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As a seven year iPhone owner I'm bored by it! Why isn't it water proof yet? Why hasn't Apple released a wireless charging feature? Why haven't they come up w

As a seven year iPhone owner I'm bored by it! Why isn't it water proof yet? Why hasn't Apple released a wireless charging feature? Why haven't they come up with something freaking amazing..iWatch no one wants that. Apple TV with Apple cable TV service people might want that but why haven't they bought Dish who has sling TV or made similar purchases? I don't think I'm the only bored iPhone owner?

indianhippie 10y ago
I couldn't agree with you more. I'm bored. The thing is I like the simplicity of iPhones and I have been using them for past 7 years as well. Now it got to a point where small incremental features were not doing anything for me. I switched to Nexus 6P recently. It is one hell of a phone. So many features, so much customization! The access to file system (not root) is one thing that I would not be able to live without anymore. Having directories to put files and music in is so simple and similar to using a Mac/PC. I do miss iMessage and FaceTime though. If the rumor about WWDC bringing iMessage to Android is true I don't see a reason to go back to the iPhone.
- subpixel 10y ago
  > Having directories to put files and music in is so simple This could be the reason I finally ditch my iPhone. I want to grab a file on my Mac, push it to my phone, and not A) have to use a paid app to do it without iTunes or B) have that file be automatically sent to some stupid place on the phone (audiobooks, ibooks, etc.)
  - comex 10y ago
    You can, as of iOS 9. Drag the files to iCloud Drive on your Mac (which is a full filesystem), and either access them from an iOS app that can open files directly from iCloud Drive, or enable the iCloud Drive iOS app in the settings and use the share sheet to get the files into the app you want.
    - crapolasplatter 10y ago
      That my issue with iOS. With my android it simply maps like a local drive on my pc and I can drop and drag files just as easily as if it was my hdd. I don't have to use crappy proprietary sofware like itunes or be locked into their ecosystem and pay monthly subscriptions to use icloud.
      - PhantomGremlin 10y ago
        crappy proprietary sofware like itunes very true pay monthly subscriptions to use icloud Kind of true. You get 5 GB for free, which is enough to back up contacts, etc. But you can get 50 GB for $1/mo, which, if you can afford a smartphone, probably won't be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
        crapolasplatter 10y ago
        Its not about money, its about options and a closed ecosystem obviously designed to make you dependent on their system. Its just to blatant to be ignored. With android I have the option to get sd card to backup my pics. With android I have options to easily map the OS as a hdd on my PC or linux and not be forced to used there crappy software to backup files ,music,videos etc in their proprietor format. I understand its not only crApple that is pushing for the golden egg cloud monthly subscriptions but atleast with android I still have other easy options to choose from. They even lock you into their ecosystem as a developer. I have to purchase a mac if I want to develop iOS apps. You can't even legally use virtualization as they force you to buy both their hardware and and software license. I just don't like their lack of confidence on their products that their marketing efforts is based on locking you into buying their products and services vs you wanting to buy them because of their awesomeness.
      - comex 10y ago
        You don't actually have to use iCloud for what I described. I mentioned iCloud Drive because it's built in to iOS and OS X, but any app can register as a document provider, which allows it to be accessed from document pickers (what I meant when I said "can open files directly from iCloud Drive" - it's not only for iCloud Drive) and to be an icon on share sheets. For example, Dropbox does so. This is an iOS 8 feature, for the record; it's just the iCloud Drive standalone app that was new in iOS 9. You do have to use iCloud for some other things, such as full system backup, integration with the builtin photos app, etc.
- cageface 10y ago
  I can't figure out why Apple has neglected their stock keyboard for so long. They finally added autosuggestions but their keyboard still lags far behind third party offerings in speed, feature set, and flexibility. And third party keyboards are still so buggy on iOS as to be almost unusable. About 90% of my use of a smart phone is messaging in some form so this is a big deal. And iMessage is buggy enough that I long ago switched to WhatsApp and haven't looked back. Apple makes great hardware but their software is increasingly falling behind the competition.
  - noblethrasher 10y ago
    On the other hand, iOS is the only platform which has a default keyboard that lets me use typographically appropriate characters, such as actual smart quotes (“” ’), real ellipsis (…), and the correct hyphens (- – —). This has been true since at least iOS 5.
- xbmcuser 10y ago
  Access to the file system is one of the major reasons I have seen people move to Android from iphone and then stay on it. I was always an Android guy but have seen in the last few years many iphone users moving to Android and then staying on it. The people that have stayed with iphone are mostly that just use the iphone for messaging, email and Facebook.
mch82 10y ago
Is a phone supposed to be exciting? (I'm using "exciting" to mean the opposite of boring)
- TheLilHipster 10y ago
  Our phones are the the most personal electronics we have, they bloody well should be exciting (for us geeks at-least). I love finding new uses for this pocket computer: http://i.imgur.com/SNody25.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SNody25.jpg
untog 10y ago
Yep. I'm honestly not sure how important it is that the iPhone is exciting, but it still needs to be making meaningful progress for people to keep upgrading Waterproofing and wireless charging are tried and tested on Android. Meanwhile no one I know uses force touch and most have turned off live photos. TouchID was probably the last truly great iPhone innovation.
- cageface 10y ago
  Meanwhile things core to the user experience like iMessage, the stock keyboard, Photos, iCloud Drive, Mail etc are buggy and unreliable and/or lagging far behind the competition. The base model is still has an absurdly stingy 16GB of storage. But at least we can look forward to an even thinner phone with bad battery life and buy expensive lighting audio adapters so we can accommodate their fetish for removing ports.
whichdan 10y ago
I'm not even bored, but disappointed. The iOS 9 upgrade made me unable to access music on my device, photo backups are sorted into hundreds of subdirectories, re-authenticating iCloud automatically re-enables iCloud Backup and iMessage, and I need a third-party calendar app because they removed the month view that gives me a truncated title for each event. There are some other small annoyances, like being unable to permanently leave the phone in Low Power Mode, while only two phone models support Apple's battery case. I'm just not convinced that Android won't have an equal number of strange problems.
balladeer 10y ago
It is kind of a cliche by now but so are the questions we have been asking Apple and demands we have been making to the company over the years. I am no sales and marketing expert but at some basic level, it comes to me that Apple probably doesn't innovate (in a way - relatively; esp. when compared with innovations in Android phone market and in ridiculously low cost phones at that) because it doesn't have to. Apple knows that it has a userbase that would keep buying its phones (in some cases as long as close to 7 years) even though it was so lacking in innovation and still kept charging the awe-tax. No, I am sure you are not the only bored iPhone user. I have a friend who has owned every iPhone (one from each release - he had a 6s but still bought SE and then sold it) since the first iPhone and never stopped whining about it but still says, when I ask why he keeps buying, "because it's an iPhone and it has a 'feel'".

indianhippie 10y ago

I couldn't agree with you more. I'm bored. The thing is I like the simplicity of iPhones and I have been using them for past 7 years as well. Now it got to a point where small incremental features were not doing anything for me. I switched to Nexus 6P recently. It is one hell of a phone. So many features, so much customization! The access to file system (not root) is one thing that I would not be able to live without anymore. Having directories to put files and music in is so simple and similar to using a Mac/PC. I do miss iMessage and FaceTime though. If the rumor about WWDC bringing iMessage to Android is true I don't see a reason to go back to the iPhone.

subpixel 10y ago
> Having directories to put files and music in is so simple This could be the reason I finally ditch my iPhone. I want to grab a file on my Mac, push it to my phone, and not A) have to use a paid app to do it without iTunes or B) have that file be automatically sent to some stupid place on the phone (audiobooks, ibooks, etc.)
- comex 10y ago
  You can, as of iOS 9. Drag the files to iCloud Drive on your Mac (which is a full filesystem), and either access them from an iOS app that can open files directly from iCloud Drive, or enable the iCloud Drive iOS app in the settings and use the share sheet to get the files into the app you want.
  - crapolasplatter 10y ago
    That my issue with iOS. With my android it simply maps like a local drive on my pc and I can drop and drag files just as easily as if it was my hdd. I don't have to use crappy proprietary sofware like itunes or be locked into their ecosystem and pay monthly subscriptions to use icloud.
    - PhantomGremlin 10y ago
      crappy proprietary sofware like itunes very true pay monthly subscriptions to use icloud Kind of true. You get 5 GB for free, which is enough to back up contacts, etc. But you can get 50 GB for $1/mo, which, if you can afford a smartphone, probably won't be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
      - crapolasplatter 10y ago
        Its not about money, its about options and a closed ecosystem obviously designed to make you dependent on their system. Its just to blatant to be ignored. With android I have the option to get sd card to backup my pics. With android I have options to easily map the OS as a hdd on my PC or linux and not be forced to used there crappy software to backup files ,music,videos etc in their proprietor format. I understand its not only crApple that is pushing for the golden egg cloud monthly subscriptions but atleast with android I still have other easy options to choose from. They even lock you into their ecosystem as a developer. I have to purchase a mac if I want to develop iOS apps. You can't even legally use virtualization as they force you to buy both their hardware and and software license. I just don't like their lack of confidence on their products that their marketing efforts is based on locking you into buying their products and services vs you wanting to buy them because of their awesomeness.
    - comex 10y ago
      You don't actually have to use iCloud for what I described. I mentioned iCloud Drive because it's built in to iOS and OS X, but any app can register as a document provider, which allows it to be accessed from document pickers (what I meant when I said "can open files directly from iCloud Drive" - it's not only for iCloud Drive) and to be an icon on share sheets. For example, Dropbox does so. This is an iOS 8 feature, for the record; it's just the iCloud Drive standalone app that was new in iOS 9. You do have to use iCloud for some other things, such as full system backup, integration with the builtin photos app, etc.
cageface 10y ago
I can't figure out why Apple has neglected their stock keyboard for so long. They finally added autosuggestions but their keyboard still lags far behind third party offerings in speed, feature set, and flexibility. And third party keyboards are still so buggy on iOS as to be almost unusable. About 90% of my use of a smart phone is messaging in some form so this is a big deal. And iMessage is buggy enough that I long ago switched to WhatsApp and haven't looked back. Apple makes great hardware but their software is increasingly falling behind the competition.
- noblethrasher 10y ago
  On the other hand, iOS is the only platform which has a default keyboard that lets me use typographically appropriate characters, such as actual smart quotes (“” ’), real ellipsis (…), and the correct hyphens (- – —). This has been true since at least iOS 5.
xbmcuser 10y ago
Access to the file system is one of the major reasons I have seen people move to Android from iphone and then stay on it. I was always an Android guy but have seen in the last few years many iphone users moving to Android and then staying on it. The people that have stayed with iphone are mostly that just use the iphone for messaging, email and Facebook.

mch82 10y ago

Is a phone supposed to be exciting? (I'm using "exciting" to mean the opposite of boring)

TheLilHipster 10y ago
Our phones are the the most personal electronics we have, they bloody well should be exciting (for us geeks at-least). I love finding new uses for this pocket computer: http://i.imgur.com/SNody25.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SNody25.jpg

untog 10y ago

Yep. I'm honestly not sure how important it is that the iPhone is exciting, but it still needs to be making meaningful progress for people to keep upgrading Waterproofing and wireless charging are tried and tested on Android. Meanwhile no one I know uses force touch and most have turned off live photos. TouchID was probably the last truly great iPhone innovation.

cageface 10y ago
Meanwhile things core to the user experience like iMessage, the stock keyboard, Photos, iCloud Drive, Mail etc are buggy and unreliable and/or lagging far behind the competition. The base model is still has an absurdly stingy 16GB of storage. But at least we can look forward to an even thinner phone with bad battery life and buy expensive lighting audio adapters so we can accommodate their fetish for removing ports.

whichdan 10y ago

I'm not even bored, but disappointed. The iOS 9 upgrade made me unable to access music on my device, photo backups are sorted into hundreds of subdirectories, re-authenticating iCloud automatically re-enables iCloud Backup and iMessage, and I need a third-party calendar app because they removed the month view that gives me a truncated title for each event. There are some other small annoyances, like being unable to permanently leave the phone in Low Power Mode, while only two phone models support Apple's battery case. I'm just not convinced that Android won't have an equal number of strange problems.

balladeer 10y ago

It is kind of a cliche by now but so are the questions we have been asking Apple and demands we have been making to the company over the years. I am no sales and marketing expert but at some basic level, it comes to me that Apple probably doesn't innovate (in a way - relatively; esp. when compared with innovations in Android phone market and in ridiculously low cost phones at that) because it doesn't have to. Apple knows that it has a userbase that would keep buying its phones (in some cases as long as close to 7 years) even though it was so lacking in innovation and still kept charging the awe-tax. No, I am sure you are not the only bored iPhone user. I have a friend who has owned every iPhone (one from each release - he had a 6s but still bought SE and then sold it) since the first iPhone and never stopped whining about it but still says, when I ask why he keeps buying, "because it's an iPhone and it has a 'feel'".