Yes battery life is awesome now. I been on standby for 2 days and 3 hrs use and still at 85% on a 4s.
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Apple Releases iOS 7.1 Beta 3 to Developers
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Yes battery life is awesome now. I been on standby for 2 days and 3 hrs use and still at 85% on a 4s.
The reasoning is to have more screen area not more keys that will make the seeing area the same as before.
If you dial your phone while driving you can sury answer a call with the same size button the round buttons look nice and modern to me
What does it look like when you are ON A CALL, and you get an incoming call? Does it still have all that text that you have to read or is there a new/better way of conveying the whole "end this call and answer new call/hold this call and answer new call/decline incoming call" jumble of text?
It's actually a much cooler design but I can't screenshot it because it goes away. Can somebody take a picture of it with another phone?!
Yep, since 7.1 beta 1 was already better than 7.0.4 why not? 7.1 b2 was better still. They can make 7.1.2 , 7.1.3 or even 7.2 whenever they want to as well. No need to hold back a working OS waiting on ALL bugs to be squashed, cause that will never happen. There will always be a few issues here and there. And 7.0.4 just isn't that great on their flagship iDevices the 5s and iPad Air. Most will tell you that 7.1 is light years ahead for those particular devices. So yeah release sooner rather than later and keep working toward further improvement.
Agreed. The second is better.
Less in-your-face, and easier to decipher. I have actually struggled a great deal with the phone app in iOS 7, especially when a second call comes in. It's thoroughly confusing with all the giant blocks everywhere. Do I want to end the current call and take the incoming one? Do I want to ignore it? I stare at the call screen EVERY time this happens. I've never had this happen on previous iOS versions.It's completely different now, if I knew how to post a picture I could show you all right now. I don't know about anybody else, but when I received a call a moment ago, there was a "slide to answer" thing that looked similar to the new Slide To Power Off. It's really nice. Much nicer and functional than the chevron. I sort of wish it was used for the slide to unlock design, but the chevron makes more sense in that context, to show you more of the wallpaper.
In practice, the new tiny round buttons are not as simple as the big ugly bars that it previously had. I find myself missing the target. Can't they design a nice, large tappable target?
Despite all the people bee-eye-itching about Apple's tiny changes, I find it encouraging that they're tweaking things as subtle as the shade of green on the apps. That shade of green bothered me too, I like it much better now. For people complaining that iOS 7.1 is a small change... You're clueless. 7.1 is a big improvement on 7.0. So much slicker, faster, and basically bugless. Jony and Team are obviously teaching themselves about how to design for software and I love living vicariously through their process -- noticing the tiny changes and tweaks they've been making. It's like watching different cuts of a movie, all made by the director.
On yet another note: I'm listening to Bloomberg News right now, and they're speaking to their tech guy Corey Johnson and asked him about Apple and wearables, and he replied "I've spent a lot of time pondering this and I actually spoke to an Apple Senior Exec earlier today and he stressed to me that whatever new categories Apple thinks of, they think first of the software. The exec joked saying "we have a beautiful Apple time machine. The software is incredible, it's so easy to use, etc"." Vapid joke sounds like either Cue or Schiller.
In CA, it's only illegal to use a handheld phone.
As long as you're over 18, using a headset or speakerphone is perfectly legal.
There's also a specific exception that allows for handheld dialing as long as you're over 18.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws/
I'm just really glad the hang-up button is now small. I can't tell you the number of times I've hit that HUGE button that is all the way across the bottom of the screen by mistake.
"Sorry, honey! I didn't mean to hit that button!"
Just crazy. It's like Apple was DARING me to press it.
"Sorry, honey! I didn't mean to hit that button!"
Just crazy. It's like Apple was DARING me to press it.
Here's the new already-on-a-call-when-another-comes-in screen... Sorry about the size. On my phone right now.
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This is so much better than before. I always second guess myself when I get a second call. Now it's crystal clear.
That's call number 1. Not number 2.
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Anyone who wasn't second-guessing himself before is just lying to himself.
I agree this new way is infinitely more clear. I figured it was only a matter of time. Interestingly it looks like iOS 7.1 is undergoing more UI changes than any version before it. I don't think I've ever seen this much change in a point release. It's like Apple has no idea where they want to go with this..
I think the hold+accept incoming call should be in the center, though. After all, that's where the dial/hang up button is, so it feels more natural to me to accept a call in the center. Whatever, though. At least Apple is finally thinking about UI-friendliness.
Oh I have most definitely. In the mornings when I wake I unplug then re-plug just before shower and get ready for work. sometimes its on 99% sometimes 100% but always doing that gives a definite boost to battery longevity (iPhone 4s) Using Battery Doctor allow u to see it charge then switch over to trickle and there is at least 30 to 45 min of trickle past when it reports 100%. Before too much bashing I realize batt doc does nothing to improve battery and is simply a visual monitor as to whats going on.
anyway bottom line leaving plugged for 35 to 45 min after reaching 100% always yields more life for me. No question.
Nice to know they are dicking around with design changes when iOS 7.0.4 sucks on our devices and we've spent months dealing with instability...
Battery Saver in the app store has the full, continuous and trickle meters so you can see the stages of charging. The rest of it is pretty useless with points and merits and junk. The main screen is nice when you don't have your glasses and want to see the % of battery you have
Just don't fall for the fluff that these things make your battery last longer or breathes life into it or that nonsense. Simply a visual indicator that's all.They doing both. 7.1 has already been stable since b1. So the design changes are a welcomed addition I think . The dark colors, button shapes, and new shaded icons are all a super nice addition to the UI. And the speeder animations are appreciated too. If b3 is as stable as the other 2 then all is good.
Weird. Maybe the problem is you set it up wrong. I would delete and redo it.
I have 4 fingers programmed, and they all work over 90% of the time (unless you switch the fingers often then it tends to give more errors)
