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The Chinese have a weird way of using the iPhone, and no one knows why

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Gus Lubin

May 12, 2015, 11:23 AM

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The Chinese tourist next to me was doing things I'd never seen with an iPhone. He was using an on-screen button to pull up a menu and perform a series of rapid commands, and moving that button around the screen, all without pressing the home button.

 

That floating button is called AssistiveTouch, and it's an alternate input method buried in the accessibility settings. It's designed for people who have trouble pressing hard buttons or swiping in a particular way, but here was a guy with no apparent disability or hardware problems using it like a pro.

 

I had to ask why: He said something about shortcuts being more convenient.

I asked if he knew other people who used it: He said, "everyone?"

He gave me a quick demo (though on camera he was moving slower than before):

 

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When I looked it up, I found that many people in China use the AssistiveTouch feature of the iPhone, and no one knows why.

"Just about every Chinese person I know does this," writes a Shanghai-based user on MacRumors.

"Probably half of all iPhone users I see [in Guangzhou] have the 'Assistive Touch' option turned on," writes Tencent product manager Dan Grover. "Nobody can give me a straight answer on why they, a person with two functioning hands and a full complement of motor neurons, enabled this obscure accessibility setting. Answers range from protecting their investment on the phone by not wearing out the physical home button, to it just being fun to play with when you’re bored."

Many people claim it is a somewhat irrational attempt to protect the expensive hardware.

 

As Wang Yijie writes on a Quora thread devoted to this question:

It's because of the fear that the home button may be broken. iPhones are not cheap in China so people take care of them while using. Several years ago people began to complain about their home button being easily broken and it has somehow been a widely recognized truth, so even the home buttons are not that easy to be broken, they tend to use AssistiveTouch instead. When you buy an iPhone in China the salesman would automatically turn on this function while helping you to do the settings. I myself have not experienced a broken home button during 4 years with my iPhone 4; however, I did have a broken sleep button from my 3rd year, which proved that the rumours are, in some way, true. So I turned on AssistiveTouch...

 

This could be a worrying trend for Apple.

 

"[F]or a company that is looking to China as its largest market it is worrying that the primary interface feature on their flagship product induces a workaround behaviour for perceived risk of breaking," writes consultant Jan Chipchase on Medium.

Still others, including the guy I talked to on the train, claim it is a more efficient input method.

"iPhone's assistive touch has heavy usage with young Chinese bc of a generation that grew up without hard keys. Remove the buttons," tweets Shanghai-based designer Brandon Berry.

 

"[M]ost intriguingly it suggests that consumers can do without the button," writes Chipchase. "From that starting point new interfaces are born."

 

In fact, Business Insider tech editor Dave Smith says his (non-Chinese) dad uses the assistive touch feature and considers it more efficient, though Dave can't say the same.

 

I tried it for a couple of days (turned on via Settings / General / Accessibility / Interaction) and found it fun but not useful enough. I like being able to call up the surprisingly useful Siri without pressing a hard button and this method of going "home" seems slightly faster than the alternative; but most of the menu options won't be useful for most people, and it's a pain to have that button floating on the screen.

 

Still, it makes me wonder about the future. That floating button could be a lot more useful if Apple packed it with features for typical users — and taking up screen space wouldn't be a problem if Apple got rid of the hard home button and made the screen bigger.

[Denrose05]

How many post vefore i can see attachments?

[narcprick]

what about 5 to 5s?

[happy rider]

NEW IPHONE STAND IN THE MARKET

[radeon]

apple guys or samsung? hehe!!!

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https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/one-most-exciting-iphone-6s-features-just-confirmed-132021361.html

 

One of the Most Exciting New iPhone 6s Features Was Just Confirmed By Bloomberg

 

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Yoni Heisler‎June‎ ‎27‎, ‎2015

 

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Apple’s next-gen iPhone has already entered production and, as previously rumored, will sport the same Force Touch functionality Apple originally introduced with the Apple Watch. The news comes courtesy of Bloomberg, which also adds that Apple’s iPhone 6s models will come in the same 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch form factors as the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

With production already underway, the report adds that volume production is slated to begin sometime next month. More than likely, Apple’s upcoming iPhone models will hit store shelves sometime in late September, with Friday, September 25 being an alleged release date we’ve seen floating around.

 

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With respect to Force Touch, there are two interesting issues to note here. For starters, there have been reports that Apple initially wanted to introduce Force Touch on its iPhone 6 models before technical holdups forced the company to put the feature on the back burner. Second, and more importantly, it remains to be seen if the inclusion of Force Touch will stand as a key selling point for Apple’s iconic smartphone.

All the same, it’s not as if Apple will be struggling to keep iPhone sales afloat. As we’ve detailed previously, the iPhone 6s is poised to shatter all previous iPhone sales records. The reason for this is simple: the pool of iPhone users looking to upgrade is higher than it’s ever been. As it stands now, there are an estimated 355 million iPhone users using iPhone 5s devices and below. So when it comes time for many of these users to upgrade, studies have shown that iOS users tend to stay within the comfy confines of the Apple ecosystem.

Force Touch aside, the iPhone 6s is already beginning to look like an alluring device. Previous rumors have indicated that the 6s will come with 2GB of RAM, a 12 megapixel camera, a blazing fast A9 processor, an improved Touch ID sensor, and a stronger 7000 Series aluminum body construction.

Now if that’s not enough of an incentive to upgrade, the iPhone 7 might be just the device you’ve been holding out for. As we reported earlier in the week, Apple may incorporate a dual-lens camera system into the iPhone come 2016.

[Kurtsky Keigee]

mura nalang 2nd hand na iphone 5 nasa 10k ata

[glut_func]

6s? oh wow, ano na naman kaya magiging built-in topak ng unit na yan?

[edsheeran69]

Ewan ko bakit adik ako sa Apple. Maybe ito una kong smartphone. Tsaka lagi silang una sa games. Which is sobrang adik ako. HAHAH! Hi guys!

[shiba]

What is the most hated in Apple is there charging Cable compare to andriod or windows there charger easy break. Why they don't just put wireless charging on there phone.

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[buchike]

How to remove passcode for iPhone 5s?thanks

[magnus_eric]

hardware wise, ms mgnda yung ibng brands. note that, almost all the internal components ng iphone is from samsung, sony, etc. the two main advantages of the iphone against s ibng manufacturers are : software updates (both old and current models) at yung apps

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hardware wise, ms mgnda yung ibng brands. note that, almost all the internal components ng iphone is from samsung, sony, etc. the two main advantages of the iphone against s ibng manufacturers are : software updates (both old and current models) at yung apps

 

have you ever owned or atleast used a single iOS device at all?

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How have you lived this long without knowing these 10 hidden iPhone tricks?

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Some people like to pretend they know it all when it comes to Apple’s iPhone. I promise: you don’t know it all. Even if you’ve been carrying an iPhone in your pocket since the first day the handset became available back in 2007, you still don’t know everything there is to know about all of the phone’s features, because there are just too many things baked into iOS to remember them all.

Don’t worry, that’s why we’re here…

DON’T MISS: 10 hidden tricks that could completely change the way you use your iPhone

On Wednesday, I told you about 10 nifty iPhone tricks that could collectively be game-changers for many people. Judging by the dozens of positive emails I’ve received since that post ran, people definitely learned some great new tricks.

So why stop at 10?

Today, I’ve got 10 more great hidden iPhone tricks for you. Whether you’re a self-proclaimed iPhone expert or a novice, and whether you’ve owned every iPhone Apple has released or the iPhone 6 was your first iPhone, you will learn something here today.

Enjoy.

Make your camera flash blink when new messages arrive

Here’s a great example of an accessibility feature that’s useful for everyone.

Open the Settings app and tap on General, then Accessibility. Scroll down to “LED Flash for Alerts” and slide the toggle to on.

Use your camera flash as a flashlight

Speaking of the camera flash… many people know about this one, but you would be surprised at how many people don’t.

Drag up from the bottom of your screen to open your iPhone’s Control Center, and then tap the bottom-left button to turn your iPhone’s flash on and use it as a flashlight. Tap that same button one more time to turn it off.

Take vertical panoramas

Everyone loves using the built-in panorama feature in the iPhone’s camera, but most people don’t pause for a moment to realize that panoramas don’t always have to be done in landscape. Instead, you can move your iPhone vertically while in panorama mode to capture something very tall in a single frame.

Dim your display quickly when reading in the dark

The iPhone’s auto-dim feature never seems to work the way you want it to. As a result, most people leave it off. When you’re reading something in the dark though, it’s nice to have a quick and easy way to dim your display.

Well, now you can do it in a fraction of a second. Here’s how:

1. Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Zoom -> Enable Zoom
2. Tap the screen quickly with three fingers three times
3. Press ‘Choose Filter’ > ‘Low Light’, then set Zoom Region to “Full Screen Zoom”
4. Settings -> General -> Accessibility -> Accessibility Shortcut (it’s at the bottom) -> Set to “Zoom”

Now anytime you triple-tap your home button on any screen, your display will dim.

Make TouchID work faster

TouchID is rumored to be getting some pretty big improvements on the upcoming iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, but you can make Apple’s fingerprint scanner work faster on your iPhone right now.

Instead of just recording your thumbprint (or whichever finger you use most often) once, save it two or even three times as different prints. You’ll be shocked at how much faster your iPhone unlocks after you do this.

Open Touch ID & Passcode in the Settings app to add your print multiple times.

Save money while traveling by only using iMessage

Roaming charges can add up fast, so Wi-Fi is your best friend while you’re travelling. Using a VoIP app is a good way to communicate while you’re abroad, but what about messaging? Asking people to use a different messaging app just while you’re travelling probably isn’t going to work out very well.

Guess what — any iPhone user can message you just as he or she always does using iMessage. Meanwhile, you can ensure you don’t pay any pricey roaming charges for messages that might otherwise be sent as an SMS.

Just open the Settings app and go to Messages. Then disable “Send as SMS” as well as “MMS Messaging” just to be safe. You can also disable cellular data completely now, and you’ll still be able to message everyone you know with an iPhone.

Use your earbuds to snap a picture

Of course you know that you can use the volume buttons on your iPhone to snap a picture while using the camera (if you didn’t, enjoy that eleventh hidden trick), but did you know you can do the same thing with the volume buttons on a connected headset?

Now you do.

Charge your phone faster

There are tons of areas where the iPhone is a class-leader. Battery life, unfortunately, is not one of them.

Do yourself a favor: buy an iPad charger. They’re just $19 on Amazon, and they’ll charge your phone much faster than the adapter that ships with it.

Apple has also confirmed in the past that using an iPad charger with an iPhone will not do any damage.

Save a draft with one swipe

As we noted in a recent post, the iPhone’s Mail app includes a great hidden feature that lets you save an email as a draft with one single swipe. The draft stays visible at the bottom of your screen while you look elsewhere in the Mail app, and then you can continue working on it again with a single tap.

This post has all the details.

Reachability

Last but certainly not least, the one iPhone trick every single iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus user needs to know.

On any screen no matter where you are, double-touch on the iPhone’s home button to shift the entire screen downward briefly, thus allowing you to reach things near the top of the display without having to use two hands. Since the iPhone’s screens are bigger than ever now, this is an insanely useful feature that you’ll love.

Note that this is a double-touch gesture, not a double-tap. Don’t actually press the home button, just touch its surface twice quickly.

For more hidden iPhone tricks, visit this post.

[Vegasboy32]

I'll just wait for iphone 7