Everyone knows that android takes a bit longer to get updates. Considering the fact that there are many different makers of devices and stuff. Apple is one company remember? Anyways I am sure many will be ok with just audio calls.
On 10/28/18, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > Major Jan. I thought apple said at the beginning that this feature wouldn’t > be available for all of the phones that could run the OS. Where is Forbes > magazine when it comes to the fact that after three months, the latest > android system doesn’t even make the graph of Andrea installs according to > Andrea police? I guess that’s not a calamity. The fact that an android > system several years old has more install base then the latest and greatest > after three months isn’t a calamity. Forbes just isn’t worth posting > anywhere. They don’t like apple and that’s fine. But who cares? > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 28, 2018, at 5:34 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> >> Apple iOS 12.1 Release Has A Nasty Surprise >> By Gordon Kelly7:20 pm >> >> While iOS 12 was filled with great secret features, it also contained >> some >> significant bugs - including a particularly embarrassing one which >> carried >> over to iOS 12.0.1. Now Apple has its first major update ready - iOS 12.1 >> - >> but a nasty surprise hides behind its biggest new feature. >> Apple iOS 12.1 brings the highly anticipated launch of Group FaceTime >> video >> calls. Initially promised for iOS 12, the feature was pushed back to this >> release. But Apple's small print reveals the sad reality is millions of >> iPhone and iPad owners will never be able to use it. >> >> Apple iOS 12Apple >> Spotted by 9to5Mac, Apple's user guide for iOS 12.1 states that Group >> FaceTime will not be coming to many iOS 12-compatible iPhones and iPads. >> Missing out are the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad >> Mini >> 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4 and 6th generation iPod Touch. >> Yes, that's a lot of excluded devices. But why? >> Apple doesn't spell it out, but the answer appears to be performance. >> Group >> FaceTime video calls are processor intensive and no devices running an A8 >> chipset or earlier are compatible. The A8X chipset on the iPad Air 2, >> however, just scrapes in. Notably, the A9-powered iPhone SE also works >> fine. >> >> But there is some compensation. >> >> Group FaceTime in iOS 12.1 has limited iPhone and iPad supportApple >> Apple has confirmed iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus owners will get >> support for audio-only Group FaceTime calls. Calling this 'FaceTime' >> without >> any faces is probably a stretch, but it's better than nothing. >> That said, I expect there will be a lot of angry iPhone and iPad users >> feeling shortchanged once Apple releases iOS 12.1 (expected next week). >> There will also be blowback since Apple hasn't widely notified users >> that, >> even if they have a compatible iPhone or iPad, Group FaceTime will be >> geographically limited at launch. No details are known at this time, but >> Apple should reveal the rollout at its upcoming iPad event. >> In the company's defence, Apple's long-term support for its devices is >> unparalleled. But excluding all these models from Group FaceTime video >> calls >> (when surely lower resolution calls were an option) seems to be a hint >> Apple >> would like owners of these older iPhones and iPads to upgrade. >> Certainly, on the face of it, the iPhone XR may need a little help. >> >> Original Article at: >> https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/10/27/apple-ios-12-1-release-g >> roup-facetime-iphone-ipad-upgrade/#216ce6ac5f8a >> >> >> -- >> 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. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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