Marta, Thanks for the kind words on my web site,.
I honestly don't miss the home button.
The gesture for the App Switcher or going home is not that hard with a
little practice.
You can use the side button for Siri much like the home button. I
pretty much only use the app switcher now to close out apps, unless I
am somewhere that asking Siri to open an app is not appropriate.
I mostly tell Siri to open x y z app.
HTH,
Richard, USA,
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to
step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two
things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you
will be taught how to fly."
-- Barbara J. Winter.
My web site: https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/>
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Of *Marda
*Sent:* Saturday, March 1, 2025 9:02 AM
*To:* 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
*Subject:* Re: 16, or 16E?
Hi, Richard. Thanks for adding that info. That was one of my
initial feelings of frustration because you can do a lot of those
things quickly with the home button (accessibility shortcut, tripple
click, app switcher double click, Siri, hold, wait for the sound (or
just hold for the appropriate time if you can't hear the sound which
because of my hearing loss I sometimes can't) and it seemed like
taking away the home button and assigning its functions to several
different things was making things needlessly complicated. But then,
what do I know? I don't know much about tech and certainly am not a
designer or programmer, just a lowly end user who has gotten to like
doing things a certain way but of course will adapt. Thanks for as
always being so helpful and thanks too for your website which I have
directed quite a few people too with happy results.
Marda
On 3/1/2025 10:00 AM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote:
Hi Marta,
Yes, I was just giving the default function not having read
through Scott's complete email comparing the 16e and 16.
But, here is all the things you can set the Action button to:
Silent/Ring mode
Focus
Camera, Open the camera app
Flashlight
Voice Memo
Recognize Music
Magnifier
Controls. )the comment here says Quickly access your favorite
control.)
Shortcuts, (which says Open an app or run your favorite shortcut.)
Accessibility, (quickly use an accessibility feature.)
No Action.
I added the explanation where I thought it was useful in that
list. Note you can only have the action button do any one of
those things.
I have a demo that I recorded on my web site for the gestures to
try and help folks learn how these work.
It is a few headings down on the demos page, link below.
https://www.turner42.com/DEMOS.html
HTH,
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is possible." --
John Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
On Mar 1, 2025, at 12:03 AM, Marda <marda.pian...@gmail.com>
<mailto:marda.pian...@gmail.com> wrote:
But the action button can also be set up to do other things as
well, right? So if you choose not to have it function as a
toggle between ring and silent modes you can have it do
shortcuts like the accessibility shortcut or you can have it
do other things like turn on a specific focus mode, turn
airplane mode on or off or things like that. Not sure if you
can make the action button put you in the app switcher or not
and I don't think you can do things like you can with the home
button like double click it for the app switcher and tripple
click it for the accessibility shortcut and if you don't use
it to toggle between silent and ring mode I'm not sure how
you'd easily do that so it doesn't seem as though it's as
versatile as the home button unless there's something I'm
missing which seems sad to me. I'm not sure I understand the
rationale of getting rid of a button that has multiple
functions with one that can only do one thing, can't be double
or tripple clicked. I'm not sure about face ID either. I've
heard from some people that, for instance, if they wear a mask
(which is sometimes still required in certain situations) it
has trouble. Also, can it really tell the difference with
people like identical twins i.e. will an identical twin get
access to your iPhone because it can't tell the difference in
the face IDs?
Marda and so on.
On 2/28/2025 8:23 PM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote:
The Action button replaces the switch above the volume
buttons on the left side. Instead of a lever, it is a
button that if you hold it in it will toggle from ring
mode to silent mode. If you tap it, it tells you which
mode you are in.
The action button is about half the length of the volume
button.
The button on the right is the power/lock button, and if
held in, you can talk to Siri.
The 16 models that came out last fall also have a camera
button on the lower half of the right side that can be
used to take pictures and do other camera controls. It
also works with Be My Eyes for taking a picture.
The 16e does not have that camera button.
HTH,
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is
possible." -- John Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
On Feb 28, 2025, at 5:17 PM, 'Curtis Delzer' via
VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com>
<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I did not see this, thank you!
I do not know what that "action" button is, the right
hand button on the phone for locking, etc? thanks
On 2/28/2025 2:48 PM, 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone wrote:
I don't know if you saw the article from
AppleVis.com, but here it is.
Hands On with the iPhone 16e: My First Impressions
iPhone 16e availability in the U.S. is less than
24 hours away, and ahead of the launch, I was
provided a unit for review.
Going into today, I was looking forward to sharing
the iPhone 16e with our community, especially as
there has been much anticipation and excitement on
AppleVis surrounding this phone in particular.
Unboxing podcasts are a lot of fun, especially
when the recording goes well. And I am of the
opinion that as Apple no longer sells a device
with a Home Button, we should be doing everything
possible to ease the transition for people who are
still on older devices for whatever reason. It’s a
bigger deal than you might think, especially for
the everyday blind, DeafBlind, or low vision user
who really relies on that Home Button as an anchor.
All in all, there is a lot to talk about with the
iPhone 16e, but I wasn’t going to say any of it
today. But that changed when I actually
experienced the iPhone 16e for myself.
The iPhone 16e is Apple’s most affordable phone at
US$599, and, to be honest, I was disappointed by
the price when it was announced. I see the iPhone
16e as the iPhone for the everyday person, the
person who just needs an iPhone to do the basic
things. And I really was hoping Apple could get
the price down to something under $500 and make
that phone available to as many people as
possible. On the other hand, the iPhone 16e has a
lot of advanced tech (a current-generation A18
processor, Apple Intelligence, the Action Button,
an all-new Apple-designed modem, just to name
four); so the starting price is more
understandable when you consider what all you’re
getting.
Concerns about price aside, I tried to approach
reviewing the iPhone 16e with an open mind. I know
what I like in an iPhone, and I also know that the
iPhone 16e is meant for a different type of user
than me. And yet, I interact with people from all
walks of life; and for many of them, all they want
is a basic iPhone. So the iPhone 16e interested me
at first for those reasons: Is this the modern
iPhone for everyone?
As interested as I first was in the iPhone 16e, I
never expected that I would personally ‘like’
it—especially after only a few hours with the
device. But I do like it—a lot.
Generally, I gravitate towards the bigger phones
for their battery, speaker, and bigger ‘feel’.
‘Bigger’ has always meant ‘better’ to me. But the
iPhone 16e challenges my assumptions in a pretty
big way, no pun intended. Contrary to my
expectations, I actually really like the thing. I
like the way it feels in my hand. Picking it up,
holding it while on the phone, even sending
messages with Braille Screen Input—it feels great.
And this was unexpected to say the least.
Perhaps just as unexpected and even better than
the device’s ‘hand-feel’, are the speakers. Yes, I
said ‘speakers’ because both the bottom speaker
and earpiece speaker are noticeably better than my
$600-more-expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max. In my
review of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, I shared about
issues with the quality of sound output from the
speakers. Other members of the community have
experienced similar issues.
I am happy to report that the sound on the iPhone
16e has none of these issues. At higher volume,
the iPhone 16e puts out a lot of bass for its
size. (I remember my iPhone 15 Pro being similar.)
But, unlike my personal iPhone 16 Pro Max, the
iPhone 16e better maintains this bass at lower
volumes. There is none of the dramatic fluctuation
in bass with volume adjustment that I see on my
iPhone 16 Pro Max, and this is a subtle—but
nevertheless huge—improvement.
And it is not just the bottom speaker that is
improved; the earpiece speaker has more bass as
well, making the sound fuller and more natural. I
was on a FaceTime audio call shortly after setting
up the iPhone 16e, and I actually called the
person back from my iPhone 16 Pro Max to be sure I
wasn’t just imagining things. I wasn’t—the speaker
quality is just better. If the speakers are
important to you, you will really like the iPhone 16e.
The iPhone 16e has a 6.1-inch display, similar to
recent smaller iPhones. If you have seen an iPhone
13 or 14, or their Pro counterparts, for example,
the iPhone 16e’s size will be familiar to you. The
iPhone 16e has the same A18 series processor as
other iPhone 16 devices, and VoiceOver performance
is as snappy as on my iPhone 16 Pro Max.
In the iPhone 16e, Apple has tried to make the
iPhone 16 experience available to more people at a
lower price. The device has a lot to like: the
same series of processor, support for Apple
Intelligence, and other key features of the iPhone
16 family—even an Action Button. But there is no
getting around the fact that the iPhone 16e’s
starting price tag of US$599 is still way out of
reach of a lot of people, which is both
unfortunate and also a lost market opportunity for
Apple. Nevertheless, everything I have seen with
the iPhone 16e so far suggests that Apple may very
well have a hit on its hands.
Watch this space.
Article from:
https://applevis.com/blog/hands-iphone-16e-my-first-impressions
Richard, USA
"While striving for perfection, let us do what is
possible." -- John Wesley
My web site: https://www.turner42.com
(sent from my iPhone 16 pro) c
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