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The fingerprint reader is one of the things I most love about my iPhone SE; I don’t see any reason to get a new phone. Apple’s declining software quality and w

by 0x38B 1y ago

The fingerprint reader is one of the things I most love about my iPhone SE; I don’t see any reason to get a new phone. Apple’s declining software quality and walled garden incline me more and more towards ditching iPhone for GrapheneOS or a dumb phone like the Punkt MP; I find far more joy reading on an eReader, taking photos with a camera, or taking notes in my notebook than I do using the phone for any of those. Especially for notes, keeping journals for the last few years, I find such peace and even connection with myself and my thoughts in my journals; I write down passages from books that are meaningful to me, and seeing my own handwriting, the ink I wrote it in, even the shading in the ink – it all adds up to a deeply meaningful, physical experience. The answer is not more phone, it’s less!

lnsru 1y ago
Mail on iOS stopped working properly months ago, touch on this particular device sometimes does not work. Photos app is ridiculous. Software quality is declining. Even very average user like me can notice it.
- textm0de 1y ago
  The Mail thing was weird. I thought it was maybe an update or even a network issue as I had recently changed my router. I eventually gave up and replaced Mail with another email client.
  - girvo 1y ago
    I'm about 30 seconds away from doing the same. It's honestly woeful how bad it is. Probably just going to move to the Fastmail client directly, I suppose.
  - average_r_user 1y ago
    Genuine Question: What problem did you encounter within the Mail App?
    - mindok 1y ago
      Not the original commenter, but it regularly fails to update emails unless it is restarted. Last 2 major iOS versions have had the same problem for me. That’s a fundamental functionality failure in my book.
      - lnsru 1y ago
        This! Continuously restart app to read new mail.
        average_r_user 1y ago
        Thanks! I didn't notice it because I only have manual mail fetch. But I did notice frequent crashes of the app when you open heavy email (e.g with lots of images)
        MaKey 1y ago
        It's pretty embarrassing that Apple doesn't bother fixing this issue.
    - godelski 1y ago
      Where do I begin? I guess saying that using thunderbird or neomux is a huge upgrade. Just the ability to filter or add tags is huge. But I don't know an alternative in iOS which frequently doesn't even update and inline displays pdfs making it easier for scammers
  - d3ckard 1y ago
    You need to block Siri in it and then it works fine again.
  - wiether 1y ago
    was? is! They still haven't fixed it. I don't use emails enough on my iPhone to make the effort to try another client, but the unread bubble is still stuck at 2, no matter how much unread emails I actually have. The app randomly shows or hides some emails...
Abishek_Muthian 1y ago
I used iPhone SE 2020 temporarily when my main android was in repair and I loved it so much that I made it my daily driver. It fits perfectly on my dwarf hands, fingerprint for security and just the apps to get things done. Credit where it’s due to Apple for still supporting the phone with SW updates.
- dzonga 1y ago
  i still use a first gen SE. got updates up to ios15. given that it's almost 10 years old the battery lasted more than my pixel 6a. I hate iOS but in terms of hardware quality and software updates its unmatched.
WhyNotHugo 1y ago
Devices like the Punkt MP would great in an ideal world (if they had support for something like XMPP). But in practice, a huge amount of people use Telegram, or WeChat or some other network for which you need a native phone app.
- 0x38B 1y ago
  In practice, that's me as well; while here in the US texting is big, in years abroad I don't think I had a single conversation via SMS - everything was in apps. That makes phones like the Punkt an ideal more than something practical. But I still want one. It appeals to the minimalist in me, big time.
sotix 1y ago
An issue I have with my SE is that ever since the last major iOS release in September, I think they forgot how tall the device is. Notification Center pushes notifications so far down, that I’m unable to scroll down to see them. It feels like it was designed for a taller phone. However, I think this was fixed recently, which is great after months of being unable to use it to check notifications.

by 0x38B 1y ago

lnsru 1y ago

Mail on iOS stopped working properly months ago, touch on this particular device sometimes does not work. Photos app is ridiculous. Software quality is declining. Even very average user like me can notice it.

textm0de 1y ago
The Mail thing was weird. I thought it was maybe an update or even a network issue as I had recently changed my router. I eventually gave up and replaced Mail with another email client.
- girvo 1y ago
  I'm about 30 seconds away from doing the same. It's honestly woeful how bad it is. Probably just going to move to the Fastmail client directly, I suppose.
- average_r_user 1y ago
  Genuine Question: What problem did you encounter within the Mail App?
  - mindok 1y ago
    Not the original commenter, but it regularly fails to update emails unless it is restarted. Last 2 major iOS versions have had the same problem for me. That’s a fundamental functionality failure in my book.
    - lnsru 1y ago
      This! Continuously restart app to read new mail.
      - average_r_user 1y ago
        Thanks! I didn't notice it because I only have manual mail fetch. But I did notice frequent crashes of the app when you open heavy email (e.g with lots of images)
      - MaKey 1y ago
        It's pretty embarrassing that Apple doesn't bother fixing this issue.
  - godelski 1y ago
    Where do I begin? I guess saying that using thunderbird or neomux is a huge upgrade. Just the ability to filter or add tags is huge. But I don't know an alternative in iOS which frequently doesn't even update and inline displays pdfs making it easier for scammers
- d3ckard 1y ago
  You need to block Siri in it and then it works fine again.
- wiether 1y ago
  was? is! They still haven't fixed it. I don't use emails enough on my iPhone to make the effort to try another client, but the unread bubble is still stuck at 2, no matter how much unread emails I actually have. The app randomly shows or hides some emails...

Abishek_Muthian 1y ago

I used iPhone SE 2020 temporarily when my main android was in repair and I loved it so much that I made it my daily driver. It fits perfectly on my dwarf hands, fingerprint for security and just the apps to get things done. Credit where it’s due to Apple for still supporting the phone with SW updates.

dzonga 1y ago
i still use a first gen SE. got updates up to ios15. given that it's almost 10 years old the battery lasted more than my pixel 6a. I hate iOS but in terms of hardware quality and software updates its unmatched.

WhyNotHugo 1y ago

Devices like the Punkt MP would great in an ideal world (if they had support for something like XMPP). But in practice, a huge amount of people use Telegram, or WeChat or some other network for which you need a native phone app.

0x38B 1y ago
In practice, that's me as well; while here in the US texting is big, in years abroad I don't think I had a single conversation via SMS - everything was in apps. That makes phones like the Punkt an ideal more than something practical. But I still want one. It appeals to the minimalist in me, big time.

sotix 1y ago

An issue I have with my SE is that ever since the last major iOS release in September, I think they forgot how tall the device is. Notification Center pushes notifications so far down, that I’m unable to scroll down to see them. It feels like it was designed for a taller phone. However, I think this was fixed recently, which is great after months of being unable to use it to check notifications.