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[Ronski]

Seems the can do nothing wrong Apple has slipped up again 

[sevenlayermuddle]

Sounds like just another bit of hysteria dreamed up by Apple haters

I haven't installed iOS 9 yet, but every smartphone I have ever had has had the tendency to switch to mobile data when out of range of WiFi.    Sounds to me like they're simply adding the capability to have fine grained control of that handover, ie that are adding a cost-saving facility that happens to be off by default, for backwards compatibility with earlier versions.

If you don't want that to happen, there has always been a setting to completely disable mobile data, has that changed with iOS 9?

But as I say, I've not yet installed iOS 9, so may be missing something.

[Dray]

I can't see a problem here, I thought switching to mobile data from wifi was the default behaviour anyway.

It just seems that now you can turn off the default behaviour but why would anyone want to?

[broadstairs]

This is not in many ways unique to Apple. My Android phone will always use the phone network if it has wi-fi turned off or if the wi-fi connection fails and loses connection, however it wont switch if the internet connection via my router goes down or if the signal is bad. I can also turn off mobile data as well. I do use a monitoring app which I check regularly to see how I'm doing. So I guess whether you are Apple or Android you just need to be careful.

Stuart

[Ronski]

There certainly seems to be some issue with going by all the complaints if you Google.

If MS had done this you'd all be slating them

[Dray]

Only those 2 people who use a Windows phone.

[AArdvark]

Only those 2 people who use a Windows phone.

I didn't realise Windows Phone users had gone into 'Double' figures  ??

[sevenlayermuddle]

[Ronski]

[sevenlayermuddle]

[Ronski]

[loonylion]

im considering moving to 3 now that ee got bought out (payg most likely).

[sevenlayermuddle]

im considering moving to 3 now that ee got bought out (payg most likely).

One advantage of PAYG is, if your phone gets stolen, your maximum liability for calls made by the thief is limited to whatever credit is on the phone.   

That, and a deep-seated mistrust of small print in the phone company T&C, and a similar distrust of insurance contracts that might appear to cover the liability, is the main reason I stick with PAYG.

[roseway]

I think your mistrust is well founded. I do exactly the same.

[loonylion]

I've always been on PAYG, I've never felt my usage justified a contract. But I've never used mobile data.