Apple had been counting on new artificial intelligence features to make the iPhone 16 a major hit. But pre–sale estimates point to a more muted early response than Apple had hoped.
I bought one. It showed up yesterday. I’m switching from a Pixel 7 Pro. There are some things I like about this iPhone. It’s very sleek and the screen is great! The screen is actually amazing. But the keyboard is small, text selection is still janky, the on device closed captioning doesn’t work as well as the Pixel, and a lot of configuration options that I had on my Pixel are pretty obscured or don’t exist on the iPhone. I miss newpipe and sync for Lemmy already. Safari browser is pretty rad. Websites look much better so far than they did on Firefox Nightly for Android. It’s also nice that I’m not using a single google service. I’m not sure if I’m going to keep it or not. For some things it feels like a Gucci experience, and for others it feels like a Fisher Price toy phone for kids. Ask me again in a week and I can give a definitive answer.
I bought one. It showed up yesterday. I’m switching from a Pixel 7 Pro. There are some things I like about this iPhone. It’s very sleek and the screen is great! The screen is actually amazing. But the keyboard is small, text selection is still janky, the on device closed captioning doesn’t work as well as the Pixel, and a lot of configuration options that I had on my Pixel are pretty obscured or don’t exist on the iPhone. I miss newpipe and sync for Lemmy already. Safari browser is pretty rad. Websites look much better so far than they did on Firefox Nightly for Android. It’s also nice that I’m not using a single google service. I’m not sure if I’m going to keep it or not. For some things it feels like a Gucci experience, and for others it feels like a Fisher Price toy phone for kids. Ask me again in a week and I can give a definitive answer.