I use my old iPhone 4 which has 32 GB hard drive for NLS Talking Books.
That way I can use my iPhone 5s for um, a phone? Fancy that huh? LOL!
Regards,
Alan
Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your parents? Act now!!!!! Move out.
Get
a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything.
Please click on:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/
There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on
the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly!
The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still
available upon request. Thanks for listening!
-----Original Message-----
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 7:36 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: My Recent Experience upgrading from a 5 S to an iPhone 6 Plus,
With One Question
If you can afford it, it's always a good idea to buy the newest model
available at the time. This would be a 6 or 6 Plus at this point and which
one you choose would depend entirely on your preference with respect to the
size of the phone. The 6 Plus is very big, but it does have the advantage of
a big battery and hence very good battery life (at least for an iPhone).
Just keep in mind that it's unlikely you have any smartphone for 7 years as
you did your old phone. I think for most people 4 or at the most 5 years is
the maximum lifetime of a phone nowadays since after that time you'll run
into issues where your OS may not support new apps and so on. Of course
batteries degrade over time and may not hold much of a charge any more and
it's typically not worth spending $100 or more to pay somebody to put a new
battery into, for example, an iPhone 3GS which is now the model of iPhone
which if somebody had bought it at its release in the summer of 2009 would
be now 5 and a half years old. It wouldn't even make sense if you had an
iPhone 4 from 2010 although I know people who do have those and I'm always
surprised how well they still do hold their charge.
Buying an unlocked phone at full price would only make sense if you are able
to get an inexpensive plan from an MVNO where you only pay $30 or $40 a
months so that the $40 or $50 you save each months add up to a large enough
amount over what would be your normal 2-year contract period that you
actually save money in the end.
Regards,
Sieghard
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Deidre Muccio
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 5:49 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: My Recent Experience upgrading from a 5 S to an iPhone 6 Plus,
With One Question
Every time I read something like this it pushes me farther towards going
further towards a later model and version of a phone. This report was
excellent. Meanwhile my old cell phone which is 7 years old has a charger or
contact point for charging that is now defective. Question is do I run
around to the Verizon store to see what deal or spiel they give me, get on
the phone or just go down to Apple! I sure would prefer an unlocked phone,
and I don't want to be thinking of needing to do any significant upgrading
once I do get a new phone. I wish you guys (b's and g's) lived or worked
next door!
-----Original Message-----
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 3:35 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: My Recent Experience upgrading from a 5 S to an iPhone 6 Plus, With
One Question
Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!
Three days ago, I purchased a 128GB unlocked T-Mobile iPhone 6 Plus.
The first thing I did, even before leaving the Apple Store, was to insert an
A T & T Wireless SIM card, just to make certain it was truly unlocked
(smile). I also had a sales person put on a screen protector.
After returning home, I restored the phone from my 5 S and I was amazed at
how complete the restoration was, given that my backup was not encrypted.
The six plus is so fast that what, in the past at least, has taken up to 25
minutes to complete, only took approximately 15 minutes. The Restore was so
thorough that it automatically put the new phone in Field Test mode. For
those who may not know, field test mode allows one to toggle the cell signal
indicator between either bars or numbers as a percentage of decibel
strength.
At the time of purchase, the phone came with iOS 8.1.1. So, when I got
home, I updated to iOS 8.1.2.
Now what I find fascinating is that, although on virtually every 6 Plus I
used until this one, I could not use VoiceOver to summarily clear
notifications as I did on my 5 S running 7.1.2. At the time of this post, I
have tested or assisted in the purchase or setting up of no fewer than 20
iPhone sixes or 6 Pluses.
On a whim and for no good reason that I can recall, on my new 6 plus, I
single-finger, double-tapped on the Clear-All buttons in the Notifications
Table and, each time, doing so cleared all of the notifications just as it
does in iOS 7.1.2. Why does it work on this device? I have no idea. I'm
just glad it does work for deleting each item in the Notifications Table can
take a lot, relatively speaking, of time to complete.
At any given time, I have access to, including my own device, 3 6 plusses.
Earlier today, I laid them down side-by-side and compared the Settings
options. What I discovered is that, to my astonishment, not all iPHones are
created equally.
I don't know why, exactly, but there are some settings options differences
between the T-Mobile, Sprint, and A T & T versions of the 6 plus. I have
not thoroughly examined the Settings area of the Verizon Wireless 6 Plus.
I will not bore you with the minor details but the one that stands out in my
mind is located in the Cellular settings area with regard to accessing LTE
voice and data. It's probably of no significance but still ... My T-Mobile
plus has more options allowing for greater definitions.
Let's see, anything else? Oh yeah, although I am running iTunes 12 on my
Mac, the Windows 7 PC, to which I sync my 6 plus is still running iTunes 11;
it appears to be working just fine so I will not update to 12 unless or
until it is absolutely necessary.
My two newest favorite features of iOS 8.1.2 would have to be Predictive
text and SMS forwarding to my Mac.
By the way, I was thinking about downloading the Alex TTS in addition to
Samantha. Does anyone know if you can delete the Alex TTS voice from the
device, should you choose? If so, how?
Finally, for the beta testers among us, aside from having to reinstall
various profile definitions, there have been no glitches in my upgrading
from a 5 S to a 6 Plus.
I have decided to leave my 5 S at iOS 7.1.2.
In conclusion, I am totally delighted with my 6 Plus and, as yet anyway,
have not encountered any VoiceOver bugs with any of the third-party or
native apps I used on my 5 S, with the exception of Safari.
Oh, the Apple Maps app is fast becoming one of my Favorites to use on a
regular basis. This was definitely not the case in IOS 7.1.2. While I'm
not saying that I would choose it over A T & T Navigator, I am saying that,
as a free solution, so to speak, it is now a viable option and fun to use.
I hope some of you find this report helpful.
Again, Happy New Year to everyone.
Mark
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