Steve Litchfield
@stevelitchfield.bsky.social
Semi-retired writer, broadcaster, and podcaster. See also https://stevelitchfield.com/
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-... - how did it take me this long to realise this about iOS? #duh
How (best) to: Get audiobook MP3s into your iPhone
Reviews and articles on music and technology, tutorials, lessons, and 'how to's.
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-... - how did it take me this long to realise this about iOS? #duh
Heading into the white stuff
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Heading into the white stuff
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
Just over a mile straight up.
8x full auto on iPhone 17 Pro Max
I just invented chicken and marmalade on toast! 😀
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I just invented chicken and marmalade on toast! 😀
Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
October 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Is this the real life or is this just fantasy?
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
Night into day, people AI-cleaned away, Reading station at 10pm from the iPhone 17 Pro Max on full auto. Impressive.
An exercise in Clean-Up
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An exercise in Clean-Up
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
The hotel in Sonning, cross crossed in reality with phone wiring across the road, as you can see if you go there! But here shown after multiple strokes in Apple Photo’s Clean Up tool. Very impressed. Is it as good as Samsung’s or Google’s Magic Eraser tools? Debatable. Still…
Why the iPhone 17 Pro Max almost eliminates the ‘Zoom Gap’!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Well, it’s no Panasonic compact or Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, but hey…
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
October 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Well, it’s no Panasonic compact or Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, but hey…
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
The moon this evening from my Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. Not bad.
iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
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iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
iPhone 17 Pro ‘Scratchgate’ - Steve Litchfield responds!
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For iPhone Air there’s Apple’s £99 gadget. For everyone else there’s this!
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youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
Who needs Apple’s MagSafe pack for the iPhone Air? The Anker Nano is better, cheaper, and universal!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
For iPhone Air there’s Apple’s £99 gadget. For everyone else there’s this!
youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
youtube.com/shorts/CKUC9...
Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
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Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Nokia Lumia 1020: a ‘technospective’ … Six years ahead of its time?
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Ha. Microsoft blinked. Bet they do again next year too…
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ha. Microsoft blinked. Bet they do again next year too…
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
So the deadline for half a billion Windows 10 users was approaching. And Microsoft gave in. As they had to. Users just need to dive into Settings and ‘Enrol’ in Extended Security Updates etc. All free.
My iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB has a new battery and is three years old. The time seems right to live more riskily and go case-less for the foreseeable future. Feels so much smaller and futuristic.
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB has a new battery and is three years old. The time seems right to live more riskily and go case-less for the foreseeable future. Feels so much smaller and futuristic.
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
But I’m not leaving it totally defenceless - loving my favourite @xtremeskins.bsky.social skin!
www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur... - a good summary from Zac. I have both Duo and Duo 2 here and they both still seem futuristic.
Surface Duo is 5 years old, so we take a look back at how Microsoft mishandled its greatest ever smartphone
It's been half a decade since Microsoft launched its dual-screen Surface Duo smartphone. It was supposed to be the company's triumphant return to the phone market, so what went wrong?
www.windowscentral.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur... - a good summary from Zac. I have both Duo and Duo 2 here and they both still seem futuristic.
iPhone 17 Pro Specs and Features… Tempted. Almost tempted this year after the zoom hardware change… 🙂
September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
iPhone 17 Pro Specs and Features… Tempted. Almost tempted this year after the zoom hardware change… 🙂
PSA: What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
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What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
PSA: What’s happening with the PSC podcast? It’s changing, after 864 shows!
youtube.com/shorts/AZMim...
youtube.com/shorts/AZMim...
Just a PSA. After I retired from the Phones Show Chat podcast in show 865, my co-host Ted Salmon has taken it on further. The reborn PSC is at phonesshowchat.uk and in most podcatchers now. It will start from show 866 and has subtly new artwork, with Ted and Joe Hickey. 🙂
Phones Show Chat
phonesshowchat.uk
August 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just a PSA. After I retired from the Phones Show Chat podcast in show 865, my co-host Ted Salmon has taken it on further. The reborn PSC is at phonesshowchat.uk and in most podcatchers now. It will start from show 866 and has subtly new artwork, with Ted and Joe Hickey. 🙂
A reminder that the Phones Show Chat podcast continues, now in its 17th year! stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.h... Guest on show 864 is foldables guru Shane Craig! Plus Ted Salmon, as usual. 🙂
Discussing Samsung, OnePlus, and iOS 26.
No sponsor slots, no ads, just geek chat!
Discussing Samsung, OnePlus, and iOS 26.
No sponsor slots, no ads, just geek chat!
The Phones Show - Audio followup podcast
stevelitchfield.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A reminder that the Phones Show Chat podcast continues, now in its 17th year! stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.h... Guest on show 864 is foldables guru Shane Craig! Plus Ted Salmon, as usual. 🙂
Discussing Samsung, OnePlus, and iOS 26.
No sponsor slots, no ads, just geek chat!
Discussing Samsung, OnePlus, and iOS 26.
No sponsor slots, no ads, just geek chat!
OK, decision made. I can't live with non-Pro iPhones. And it's got nothing to do with zoom lenses or screen refresh rates...
youtube.com/shorts/kJLaf...
I don't want my world sharpened and 'enhanced'!
So maybe the 17 Pro Max will be on my radar in two months time...
youtube.com/shorts/kJLaf...
I don't want my world sharpened and 'enhanced'!
So maybe the 17 Pro Max will be on my radar in two months time...
Why I HAVE to go ‘Pro’ with Apple. You just can’t DO this on the standard iPhone
YouTube video by Steve Litchfield
youtube.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
OK, decision made. I can't live with non-Pro iPhones. And it's got nothing to do with zoom lenses or screen refresh rates...
youtube.com/shorts/kJLaf...
I don't want my world sharpened and 'enhanced'!
So maybe the 17 Pro Max will be on my radar in two months time...
youtube.com/shorts/kJLaf...
I don't want my world sharpened and 'enhanced'!
So maybe the 17 Pro Max will be on my radar in two months time...
Bug attraction
…to damp laundry, apparently!
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, slight crop)
…to damp laundry, apparently!
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, slight crop)
July 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Bug attraction
…to damp laundry, apparently!
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, slight crop)
…to damp laundry, apparently!
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, slight crop)
Cinematic Lock
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP PureView ProRAW, slight crop)
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP PureView ProRAW, slight crop)
July 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cinematic Lock
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP PureView ProRAW, slight crop)
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP PureView ProRAW, slight crop)
It's not often that I sit down to write an article these days. Kind of fun!
My iPhone story. Enticed into iOS for the 2020s...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-i...
🙂
My iPhone story. Enticed into iOS for the 2020s...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-i...
🙂
My iPhone story. Enticed into iOS for the 2020s...
Reviews and articles on music and technology, tutorials, lessons, and 'how to's.
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's not often that I sit down to write an article these days. Kind of fun!
My iPhone story. Enticed into iOS for the 2020s...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-i...
🙂
My iPhone story. Enticed into iOS for the 2020s...
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2025/07/my-i...
🙂
Golden hour fallen log
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP ‘PureView’ ProRAW mode)
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP ‘PureView’ ProRAW mode)
June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Golden hour fallen log
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP ‘PureView’ ProRAW mode)
(iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP ‘PureView’ ProRAW mode)
It’s battery replacement day!
Off to the local Apple Store for open heart surgery to get my nearly 3 year old 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max from 80% battery capacity back up to 100% and a useful life until 2028 or 2029, roughly when OS updates will finish.
Off to the local Apple Store for open heart surgery to get my nearly 3 year old 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max from 80% battery capacity back up to 100% and a useful life until 2028 or 2029, roughly when OS updates will finish.
June 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It’s battery replacement day!
Off to the local Apple Store for open heart surgery to get my nearly 3 year old 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max from 80% battery capacity back up to 100% and a useful life until 2028 or 2029, roughly when OS updates will finish.
Off to the local Apple Store for open heart surgery to get my nearly 3 year old 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max from 80% battery capacity back up to 100% and a useful life until 2028 or 2029, roughly when OS updates will finish.
An exercise in PureView framing…
(In Cookham, 10MP ProRAW shot on the iPhone 14 Pro Max…)
(In Cookham, 10MP ProRAW shot on the iPhone 14 Pro Max…)
June 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
An exercise in PureView framing…
(In Cookham, 10MP ProRAW shot on the iPhone 14 Pro Max…)
(In Cookham, 10MP ProRAW shot on the iPhone 14 Pro Max…)
Framed by the tree
Super detailed (though social media compression will ruin it) shot of the green wonders of a 100 year old tree.
(Shot in 12MP ‘PureView’ mode in ProRAW on the iPhone 14 Pro Max)
Super detailed (though social media compression will ruin it) shot of the green wonders of a 100 year old tree.
(Shot in 12MP ‘PureView’ mode in ProRAW on the iPhone 14 Pro Max)
June 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Framed by the tree
Super detailed (though social media compression will ruin it) shot of the green wonders of a 100 year old tree.
(Shot in 12MP ‘PureView’ mode in ProRAW on the iPhone 14 Pro Max)
Super detailed (though social media compression will ruin it) shot of the green wonders of a 100 year old tree.
(Shot in 12MP ‘PureView’ mode in ProRAW on the iPhone 14 Pro Max)