It’s a 7. I keep putting the S in there (old habit from the 5S I have sitting on the desk next to the 7.
The “TracPhone” is a Brand of subsidized smartphone (originally called an “ObamaPhone”) is a cheap, medium powered set of Android devices. The room mates have a couple (one even uses his as a TV remote!). -Eric > On Sep 23, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is a Tracphone? > Also, I assume you meant to say that you have an iPhone 6S since there is no > 7S. > I have a 6S Plus and plan to keep it for at least this coming year, it would > be the fourth year, maybe I'll even keep it for a fifth year, all depends on > what Apple comes up with next fall and what else I want to spend money on. Of > course if I win in the lotterie I'll buy an iPhone XS the next day just > because, but it's rather unlikely although somebody did just win a million > bucks in my little town of just over 5,000 people. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric > Oyen > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 9:46 PM > To: Visually impaired phone users <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough of Them, > (Smile) > > Yep. Dependence on technology that only works some of the time can be a real > headache. Oh, and Face ID can’t contend with a totally blind person the right > way (it’s that stupid attention filter). Still, having a passcode is still > the old fallback. > > Btw, I run an iPhone 7S here. I don’t have the funds to upgrade any further > and if the phone ceases to be of use, I will end up buying a tracphone at the > local Walmart for about $50. Then I can port over my number and call it good. > > Sure, the iPhone has a lot of neat features, a very secure (mostly) App Store > and all of that, but it’s way too pricey to continue upgrading. > > -Eric > > >> On Sep 23, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you go back 5 years you can read the same sort of stories about the then >> new Touch Id. >> Fingerprint scanners of course have been around on various laptops, >> electronic doors and so on for a lot longer, but it's also interesting that >> until Apple came out with Touch Id they never worked very reliably. I >> remember I once bought a fingerprint deadbolt for my front door and man was >> I sometimes cursing when I was standing there in the cold trying to unlock >> my door only to finally dig out the good old key and of course fingerprint >> doorlocks have all but disappeared. >> Yes, Touch Id on the iPhone especially the second generation Touch Id on >> the 6S and up (5S and iPhone SE have first generation Touch Id) works well >> if it does work, but as I said in my other message, it only works well if >> your little fingers don't see a lot of manual labour. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Gordon >> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:15 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough >> of Them, (Smile) >> >> This is one of the main reasons I went with the 8 instead of the newer >> phones. I was almost sold on the stereo recording, but we know how >> that went. So I'll be able to hang on to my finger print iPhone 8 for >> a couple of years. By then maybe they will have advanced face ID since >> they are forcing face ID on us. >> >> >> On 9/23/2018 6:05 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> As you may know, I am not yet sold on the reliability of Face ID. >>> >>> A sighted friend of mine, a big, big big fan of Face ID is always >>> telling me how much he loves Face ID and how well it works for him; >>> to which I always reply, "Good for you." >>> >>> Well, he recently purchased the 10 S Max along with a new garage door >>> opener which is supposed to be activated via Face ID, when he approaches >>> his home. >>> >>> >>> Last night, he called me at approximately 11:30pm. Since it was so >>> late, I feared that he had some kind of family emergency but no; he >>> called complaining that he could not get into his garage using his >>> iPhone because Face ID would not recognize him in the dark, in his >>> motorcycle helmet as his bike approached. He said, to his dismay, >>> even when he took his helmet off, the phone would not recognize him in the >>> dark. >>> >>> I could not stop laughing. I don't know why he called me as we have >>> not spoken in quite some time but I suspect that he just wanted to >>> vent to someone who would care either one way or the other. >>> >>> What made me laugh even harder was the fact that he had been so >>> confident in Face ID on the new phone that he decided not to purchase >>> a remote control for the garage door system. >>> >>> He was so angry at Face ID and the phone that he could not let it go. >>> (smile) >>> >>> He sent me a text, today, telling me that he purchased a remote >>> control for the opener. >>> >>> Just another great Face ID failure story, I can't get enough of them, >>> (Big Smile). >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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