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@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?

On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.

Which phone do you have?

Motorola Turbo 2. It shoots 4k video too, but I just found that setting recently, haven't tried it.

Nice....

@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?

I didn't know until after the fact that the Google Pixel was optimized for 4:3 photos...

@RojoLoco said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

@Carnival-Boy said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

Why does 4:3 give a better picture quality? Surely the sensor is 16:9?

On my phone, 4:3 is 21mp vs. 16:9 at 16.8mp.

Which phone do you have?

@scottalanmiller said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

@garak0410 said in Phone Photography - 4:3 Vs. 16:9 and the Dreaded Vertical Position:

Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.

I call it "girl orientation". Every girl I know lacks the contextual awareness of how to position a camera. It's bizarre. It's like not one of them has ever seen a vertical video or picture before and realized how awful it is. No idea how this slips through the cracks and yet, it's essentially everyone.

It drives me insane, especially when trying to preserve memories of our family...(shaking my head right now)

I'm in the group that wants the top camera in my smartphone. I jumped aboard the "awesome camera" bandwagon with the Lumia ICON and when the writing was on the wall with Windows Phone, I moved to Android with the Note 5 and the ill fated Note 7. The cameras just got better and better with each phone. Now, after careful research between the Pixel and iPhone 7+, I decided to go with the Pixel and 24 hours in, no regrets at all.

Perhaps I never paid attention to it in the past, but 16:9 doesn't really give you the best picture quality but 4:3 does. The reason I've stuck with 16:9 is that we usually will enjoy our pictures on our TV or other widescreen device. But I never realized the quality hit I was taking as the pictures were still good.

Having taken a 4:3 and 16:9 photo of my wife last night, WOW, just WOW, the difference in quality with the 4:3 being amazing. I just am not sure I could get used to doing 4:3 from here on out but what a difference it makes.

Also, is it me or do vertical videos drive you nuts? Our oldest daughter does nothing but vertical videos of our grandson and I try to tell her to go horizontal so years later, they can be enjoyed on a television or wide screen device but she refuses to listen.

Thanks for the tips...we'll just turn off iMessages for now...

This would make sense since his mainly works at our owners farm with poor cell signal. I assume the fix is turning off iMessages for SMS, correct?

@DustinB3403 said in iPhone and Text Messaging - Texts Not In Same Conversation:

Isn't iMessage only sent over cellular data or WiFi access? Otherwise it gets sent as a generic text message, in a new conversation.

Ask him if he's on 4G.

He often works in an area where there isn't much of a signal...and never had this problem when he was on a Windows Phone but it also didn't have iMessages to contend with...

@coliver said in iPhone and Text Messaging - Texts Not In Same Conversation:

@garak0410 said in iPhone and Text Messaging - Texts Not In Same Conversation:

I have two users, husband and wife here at work, that are experiencing problems with SMS/Messaging on the iPhone. We recently moved him to an iPhone 6 and when he texts his wife, it always appears in a separate conversation and not one complete conversation. I've checked her phone and her settings are fine but he mostly works offsite and I've not checked his. Is there something I can check? I'm guessing this is an iMessages thing and an easy fix...thanks...

My wife gets this from time to time. Sometimes the message fails to send as a iMessage and instead is sent as a text. For some reason these don't combine at the other end.

That is what I'm thinking...I did a few searches but didn't find my exact problem but I bet it is on his phone and something I need to check.

I have two users, husband and wife here at work, that are experiencing problems with SMS/Messaging on the iPhone. We recently moved him to an iPhone 6 and when he texts his wife, it always appears in a separate conversation and not one complete conversation. I've checked her phone and her settings are fine but he mostly works offsite and I've not checked his. Is there something I can check? I'm guessing this is an iMessages thing and an easy fix...thanks...

Well, I received my Pixel but sales rep ordered the standard and not XL...I am so not a complainer but hard to go from 5.7" of the Note series to 5" and it is kind of small. So, sigh, once again, waiting for the XL to come in next month now. It has been an unsettled few months with the Note 7 and changing phones.

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@garak0410 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

I'm anxiously awaiting my Pixel XL Phone since I was "ordered" to turn off and return my Note 7. pull the fuse on my old phone

FTFY

Exactly...as mentioned in another post...I have an option of using a Moto G4 or an iPhone 7+ 256GB until the Pixel arrives...why am I so scared to try the iPhone, beyond not having a case for it...

I'm anxiously awaiting my Pixel XL Phone since I was "ordered" to turn off and return my Note 7.

@JaredBusch said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@DustinB3403 said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@Dashrender said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@JaredBusch said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@Dashrender said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@JaredBusch said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@garak0410 said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@JaredBusch said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@garak0410 said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

Sadly...I turned mine off for good. I have a Pixel XL on order. Currently using a Moto G4 until the Pixel arrives.

I have been offered to use and have an iPhone 7+ 256GB model as my daily driver but I just can't go iOS. It purely a preference than an prejudice. Plus, I like having file access upon plugging it in via USB. I don't like the whole iTunes Sync thing. I know I can copy photos from the phone to my PC for my main photo storage but can't simply delete from the file system.

It is most certainly blind prejudice then because what you say you cannot do works
perfectly.

Show me! Serious...I plugged in an iPhone to my Windows 10 PC and went to delete pictures from the phone from FILE EXPLORER and it said I didn't have permission...how do I get around that...? For example,. I have an iPhone6 Connected right now it doesn't even show up in File Explorer but iTunes sees it.

Driver issue. I have come across that a few times since changing to Windows 10.
You have to go into device manager and change the driver and then windows will see it like it is supposed to but then iTunes will not be able to see it.

This was never a problem for me on Windows 7 and 8.

Yeah, you have to put the iPhone into a special mode to do what JB is talking about. it's not a default behavior.

No you do not have to put your phone in any special mode, and it is the default behavior. It simply works assuming the right drivers are loaded. Prior to Windows 10 the drivers allowed both for me.

maybe this changed with a later version of iOS, it definitely was the case when I tried it years ago. Without that mode, you couldn't use the iPhone like a USB stick, it was basically only accessible through iTunes

I wrote a guide here on ML on how to pull not only saved voicemail, but everything from the iTunes backup of an iPhone.

While a valid guide, that is not the point of concern from @garak0410. His point was that iPhone photos could not be accessed directly.

Being used to Windows Phone and Android Phones and easily using File Explorer in Windows to manage files and photos, it has been a little frustrating to try the same with iPhones...so my opinion/experience may change...

@JaredBusch thanks for the tips and advice...

@JaredBusch said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

@garak0410 said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

Sadly...I turned mine off for good. I have a Pixel XL on order. Currently using a Moto G4 until the Pixel arrives.

I have been offered to use and have an iPhone 7+ 256GB model as my daily driver but I just can't go iOS. It purely a preference than an prejudice. Plus, I like having file access upon plugging it in via USB. I don't like the whole iTunes Sync thing. I know I can copy photos from the phone to my PC for my main photo storage but can't simply delete from the file system.

It is most certainly blind prejudice then because what you say you cannot do works
perfectly.

Show me! Serious...I plugged in an iPhone to my Windows 10 PC and went to delete pictures from the phone from FILE EXPLORER and it said I didn't have permission...how do I get around that...? At the moment. I have an iPhone6 Connected right now it doesn't even show up in File Explorer but iTunes sees it.

@garak0410 said in Samsung Says Turn Off Galaxy Note 7:

Sadly...I turned mine off for good. I have a Pixel XL on order. Currently using a Moto G4 until the Pixel arrives.

I have been offered to use and have an iPhone 7+ 256GB model as my daily driver but I just can't go iOS. It purely a preference than an prejudice. Plus, I like having file access upon plugging it in via USB. I don't like the whole iTunes Sync thing. I know I can copy photos from the phone to my PC for my main photo storage but can't simply delete from the file system.

And believe me, that iPhone 7+ is calling my name but will try to be patient for a week until my Pixel XL arrives.

Sadly...I turned mine off for good. I have a Pixel XL on order. Currently using a Moto G4 until the Pixel arrives.

I have been offered to use and have an iPhone 7+ 256GB model as my daily driver but I just can't go iOS. It purely a preference than an prejudice. Plus, I like having file access upon plugging it in via USB. I don't like the whole iTunes Sync thing. I know I can copy photos from the phone to my PC for my main photo storage but can't simply delete from the file system.