The Apple Discussion Thread

[ethanm]

Is Hangouts crashing on anyone else's phone or am I special?

 

[Jr Mouse]

Installed 8.0.2 on my iPhone 5 last night. It crashed the phone during install and had to recover via iTunes. After that, everything has worked fine. Can tell they still have bugs to work out.

 

[Gus]

Plan to head down to AT&T today to check out the best deal I can get on trading in my iP 4 (yeah, I know. Old School)

 

[zippyh]

One random reboot crash using 8.0.2 while sending email today.

 

[JayJay]



I downloaded 8.0.2. No issues.

So did I for my 5s. Fixed most of the problems I had with 8.0.

By the way, really love IOS 8 now that Ive gotten used to it.

 

[Hayward]

Anyone know whether the new update fixes the pic upload issue with Safari? Alternatively any recommendations for an alternative browser which allows pic upload (unlike Safari currently) and allows for Facebook login api (unlike Chrome)?

 

[Gus]

Here is an interesting test by Consumer reports comparing the durability of the new iPhones to other leading brands.


http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/09/consumer-reports-tests-iphone-6-bendgate/index.htm

 

[Jmm722]

Here is an interesting test by Consumer reports comparing the durability of the new iPhones to other leading brands.


http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/09/consumer-reports-tests-iphone-6-bendgate/index.htm

The test isn't that useful for real world comparison. It is scientific, but inaccurate in the way it way implemented.

1) The pressure was placed directly on the center of each phone. All of the iPhone bends have been closer to the volume buttons and the screen separating at the top or bottom.

2) With the blocks on either side of this pressure test it prevents the stress from separating these screens as easily.

3) Finally, the batteries are located in different spots in each phone with affect the structural weak points.

The video below shows that the bend is closer to 3/4 of the way up the phone and the separation is obvious. The Moto X he tries to bend doesn't suffer either.



One thing to note, the "cheap plastic" phones were the strongest in the consumer reports test regardless. Finally, I have an iPhone 5, so I have no bias towards any manufacturer.

 

[zippyh]



Anyone know whether the new update fixes the pic upload issue with Safari? Alternatively any recommendations for an alternative browser which allows pic upload (unlike Safari currently) and allows for Facebook login api (unlike Chrome)?

Yes, they fixed Safari file upload.

 

[Kaplan]

http://www.voxsartoria.com/post/97078751743/little-known-brief-menswear-tales-late-breaking-apple

 

[Jr Mouse]



One thing to note, the "cheap plastic" phones were the strongest in the consumer reports test regardless.  Finally, I have an iPhone 5, so I have no bias towards any manufacturer.  

The classic "I can't possibly be racist because I have black friends" stance.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

#uncivilrudearrogance

 

[Tried and True]



The classic "I can't possibly be racist because I have black friends" stance.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

#uncivilrudearrogance

Actually, it would be "I can't possibly be racist because I am black."

 

[Kaplan]

More bendgate, with chat transcript from Apple support:


https://imgur.com/gallery/CSSfH

 

[Tried and True]

I think I'm going to wait a week or two before I install 8.0. Give them a chance to clean it up.

 

[lefty]

Boy, you think they could replace nine phones.

lefty