i stand corrected, richard and thanks for explaining reachability  

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> On 6 Mar 2025, at 6:36 pm, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Alison,
> You may want to start a new thread with 16e and whatever topic you want to 
> talk about instead of e16...
> But, reachability is is for people who want to type with their thumbs.  
> Instead of bringing up the app switcher, the gesture or double tap home 
> button, brings the upper half of the screen down so you can reach things with 
> your thumbs. Not good for Voice Over users in my opinion.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard, USA,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of CJ & 
> AA MAY
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 10:08 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: e16
> 
> I do like my new 16E iphone but as I have always had a home button in the 
> past, I am still having to practice my gestures.
> There is a lot to explore, like the new Voiceover options and experimenting 
> with Siri's new capabilities.
> What is Reachability by the way?
> Alison
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Carolyn Arnold
> Sent: 06 March 2025 17:08
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: e16
> 
> I like my 16E, and it fits well in my hand.
> 
> Carolyn Arnold
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> CJ & AA MAY
> Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 7:33 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: e16
> 
> I got my 16E yesterday and everything is working fine. You do need to voice 
> train Siri so if you missed this step, perhaps that is where your problem 
> lies.
> 
> Until this new phone, I have always had a home button so my current 
> difficulty is learning the gesture to reach the home screen and the app 
> switcher.
> 
> I am also going to go through th Voiceover tutorial in Settings as it seems 
> to be that Voiceover has some new features which sound very exciting.
> 
> Alison
> 
> 
> 
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dan
> Sent: 05 March 2025 23:36
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: e16
> 
> 
> 
> this must be an issue with your phone configuration.  I got a 16E last week 
> and after transferring everything from my SE 2nd gen it looks and works just 
> like the SE.  I have no problems like you are experiencing at all.  I do miss 
> the home button but am already getting very used to the gestures instead.  It 
> sure works much snappier than the SE did.
> 
> 
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Dan Beaver (KA4DAN) USA
> 
> On 3/5/2025 6:04 PM, Carolyn Arnold wrote:
> 
>    Allison, I just got mine, and I had to call Apple Accessibility in order 
> to get Hay Siri, or in my Case, just Siri, back on. I'm still trying to work 
> with getting Apple Intelligence on. The lady at Verizon is going to help me 
> tomorrow. Even my sighted son can't get Hay Siri on. He likes to be driving 
> and say, Siri, call Joe Blow or whoever. The lady at the store is going to 
> help us tomorrow.
>    
>    I had no idea that 16, while still using 18.3, is so different than 14 
> was. He and I both had 14's; mine was a 14 Pro.
>    
>    So, to answer your question, I'd call Apple Accessibility at 877-204-3930. 
> I had to call twice, because the first time, the connection was of such poor 
> quality, that I simply could not understand the guy, and he did not screen 
> share, kept trying to tell me what to do. The second time, I could understand 
> the guy, and we did screen share. The problem for me was that in getting to 
> Talk to Siri, Voiceover did not work through the prompts after saying say, 
> Siri, what's the weather; it did not say for the second one, say Siri, send a 
> message, but the Apple guy told me each time. Now that is in my phone. I was 
> just surprised to find this many glitches.
>    
>    Carolyn Arnold
>    
>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CJ & AA MAY
>    Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2025 11:25 AM
>    To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>    Subject: e16
>    
>    I have just come home with my new iphone and have a couple of questions.
>    
>    Firstly, is there a way of making the pop sound a little louder as you 
> swipe up the screen.
>    
>    Secondly, I can’t remember how to extend the time before the Iphone goes 
> to sleep – where do I find this in settings please?
>    
>    Alison
>    
>    
>    
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