[dragonfire]

Originally Posted by libranof1987

3) Pay her / family the INR equivalent in India for her use while she's here

While this is the easiest option, it will come under the definition of 'hawala' and hence should not feature in a site like team-bhp.

[IamNikhil]

Originally Posted by libranof1987

3) Pay her / family the INR equivalent in India for her use while she's here

Originally Posted by dragonfire

While this is the easiest option, it will come under the definition of 'hawala' and hence should not feature in a site like team-bhp.

I am not sure how this transaction can be termed as "hawala", in this use-case. You are legally transferring the funds to the recipient's account or giving them cash in INR, which is deemed as a white transaction. If both parties are mutually agreed on this system, don't see any hassles involved. I have personally done this multiple times when I asked my cousins to get us stuff from the US and they were rather happy to not have to bother about the hassle of conversion of dollars etc. when they arrive in Mumbai.

[dragonfire]

Originally Posted by IamNikhil

I am not sure how this transaction can be termed as "hawala", in this use-case. You are legally transferring the funds to the recipient's account or giving them cash in INR, which is deemed as a white transaction. If both parties are mutually agreed on this system, don't see any hassles involved. I have personally done this multiple times when I asked my cousins to get us stuff from the US and they were rather happy to not have to bother about the hassle of conversion of dollars etc. when they arrive in Mumbai.

Not all FEMA violations are caught or prosecuted. Does not make it legal though.

[saket77]

Originally Posted by ashvek3141

Such a pity ! I’m sure we’ll be having many folks with perfectly working 6 / 6s’s and have to let go their phones cause of this stupidity.

I for one use my iPhone 7 as a secondary phone which does the job pretty well, albeit with a poor battery backup (78% health). I’m sure this phone will come under the axe in 2025!

Moreover, the reason I’m still using this phone is due to its sheer compact size which is a rarity today. It’s a pleasure to the 7 !

iPhone 6 & 6S are different. IP6 supports only till iOS 12.XX whereas 6S and models beyond support iOS15. Means, we folks on IP 6S & 7 will be able to use the phone for at least next such axing which should be at least a couple of years from now.

Originally Posted by SmartCat

I suspect whatsapp will continue to work if is already installed. For some reason, if you reset the phone, you won't be able to install it again.

Unfortunately, WhatsApp just stops working when support is withdrawn and it will ask you to update to start using it again. And of course, one cannot update due to the iOS version.

[IamNikhil]

Sold Dad's 13 and got him the 16. Transfer process was seamless.

The Aquamarine looked quite sexy, but he wanted to stick with the conservative Matte Black.

[harry10]

Originally Posted by IamNikhil

Sold Dad's 13 and got him the 16. Transfer process was seamless.

The Aquamarine looked quite sexy, but he wanted to stick with the conservative Matte Black.

Do tell the selling price for 13 and buying price for 16.

[IamNikhil]

Originally Posted by harry10

Do tell the selling price for 13 and buying price for 16.

Sold the 13 (128 GB) via Cashify for 26k. Got the 16 (256 GB) through a special employee offer for 75k (I work with a leading company that also has a large retail footprint.)

[ValarMorghulis]

iOS version 18.2 is here.

15 pro/ pro max, 16 series iphones get Apple Intelligence.

[Oppanna]

Updated to iOS 18.2 on my iPhone 14. one good thing I noticed since the last iOS 18 update is that the battery health has been holding at steady 89% 404 cycles!

[mobike008]

Originally Posted by ValarMorghulis

iOS version 18.2 is here.

15 pro/ pro max, 16 series iphones get Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence was released back when 18.0 was announced in September and I'm using it for a couple of months on my iPhone 15 Promax.

18.2 just adds the real deal with bunch of new and exciting features of Apple Intelligence. I'm looking forward to updating tonight.

[mobike008]

I have been using Apple Intelligence (AI) from last 2 months and find it quite useful especially for 2 things :

1. When I write something, AI has so many different versions to improvise your notes/paragraphs that it's quite unreal and it's accurate too as the concept is never changed and focus. is more on tone.

2. Notification Summary- I have customized it to receive top priority only and tail end will be the not so important ones.

Updated to 18.2 which has loads of Apple Intelligence features (which I will be exploring in next few weeks) but, best is the OPEN AI CHATGPT integration right in the phone settings.

I tried a quick sample yesterday night. "I had rented a muscle car for an upcoming trip so that was in my mind".

I just said- "Cars" then "Muscle Car" and followed up with "Artistic" and I got these 2 pictures.

Seems like fun features to explore and try to use them in our regular lives.

Cheers to Apple

[IamNikhil]

Updated to iOS 18.2 yesterday night. Battery on both phones holding well as of now, no issues after the update. Not a big fan of AI, so may explore in due course. Any other features to be explored?

[naveen.raju]

Originally Posted by IamNikhil

Updated to iOS 18.2 yesterday night. Battery on both phones holding well as of now, no issues after the update. Not a big fan of AI, so may explore in due course. Any other features to be explored?

"Image Playground" is supposedly the new AI image generator where you can describe the type of image and the situation and it generates the image. You can use any image from the camera as well.
Well, I didnt look anything like the image that it generated and doesn't create the situation/scene that well. Lot more to be improved.

You can search with ChatGPT now.

There's a lot of AI features in "Notes", "Mail" etc but I generally don't use it.

Apple AI is sort of half baked. Ideally I think they planned this for iPhone 17 but since other manufacturers released it, they were kind of forced to launch this. Anyways, rumors say that Siri in iOS 19 is being developed from scratch. Let's see.

[SmartCat]

Originally Posted by naveen.raju

There's a lot of AI features in "Notes", "Mail" etc but I generally don't use it.

How does AI integration into Mail app work? Can you say "Siri, find and delete all emails with attachments > 1 MB"?

Apple AI is sort of half baked.

Unless I'm missing something, the rest of features seem to be same as downloading ChatGPT app from Appstore/Playstore on any phone.

[naveen.raju]

Originally Posted by SmartCat

How does AI integration into Mail app work? Can you say "Siri, find and delete all emails with attachments > 1 MB"?

I have just enabled the "Summarize" feature where it summarizes the entire email thread and gives a summary. Also, it prioritizes any mail with a deadline, meeting or payment as per the due date.

Another feature that I have seen is the "Writing tool" that proof reads the mail content and we can rewrite it in different styles (professional, friendly etc). Haven't really tried anything else. Since this is available on the Mac, I tend to explore these on the Mac than the phone.