Hi Mark, Interesting your thoughts on the 10, I guess as a sightless user I wont worry about the screen size,
Although I have the 7+ for exactly that reason, larger screen size better access to keyboard for fatter fingers. As my 10 hasn't yet arrived I thought I'd look in to cases for it, I didn't realise that the width is only slightly less than the 7+ but the length is probably 1 centimeter shorter than the + ' So I can see what is meant by smaller form factor. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of M. Taylor Sent: Friday, 10 November 2017 5:43 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: It's Official: Mark is on iPhone 8 Plus (smile) Hello All, Well, I was in an Apple Store today just browsing around when I decided to go ahead and make the plunge and get a new phone. While I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with iPhone 10, believe it or not, I do not like its smaller form factor nor, as a low vision user, its display aspect-ratio in terms of watching videos. To me, it's just too narrow. Again, this is just my opinion and my opinion, only. As for my take on Face ID? Hmm! Well, the thrill of it wore off pretty fast on me (smile). While I have no doubt but that Face ID is here to stay, as well it should, I decided to go with a SIM-free, space gray, 256GB iPhone 8 Plus. I was surprised to learn that the SIM-free models of the iPHone 8 series launched in the US at the same time as the carrier-branded models. It used to be that the SIM-free models were launched no sooner than two months after the carrier-branded models. I was told by an Apple Genius, today, that the SIM-free model of iPhone 10 is not yet available in the US. Just as an F.Y.I., in the USA, only the SIM-free models ship with a SIM card removal tool. I have always thought this to be a ridiculous practice of Apple for, carrier-branded or not, one may choose to remove the SIM card at some point in the future. Besides, for the amount of money one pays for iPhone, I think Apple should include the SIM card removal tool, along with a three-course meal, for that matter. (smile) I also purchased Apple Care Plus along with my prerequisite screen protector. I was delighted to discover that the 8 plus fits in the same case as my 6 plus so no added expense, there. I updated my Windows iTunes 12.6 to 12.6.3 and it's running beautifully. As I did not update my iPhone 6 Plus to iOS 11.x, I will make a full backup to iTunes and restore to the new phone later this weekend. Okay, I know that's more information than you wanted but, what can I say? I'm feeling chatty (smile). Until Next Time, Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
