Hi folks! Just recently two people I know, who have iPhone 4's had the iTunes message to update their software in the phone to from 5.0 to 6.0. I got the same message to do so with my old iPhone 4 a couple of months ago. I updated, and then noticed the changes. Some good. Some were more "Ehhh". Apple is making changes because they want to get Google out of their system. Google has been making waves with their Android systems being installed into mobile devices like the Samsung Galaxy S3, and the HTC One X series, as well as all these Google tablets and laptops popping up. Google and Samsung and all the rest are eroding away at the Big Apple. Those of you who want to waste time debating and arguing about who's the best - find another blog. It's to each his own. This post is to simply help people who couldn't care less about this one or that one.
So back to business, IF you have an iPhone 4 and want to know if you should upgrade...well...my response is yes, do it. Conservatives will say that you might "brick" the phone, in other words the phone might freeze and then go dead. Progressives like me will just say go ahead and do it and don't worry about your phone bricking. Mine didn't. My neighbor's didn't. My daughter's didn't. But my coworker's phone did "brick". He went to Apple Store and after some back and forth, they gave him a new phone. And he had an iPhone 4S (more advanced processor). Me, my neighbor and daughter just have the 4. Go figure?
If in the new Apple install, you lose a couple of features or apps pertaining to Google, you can always get them back. Safari is nice too, so there's no issue. Plus any applications that needed adjustments in order to work with your Apple devices in order to run right, will not get their appropriate fixes. If you're phone then acts the way mine did, after the software upgrade, you will then be asked almost daily to keep installing more and more individual upgrades and fixes for different apps on your phone. It's a pain in the neck, I know...but it's a simple thing that takes a couple minutes, if not seconds to do. You don't even have to stand there and watch it if you're at home and connected via WiFi.
So go ahead and take the plunge. Upgrade your phone and enjoy the latest greatest software that Apple has to offer. If the phone dies, take it right back to them and make them give you a replacement. That's why you invested in an Apple product. They promise to get your back and make them live up to it. Besides...it was they who sent you the notice to upgrade anyway. You're their customer, why should you suffer if their product didn't work right?
Just saying...
So back to business, IF you have an iPhone 4 and want to know if you should upgrade...well...my response is yes, do it. Conservatives will say that you might "brick" the phone, in other words the phone might freeze and then go dead. Progressives like me will just say go ahead and do it and don't worry about your phone bricking. Mine didn't. My neighbor's didn't. My daughter's didn't. But my coworker's phone did "brick". He went to Apple Store and after some back and forth, they gave him a new phone. And he had an iPhone 4S (more advanced processor). Me, my neighbor and daughter just have the 4. Go figure?
If in the new Apple install, you lose a couple of features or apps pertaining to Google, you can always get them back. Safari is nice too, so there's no issue. Plus any applications that needed adjustments in order to work with your Apple devices in order to run right, will not get their appropriate fixes. If you're phone then acts the way mine did, after the software upgrade, you will then be asked almost daily to keep installing more and more individual upgrades and fixes for different apps on your phone. It's a pain in the neck, I know...but it's a simple thing that takes a couple minutes, if not seconds to do. You don't even have to stand there and watch it if you're at home and connected via WiFi.
So go ahead and take the plunge. Upgrade your phone and enjoy the latest greatest software that Apple has to offer. If the phone dies, take it right back to them and make them give you a replacement. That's why you invested in an Apple product. They promise to get your back and make them live up to it. Besides...it was they who sent you the notice to upgrade anyway. You're their customer, why should you suffer if their product didn't work right?
Just saying...
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