Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Surprises from iPhone 15, Apple Watch Early Reviews”.
We made it everyone, we made it to the other side. The iPhone 15s are here. The new Apple watches are here, the iOS 17 update is here, and you know what that means. It means I don’t have to report on rumors anymore yeah. I feel so light and free for once. I could just enjoy this moment with you here and now living in the present. No, no stop that we’re not doing that.
Give me one week. Please just put that away with Apple’s new gear and software out in the wild. This is the week where we are learning new little details.
That Apple really didn’t talk about much before. Some of it is good and some things are leaving us with a few questions that we’ll have to poke at some more so as we close out the iPhone 15 launch week, we have one more thing to talk about. Here are the most interesting new things: we’re discovering about iPhone 15’s Apple watches, airpods and iOS 17, I’m Bridget Cary, and this is one more thing. I’Ll start with the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro reviews, both of our CET iPhone reviewers, had good things to say about the feel of the design and materials of the phones, CET Patrick Holland, reviewed the Pro Models and called the titanium body, lovely light and easy To hold – and he said It felt less bulky, it looks slick. He also said the volume buttons feel a little different, perhaps a little bit like squishy sneakers.
So that got me curious, and this also tells me it’s going to matter what kind of case you get to preserve that button feel that is, if you’re a case person. I am a case person because I don’t trust myself now over to the iPhone 15 that one is not made of titanium but CET Lisa at aico reviewed the 15 and 15 plus models, and she said she felt the design was better for preventing fingerprint smudges. I think I’ll be able to use this without a case without having to constantly wipe it down. On the topic of cases, we are hearing more talk about Apple’s, fine woven material cases and accessories now apple is no longer selling leather accessories, so it created this material.
It calls fine woven it’s made from 68 % postc consumer content, but there have been some early reports saying that fine woven iPhone cases are showing marks easily. Now I haven’t seen those cases yet myself, but I did get to see the fine woven Apple watch bands and they felt nice. They weren’t showing any marks when I was messing with them, but I think we’ll have to hear more as people use them. There are also a number of casem makers that are selling different versions of cases that are made with materials that are supposed to be alternatives to Leather. So folks will need to do some homework before they find the right case, and if you want leather cases or leather watchbands well, you can still find accessories made with leather. It’S just not sold through Apple. If you can’t decide on a case I mean you should get a case and if you don’t have a case, you should get Apple Care Plus, if you’re going to live on the edge like that. But if you don’t have Apple Care Plus well, it’s now cheaper to repair the pro models. That was another little surprise. Let’S say you don’t have Apple Care Plus, and you need to repair the back glass of the iPhone 15 Pro well Apple charges about $ 170.
The iPhone 14 pro costs about $ 500 for the same repair, the Recycled, aluminum substructure on the new Pro Models, makes it easier for the glass to be replaced. Hence it’s cheaper yay for repairability, it’s more sustainable, but when one price goes down, another one goes up. It’S now a little more expensive to replace the battery on some Apple watch models as 9 to5 Mac reports, the cost of battery repairs on the series 4 watch and later went from $ 79 to $ 99. Let’S talk about Apple Watch series 9.
I just started trying it out myself, but I got a chance to preview. Some of the double tap features that are launching. In October, our scena, reviewers, Lisa, Edo and Lexi sides reviewed the Apple watches for CET. You can see their hands showing how a double tap gesture can control the screen.
Now I think the most impressive thing I learned is that you can do a whole text message or phone call, without touching anything between using Seri commands and double tap controls. So I just sent a text message without even touching my watch also worth noting. I learned how you don’t have to use your index finger and your thumb because it works when your thumb touches any finger.
I think I’m more comfortable using my middle finger. I also wondered how weird it would be to do this whole double tap thing, and for the few minutes I got to use it. It was very natural.
I think people are going to use this gesture a lot and you know what it’s better than trying to hit buttons with your nose when your hands are full. You know you do it, don’t pretend you haven’t done the nose tap the new USBC charger ports on the iPhone 15s they’re, proving to have a few new perks. The new iPhones can give power to other devices, even older iPhones. You can plug in a lightning cord and that can charge an older iPhone you can. You can also use your new iPhone 15 to charge your Apple watch or your airpods, but what, if you connect two iPhone 15s together, which one does the charging? Well, there’s a bit of a handshake between the devices to see which one needs the battery more and the one with less power will get the Boost. I’Ve also seen videos of the phone being used to charge other non-apple phones.
I think it may depend on the type of phone being used, but it could be possible Apple, upgraded, the airpods Pro second generation model with a USBC Port, but there’s more to it than just a new USBC Port. These have additional dust resistance and lossless audio when used with the future Apple Vision, Pro headset, but do they sound any different? Our reviewer David caroy has an article up about this and he said, although the average listener would be hardpressed to notice any difference in sound quality between the old and new airpods Pro 2. But he thinks that maybe just maybe the new USBC airpods Pro two sound. A little bit more refined with ever so slightly cleaner sound, but he also admits that maybe his mind could be playing tricks on him. Thinking that something is new just because it’s new, But whichever version you have of the airpods Pro 2, they all got adaptive audio conversation, awareness and personalized volume in the iOS 17 update that came out this week and if you’re the kind of person who wants a Wired backup, yes, you, you can still get wired ear, pods with USBC and that’ll cost you $ 19. Not all surprises involve new hardware to buy.
There are 24 new ringtones in iOS 17, and it’s been so long since we got new ringtones and they are pretty soft and nice. If you need to set an alarm, these are not going to give you anxiety, as you jump from bed at 5:00 in the morning and they’re, also new text tones, but you have to dig into settings to find them. So what New Revelations surprised you this week and what should I change my ringtone to I’m digging the one called Journey a little bit hit me up in the comments on what you want to see folks dig into more now that the new gear is here catch You next week, .