I've always had BlackBerries for work, but decided it was time to get my own phone. Finally went and bought an iPhone five on Verizon. I've been playing with it quite a bit the last two days and I have to say I love the phone. But man, does Siri suck. At home with full wifi, many Siri commands just sit there with the spiny fancy glow, no response. Is it my connection or Apples back-end servers? Either way, I figured I am Jumping into something that's been around for a year already and expected a lot more.
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First time iPhone user, very disappointed with Siri
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it depends, sometimes she is lightning fast, sometimes it will take forever on the simplest of searches such as "what is my name"
That's pretty much the biggest complaint with Siri, it's very slow for some people.
Does anyone know why? I know it all goes back to Apple, so I assume its on their end? Very frustrating to have a "tier 1" feature work so half assed.
Siri is a bit highly loaded right now due to everyone playing with it on their new phones.
Give it a few days for the initial load to settle down and it should get better.
Give it a few days for the initial load to settle down and it should get better.
Sometimes Siri works great, other times it's a slow as a glacier. Once the novelty wore off, I pretty much haven't used it since.
I wonder if Siri would work better if the network wasn't clogged up with people asking such question as "Siri, will you have sex with me?" "Siri, are you gay?" And so on.
But then I remembered I live in the US. We have crap like Honey Boo-Boo, so I realized that will NEVER stop happening.
But then I remembered I live in the US. We have crap like Honey Boo-Boo, so I realized that will NEVER stop happening.
Stood in the Apple Store on 14th Street today and played with the iPhone 5, Siri was out cold for minutes at a time...
That's the exact opposite of my recent experience with Siri, she has been lighting quick with iOS 6. I'm thinking your home WiFi might have some issues.
P.S. I will admit though, it has it's moments, but that has almost always been when I am on a Cellular Connection.
P.S. I will admit though, it has it's moments, but that has almost always been when I am on a Cellular Connection.
It's proving to be more convenient for some tasks for me, such as setting alarms, sending simple texts, running apps straight from the lock screen and calling people.
For now, my biggest bugbear is that it sometimes misinteprets "run flipboard" as "run football", "wake me up at 5.30" as "...5.50am" and "off alarm" as "call...."
Bulls**t. That was the problem when Siri first came out. The issue never went away.
It's way too inconsistent. There are some times where I'll ask a question and she'll have a response in less than a second. Other times she'll sit there for a while and I eventually get so pissed off at waiting that I do it myself.
Been working great for me (Chicago area). Have been using it in the car a lot and haven't seen a hitch yet. Great for hands free/eyes free texting.
This is the case for me as well, I'm sure it has something to do with Apple servers been clogged up at that very moment, maybe they should dedicate more servers to Siri alone.
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A lot of iPhone 4 users have never used it before, and with all those upgrades I'm sure there's lots of people using it for the first time. I do agree that they need to definitely improve the response time on it though.
But, keep in mind. This is asking Siri to do several things, Like I'll ask her what the weather, then to set me a reminder and she will choke up on the second one. even when it is seconds of each other.
Yeah sometimes that happens to me as well. Or sometimes it happens all the time. Or sometimes she's blazing fast.
Let's see unresponsive at times, inconsistent at times, sometimes gives you something different then what you asked for.
Hmmm, i think i am married to Siri
Hmmm, i think i am married to Siri
New Siri user here too -- coming from iP4 to iP5. Like some others, I find that Siri is brutally slow. Siri is also frustratingly awful in understanding and doing what I ask. I'm apple-pie rocky mountain west US dialect, not that that should really matter for a useful service. Siri (and Maps) just doesn't seem like it is a useful feature, particularly given the advertising that Apple pushed. WTF Apple?
Siri is still a work in progress--although it would seem she is somewhat off the hook with IOS6 thanks to Maps--I'm confident both will improve with age.