Category Archives: Apple

iOS 8.01 landing soon – list of fixes and help for WiFi bug now

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Macrumors.com has got hold of a list of the bug fixes that iOS 8.01 will address. Among the issues:

– Phone: Addresses bugs with call forwarding and freezing when accessing visual voicemail
– Keyboard: Fixes an issue with keypad not appearing to enter iCloud Keychain verification codes
– Safari: Fixes a problem with videos occasionally not playing
– Sharing: Fixes AirDrop support for Passbook passes
– VPN: Addresses an issue with installing VPN profiles

However, if you are having issues with WiFi on iOS 8, try this temporary solution.

Go into your settings, selecting Privacy, then Location Services, followed by System Services, and then disable Wi-Fi Networking.

The bendable iPhone 6 Plus plus UK Stock Update

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Stock Update – at 12.01am this morning, stock in all sizes and all versions was available for reservation across nearly all stores. Situation at 6.30am is rather different with just the iPhone 6 now available in select Apple stores. The 6 Plus has sold out again.

Bend Gate Latest.

Really. There are many reports across forums of people bending their iPhone 6 Plus.

Quote “I had phone for 6 hours in my front pocket. I was doing a lot of sitting down and standing at a wedding”

What do people expect! It is fortunate the iPhone 6 Plus did not break. Such a crazy story!

Or is it. Watch this video and then decide.

Apple made a mint! But let’s check out the small print

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Over the weekend Apple has stated that 10 million iPhone 6/6 Plus’s were sold. It’s a staggering amount. But let’s look at the small print.

Last year 9 million 5S/5C iPhone’s were sold but this included sales from China. The year before 5 million iPhone 5’s were sold but excluded China. China is important to note due to the potential revenue and huge opportunity.

So the small print is that Apple’s success excludes China. Can you imagine how many more millions the opening weekend stats would have been.

It doesn’t matter if you are a fan person of Samsung, Nokia sorry Microsoft or others, you just cannot deny such an amazing feat.

iPhone 6 – that will be $130,000 – the exclusive club

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24karatiphone6

For some, having an off the shelf iPhone 6 is not good enough. If you enter into the Technology section of Harrods, gold and diamond plated iPhones and Blackberry’s are available for around £5,000.

However, even for some, that is still not good enough. Say hello to the 24 Karat iPhone 6 by Gold & Co. This basic service of providing a 24 Karat iPhone 6 costs around $50,000. However, you can have diamonds set in to the gold, which bumps the meagre price up to $130,000. Apparently at least 50 of these top ends specification options are in production.

What an amazing customisation if you can afford it! As they say, gold is best!

Source – http://www.cultofmac.com/297192/worlds-first-24-karat-gold-iphone-6/

12pm Update- iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus UK stock availability – detailed breakdown

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3rd Update at noon – only St Johns has stock left. And that’s the 6 128gb in space grey!

At 6.45am this is the picture of stock for Apple’s new iPhones. Updated again at 9am. See comments after each store.

iPhone 6 Plus – Out of stock across entire UK stores. Yesterday, stock was limited but available. Today, none.

iPhone 6 – see below for detailed breakdown. Compared to yesterday, iPhone 6 stock levels are definitely lower. Many stores are out of iPhone 6 stock, but the below stores have stock as detailed below.

Bullring -128gb. Now all stock gone.

Chapelfield – 16gb , space grey only

Cribbs Causeway – 128gb space grey & gold only

Drake Circus – all versions , now space grey & silver

Grand Parade – 64gb, 128gb. All sold out.

Highcross – 128gb in all colours. Now all sold out.

Liverpool One – 128gb in all colours. Now all sold out.

Manchester Arndale – 128gb. Sold out now.

Meadowhall – 128gb space grey. Sold out now.

Metrocentre – 16gb, 128gb space grey, sold out

Princesshay- 128gb limited colours, only space grey now.

Southgate- various , sold out.

St David’s 2 – various , no gold now

Trafford Centre – 128gb space grey

Union Square – various , now sold out

Victoria Square – all except 64gb, now sold out.

Updated at 9am. See store updates above.

Updated – iPhone 6 and 6 Plus UK stock availability

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At 7.10am this morning all Apple stores except Buchannan Street have all versions and colours of the iPhone 6.

With regards to the iPhone 6 Plus. Only a third have this model and only is a specific colour and memory size. The memory sizes available appear to be on the whole 16gb. A few 128gb models do exist as well.

Update – goto homepage to see new post with detailed breakdown per store.

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus – First Impressions

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The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have arrived. The Plus offers a 1080p 5.5 inch screen over the 6 which is a 750p 4.7 inch screen. The Plus has a bigger battery for longer battery life and also features optical image stabilisation over the smaller 6 which features digital stabilisation only.

iPhone 6 – this is the smaller of the two phones and if I am being honest is the best out of the two. It looks amazing. It feels amazing. It’s still is a one handed device. In fact the screen doesn’t look real at first. By that I mean it looked like a dummy phone but it wasn’t in a positive way. The screen even though it’s only 750p it looks bright and clear. In my opinion it is the best phone period. It makes the Samsung Galaxy Alpha look really cheap and nasty for example. It’s thickness or lack of and the overall design and construction was a surprise in that it was so good. Okay, enough of the praise. Let’s move on to the iPhone 6 Plus.

iPhone 6 Plus – OMG. It’s huge. Really huge and feels a little too big in the hand, so you will need two hands to use this safely. It’s 5.5 inch screen is just as a wow factor as its smaller cousin. Landscape mode converts the phone into a mini tablet. With this phone you would not need a tablet. However, I did notice that several apps had not been properly optimised yet for this bigger screen, and the scaling up looked wrong eg. menu bars looked too thick. The camera and battery is better than the 6 as previously mentioned. I took a few shots on each of the phones of the inside of the Apple Store and then opened them up and zoomed in to pixel peep. The Plus with its optical image stabilisation was a sharper image although the difference was marginal. Out of curiosity I took the same shot on my LG G3. In this particular scenario the G3 produced an even better shot, albeit only marginally better.

Colours – the iPhone 6 looked best in gold. But the iPhone 6 Plus looked best in space grey.

Final thoughts. Apple has built some superb new iPhones. iOS 8 and the apps especially for the iPhone 6 Plus need to catch up to be adjusted for the bigger screen. At this point the 6 Plus will be a cracking phone.

But for ease of use in one hand I would select the 6 over the 6 Plus.

And one final point. In the Apple Store a detailed explanation was provided of the iPhone 6 and iOS 8. I asked one question. Apart from the bigger size of the Plus, are they any other differences? Answer. None. Well we all know that’s not the case.

And my final final point. My LG G3 is shorter by a cm than the 6 Plus. There is no reaching or holding phone on the sides to turn volume up or down etc and the G3 has its buttons on the rear. So I’m clamping the G3 more firmly and in just one hand. The 6 Plus is not as easy to hold versus the G3.