Thank you Sent from my Verizon iPhone 12 Pro!!!
> On Oct 7, 2021, at 8:17 PM, Esther Levegnale <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, Richard, all those features on your phone sound fabulous! I am in the > market for a new phone. I do have a 7+ now and it served me well. I am very > interested in trying out LiDAR. It sounds fascinating. Esther > > Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! > >>> On Oct 7, 2021, at 6:56 PM, Carolyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> Richard, it sounds good about your nice, blue phone, that you got on my >> dad's birthday. It sounds especially good about the sensor. That will be a >> giant step for me, when I get my 13, for coming out of church. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 5:23 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: iPhone 13 Pro Thoughts after a couple weeks >> >> iPhone 13 Pro, 256 GB, Sierra Blue (not that the color matters.) >> >> ESR clear case. >> >> >> >> I received the phone on September 25th. >> >> I've already mentioned in a previous note about the setup process so won't >> repeat that here. >> >> >> >> First of all, I like the phone very much. I like the size, I have no issues >> with the gestures to unlock, go home, do the app switcher, control center, >> or notification center, and no issues with Face ID. >> >> Compared to the SE 2020 it replaced, the sound is amazing! >> >> >> >> It is faster in downloading things like BARD Books, though since they put >> their library on the Cloud, it is pretty darn fast even on a first >> generation SE; but noticeably faster on this phone than even the SE 2020. >> >> >> >> The battery life is truly excellent! I wanted to wait until I had used it >> over a period of a week or two to say anything about the battery. >> >> I have had several days where I used the phone for a lot of hours, 8 or >> more, for playing music, streaming videos, reading and writing emails, >> reading the news, exploring settings, etc. I can easily get the bulk of two >> days use before putting it on the charger at night. >> >> I use the screen curtain all the time. I have brightness set to auto, so >> when I check it, it is always at 0; and since having the brightness very low >> saves battery life, this could be a big help in this area. I usually will >> turn VoiceOver off if someone needs to see the screen, so when I turn >> VoiceOver back on, the screen curtain is in place. Once in a while I just >> toggle off the screen curtain; but I have to remember to toggle it back on >> when they are done. >> >> >> >> A side note about the charger; when I was helping a friend with her iPhone >> 12 Pro purchase at the Verizon store, the MagSafe Apple wireless chargers >> were on sale for $30; so I got one. They are only safe on the 12 and 13 >> iPhones. My friend got one as well. It works great! The phone charges in >> 2 to 3 hours from under 10% to full. >> >> >> >> The Lidar Sensor works quite well with Seeing AI's World channel, but they >> need to increase the number of objects it recognizes, which they are working >> on. >> >> >> >> Super Lidar, the free app from SuperSense has a very useful feature if you >> travel alone and have either a way to wear the phone with the camera facing >> forward, or are comfortable holding it with the camera facing forward. It >> identifies people, and if they have no mask, it says "Person without a mask" >> or something like that. >> >> That kicks in when they are getting close to you. >> >> In Super Lidar, the proximity sensor vibrates faster as you get nearer an >> object, so I could see it helping when in line at a store or somewhere, to >> know if the person ahead of you has moved up in the line. >> >> >> >> I have not taken it for a walk as yet, but while riding in a car, GoodMaps >> Outdoors, does a great job of keeping up with intersection announcements. I >> think the processor speed may help there but I have not tried GoodMaps >> Outdoors on any other device. >> >> >> >> OCR with Voice Dream Scanner, Seeing AI, SuperSense are all excellent of >> course. >> >> >> >> That is about all I have to say at this point. Feel free to ask about >> anything I have not mentioned. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> “Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.” >> – Jane Wagner >> >> >> >> My Web site: https://www.turner42.com <https://www.turner42.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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: >> [email protected]. 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