Why I still really hate Apple Products...

[joeekaitis]

Your humble AWer's Apple experience

 

Sorry.  It's a buzz-killingly positive.

Love 'em, hate 'em but never say Apple doesn't take responsibility for their screw-ups

Your humble AWer's iPhone 5s was 5 months out of warranty when things started going south. First, everything at the top end of the phone except the Facetime camera stopped working: rear camera, flashlight app, ear proximity sensor. The front started to separate from the rest of the phone...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[mattl]

This AM the tablet keeps asking me to log in, again.  First time got"unknown error", then it took the password.  Rebooted, I'll see how thing progress.

 

[ea56]

You know Matt I was just thinking, if you don’t want to use iCloud you don’t have to log in with your password, you should just be able to log on with your numeric passcode on the touch screen. I found that logging into iCloud was just to much of a problem. I don’t use iCloud, and I don’t want to deal with all the extra entries that are prompted with iCloud in use. If you are already logged on to iCloud, and you don’t want to use it, go the the top field in settings and just log out of iCloud. Your iPad will work just fine without it, trust me. And this will probably help you avoid any future problems like you had the other day.

I personally don’t want all my info in the “cloud”. And whenever you install uodates and you are prompted to set up iCloud, just select skip this step, or emaybe later, whateevrerr the choice that is offered to proceed. You can always set up, or shut down iCloud at a leter date by going into the settings menu and following the prompts, its easy peasy.
HTH,
Eddie

 

[robbinsandmyers]

Unfortunatly for me a guy I dated went from an Helio to an iPhone3 so I switched from a Trac-Fone to a 3 also. After owning a 3, 4, 5S,and now 6S for 2.5 years I still say Apple sux bawls. Im looking into getting an iPod for my music and the next phone will be a Galaxy from now on. These phones all were great the first 4 months then slowed down or didnt work properly with all the updates that took up space. Apple can kiss my lilly white ass!!

 

[iej]

@ThomasOrtaga : Word or Excel - You need MS Office

I don't mean to pick holes, but if you're using Word or Excel files then you need a copy of Microsoft Office. It's nothing to do with whether you're using a Mac or a Windows machine. There's a full version of Office available for Mac, in fact office actually debuted on Mac before Windows many years ago, which is why it still retains all fo the Mac keyboard shortcuts.

There are free alternatives like OpenOffice and a very heavily Mac OS customised version of it called NeoOffice, both of which are available for Mac OS

A Windows machine without Office installed, can't edit MS Office files any more than anything else can.

You can also just install a copy of Windows on a Mac and boot into that or use virtualisation software like Parallels and just run Mac OS And Windows (And Linux if you want) simultaneously on the same desktop.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

My history: Blackberry --> Android dalliance --> Blackberry --> Blackberry 10 --> Android.

I now have an LG tablet and a Samsung S7. With each update there's more and more weirdness:

-slower and slower to pick up a signal when leaving a dead zone.
-browser tabs reload (eating data) every time you switch tabs or leave a tab to answer an email and try to go back. No signal? No tab reload. This happens with every browser.

These are major issues when you spend 2-3 hours/day on a subway.

-saved files randomly disappear from the folder they were saved into and reappear in other random folders or don't reappear at all.
-download a .pdf form from an agency, have a client fill it out, and email it back? DON'T get me started. A total no-go.
-auto video play can't be turned off anymore.
-despite being in silent mode AND having every volume control I've found turned off, an advert on a web page will randomly start playing at ear-splitting levels... and I made sure the volume was fully off when I first opened the browser!
-Worst of all, more and more often I get asked 20 questions when I try to do something I've done for months/years without ever getting asked questions before.

The point? NONE of my colleagues who have iPhones have ANY of these problems!!!
Zilch. Zero. Zip. Nada.

One of my regular clients repairs/builds computers for a living. He was an Android fanboi and rabid Apple hater. He got stuck with an iPhone for reasons I never got clear on. His conclusion after 3 months with an iPhone:

"Yes, android IS unquestionably superior to iOS/mac/apple. HOWEVER, each new version of Android requires more and more time and skill to tweak it to use/enjoy that superiority. If a person doesn't have the discretionary time and energy to develop the necessary skill set and needs a phone/tablet that JUST WORKS, iOS/mac/apple is the better choice."

I'm able to install Linux on my own laptops with no problem. Save for the odd program, I haven't used Windows in years. Ubuntu does 99% of what I need with far fewer problems than any Windows version I've ever used... so I'm not totally tech-impaired.

Yet, here I am... ready to throw my Android equipment out the window. I'm due for an upgrade. I fear I'll be joining the dark 'Cult of Mac' all too soon.

Jim

 

[mattl]

As a confirmed tweaker, I have found no reason or issue to tweak anything on my android phone or various tablets.  They just work.  I'd like to know what is being tweaked that require so much effort.

 

[rolls_rapide]

iPhone sound quality...

... is bloody awful, I find.

When folk phone me, using their Apple iPhones, frequently their voice becomes complete mush - as though they've suddenly been swallowed by a sinkhole. Complete crap for those sort of prices.

 

[gansky1]

I have all Apple products: two older iPads, two MacBooks, one Pro one Air and two iPhones. Mine is a 7 and my son's is a 6+. We've had a couple of lower-end Windows laptops, but they just didn't last like the Apple stuff.

I'm hard on my phone, carry it all day in my pocket paired with AirPod earphones playing podcasts, audiobooks, etc. It's dropped rather frequently from sheer carelessness and circumstance. I have no doubt each tumble takes it toll in the long run but with a good case and lots of luck, it's holding up for now. I've had pretty good luck with the sometimes condescending minions at the Apple store, but usually get things straightened out if I have a problem, a rare occasion over the 10 years of iPhone/Apple patronage.

I honestly have not explored the other phone options out there, it's easy to always buy what you're familiar with and while not perfect, works as you expect it to. Kind of like Maytag washers in the 70's & 80's.