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Benchmarks Show iPhone Performance Difference When iOS 9's Low Power Mode is Activated
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Typical walled garden approach.the way I see it for ios to compete with androids 80+ percent world market share is to implement a type of power saving feature that has been there since day 1 for android.
1. You do know the 80% > market share is a compleet irrelevant subjet. (As android comes on all low end devices.< $70)
2. Android releases junk (and malware sensitive OS)! Half working software, only for new "high end" phones (if your lucky)If your android is more then 365 days after release the chance of getting working updates are to be called slim ( lets just say 1%) Even when you have a high end android you'll be forced to have costume rom's or buy a new phone.
3. Apple won't release functions until they work properly and even for people less understanding how to work a smartphone.
Well, I am afraid we would never see that before iOS 9.1 or even iOS 10, or iOS x (x>20). I don't feel optimistic on seeing Apple implementing new features fast enough, unless, their own one. (See force touch?)
I would be happy just to have airplane mode removed. That's too much control for a potential thief to have over my phone. It's fo that reason I disabled it from lock screen, which somewhat defeats the purpose of control center imo
And this is precisely why I am glad that people like you do not run Apple.
How many people would actually use a feature like that?
Typical Android Fanboy approach. If in doubt quote marketshare to "prove" superiority.
But green means peace and kind, which could let users think battery condition is all right.
Why should users not have the option to change things like this? That is what drove me (someone who has an iMac, a Macbook Pro, two
TVs and two TimeCapsules) to choose Android when I decided to move to a Smart phone. I wanted a device that gave me the option to change settings/features to what suited my daily routines. I already had an iPod Touch, so I knew what iOS was like, and it didn't inspire me. Instead I went to Android and have never been tempted back since. iOS has incorporated some of what Android had that I wanted, but there's still too much "This is how you will do things" in the way iOS works for me to consider switching.And I have no doubt that you, and probably like an almost infinitesimally small percentage of total smartphone users are thoroughly appreciating and using that feature. This just means that Apple products are not suitable for you; it doesn't necessarily mean that they are fundamentally flawed. Go and ask any user on the street if they know what those settings will do to their phone. They will not be able to answer.Why should users not have the option to change things like this? That is what drove me (someone who has an iMac, a Macbook Pro, two
The issue I see is that having such an option can cause more harm than good. Most people are not going to be knowledgeable enough to understand the ramifications of tinkering with their device to that extent.
I am all for options. But they should be good, viable ones which the average consumer should be able to take advantage of and meaningfully benefit from. Not .... That abomination of a screenshot that you just showed me.
A few comments:
- It was not I who posted that screengrab FYI. It was grkm3. I am simply following up the discussion.
- My comments were directed at the OS's in general, not just this single instance. I was using it as a starting point for my post. I was put off from iOS devices by the overly restrictive way that they (at least at the time) were set up. I wanted a device that I could change to suit my needs, rather than tailoring how I do things to how the device works. Simple things like having a live widget on my home screen that would allow me to see my days schedule, scrolling through appointments/reminders etc was something I had way back in my Motorola Defy. Having the choice to have icon & widget layouts that suited me (rather than Icons snapping in a grid starting at the top left corner) was much better to my workflow in the car & when the phone was lying on the desk.
- I like my Apple products, but they *do* have flaws, and the Apple-designed system is not the be-all and end-all. Apple make as many mistakes as any other company. It's just that Apple fan(atics) are much more likely to gloss over the fact. Hell, J Ive screwed up one of the most simple design decisions when they moved the location of the SD card reader on the iMac. From being a reasonably easy access slot on the side of the screen, he moved it to the back where you have to reach under the display head and almost fold your wrist back on itself if you want to try inserting an SD Card. Stupidity caused by an almost maniacal zeal to reduce thickness for the sake of it in a device that didn't need it.
- People are not all the same, so it's no surprise that people want the ability to alter and adapt their devices to suit their needs. Why should we be constrained even on the simple things to how one set of designers have designed their system? After all, we're often hearing here in MR threads about how great jail-breaking an iPhone is, and all the latest mods. What is that if not people tailoring their devices because what Apple have given them does not do everything they want/need?
I agree that people are not all the same, just as Apple has never been about being all things to all people. They make a product according to their vision of how it ought to be made, and people vote with their wallets. If you think said Apple product is the one for you, then buy it. If you don't, then go with an alternative that better suits your needs. This is why Apple has only a very small market share, yet is immensely profitable. They know very know who they are targeting with their products and what their needs and priorities are, then create their products for that market segment. It doesn't matter that the iPhone is not the phone of choice for 80% of the world. What matters is that the other 20% has decided that the iPhone is the phone for them and more importantly, are willing to pay for it, because 20% of the global smartphone user base is still a very large number in absolute sense.
Only a very small percentage of iOS users jailbreak their phones. Over 90% of users don't jailbreak their phones as well.
I have never said that Apple products are perfect. What Apple tends to do is ship a great product with limited functionality. Over time, Apple will eventually get round to adding in those missing features or the features that competitors do better. And users are willing to accept these flaws precisely because what Apple does is generally so good that it more than makes up for the missing features.
And as will be mentioned multiple times, Apple products are not for everyone. You want what Apple cannot and will not give. It's just what Apple is and what made them so great (and criticised) in the first place. That they just march to their own beat and not care two craps about what the rest of the world thinks. You are not the Apple customer. It's like walking into a French restaurant and then complaining that it sucks because they don't serve hamburgers.
Apple knows very well that many consumers still prize ease of use and an integrated ecosystem over raw specs and customisation, and that is where they are choosing to focus their energies.
Too bad the potential thief can just take your phone underground, deep inside a building, to an area with no service, or use an RF shielding material like aluminum foil or a faraday bag and not be the least bit concerned that there is no airplane mode toggle in control center. The potential thief can also just power your phone off if "airplane mode" is not immediately available.
if mail fetch and background app refresh (the latter which I already have turned off anyway) are the only major services that are turned off, I would just have this mode turned on constantly. Also during the keynote when he said "extra 3 hours of battery life," I took it as he meant an extra 3 hours from the point you hit 20%. Is that right? Or is it an extra 3 hours if you have low power mode on for the entire charge of your battery?
That is all a matter of personal option. Personally yes I use spotlight a lot so I may use calculation. But with your theory, even in iOS 7 and 8 you can just ask SIRI and just completely not use the calculator App.
In my case, I use the collator on a daily basis for more than "67 +35" but the numbers easily go 15-20 deep ( 20 + 35 + 64 - 45 / 3 + 4, etc)
When it comes to Control Center I think it should be somewhat customizable by the user. Leave the main features in place but grab like the bottom row and let the user decide what "apps" or settings he/she wants there.
First thing I would love to get rid of is "Do not disturb" because I never use it, so to each his own.
Samsung hi
only reason market share was brought up was because your buddy said android needed to have power saving modes to compete witg ios.
how many people would actually use power saving profiles?
its ok if your scared but man you need to step out side the apple play pen your living in.
Being a professional developer for over ten years, I have been around a lot of developer scenes. Concerning the Apple developer crowd, this is the second most bizarre scene I have ever worked around. The whole scene is polarized.
On one end you have some of the most incredible professionals that walk all over the industry with their critical, take-no-prisoners approach brings them great success. I have seen a few turn down full time positions at Apple when it involved so much of a beyond full time commitment to a single platform.
Then there is the other end, the Cupertino Kool-Aide drinkers that -- I swear -- would run into the street committing mass murder if someone at an Apple event keynote instructed such activity. The hailstorm of comments on here about Swift is a good example of this.
From that, you have a lot of conflict and passion on both ends. Good products come about but you wear the scars of the passion for the rest of your career.
Once you cut out all the rhetoric and RDF your post amounts to some rambling about market share.
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