In order to make sure you’re making the most out of your shiny new iPhone, we’ve put together a whole load of user guides and features on iOS 8’s latest and greatest features and quirks. Why does everything move if I move one app icon, This is BEYOND stupid and perhaps the single most annoying element of iOS for me.
Second, what the heck is going on with third-party keyboard support, Yes, it is great that Apple has finally opened the gates to third-party solutions like SwiftKey and Swype, but the implementation leaves A LOT to be desired. So much so I get the impression part of this is deliberate on Apple’s part.
OS 8 was buggy as hell, so Apple is hell bent on making iOS 9 its most stable release in donkey’s years -- and in order to do this it’s enlisting the help of the general public. The company did something similar with its OS X platform with Snow Leopard to great effect, so it’s no surprise Apple is trying something similar with iOS. Like the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s before it the iPhone 6 uses an 8MP iSight camera on its business end.
Apple’s never issues journos with the power units inside its iPhone and iPad devices, but the advent of the A7 chipset really started to set the company apart from the crowd. The iPhone 6 has 20 LTE bands - seven more than the iPhone 5s. If you rarely leave the UK, this isn’t such a big deal. But if you’re a globe traveller this means your iPhone 6 can connect to almost double the 4G networks around the world than the previous iPhone could.
In addition to the support for additional 4G bands, the iPhone 6 also offers up to 150Mbps download speeds. Besides the larger screen size, Apple has also taken another feature hint from Androids: it’s finally added NFC to the iPhone. However, unlike Android handsets, the NFC chip in the iPhone 6 is only for mobile payments via Apple’s new Apple Pay service.
You can read our primer on Apple Pay here to understand the ins and outs of it. This is the BIG one: did Apple improve battery life, The short answer is a resounding yes - just not in an earth-shattering manner. During my two-week testing period, the iPhone 6 only died on me on a couple of occasions.
Inside this setting you can set which apps you want to refresh in the background as well, so you only have a few, core applications updating. This latter approach is my preferred method, but both styles will deliver noticeable uplift in battery performance throughout the day. So what’s the take-away point here, In the context of iPhones, the iPhone 6 is a HUGE step forward for Apple that addresses several key issues with previous models, namely: battery life, display size, customisation options (hello, SwiftKey), and LTE-A grade mobile data speeds.
The company also notes: “If your 13-inch MacBook Pro has any damage which impairs the replacement of the battery, that issue will need to be resolved prior to the battery replacement. One of the longest-running Apple sagas has been the tale of the failing MacBook Pros. We were hearing reports of this since as early as 2013, with many owners of 2011 models with AMD graphics suffering from system crashes and hardware problems that have been described as "critical".
After a long wait, in early 2015 Apple finally announced a repair programme, and we've got all the details here: Widespread 2011 MacBook Pro graphics failures finally addressed by Apple repair programme. Do note, however (as is addressed in the linked article), that after the repair programme had been running for a little over two years Apple announced that it was reducing the range of models covered. The early-2011 and late-2011 MacBook Pros, in both 15-inch and 17-inch screen sizes, are no longer eligible; the programme now covers the mid-2012 and early-2013 15-inch Pros only.
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