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Post by acchow »

FreakyT wrote: post #175
SadWebDeveloper wrote: post #125

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Its funny that in the old days the main selling point of GSM/SIM-Cards were that you could physically change from phone to phone and kept your line (and contacts), now we the recent race to get things as little as possible and that virtually no one is using by default any of the extra-GSM functionalities has (contact backup), coming back to a non-physical identity as the solution (like in the CDMA days) that will for…

Completely agree -- the magic of SIM cards is that they allow you to quickly switch providers. I find it ridiculous that people are clamoring for eSIMS, which as you point out is not moving forward, but moving backward to the old CDMA days when you had to plead with your carrier to reconfigure your phone.

That is not what people want an eSIM to be like.

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Post by Bud »

damnyou wrote: post #172
valuearb wrote: post #126

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Yea, but that OS is everything. They barely make any software outside of it. And it's the best mobile OS by far.

iOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.

The notifications you are complaining about can be easily, and completely, disabled. In a few seconds. I don't think you've used iOS 11 on a recent iPad, either.

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Post by acchow »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #122
fermienrico wrote: post #90

The SIM card holder's size shows its age. It is literally as big as the A11 package. Such archaic things need to evolve or disappear. What's the status on electronic SIM? We don't need a piece of plastic that holds a numeric key and takes up EXPENSIVE real-estate in one of the most densely packed electronic devices in the world. Apple doesn't have the leverage to sway the standards?

But how does it work while travelling? Yes you can buy roaming packs, but local SIM cards are as low as 5$ for unlimited LTE.

It would be great if you could attach service providers to your iPhone in iTunes or your Apple account page or something. You could set up service in another country before you even arrive and it will "just work" when you land.

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Post by Bahamut »

xxpor wrote: post #195
damnyou wrote: post #172

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iOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.

>Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. This is a feature, not a bug.

That is something I don’t miss at all from Android after abandoning Android for iOS 3 years ago (Samsung started locking down their phones with the Galaxy S5, decided I wanted no more part of Samsung bloatware and losing the ability to rid myself of it).

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Post by lovich »

KGIII wrote: post #188
lovich wrote: post #156

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I'm typing this from an Android right now, but it definitely feels like iOS is the majority of the high end market and Android completely owns mid to low end. Apples chosen their niche and fills it well, they shouldn't be compared to a generalist in terms of who is best

It's a very subjective thing, really. I actually like my Windows phone, it's the only Windows I have. Someone above concluded they are a product company and I was thinking 'appliance.' That's not a negative, they make devices fit for function and they, Apple, are remarkably good at it. I can't think of an Apple product, and I type this on an iPad, that is truly the best in every aspect. However, they surely aren't th…

I think appliance fits for apple if you use it with the connontations that word had pre 70s. They we're amazing time saving devices and well built enough that they seemed magical. Ive talked to my grandparents and their reaction to using a TV was similar to my reaction to a smart phone for the first time. My gushing over how much time my Roomba saved me also reminded my grandmother of getting a dishwasher

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Post by austenallred »

damnyou wrote: post #172
valuearb wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea, but that OS is everything. They barely make any software outside of it. And it's the best mobile OS by far.

iOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.

What “office productivity” are you unable to do using iOS? Pretty sure millions of people use it just fine.

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Post by kuschku »

j-walker wrote: post #208
kuschku wrote: post #170

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It’s just sad that we’ll never see any of that openly available, or described.

There's a lot of openly available networking hardware on the Open Compute Project.

Sure, but that's not even close to the "every board and switch is custom designed" story.

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Post by damnyou »

Tehnix wrote: post #194
damnyou wrote: post #172

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iOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.

> The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix You can quit e easily watch Plex (can’t remember if Netflix bothered) in the background while doing other shut with the PIP. > you can’t watch a YouTube video either. Which is YouTube’s fault ENTITELY. They are pushing YouTube red to allow for this (which isn’t even available in a lot of countries they advertise it in....)

I said Plex or Netflix sync specifically. Having to keep the app open while a 20 minute sync is going on is bone-headed.

PIP is not available on an iPhone.

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Post by damnyou »

threeseed wrote: post #196
damnyou wrote: post #172

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iOS is a toy OS. The notifications alone make it useless for office productivity. The limitations on background processing break, say, Plex or Netflix sync. You can't watch a YouTube video while doing something else. Apps like FB Messenger can't display useful overlays on the screen. You can't even do basic things like set a system-wide default browser. Android O is light years ahead of iOS.

1) The limitations on background processing are deliberate to prevent applications from needlessly consuming battery life/mobile data. 2) It is Google's fault that you can't watch YouTube whilst doing something else. Apple provided an API which third party YouTube clients already support. You can debate whether Android O is better or not. But I would hardly call iOS a toy just because it doesn't allow for rich notifi…

You can't do PIP on an iPhone.
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