Amazing iPhone 15

[herfiehandbag]

21 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

What features? 

Well, it can make phone calls, use Line, What's Ap, go online, use Google maps, weather forecast apps, it has cameras front and back, can take photos and video, and lots of other things.

 

Now my android phone (real-me) can do all that, BUT I don't have an Apple sticker on the back to demonstrate that I have lots of money to spend on a phone!

 

Still, I think I can live with that...

[Celsius]

1 hour ago, wadman said:

Hope you are not doing anything secure on it, like banking, or reading your email. 

Bit of an exaggeration.

 

You have to be physically installing malware for your bank account or email to be compromised. Sure, if you go on dodgy porn sites there is a greater risk. Remember fappening? Happened on your supposedly secure icloud service with those super secure iphones.

 

In any case you can always subscribe to a 3rd party service and get all the security you need.

[Doctor Tom]

2 hours ago, James105 said:

Is this a "tell people you can't afford an iPhone without telling people you can't afford an iPhone" kind of statement? 

 

An iPhone alone will not do much different from an Android phone, but as someone who uses many apple gadgets (computer, watch, TV, phone, iPad) they all play very nicely with each other and feel like an extension of one another.   Want to use the high quality camera from your phone as your "webcam", go ahead as it seamlessly uses it.   Want to use the iPad as a second screen for the computer, no problems.  Left your phone elsewhere in the house and want to pick up that call on the computer, no problems.  My gf uses an android phone and an iPad and even getting photos from one to another is a traumatic experience for her.

 

Switching to the best and most expensive Android phone available would be a huge downgrade, for me at least.   

I have all of the features you mention on my HP Computer, Samsung Tablet and Samsung phone, at a fraction of the cost of Apple products. Up to the individual what they buy, but I see no point in the rush for any Apple products, when cheaper options are available and as as good. 

[Doctor Tom]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

BUT I don't have an Apple sticker on the back to demonstrate that I have lots of money to spend on a phone!

Yep, that sticker is worth all of the extra 20,000 Baht you pay for it, over a good android product. 

[gargamon]

4 hours ago, ravip said:

Most Apple users I contacted when I was stuck, knew nothing of a way out - most were just just basic users.

Yes, Apple products are for people that don't know much about computers. 

[ignis]

1 hour ago, wadman said:

The samsung J7 pro had it last security update in the first quarter of 2021. It hasn't had any updates since. Hope you are not doing anything secure on it, like banking, or reading your email. 

• J7 Pro Android 10 installed on 11th Sept with July 2023 Security Patch + warranty period of one year  or so it say's on the phone 
• so no idea what/where you got this info

 

[Mavideol]

23 hours ago, Doctor Tom said:

What features? 

it has a design of an apple on it   555

[Mavideol]

54 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

I have all of the features you mention on my HP Computer, Samsung Tablet and Samsung phone, at a fraction of the cost of Apple products. Up to the individual what they buy, but I see no point in the rush for any Apple products, when cheaper options are available and as as good. 

agree with you....I am 70 years old and never had anything/any product from Apple/MacIntosh/Mac..... and, for the keyboard warriors, I can afford it, the idea of being forced into buying ONLY their "monopoly" stuff turned me way from their start back in the 1980's

[spidermike007]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Although my desktop is a mac M2 studio, my laptop is a macbook pro M1, and I use an ipad, I gave up the iphone. I consider it inferior on so many levels, to either the Samsung S22ultra, or the S23ultra. The iphone has become a fashion accessory, and a status symbol. Not necessarily the best phone out there.

[dingdongrb]

4 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

agree with you....I am 70 years old and never had anything/any product from Apple/MacIntosh/Mac..... and, for the keyboard warriors, I can afford it, the idea of being forced into buying ONLY their "monopoly" stuff turned me way from their start back in the 1980's

Monopoly stuff? Where do you come up with that drivel?

 

........ if anyone had a monopoly on mobile phones it was Nokia.

 

 

[Mavideol]

2 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Monopoly stuff? Where do you come up with that drivel?

 

........ if anyone had a monopoly on mobile phones it was Nokia.

 

 

could u buy software to be used in/with Apple products that didn't belong to Apple, could u buy charging/ connecting cables for any Apple's devices/products that didn't belong to Apple..... do u need more info as for Nokia monopoly on mobile phones, care to share some back up data

[ravip]

24 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

agree with you....I am 70 years old and never had anything/any product from Apple/MacIntosh/Mac..... and, for the keyboard warriors, I can afford it, the idea of being forced into buying ONLY their "monopoly" stuff turned me way from their start back in the 1980's

I agree 100% with you.

[ravip]

15 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Monopoly stuff? Where do you come up with that drivel?

 

........ if anyone had a monopoly on mobile phones it was Nokia.

 

 

Okay, let's say it in another way - the Apple eco-system (sounds very hiso ????)

[dingdongrb]

16 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

could u buy software to be used in/with Apple products that didn't belong to Apple, could u buy charging/ connecting cables for any Apple's devices/products that didn't belong to Apple..... do u need more info as for Nokia monopoly on mobile phones, care to share some back up data

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones

[sometimewoodworker]

6 hours ago, ravip said:

It is quite interesting, what you say.

OK. I've never used an Apple device. That said, there had been times where I wanted to pair with a Bluetooth device it failed -  but with an Android, it was successful. Once, I needed to download a file to reinstall my laptop, again the download failed (driver file) - on an Android, no issues. No special Apps were necessary.

As a techie, I mess around a lot with similar stuff, and found iOS very temperamental!

 

Edit

Most Apple users I contacted when I was stuck, knew nothing of a way out - most were just just basic users.

There you have the difference between someone like myself and the vast majority of iPhone users. The vast majority have virtually every application they need all fantastic quality provided free. 
the few thing they don’t have, banking, line, WhatsApp are all easily available.

 

the included highly competent apps that provide 90% of functions in complex commercial programs and probably 150% of anything needed by the majority are all designed to be user friendly and generally easy to use.

 

the complaints you have are problems with individual devices that may have been optimised for android.

 

I have a reasonably in-depth knowledge of some iOS apps and their capabilities but it has taken years to gain that knowledge 

 

the things that you can do with apple provided free hi quality apps dwarf the android offerings. But that is only of use if you want to do the things they provide.
 

Like high quality video production with iMovie, not as professional as things like adobe premiere but good for most users.

High quality presentation software Keynote that does more than most need PowerPoint is possibly better but isn’t free

Good quality word processing with Pages, Word can do more but at a price and size 

 

I could continue but those are 3 free programs of many that do everything required for teaching at university level. 
None of my students that used Android phones were able to produce the same quality work without spending a considerable amount.

 

However for those familiar with Android stay with what you know it can probably do everything you want

Those who know iOS stay with what you know.

 

a new user should use the same platform as the majority of their friends as they can get help from them.

 

If you don’t have a support group iOS is the more user friendly offering 

[ravip]

46 minutes ago, sometimewoodworker said:

There you have the difference between someone like myself and the vast majority of iPhone users. The vast majority have virtually every application they need all fantastic quality provided free. 
the few thing they don’t have, banking, line, WhatsApp are all easily available.

 

the included highly competent apps that provide 90% of functions in complex commercial programs and probably 150% of anything needed by the majority are all designed to be user friendly and generally easy to use.

 

the complaints you have are problems with individual devices that may have been optimised for android.

 

I have a reasonably in-depth knowledge of some iOS apps and their capabilities but it has taken years to gain that knowledge 

 

the things that you can do with apple provided free hi quality apps dwarf the android offerings. But that is only of use if you want to do the things they provide.
 

Like high quality video production with iMovie, not as professional as things like adobe premiere but good for most users.

High quality presentation software Keynote that does more than most need PowerPoint is possibly better but isn’t free

Good quality word processing with Pages, Word can do more but at a price and size 

 

I could continue but those are 3 free programs of many that do everything required for teaching at university level. 
None of my students that used Android phones were able to produce the same quality work without spending a considerable amount.

 

However for those familiar with Android stay with what you know it can probably do everything you want

Those who know iOS stay with what you know.

 

a new user should use the same platform as the majority of their friends as they can get help from them.

 

If you don’t have a support group iOS is the more user friendly offering 

Thank you!

This is the first time an Apple user responded like this. 

 

The basic users feels intimidated when questioned as they don't know how to respond  - so their only wayout are insults and the like.

In fact,  I wanted to buy the iPhone 11, just to try out - but the responses from the users I inquired from,  put me off totally!

[gamb00ler]

On 9/13/2023 at 5:56 PM, transam said:

Would you like me to tell you the process of communication progress from a bake bean tin with a piece of string, to today's smartphone..........?

 

Campbells Mushroom soup cans had the best audio!!!

[josephbloggs]

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Although my desktop is a mac M2 studio, my laptop is a macbook pro M1, and I use an ipad, I gave up the iphone. I consider it inferior on so many levels, to either the Samsung S22ultra, or the S23ultra. The iphone has become a fashion accessory, and a status symbol. Not necessarily the best phone out there.

I agree with you. I am a Macbook Pro M1 user and I love it (not bought any non-Mac computer for 12 years at least). But I went from Samsung to Apple and bought an iPhone 14 pro max a few months ago. It has been very underwhelming, if I had the choice again I would go Samsung S23 ultra without a doubt.

The best thing about it is the battery - it lasts for ages, and it charges very quickly. But operationally? Meh.

[sometimewoodworker]

1 hour ago, ravip said:

Thank you!

This is the first time an Apple user responded like this. 

 

The basic users feels intimidated when questioned as they don't know how to respond  - so their only wayout are insults and the like.

In fact,  I wanted to buy the iPhone 11, just to try out - but the responses from the users I inquired from,  put me off totally!

No problem, I have taught basic phone security and usage and the android users found it more challenging. I was surprised at how little any of them really understood the basic principles. The few who had a more advanced knowledge were all apple users though none were really advanced, and these were university students in the top universities in the country.

 

The apps I highlighted were not a comprehensive list there are more, Numbers (excel is the Microsoft program) was easily able to do all my student data collection for attendance and grading, however there were a very few things I found easy to do in excel that were almost impossible in Numbers and I was given a teaching license for excel so I used it quite often.

 

Personally you couldn’t give me a top of the line Android phone with an equal value in cash and make me abandon the iOS ecosystem.

 

Could I survive with Android? of course, would I enjoy it? Absolutely not

 

Ask the same question in reverse to a died in the wool Android user and you will probably get the same answer.

 

which OS is better? They both do a good job,  Android enables more customisation (that few use), is less secure and the phones have a shorter support window.
Apple has infinitely better software integration, is more secure has about double the support of android but you can’t get cheap phones, if you ignore ROI.

 

Older apple phones command a higher price than an equivalent spec Android ones.

[transam]

13 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

Campbells Mushroom soup cans had the best audio!!!

I know, but keep it to yourself, we have the edge................????

[Mavideol]

18 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones

what this has to do with monopoly, being best selling mobile phone company doesn't make it a monopoly, at the time of Nokia did u heard about Erickson, Sony, Motorola, Samsung, etc., ..... btw do u know what monopoly means

[n00dle]

On 9/13/2023 at 5:13 PM, gargamon said:

 I guess Apple figured they've already fleeced their users by making them buy the proprietary lightning cables. 

No, the EU ruled that they had switch to usb c over their proprietoay connector

[dingdongrb]

44 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

btw do u know what monopoly means

[Mavideol]

3 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

good one  555 appreciate the sense of humor, keep it up

[novacova]

On 9/13/2023 at 4:01 PM, sometimewoodworker said:

Available to order today shipping starting on September 22nd including in Thailand and available in Apple stores and suppliers like banana, Studio7, AIS etc 

Just order it???? it will be here at my door Friday 

[novacova]

On 9/13/2023 at 5:33 PM, gargamon said:

And all the suckers are lining up to buy them... 

Yeah and I just bought one ???? and I joyfully shelled out ฿54900 for it???? wasn’t much of a line though, I just hammered on the keyboard for a couple minutes ????

[sometimewoodworker]

6 hours ago, n00dle said:

No, the EU ruled that they had switch to usb c over their proprietoay connector

That is your opinion, apple has been shipping USB-C devices for the last 8 years on the MacBooks, 3 years on the iPad Pro, so yes Apple probably wouldn’t have changed yet without the EU ruling but it was coming and the EU rule change is a way for Apple to avoid the outcry from people with many lightening devices.

[rbkk]

On 9/13/2023 at 6:00 PM, SuperSaiyan said:

if you are in the dating market, you need status.

So I pose next to an iPhone 15 Pro Max on my Tinder profile. Great tip! What a way to swipe out the opposition.

[SuperSaiyan]

24 minutes ago, rbkk said:

So I pose next to an iPhone 15 Pro Max on my Tinder profile. Great tip! What a way to swipe out the opposition.

It helps! Or a Facebook post how you buy it, they love it!

[Woof999]

On 9/14/2023 at 5:33 PM, Mavideol said:

agree with you....I am 70 years old and never had anything/any product from Apple/MacIntosh/Mac..... and, for the keyboard warriors, I can afford it, the idea of being forced into buying ONLY their "monopoly" stuff turned me way from their start back in the 1980's

Exactly this. Apple's model is pretty much that you buy into their complete ecosystem. This offers some benefits but, for me, some show stopping drawbacks. I'm a software dev and have been for decades. My customers are typically PC/Microsoft/Windows/SQL Server/IIS. Macs and iPhones don't fit well with that model. Android does. Android also gives me a choice of 1000s of models, from the cheapest of the cheap right through to higher end and more expensive than Apple (so I don't know where all the "you can't afford it" rubbish comes from).

 

If you like iPhone then that's great, it doesn't affect me in any way. If you like Android then that's also great, it doesn't affect me in any way.

 

Also interesting is a YouTube channel such as Louis Rossman. If you think that Apple are all high end, well designed, well built, customer centric wonder machines then you are living far from reality. Memory chip on your phone gone bad 1 day after warranty expires? Tough, the repair bill will be as much as a new phone. Plastic welded keyboard on your high end Mac Book has broken... ouch. Soldered memory chips all over the place... BIOS written into that same memory... they don't do much that isn't designed to extract significantly more wedge from you as soon as anything goes wrong, which, but much of their design ethos, can be often.

 

On 9/14/2023 at 5:46 PM, dingdongrb said:

Monopoly stuff? Where do you come up with that drivel?

Monopoly might be the wrong term, but the Apple ecosystem is far more closed, ringfenced etc than others. For some this can be a plus. For me, not.