Why didn’t they call the iPhone 8 the iPhone 7s like usual?” Apple has had a pattern over the years: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs; iPhone 4, iPhone 4s; iPhone 5, iPhone 5s… You get the point. The correlating pattern is: new physical design, update hardware speed/features. Apple has been changing the look of the iPhone every two years with small updates in the year in between. This year that changes. I think the number one reason Apple changed their pattern is they wanted to add wireless charging so they went back to a glass backside (like the iPhone 4) for less interference while charging. They kept the two sizes and most other features of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus while gaining hardware updates like faster processors. So, because of the physical change in the case to a glass back, they went with a new number: 8.

Now, why jump to the iPhone X (ten) instead of iPhone 9?

The first iPhone was announced on June 9th, 2007, ten years ago. With the 10-year anniversary landing in 2017, they named this iPhone the iPhone X.

It is not pronounced as the letter X but the number ten. This iPhone has many differences from the iPhone 8 that we will cover later but it has a lot of features we’ve been waiting for like an OLED screen and facial recognition.

Will there be an iPhone 8s? iPhone 9? We’ll have to wait until next year to find out!

Here are the show notes:

WWDC 2015 Footage via Salavat Khanov – youtube.com/watch?v=UzPK6tFdxog

WWDC 2013 Photo via Tim Riley – flic.kr/p/fa3RYa

iOS 6 vs iOS 7 screenshots via extremetech.com

iOS 10 Dark Mode Concept – ihelpbr.com

The pictures are dated April of 2015 which means it’s been 1 year ago!

I’m hoping the net version is at minimum thinner and has longer battery life.

That’s probably the only features I’d really like. Maybe a front facing camera for FaceTime video. So, here’s a peek at a few photos from my experience.

WWF. This includes both new app purchases and in-app purchases.

So, go be awesome and support preserving oceans, protecting fresh water, combating climate change, conserving forests, safeguarding wildlife and supporting sustainable food.

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It’s lunch time so I’ll take you through inputting my meal and what information I can see about my day so far. For lunch today I’m having Chicken/Avocado/Quinoa Salad.

We shop at three different stores: Aldi, Target & Hy-vee. We also buy a lot of the store brand items like Archer Farms from Target. If the items aren’t already under the “My Foods” section, then I can just scan them in. I just open the app and go to the “Log” tab at the bottom. It shows today’s date, what today’s budget of calories is based on my body type and desired outcome (weight loss), and placeholders for today’s meals. As you can see, I’ve already eaten breakfast and I didn’t exercise yet today :) (It’s Saturday and we slept in but will work out later, I promise!)

So tapping on the + sign brings up a search feature that automatically loads your most common lunch items. The first thing I’m going to enter is quinoa. If I type it into the search, I get a list of everything including foods I’ve entered or added before, recipes, restaurant foods, etc. I like to always select the “My Foods” section first because it narrows it down the fastest.

Unfortunately, the one under “My Foods” doesn’t match the calories per cup on the package so I must have used a different brand/type last time. I’ll just scan it quick!

It automatically pulls up the screen above on the right with all the nutrition facts. I would always check these if you are on a strict diet. Some are user added and they just leave some things out. In this case, the saturated fat was not entered so I’m going to add it. You just tap on the bar code in the bottom right and you get a nice screen to edit everything. Brand, name, icon, everything. Very nice customization.

After changing the saturated fat I save it and it appears in my list for lunch. After adding all of the items you can see it gives me a total calories for lunch.

Now you can either view just this mean, the entire day or even the week and see your calories or other nutrition information. You can also add simple workout info and automatically track steps to help with the math for calories you’re burning extra that day which will change that day’s budget. There are a lot more features, especially in the premium features, like social, tracking, goals and groups that you can explore but for food tracking, this is the best app I’ve used. Let me know what you’re using!

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