Which iPhone are you getting - 6 or 6 Plus?

Apple Investor wrote:

Gyms bleed cash wrote:

6 for me. I'm long over due on my 4S. As previously stated, 6 plus is too big for my practical use. I don't carry a Murse

My brother-in-law is in the same boat as you, upgrading from the 4S. A lot of people that were putting off upgrades seem to be upgrading this time. Tim Cook referred to it as the "mother of all upgrades".

For those of you switching over, or thinking of switching over, to the iPhone, Apple has provided a migration tool website for you to ease the process.

http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/16/with-mother-of-all-upgrades-expected-apple-courts-android-switchers-with-iphone-transition-guide/

How easy is to transfer everything, especially music, to your new iPhone from an old iPhone. Is it just a matter of plugging the new one into iTunes? I have a fear of losing my music.

But he's still right. They make money off of companies willing to buy the data on how to market to you. You can't deny that. And yeah, they can rat you out.

And, in case your auto-defensive mind can't figure it out, nothing got 'hacked' in the apple situation. You know how when you make a password you have multiple questions you have to answer in order to recover it? Well, when you're a celebrity, most of that information is public. That's what that guy did. Plugged public information into those questions and got their passwords. MAGIC. Believe it or not, the same thing can happen on google.

joho wrote:

How easy is to transfer everything, especially music, to your new iPhone from an old iPhone. Is it just a matter of plugging the new one into iTunes? I have a fear of losing my music.

Yep.

Make sure to backup your old phone to iTunes. Then activate new phone, plug it into your Mac (or PC) and it should prompt you if you'd like to restore it.

Source: I have done this from the original iPhone to iPhone 4 and from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5. Worked flawlessly both times.

joho wrote:

How easy is to transfer everything, especially music, to your new iPhone from an old iPhone. Is it just a matter of plugging the new one into iTunes? I have a fear of losing my music.

Yup - as long as you have your phone backed-up on iTunes, you just need to plug your phone in and restore from that backup. The computer/phone will give you prompts that are straight forward. If you're not sure if you're current phone is backed-up, you can plug your current phone in now and open iTunes. It will either give you a prompt to backup, or you can click the button that will initiate the backup.

If you use iCloud, you simply need to type in your user name and password, and your phone will be restored to its current condition. This includes contacts, apps, folders, calender appointments, emails, settings, etc. This is one of my favorite parts about owning an iPhone. I believe this works for everything but music, however (I don't use locally stored music often, so I'm not 100% on this). Once backed up from iCloud, you can always plug your phone into iTunes and sync over just the music.

the truth hurts wrote:

They make money off of companies willing to buy the data on how to market to you. You can't deny that. And yeah, they can rat you out.

Rat me out for what? Buying running shoes online? I am completely fine with companies learning how to market things better to me. That makes for a better user experience. Same reason I don't mind websites storing cookies. I'd rather see ads for things I'm interested in.

Probably going for 6 Plus. Still on the fence. Gonna play with it in person before deciding. Either way, 64gb model.

Not so much wrote:

I'd rather see ads for things I'm interested in.

You'll be amazed at what Google decides you're interested in. Don't let your friends and family see your personalized adds.

Not so much wrote:

the truth hurts wrote:

They make money off of companies willing to buy the data on how to market to you. You can't deny that. And yeah, they can rat you out.

Rat me out for what? Buying running shoes online? I am completely fine with companies learning how to market things better to me. That makes for a better user experience. Same reason I don't mind websites storing cookies. I'd rather see ads for things I'm interested in.

Glad you admitted that iCloud didn't get hacked. You probably didn't like that.

I do feel sorry that you don't care what people know about you. To each his own.

Google Sheep wrote:

You'll be amazed at what Google decides you're interested in. Don't let your friends and family see your personalized adds.

I have nothing to hide, I would be more than fine to let my family go through all of my internet history.

the truth hurts wrote:

Glad you admitted that iCloud didn't get hacked.

Um... the iCloud did get hacked...

the truth hurts wrote:

I do feel sorry that you don't care what people know about you. To each his own.

You feel sorry for me that I'm not embarrassed about who I am? I'm sorry you live in constant fear of people finding out who you really are.

Not so much wrote:

I have nothing to hide, I would be more than fine to let my family go through all of my internet history.

LOL

No, dumb celebrities with easy passwords got hacked.

Not so much wrote:

You feel sorry for me that I'm not embarrassed about who I am? I'm sorry you live in constant fear of people finding out who you really are.

Your a troll on letsrun. That is you're reality.

Not so much wrote:

the truth hurts wrote:

I do feel sorry that you don't care what people know about you. To each his own.

You feel sorry for me that I'm not embarrassed about who I am? I'm sorry you live in constant fear of people finding out who you really are.

I would cite a bunch of reasons why you should care about who knows things about you, but you already said you don't care.

um what wrote:

the truth hurts wrote:

Glad you admitted that iCloud didn't get hacked.

Um... the iCloud did get hacked...

Try reading the whole thread before you post

the truth hurts wrote:You know how when you make a password you have multiple questions you have to answer in order to recover it? Well, when you're a celebrity, most of that information is public. That's what that guy did. Plugged public information into those questions and got their passwords. MAGIC. Believe it or not, the same thing can happen on google.

I'm sticking with my LG flip phone. Fits easily in my jeans.

Whichever phablet is in stores first, 6+ or Note4.

To the person above who said he could post a list of reasons to fear Google's privacy policy, please do share. I haven't succumbed to the paranoia yet, but I'm open to a convincing argument.

I'm torn deciding. The 6 has the better size for me, but I'm jealous of the better battery life of the 6 Plus, plus it has that nice full-HD resolution (coming from a Samsung Galaxy S4, it might be weird to go down in resolution, but maybe it's a wash at the phone size).

I will say, I was disappointed in the Galaxy S4. It slowed down SO much very fast. iPhones don't do that in my experience of owning a 3GS. Plus iOS is so much simpler and elegant. Plus I have an iPad, so it'll be nice to sync everything up. Adore my iPad Air.

And this is coming from someone who switched to the Galaxy because I despised the whole cult of Apple thing. I learned a lot about tech in the intervening years, and I'm glad I tried Android, but can't wait to have an iPhone again.