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John Byrne

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Joined: 11 May 2005
Posts: 135288
Posted: 21 November 2025 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Now comes a coupla weeks of figuring my way around all the superfluous new bells and whistles.

Plus, busy, ugly interface.

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Michael Penn
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Joined: 12 April 2006
Location: United States
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Posted: 21 November 2025 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply
I tend to wait out until my iphone no longer becomes truly app-functional to upgrade it, and mostly I just grab an "older-newer" one from my kids and let them get the actual new one.
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Veli Loponen
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Joined: 19 April 2004
Location: Finland
Posts: 81
Posted: 21 November 2025 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Apple products are good for they are really durable. I've changed my iPhone
only after it has really broken. Same with pads, laptops and iMacs. Before
iPhone I had Samsung phone and it usually lasted only about a year. Same
with computers. Our laptop is from 2013 and is still functional.
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Richard Stevens
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Joined: 04 May 2004
Location: United States
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Posted: 22 November 2025 at 1:05am | IP Logged | 4 post reply
If it's a new one with all the glass stuff, try this:

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > and turn on Reduce Transparency.

It's a little closer to the previous style. Easy to turn back off if you dislike it.
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Paul Gibney
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Joined: 17 April 2004
Location: Canada
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Posted: 22 November 2025 at 2:15am | IP Logged | 5 post reply
I’ve been considering getting a new iPhone as well as my current one is quite long in the tooth. It’s an iPhone 8 Plus. It doesn’t get the latest updates and the battery life is significantly reduced. That said it still functions and I’m way too cheap to spend that kind of money so I’ll probably hang on a bit. I mostly surf on my iPad anyway.
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