As the OP says, Apple sell dongles for such a case, but they ain’t cheap.
But then we're into 'bought a Ferrari but can't afford the tyres' type territory aren't we. 🙂
Apple serves a purpose with various pros and cons to it. One major problem for them is they cant get to popular otherwise they risk lawsuits about abusing a monopoly position which so far they have been able to dance the line on hence the pricing.
That’s priceless. Apple would like to sell you a phone for less but competition rules mean they can’t. You do know that Apple sell less phones than Samsung and are 20% off the market
But then we’re into ‘bought a Ferrari but can’t afford the tyres’ type territory aren’t we
Indeed, and as jambo points out, you don't even need to buy the proper tyres. Some cheapo Kwik-Fit ones are available.
Slightly irritating that you can't use the same dongle to transfer files to a phone and also a (newish) iPad.
threads like this remind me of my favourite quote from Charles Babbage.
"Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible: if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple.’"
Slightly irritating that you can’t use the same dongle to transfer files to a phone and also a (newish) iPad.
But you only to put them on one device and the other can access them.
TBH it sounds like the OP is largely happy with his iPhone it's sound and photography features, it's one odd edge case situation that's causing a problem. Someone wants to transfer data to him and can only do it from a usb drive?
TBH the default answer for most android users these days would also be wireless, if was there no way the information can't be stuffed across via Bluetooth, NFC, Wifi or just emailed/Dropboxed later, I'd probably have given up, buying a special cable seems like going above and beyond IMO.
As an Android AND IOS user, I honestly have no **** idea why people are remotely bothered by the differences.
It is the whole everything has to be divisive things isn't it. Some people just play to it.
I use Apple, Windows and Chromebook and switch between the three daily. I don't really care which I am using although the different shortcut keys can be a bit annoying.
I use an iPhone because I just prefer it but would happily use an Android if I had to.
@cougar. You are wrong I’m afraid. It’s nothing to go with the source etc. Android OS by default resamples everything to its version of 48khz whether it’s lower or higher or even the same! I.e even a 48khz stream will be resampled to a different version of a 48khz. You can get around this in various ways but not using many native apps for controlling music and some apps only work with some dacs etc. It’s basically a faff. I think Tidal may have sorted a really good fix but I don’t use that service. Apple OS on the other hand does no resampling at all. Apple Music with an iPhone and any half decent dac plus the lightning to usb camera adapter will allow hi res lossless to your headphones or amp with no fuss and it can be downloaded and stored easily. Poweramp etc just can’t do this on android.
it’s just a pity I couldn’t also use the same adapter to download from a usb stick but as I think has been very much covered here, not many people want to do that.
Android and iPad user here.
Apple stuff costs a fortune but the ****s won't give me an ad free calculator. It ****s me off.
If you prove me wrong I will be happy.
threads like this remind me of my favourite quote from Charles Babbage.
Yup. 'I have in my hands a device which can instantly access all of the knowledge in human history, instantly speak to anyone anywhere in the world, play me all music ever made, and I no longer need physical money or even bank cards, but it can't do this one really specific thing so it's SHIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT'
iOS has its own built in calculator doesn’t it?
What’s wrong with the calculator that comes with iOS?
Turns out, not on the iPad.
Not even Drac’s?
jam-bo
Full MemberTurns out, not on the iPad.
Really?!?!?!
That is a bit ridiculous
The thing that gets me with tech is Bluetooth. Modern phones, Android or iOS, are amazing and do loads of awesome stuff but when my Bluetooth plays up and won’t connect to my speaker/earphones I lose my shit every time
That and my iPhone deciding it doesn’t like the Chromecast anymore
Not even Drac’s?
Nope. For some ridiculous idea they don’t have one.
You can type simple equations into the search bar to get a quick answer (works in spotlight on a Mac too), but it does seem odd that there isn’t a calculator.
Turns out, not on the iPad.
This stuff really winds me up about Apple! And I say this as one with a MacBook in daily use.
All these minor tweaks for the worse. This handy calculator? Sorry, had to go. The shortcut keys you used every day? All changed, and now hard coded so you can't change them back. Maximize window? You have to hold alt now, or it goes full screen on one monitor and weirdly blacks out the other. It's still good, but every upgrade requires you to Google some function that has been muscle memory for a decade, because they've moved it or hidden it. MrsDoris is still on High Sierra for exactly this reason...
iOS has its own built in calculator doesn’t it?
There's a possibly apocryphal tale about Steve Jobs not being happy that they were planning to just use the same calc app for iPhones on the iPad and not designing a dedicated one, so they removed it and then never got round to replacing it. Seems very bizarre.
I tend to just Google any calculations anyway tbh
Read these two articles about using SD and MicroSD cards.
https://www.cultofmac.com/758713/how-to-use-sd-and-microsd-memory-cards-with-iphone/
With regards to calculator apps, it’s always been very much the case that Apple supply a small suit of native apps, but have always encouraged users to find alternatives that are very often more fully featured, and free, so I honestly can’t see why anyone is still moaning about something that’s almost been a feature for a decade.
Especially so now that Apple have allowed native apps to be actually deleted rather than hidden away in a folder somewhere. I deleted a bunch of apps when I had the chance, although I’ve reinstalled Weather, just to see how much it’s been improved since Apple bought Dark Skies - answer is, significantly, but it’s still lacking certain features, so I don’t use it.
The in built iOS calculator isn’t great for anything complicated as it’s the older number then function logic.
However Desmos seems to be great and ad free. Not used it much but a student recommended it last week.
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/desmos-scientific-calculator/id1235292051
@cougar. You are wrong I’m afraid. It’s nothing to go with the source etc. Android OS by default resamples everything to its version of 48khz
Really? I'll go do some reading.
I really need to be more careful to caveat things with "as far as I'm aware."
Read these two articles about using SD and MicroSD cards.
The first one of which is bollocks from end to end, the second is about iPhones and I don't know about that so didn't read it.
I'll be happy to debunk the former later, but I'm off out.
(as far as I'm aware)
My 5S is still going strong. Does everything I need from a smartphone and fits in my pocket.
I’ll be happy to debunk the former later, but I’m off out.
Thus. Six reasons why you shouldn't use SD cards.
1) Some cards are slow.
Correct. So don't use shit cards, this is storage 101.
2) Something anecdotally went wrong for me with an old shit phone.
Unfortunate. Cool starry bra.
2.1) Something about local storage.
Don't do that then. Googly devices and fruity devices have both defaulted to storing profile data in the cloud for, what, a decade now?
3) It's hard to find files.
Anyone with sufficient nous to go looking through the filesystem in the first place likely isn't going to be phased by a ./SDCARD shortcut or a Memory Card appearing next to Internal Storage. You can't find your downloads? Have you looked in "Downloads"?
Also, see 2.1.
4) SD cards have a limited number of read/write cycles.
There's a lot to unpick here. Let's go with, this hasn't been an issue for several years now but if it were then it'd be equally true of your device's internal storage so it'd be an argument in favour of replaceable cards.
I guarantee you'll be going "end of contract, yay 'free' phone upgrade" long before an SD expires. Ask yourself: how many phones have you retired in the last 20 years? And how many SD cards likewise?
5) Something about moving cards between phones.
First, see 2.1 again. Who does this? Second, fixed internal storage is supposed to fix this non-issue how? It may be difficult to move storage between devices so the solution is to make it impossible? Wut?
6) Game performance.
I mean, this is 1) again only with a side order of begging the question.
Had the same issue with the lightning to USB adaptor, there are two options one which is powered and which isn't. I use the powered version to pull photos from my old Sony digital camera, which uses compact flash cards, onto my iPad so I can edit and upload them while travelling.
Yes its a pain in the butt, yes the iPad/iPhone should be able to power a USB thumb drive via the lightning port but I will take this small amount of pain for the ease of use of the rest of the system.
As one example I answer incoming calls on the iPad or Mac as a speaker phone or my Apple Watch in a pinch every day which more than makes up for the pain of having to use an adaptor to download photos every now and again.
There was a time, I think it was perhaps 2013 or so, where internal storage mattered. I'd filled up my phone with music and podcasts and it was faintly annoying to have to delete some stuff in order to add more. I probably had a 1Gb data contract.
Now: iCloud, Spotify (actually, Youtube Music), Google Drive. Even apps I use infrequently are 'offloaded' into the cloud. My 4G data contract gives me 160Gb so even if I don't have wifi, I don't worry about download volume. Occasionally, I'll see some buffering when for a second when I try to pull up the full resolution version of a photo I took four years ago.
Also aroundabout 2013, people were beginning to realise that internet arguments between Apple and Google fanboys were utterly pointless. This forum really needs to catch up.
I don't think anyone's actually arguing, are they?
I don't get on with iPhones. My ex had one (actually, several) and I found them to be obtuse and counterintuitive. She'd have said the same of my succession of Android devices. Does that make one better or worse than the other? Of course not, it's merely personal preference.
Would iCloud not work for you for transferring files?
Can someone make this pointless non-argument TOTW so it’ll FOAD.
there is nothing I cannot do on my stupid phone,
ifones are fine till you want to do something differently or it goes tits up and you have nothing.
apples are not the only fruit.
smug jailbroken control freak android user here
The really sad thing about this story,is how bad that guy must have felt,when near the end of the interview .....he handed Winston the flash drive.
Up until that moment he probably thought "I am doing ok,here,so far so good".
Only to get 'the look' -->>
😉🙃🤣
