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iOS 6: My Review

OP: very nice review - thank you. Also thank you to the others posting in this thread. This type of information is why I read MR. :)
 
I haven't really seen anyone post this anywhere and I kind of assume that Apple hasn't done this yet, but does Siri read texts over Bluetooth/headphones yet?

That is one thing I miss from my Windows Phone, and Aloud (jailbreak tweak) does this, but I'd like it in the stock OS...
 
tiwizard said:
I haven't really seen anyone post this anywhere and I kind of assume that Apple hasn't done this yet, but does Siri read texts over Bluetooth/headphones yet?

That is one thing I miss from my Windows Phone, and Aloud (jailbreak tweak) does this, but I'd like it in the stock OS...
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When connected to apple earphones, siri reads texts, as well as confirms what it thought you said before sending a dictated text.

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adamryan1983 said:
great review!
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Thank you!
 
ds111 said:
When connected to apple earphones, siri reads texts, as well as confirms what it thought you said before sending a dictated text.
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Oh good, so you don't even have to press anything to get Siri to read it? She just does it when they come in?
 
I think I need to setup as a new phone because my results are WAY different then what you reviewed.

*Battery drain is worse (prob because of the issue below)
*Brightness will Auto dim all the way or go all the way bright (Auto Brightness is NOT on) I'm always having to change it back to where I set it.
*iMessage is brutal. Crashes out on me, messages disappear and reappear
*Random reboots (not a full reboot but screen will go blank, apple will show up and a second later it blinks back on)
*Opening the camera is sluggish
*Opening camera from lock screen is VERY slow and has crashed a few times
*Currently traveling in Washington DC so used maps to find local places. Places come up with no address just "Washington DC and zip" no street address but pin is in correct location. When "add to contact" is clicked it does not have street address either
*Spellcheck is borderline unusable. After one mistyped word it's been adding it to dictionary and keeps changing correct word to mistyped word.

And those are just the ones off the top of my head. There have been a lot of little annoyances. It's usable but quirky, buggy as hell and personally I wouldn't say "one of the most stable betas I've used" by far.

When I get back from traveling I will restore as new and see if that helps
 
snowcrash said:
I think I need to setup as a new phone because my results are WAY different then what you reviewed.

*Battery drain is worse (prob because of the issue below)
*Brightness will Auto dim all the way or go all the way bright (Auto Brightness is NOT on) I'm always having to change it back to where I set it.
*iMessage is brutal. Crashes out on me, messages disappear and reappear
*Random reboots (not a full reboot but screen will go blank, apple will show up and a second later it blinks back on)
*Opening the camera is sluggish
*Opening camera from lock screen is VERY slow and has crashed a few times
*Currently traveling in Washington DC so used maps to find local places. Places come up with no address just "Washington DC and zip" no street address but pin is in correct location. When "add to contact" is clicked it does not have street address either
*Spellcheck is borderline unusable. After one mistyped word it's been adding it to dictionary and keeps changing correct word to mistyped word.

And those are just the ones off the top of my head. There have been a lot of little annoyances. It's usable but quirky, buggy as hell and personally I wouldn't say "one of the most stable betas I've used" by far.

When I get back from traveling I will restore as new and see if that helps
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You NEED to restore as new. That sounds like an awful experience you don't need to have.
 
ds111 said:
Anyone want any more information about the Beta?
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I use the SKY sports and tv streaming app quite a bit. When I installed the beta of 4.0 two years ago, the app didn't work until the full release of 4.0 came out. I would upgrade to 6 if only for the apparent siri improvements if I was sure SKY was working. If anyone has the app, can you check and also netflix
 
Gjwilly said:
I agree that iOS6-b1 is remarkably bug-free but as a tester of previous iOS betas I can tell you that as the betas progress they do not always get better.
In iOS5 particularly some betas that seemed as smooth as this one were followed by betas that rendered the phone darn near unusable.
Then the next one was better -- then the next was better still -- but only on one model device -- for a different device it was a whole different nightmare.
Even on this first beta, people with the iPhone 4 are not having the same experiences as the people with the iPhone 4S and the people with iPads are having different experiences entirely.
My point is that just because b1 on the 4S is close to problem-free that is in no way a guarantee that the next beta will also be.
Take it for what it's worth.
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I remember that the 3rd and 4th versions of the iOS 5 beta were noticeably worse than 1 and 2 - I think 3 had an issue relating to the app store, and 4 was the one that saw a significant drop in battery life that wasn't resolved until after iOS5 was released to the public. That being said, this first build of iOS6 does feel further along than the first build of iOS5, but that doesn't mean there won't be any issues between now and widespread release of iOS6 to the public.
 
kevingaffney said:
I use the SKY sports and tv streaming app quite a bit. When I installed the beta of 4.0 two years ago, the app didn't work until the full release of 4.0 came out. I would upgrade to 6 if only for the apparent siri improvements if I was sure SKY was working. If anyone has the app, can you check and also netflix
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Sky Sports and Sky Go apps work perfectly on my iPad 3 with iOS 6
 
ds111 said:
You NEED to restore as new. That sounds like an awful experience you don't need to have.
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Restoring as new is always the best practice but for this beta I didn't.
I installed it as an update and I'm having none of the problems that poster described.
This is on my iPhone 4.
Maybe the 4S is different.
 
Gjwilly said:
Restoring as new is always the best practice but for this beta I didn't.
I installed it as an update and I'm having none of the problems that poster described.
This is on my iPhone 4.
Maybe the 4S is different.
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When I get home next week I'm going to try a clean install. Maybe something funky is going on with an app or something. Who knows. I just didn't want to lose the TXT messages since I have a ton of pictures I haven't saved out of the txts yet. I will backup and restore the txts but will totally blow the rest of the phone away and start from scratch. It does seem from what I've read that it's isolated to me and overall everyone is pretty happy with this beta. When it works, so am I.
 
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