think its middle managers cracking the whip telling them to spend 95% of their efforts on the newest device (for stock market perception/sales, etc.) and to backport to other devices “when they get to it” before issuing a final release for any firmware.
 
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GlenK said:
So no Apple Pay Cash until early next week. Great, I almost missed that last little paragraph.

Update: We're seeing several reports that Apple Pay Cash is not available in the release version of iOS 11.2. Given that this update was released at an unusual time, it may not be activated as of yet. It's likely we'll see Apple Pay Cash become available early next week.
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Thx. Just saw this update. Probably Monday since most banks are closed on the weekend for technology issues. I work for WF.
 
I just wanna know why I still can’t have the option to swipe up from the LOWER right hand CORNER to access control center on the X.
 
11.2 with no Apple Pay Cash....bummer but I get it after reading this thread. I want to know where is iMessage for iCloud at?

I have some messages that I have kept forever that I want to move off the iPhone to the iCloud for archive. Not one mention of this feature for months.
 
thadoggfather said:
This article doesnt discredit anything.

Real world use/performance and experience crushing bugs are a real thing.

Benchmarks wont reveal that. They just render stuff and spit out #’s.

Of course apple isnt SLOWING DOWN the processor itself with new versions for older gear.

But people with older gear on newer versions, experience way worse times. And its not just nostalgia. It’s a lack of care.



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I dont believe its intentional malicious planned obsolescence, fwiw.

I think its middle managers cracking the whip telling them to spend 95% of their efforts on the newest device for stock market perception/sales, etc. and to backport to other devices “when they get to it” before issuing a final release for any firmware.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/ios-11-on-the-iphone-5s-slower-but-not-quite-slow/

Slower from new features.
 
I updated but don’t see the Apple Pay Cash card in my wallet. I have double authorization on and apply pay already set up. What’s the deal?
 
"Apple is like a ship with a hole in the bottom, leaking water and my job is to get the ship pointed in the right direction"
-Steve Jobs

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“Real Artists Ship”
-Steve Jobs

Tim Cook is a Picasso, by SJ logic.
 
How do I disable for the Control Center when the iphone is in lock mode?

because I see the following:

Settings > Control Center > "Access on Lock Screen" is gone?
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Edit: just finished updating my X. The control center "cue" line showed up briefly but now is non-existent. Not sure if that is normal but happy it's not persistent, at least on mine.
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Mine only shows up in the lock screen. No line is displayed on my home screen.
 
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