I took a picture with my hand covering the lens. That black photo is my perfect wallpaper. All icons are clearly seen.

The pretty titanium case is a nonissue to me as the Apple phones are very slippery and all that glass looks fragile. So my phones always have protective cases that hide to design.

I got the iPhone 14 plus in March. There was no charger in the box,The higher powered charging block cost me $18 dollars. An extra lighting car charger cost another $20. The 15 uses a standard USB C, which is the best feature so far. Being so slick and slippery, I bought a protective case as all the glass looked fragile. With a case, nobody will know the make and model of my phone so design was not a factor.

I made that change last March. It was very useful that I kept my Samsung on WiFi. Have the store salesperson teach you how to turn the iPhone on and off. It was not intuitive! I kept my contacts and calendar on my Samsung as they were incomplete when transferred by Verizon and double entered. It was easier to just delete them all and leave them off. Make sure you have a powerful enough power block to charge your iPhone as my old Samsungs were to weak at 5 when the iPhone does best at 30. The iPhone had no instructions so Google was my friend for the set up with more than double the memory, I though I would have plenty of storage but the Apple apps are bigger than the same apps from the Google store. Apple’s Siri is just as bad as Samsung’s Bixby. I ignore both voice command systems on either phone and disabled much of both. They are part of the operating systems so they can’t be safely removed. The iPhone was very slick and slippery and that glass looked fragile so I bought an over sized protective foam silicone case to protect it. With the case,the iPhone won’t fit in my pocket, but is fine in my zippered shoulder or hip bag. It would be too easy to have it slip out of a coat pocket onto the parking lot getting in or out of a vehicle.

I bought the iPhone 14 plus and iPad 10 out of curiosity. Compared to the android devices they replaced? The Apple devices were not intuitive and had no instructions for starting. A trip to the store where I bought them and the salesperson showed me how to start and stop the devices, sold me a power block Apple didn’t include, and them Chrome searches on my old Android device helped me set up what I actually use. I’m sure there are features and abilities on the Apple toys that I will never know about or use. The iPhone and iPad are very smooth and slippery glass so a bulky protective case hide anything design wise. My iPad never leaves the house so it didn’t need Apple Care. My 2017 Samsung tablet is working fine, so I take care of my toys.

I would like a simple and permanent mark as spam and block forever option on email, notifications, and text messages. I get a bunch of Facebook notifications of “you may know…” when I have never had the FB crap on my iPhone or iPad.

Internet speeds over 100mbps, when I was excited back in the day to upgrading and being able to connect to AOL at 2400k. Well, until somebody wanted to use the landline and picked up the extension.

March 2023, iPhone 14 plus and not very impressed with Apple. It works ok and I will use it for as long as it works and is supported or I am dead.

I send them to myself on my gmail account which is on both my Apple and HP toys.

If an app pays the fee to Apple, it gets in the App Store. Pay a higher fee and the app gets pushed. Even the scum apps are welcomed if the pay the fee.

I still use my old Samsung phone calendar for my alarms. That phone is now on WiFi only. It already had all my contacts and recurring events entered. When Verizon tried to port them to my iPhone 14, the data was incomplete and had duplicates. Besides, the special alarms I bought with real money are on my old phone.

I bought both an iPad and iPhone about the same time. My iPad never leaves the house and has a very protective kiddie case. No Apple Care required for me. I rarely leave the house, my iPhone is in a protective case, but the phone is glass and I am clumsy. This is not a $12.97 Walmart burner! I have Apple Care. I always have it in a zippered pocket in cold weather or zippered hip bag in cooler weather. Still, I am clumsy and despite the excessive co pay, the Apple insurance gives me peace of mind. My iPhone is just for calls/text so there is zero personal information on the phone in case it is stolen. I have the Jango Radio app for music via Bluetooth and one game. I don’t use Apple email or messenger.