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It just depends on how you say the initialism. If you say "ness" then you'd use "a". If you say "en ee ess" then you'd use "an".
The "ness" pronunciation is chiefly used by Brits (who also tend to pronounce SNES as "snezz").
Sure, we all want the right to repair, but don't we realize that easily repairable devices could add as much as 1 to 2 mm of thickness to our phones? Sure, my Galaxy Note 2 had a replaceable battery and a shattered screen the local repair shop could fix for $50, but I paid for that with more than 0.5mm in additional device thickness than my current phone.
Want things to change? Stop having reviewers point out that extra couple mm as being a "glaring design flaw" or comment on "how extra chunky" the phone is. FWIW rugged, durable, battery replaceable devices have repeatedly failed on the market. Notably, Motorola tried, and failed. Everyone bought Samsungs.
On the subject of right to repair: Back when slide out keyboards were still available I bought I a new Verizon phone and paid for the best insurance plan I could get. After a short amount of time my brand new phone just stopped working, the insurance said it was a factory issue, I sent it in for repairs. They couldn't fix it so they sent back a certified refurbished phone. It wasn't the same quality, the new keyboard…
While I'm all for right to repair, repairability is a tradeoff. Everybody seems to want a razor thin phone/laptop/whatever, which makes easy repairs impossible, and treats them as expendable anyway. If it's out of warranty it's obsolete. The amount of labor to diagnose and replace a chip on a tightly packed motherboard sometimes exceeds the price to replace an entire motherboard.
Do they? I'd be much happier with a phone that was a little thicker and had a bigger and/or replaceable battery. Apple just doesn't want to sell me that.
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Your phone's memory effectively is fully accessible with just a USB cable. I am unaware of any android phone which actually verifies the signature on its bootloader - run `adb fastboot flash` and you can load arbitrary ROMs onto arbitrary chips. The contents of the ROMs is what's secret.
You'll need more than a USB cable if you've bricked it, even fastboot won't be accessible.
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Want things to change? Stop having reviewers point out that extra couple mm as being a "glaring design flaw" or comment on "how extra chunky" the phone is. FWIW rugged, durable, battery replaceable devices have repeatedly failed on the market. Notably, Motorola tried, and failed. Everyone bought Samsungs.
Alright, I'll do that..? With all the influence I have on this worlds' reviewers.
And it isn't like there are very many phone reviewers for any given market. If someone wanted to organize a letter writing campaign to try and convince the top 5 or 10 phone reviewers to just not mention device thickness that just might have an effect.
(On the flip side reviewers complained about the removal of the headphone jack and that didn't help any so...)
The other thing to remember is that with modern battery charging tech, batteries can last a long time. Samsung is the best in this regard, their chargers are really smart and work hard to preserve battery life.
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Is there — as Julian Baumgartner would say — an “archival-grade reversible isolation-layer varnish” that could be applied in place of poly sealant? Silicone, maybe?
Would shellac work or traditional lacquer[0] work? They both cure by drying, not polymerizing, and can be removed decades later with the original solvent: alcohol in the case of shellac, or lacquer thinner in the case of lacquer. I haven't had any experience with lacquer because traditional lacquers almost have to be sprayed, which I am not equipped to do. I have plenty of experience with shellac because you can brus…
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Alright, I'll do that..? With all the influence I have on this worlds' reviewers.
My point is that device manufacturers are responding to the pressures they are given. And it isn't like there are very many phone reviewers for any given market. If someone wanted to organize a letter writing campaign to try and convince the top 5 or 10 phone reviewers to just not mention device thickness that just might have an effect. (On the flip side reviewers complained about the removal of the headphone jack an…