iPhone 6

[TheJimi]

ZesPak said:

NickXX said:

I don't think the email attachment thing has been answered yet - In the main body of an email, hold your finger down until it comes up with a menu. From this you can paste the attachment or scroll to the right and select an attachment.

My 4S has just died on me and all my colleagues have newer iphones (snobs!! ), but I'll try that tonight.

The menu option only gives you the option of attaching either photos or a videos

[ZesPak]

TheJimi said:

The menu option only gives you the option of attaching either photos or a videos

using it as a mobile hotspot it is.

[Mr Whippy]

Well I was at an Apple shop the other day. I had a look at an iP6 and my initial thoughts were it was light for it's size, which made it feel a bit weird.

The rounded sides were nice, but being so smooth it felt dropable. And being so big it's certainly not a one hander any more.

The camera sticking out looked terrible, and the whole back of the phone generally looks a bit cheap with those weird tinted bands and things.

I can see why people want to put it inside a case but then it's even more bulky and hides all the expensive materials you're paying for.


In the end I bought an iP5c in green.

It feels twice as nice in the skin as any other recent iPhone imo, more like an iP3gs which is what I had previously.


Hopefully Apple will see sense in making a high end small phone again, without sharp edges.


But having swapped back to Apple from a WP Lumia 630, I must say it's generally a better phone and experience.

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though... and the bugs in this IOS are not great. iMessage is so hit and miss, and random crashes seem about 20x more common than back on my 3GS where a crash or weird drop-out of an app were about as rare as your memory could remember!


Apple quality is certainly on a downward slope imo. Lets hope they can pull it back and this isn't the slippery slope of increasingly pants phones from them.

Dave

[HTP99]

Mr Whippy said:

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though...

Because then they wont be able to charge you up to £160 extra for a phone with more storage when the extra storage probably cost only a few quid over and above the standard storage.

[Esseesse]

HTP99 said:

Mr Whippy said:

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though...

Because then they wont be able to charge you up to £160 extra for a phone with more storage when the extra storage probably cost only a few quid over and above the standard storage.

The onboard storage isn't comparable to a slow memory card. Also it's a security risk, thats why. And because removable media is an archaism.

[Matt..]

I've had mine a while now, and am getting 4 days out of a charge, with a couple of hours a day of usage. I think that's good, and seems much better than my old 4!

[Altrezia]

Did anyone here get a Plus? Perhaps I might give it a go. Thoughts from anyone with one?

[djdestiny]

I'm waiting on my Plus to arrive from EE, my other half has had one for a couple of weeks now and loves everything about it

[Altrezia]

Not too fragile feeling, or scratchy? Reddit seems to be full of people who break/scratch theirs and it worries me. My Nexus5 seems to be almost bulletproof, as was my 5S.

[audi321]

6 Plus too large IMO. I had one for 5 days and couldn't live with it so sold it to CEX and got £90 more than I'd paid for it! Fortunately I had a 6 to fall back on and I love it.....just the right size. Although I wish they did a 5" one rather than the 5.5" of the Plus.

[bad company]

I am in the USA for a few more days and wondering whether to buy a 6 here or wait till I get home? Lots of stories about US phones not working properly in Europe.

[Blown2CV]

bad company said:

I am in the USA for a few more days and wondering whether to buy a 6 here or wait till I get home? Lots of stories about US phones not working properly in Europe.

I'd say that's clearly your answer then, but as you are still asking despite all that, yea buy one and tell us how you get on.

[wiggy001]

Mr Whippy said:

The camera sticking out looked terrible, and the whole back of the phone generally looks a bit cheap with those weird tinted bands and things

I can see why people want to put it inside a case but then it's even more bulky and hides all the expensive materials you're paying for.

Mr Whippy said:

In the end I bought an iP5c in green.

Haha. Not sure anyone else picked up on your joke.

Mr Whippy said:

Hopefully Apple will see sense in making a high end small phone again, without sharp edges.

Yep, they are struggling as a company now. What idiots! No sense in that company at all...

Mr Whippy said:

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though...

They can. But it makes no commercial or technical sense to do so.

[apn]

Hi

I'm going to Dubai in a couple of weeks and wondering if I can get a 6 out there, my question's are...

Will a phone purchased there be the correct bands?

And secondly does anyone know where I can walk into and buy one safely? There isn't a physical Apple Store in the UAE, though they might have one next year.

Thanks

[Tycho]

Esseesse said:

HTP99 said:

Mr Whippy said:

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though...

Because then they wont be able to charge you up to £160 extra for a phone with more storage when the extra storage probably cost only a few quid over and above the standard storage.

The onboard storage isn't comparable to a slow memory card. Also it's a security risk, thats why. And because removable media is an archaism.

SD cards are fast enough to record 4K video, how much quicker do you want it? It is purely commercial and not a security risk as they can and frequently are encrypted.

[illmonkey]

Tycho said:

Esseesse said:

HTP99 said:

Mr Whippy said:

I do wonder why Apple can't do a micro SD slot though...

Because then they wont be able to charge you up to £160 extra for a phone with more storage when the extra storage probably cost only a few quid over and above the standard storage.

The onboard storage isn't comparable to a slow memory card. Also it's a security risk, thats why. And because removable media is an archaism.

SD cards are fast enough to record 4K video, how much quicker do you want it? It is purely commercial and not a security risk as they can and frequently are encrypted.

He's talking tosh.

Why are SD cards archaic? Gives the ability to upgrade space without buying a whole new device. He sounds like he works on the Apple design team.

[GarryDK]

I'm just waiting for apple to make the apple on the back of the phone light up. That would be awesome.

[AB]

Mine is covered with a case.

However, first thoughts are that it'll affect battery life and also draw attention to the fact you are speaking on an iPhone and invite people to mug you.

[Blown2CV]

AB said:

Mine is covered with a case.

However, first thoughts are that it'll affect battery life and also draw attention to the fact you are speaking on an iPhone and invite people to mug you.

your hand would be over it so they wouldn't see. However anyone 'in the market' to mug someone for their phone will have spotted the opportunity regardless.

[AB]

Blown2CV said:

your hand would be over it so they wouldn't see. However anyone 'in the market' to mug someone for their phone will have spotted the opportunity regardless.

My hand doesn't cover the logo when I'm on a call and I maintain that opportunists may see the glowing logo as an 'invitation'.

Either way, it's a bit too 'in your face' and I wouldn't want the logo to light up.