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After using iOS 12 for a couple of hours, I'm already bored. Anyone else?
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It's a good and fast device that is the latest mobile computer essentially.
I mean there are $20 vacuum cleaners and there are $500 vacuum cleaners, with plenty of people buying all kinds, including the more expensive ones. Those don't really provide more entertainment, they can just be better and/or more reliable at what they do or at how their owners prefer things to be.
I’ll just say this. The whining for a stable OS (a righteous demand) is what led Apple to put off a UI update. You got (or will have) your stable OS. Stop whining.
If you are seeking excitement in life from.........new phone settings.........then I'd be a little concerned. There is a whole world out there and you are getting irritated because some new phone settings aren't making you really happy. The millennial thing would explain it I guess.
This is a psycological problem that far too many people suffer from today. I don’t think it’s a milleninial thing in full but a matter of how easy it is to get hold of new stuff.
Before, and I mean a real long time ago, people saw things that they wanted and most had to work real hard to get money to buy it. Then when the item was bought, there was many real social events, such as meeting friends IRL, attending class IRL, working long days etc. Now, at least after the latest financial crisis, kids and their parents mostly have much more money to spend since real estate and stock market gone up so much. People are also less IRL, i.e. working home, studying from home, spending time with friends online etc. All together this means that it’s much easier now to buy what you want and spend a lot of time playing with it, hence people get bored fast and want more and more and more. Then when it’s nothing else to buy of what people are interested in, such as no iPhone X second generation or iOS 13, people get bored. It’s really sad and I find my self being just there very often - it’s really sad! Many people enjoyed things much more ”before” and felt really much better inside themselfs.
So, stop buying everything as soon as it’s released and spend less time playing with it when you do buy it - then you’ll enjoy it in a different way. I try to do that, but it’s not easy.
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Software and excitement... two things I never expected in the same sentence.
There are a lot of things in life that are exciting. The best ones don’t have a screen, a power connection, or a battery.
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Put the phone away. Forget that electronics exist.
A millennial thing? Lol please. I don't know what kind of "thing" this is but I don't think it applies to 99% of phone users. I guess I don't see why phones should be endlessly entertaining... They're just launchers for texting and apps
I mean it's not like turning the phone on and going to settings or turning the volume buttons up and down is meant to entertain you for hours
I mean it's not like turning the phone on and going to settings or turning the volume buttons up and down is meant to entertain you for hours
On that note... I typically find the $500 and the $20 vacuum cleaners to be surprisingly comparable.
The ones that have always worked best for me have typically been in the $120 range. Seems that’s where the real power is.
The $20 ones are poor performers, and the $500 ones seem to be gimmicks or big expensive names that deliver $20 performance.
yes i did on 5s and it feels a lot faster in my opinion. It just a bit slower then my iPhone 6s on 11.4 which is a big step in my oppinion. Also things like the Keyboard popping up are much faster and dont annoy anymore. I just fell like the app store app got a bit slower but I seriously dont mind @ all. And since its stil beta 1 im very Happy!
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I'm really happy with iOS 12, it's better to have improved functionality (and speed) than new features and gimmicks that are buggy/not polished.
phones all pretty much do the same thing. New features isnt going to change this much. I only use safari, messages, music, social media and read books on my phone. Thats all i really need. Everything else is just extra
To be honest things like the measurement tool are very handy. If it works as reliable as advertised this could be another nice to have piece in your phone
iOS 12 isn't a game or a tv show or a book. The excitement people feel about it comes from the improvements it can bring to their lives or at least digital lives over the course of the next year. Small daily things. When they jump to the betas they usually expect that sense of reward all at once, which doesn't make sense.
In that vein an $80k car and a $15k car are comparable also. Both get you to where you are going. Have radios, headlights and steering wheels and brakes. Both accelerate and stop. Choices are good.
I installed iOS 12 on my 5s and it runs surprisingly well. Even given it is a first beta. Group FaceTime has me really excited.
Unfortunately my device is on iOS 11
so it’s no better than anything, I’m thinking of downloading iOS 12 today. Hope it don’t disappoint.
Then you can try it and always go back. It's up to you if you want to deal with potential beta issues, although I've read positive comments here so far.Unfortunately my device is on iOS 11
I mean iOS 12 doesn’t have that much in it. Wait for iOS 13 and hopefully that’ll excite you a bit more...
So today I went for a walk and it started to rain a little. Didn't like that since it's June. I went for a nice cup of coffee , but when I took a sip I was already bored with the coffee.
This is the share-your-random-boring-story-thread, right?
This is the share-your-random-boring-story-thread, right?
I always go through the same thing haha. With every phone and piece of tech I've ever owned haha!
The French invented a great word for this: ennui. It's a problem within yourself not with the iPhone or iOS. If you want to fix it you should occupy your time with learning new things and having real-life experiences, talking with other people, etc. Electronic devices are supposed to be tools to help us have more time to do those things. Instead we try to use them to occupy more time and then wonder why we're dissatisfied.
