Victor Marks
On this week's AppleInsider podcast, Dan and Victor talk hands-on wit the new Phone 6s, Mikey and Neil discuss iOS 9 adoption, Neil's favorite features of watchOS 2, and content blockers. We also discuss some of the ways the iPhone and now the Apple Watch act as assistive devices, and Mikey's appearance on MSNBC.
AppleInsider staff members Mikey Campbell, Victor Marks, and Neil Hughes discuss these top stories:
- The iPhone 6s is here! Dan has one
- watchOS 2 is here
- Listener questions about watchOS 2 and the new Apple TV
- The best watchOS 2 apps (including Proloquo2Go and DarkSky)
- Mikey on MSNBC, "Apple Car" won't be self-driving (at first, at least)
- iOS 9 content blocker controversy
- XCodeGhost and malware-infiltrated apps
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Show note links:
- Apple releases fixed watchOS 2 for Apple Watch with native apps, Time Travel, nightstand mode
- The best watchOS 2-compatible apps now available for Apple Watch
- iOS 9 adoption is Apple's fastest ever, already installed on more than half of devices
- Apple has target ship date of 2019 for electric car project, but it won't be self driving - report
- iOS 9 Safari content blockers debut to demand, denouncement & a high-profile delisting
- Modified versions of Xcode used to sneak malware into App Store, Apple confirms
- After China malware infiltration, Apple helps developers ensure their Xcode install is legitimate
- Apple to officially host Xcode on Chinese servers in wake of malware issue
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I think we are getting to the peak end of the smartphone curve. The point where your phone's state of the art is so good, you do not need to upgrade as often and still have a great experience with it.
Other than the larger screen this time around with the 6, my 5s does juts fine with most everything out there that I use on a daily basis. Actually the 5s is so good, and so well made with it's sexy design, that I've felt I was downgrading by upgrading.
I WANT a new phone, but the logical part of me tells me I do not NEED a new phone, and it reminds me again how nice the 5S is.
So will skip the entire 6 cycle entirely. I will definitely get the 7 no doubt, but I really do think we have reach the point where the state of the art can now be commoditized by anyone with a flood coming to market with smartphones that are good enough for everyone's needs and upgrade cycles that the car may be Apple's Ark. Because like with the iPad, with a great, well made product, upgrade cycles grow longer and longer.
Just asking, but why does he not refer to himself as "Mike"?
I invite you to try any one of the competing smartphones and see if your hypothesis holds true. I'd like to hear the results? What alternative smartphones would you use? Nokia? Moto? ZTE? Huawei?
I think we're on a faster development cycle, where the phone improves in important ways with every release.
Certainly, you can lag behind that cycle for a little while, but at some point devices wear out physically, functionally, and become unsupported with software. Try and use a 3G for any length of time, and you'll find that many of the apps no longer function because the servers or authentication methods have moved on as time has passed.
Apple Wallet is cropping info on the left and right edges of my screen, making some text incomplete and illegible. IPhone 6s, iOS 9 Edit: Apparently this is a bug in the screen scaling when configured in "Standard" mode. Changing the screen to "Zoomed" is a workaround to fix the problem.
Can you post screenshots of both views, standard and zoomed? I'd like to see what you see.
Thanks!