Which version of IOS8 are you running, I updated my 4S, and it's running really sluggishly, but have up until reading this thread, heard really good reviews about the 6 On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just had a crash with my iPhone 6 on iOS 8 where I had to restore > it. The Lire app was sluggish, and I rebooted the phone. THen the > Apple logo appeared for a few seconds, and it would then turn itself > off. > > Frequently it is as is the phone somehow resets itself. > > Somewhat often I get apps that will not open. > > This last iCloud restore for whatever reason did not restore my text > messages which it has always done before, I may have to do the restore > again. > > But they really should take a hard look at quality7 and not beocme > like most tech companies that are happy to sell junk! > > I mean look at the disaster with iOS 8.0.1 making touch id & cellular > service inoperative. > > I don't think I really have any choice I don't think the grass is > greener with Android. > > Best, > Mika > > On 10/15/14, Yuma Antoine Decaux <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I don't know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to say >> that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than on my >> iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like >> slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started >> looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too >> much into the "let big brother figure out for you what you should like and >> do". Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some >> mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 >> tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don't want some band >> pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars for >> a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. >> Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50's midlife crisis moans >> aren't my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an >> apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. >> >> Seriously folks, I'm not just going off on a rant, and for those of you who >> want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic >> things: >> 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple makes >> money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or app >> developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way around. >> 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively create >> experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction of that >> experience. Personally, I don't trust Tim Cook that much in giving us a good >> experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy with design >> skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software division, >> coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one or ones I >> can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers presented >> at the last apple showcase. but they don't have enough say yet, so we're >> stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style crap instead >> of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. >> 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I >> wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of >> creating real interfaces for everyone. It's frustrating to know that most >> companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be >> broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it's broken, >> it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar piece of >> hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to throw that >> damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly not what I >> call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, mac users, >> both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is starting to >> rot in terms of presenting it's image. It's not an underdog but a huge bulky >> oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion of lawyers >> behind murmuring at the chief's ears, the latter being probably more >> complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each year >> now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never had a >> girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? >> Something. Whatever the case, I don't really dig the style apple is >> portraying. It's becoming a disney world presentation with oooohs and aaahs >> when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when >> this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the >> graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of actual >> interaction with a computer, and let's not forget screen readers. >> >> Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yuma Antoine Decaux >> "Light has no value without darkness" >> Mob: +612102277190 >> Skype: Shainobi1 >> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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