Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Swordmaker
Great. I don't suppose we'll be able to uninstall the "Apple Watch" application, will we? I have plenty of wristwatches, some of them rather nice, and I do not need or want one from Apple.

The most irritating thing about the iphone (in my opinion) is the inability to arrange the "desktop" as I choose to arrange it.

The second-most irritating thing is the built-in "crap-Apples" that cannot be removed from the device (by normal users):

On my phone I have moved Passbook, Health, Podcasts, Newsstand, Calculator, Tips, Facetime, etc. in to an icon I've named "Useless Bulls##t". I have no use for any of these apps and would love to be able to remove them from the device - but apparently somebody at Apple knows better than I do what I need on my phone.

If my company issued device was not required to be an iphone, I would probably have a Galaxy S5.

3 posted on 03/09/2015 1:25:31 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: WayneS

Does this have the new Net Neutrality monitoring app built in too?


4 posted on 03/09/2015 1:30:50 PM PDT by jsanders2001
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: WayneS

Other than removing apps you don’t want, how would you like to “arrange” the desktop?


6 posted on 03/09/2015 1:44:33 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: WayneS

Amen!
Long time Droid Maxx user.
I tried out an Apple iPhone 6 for a week and Strongly dislike the 10 hr battery life, inability to customize desktop, slow network interaction, slow data and talk performance, weird / limited way of editing info on screen, camera pixilation of image at moderate zoom in.
Traded it in within the 15 day trial for a S5.
I’ve had my new Samsung S5 for a week now and am in love with it.
IMHO it is The Perfect smart cell phone.
Almost tempted to buy another one at discount once it’s discontinued by vzw.
BTW: I decided against jailbreak in it so as to maximize security privacy.
Disabled geolocation, anything Google related, and other options that exfiltrate data.
Installed f-secure to add a layer of security for app behavior and secure browsing.
Also only using Firefox Mozilla and Startpage.com for internet.


8 posted on 03/09/2015 2:35:12 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: WayneS

Sounds to me like you’ve already gone about arranging your desktop. So move the apple watch ( which is the Apple Store for the watch) to your useless bull crap folder and be done with it.


10 posted on 03/09/2015 2:47:05 PM PDT by AFreeBird
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

To: WayneS
I'll be giving this one a 6 week lag to see if Unexpected events unfold.

You guys go first!

13 posted on 03/09/2015 4:03:15 PM PDT by corkoman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson