First from one tech guy to another, I'm happy for you.
With that said I'm also jealous and envious of you!
I have a note 3 and gave up on it today. I was trying to backup the thing over usb to my pc and it was using MTP mode and kept getting stuck at figuring out how long it would take to copy all folders and files on phone over to my pc. I wanted to get a hammer and destroy it into a thousand pieces.
Long story short, it's still in good working condition but gets terrible battery life with lollipop it's stuck with.
I am still dreaming of the day I get an iPhone 6 anything that has something called battery life.
I have an iPad Air 1 and a Mini 2 that showed me all day battery life is possible! Switched from android tablets because no matter how good of a deal I found and how good the hardware was, there is not a single android tablet that can go 15 hours heavily gaming on it and heavy web browsing and lasting all day. Reason is no android tablets have two cell big battery's in them like the Apple tablets I now own.
I have been gaming last 3 days non stop on my iPad Air. Over 14 hours usage with 3 days standby thus far. Still have 8 percent battery. My mini 2 can go 12-13 hours. My Air about 15 hours.
Anyhow, your post excited me, then I had to read about a newer loophole through best buy website to upgrade a Verizon line to get a new contract, keep grandfathered unlimited data and score a new iPhone for half of retail. So I might be finally getting my dream phone.
What storage size did you get? What IOS build you running? Any defects you found with new phone like others have talked about in this forum? Find any buyers for note 3? Mine is currently on Craigslist for 200.00. It still makes a great MP3 player and pocket size 4k camcorder and 12MP camera. It just sucks at working as a phone and keeping battery while in a low 4g signal area (Verizon).
To reaffirm Bluetooth is working well? I have a Ford with sync features. I have not used Siri at all though on my tablets.
We're you streaming music or playing it locally stored on phone?
Thanks and enjoy your new device. I gave up today on Android and Samsung!
Thank you, tech-brother 8)
That's one of the things I hated about Android. More freedom, but more bugs too.
I had to get a new phone because it seemed like everyday, something new would go wrong with my Note 3:
-Spotify local files refused to sync
-My phone would restart while I'm running and sign me out of Spotify
-I'd have to take a picture of something like 4 times, because a gray square would cover half the picture, and then I'd have to take a screenshot of the picture immediately. If I took a picture, then closed the app and came back, there would be a black square over the entire thing, with a gray question mark.
-I couldn't access anything else while I was in a call
- On the stock music player, songs were not repeating or shuffling when the corresponding option was selected.
I'm forgetting some things, but that's a good sign.
Yes, Apple's tablets are very good with battery life. I've had tablets from Apple, Amazon, Toshiba, and Samsung, but Apple takes the battery life race there.
I ended up getting a Surface Pro 3, about a year ago, so I doubt I'll ever go back to an Apple tablet (unless it's a full OS X tablet), because I now have the tablet experience without any computing compromise.
With that being said, the iPad Air is a beauty. And the other great thing about Apple's devices, so many more games than you'll find on Android.
Happy my post excited you, That means my own excitement managed to seep through.
I went with the 128 GB. I was seriously considering the Galaxy Note 5, but a couple things stopped me. One, I was tired of finding out about new apps and finding out they were either unavailable for Android or just didn't work on my device. Two, I found out they removed the SD card slot on the Galaxy Note 5. This was a really stupid move, because that's a significant selling point for some. I had a 64 gb card in my Galaxy Note 3. I used up to about 60 GB altogether. Didn't want to get the 64 GB iPhone and run into a problem because I only had slightly less than 4 more gigs to last me the next two years.
Actually found out that call logs, text messages and pictures took up a significant amount of space. I chose not to transfer any of that stuff over to my new device. It's a 128 gb phone, but you really start with 113. As of last night, I had everything I wanted on the phone, and I still had 89 GB left.
I believe I have build 9.0 running. I have absolutely no complaints. This is a marvelous piece of technology. No actual problems with it. There are people complaining about the whole chip issue now, and I will admit that my phone appears to have the perceived better of the two processors, but, even if this phone died 2 hours sooner, it would still be amazing. Even after my phone lasted the 30 hours, it would've lasted more than 4 more hours, because battery was only at about 30%. Meaning, my experience so far would still be much the same
No defects though. I guess I have good luck with buying Apple devices close to release. I got my 3GS the first week it came out, and had no issues back then either.
I'm gonna just trade my Note 3 into Verizon and have the credit applied to my bill. I don't care to do anything else with it. I already gave my galaxy gear to another family member, and they're happy with it.
Yes, the bluetooth is absolutely fine. Here's the thing: it's strange, but this phone has changed my whole flow, with how I do things. Like, with my battery life, between having an extra lightning cable in my car, and having at least 30 minutes of charging time, while I go from point A to point B. Who knows how often I'll actually have to plug my phone in to an outlet to charge now. I might really be looking at once or twice a week now. What an incredible first-world issue I have here, lol.
I really didn't think I'd use Siri, because I pretty much never used Google Voice. Now, whenever I'm walking around my home in the morning, about to get ready to go out, I'll ask what the weather is. When I'm headed to my car, I'll tell it to turn on bluetooth. While, I'm buckling my seatbelt, I'll tell it what to play. There's a lot of use you can get out of it. Only thing that I could think of to improve the experience is letting you rename Siri (I hear you can already tell it what to call you) or allow you to communicate with it through the mic on the headphones that come with the phone. You can already activate it just by saying "Hey Siri", even while the phone is sleeping. When you try to control it through the mic on the headphones though, it doesn't work.
I was playing what was locally stored on the phone. All you can do with Spotify is tell it to open Spotify. It won't even play what's paused. Though, Apple Music is very nicely integrated into the music app. You get a free 3 month trial. The bright side of this is that you can save songs to be listened to offline, and you'll be able to tell Siri to play them. The bad side is that they don't have as much music available as Spotify. Some of my stuff isn't on there, so it's not for me, right now. The minute they get everything that Spotify has, I'm on-board. There may be commands to stream stuff, but I don't know them.
