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Surprised they went with 13. It still has a negative connotation around the world. Especially among people willing to buy an iPhone.
I'm intensely curious about your explanation for this. Don't disappoint me with a "they're stupid"!
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This is a little presumptuous or possibly a misunderstanding of the parent's comment mentioning "old Android phone". It's entirely possible that the person did a lateral generational phone switch, but you've assumed that they upgraded to a newer phone. I love older generation phones because they're so cheap and your car comparison is perfect because buying a phone new IMO is one of the worst financial decisions you c…
iPhone resale value is very good. Many carriers also give you significant discounts on new phones. I got two iPhone 12's for free + free line and did not sign a contract.
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I seem to remember that Youtube also has "keep playing audio when you turn the screen off" as a premium feature for their subscription?
They sure do. For anyone interested, NewPipe and Youtube Vanced are solid alternatives that allow you turn the screen off during playback without a monthly charge.
Now I’m reluctantly paying Google for Pro. It’s worth it to avoid the ads on my Roku etc, but I just hate giving them money :(
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Folks are calling the 13 an "S" tier phone(ala iPhone 5 -> iPhone 5S) disguised as a new device. Apple decided to take the 12S design and call it the 13 for a two key reasons. 1.) they can get the unlucky number out of the way and save their big new design paradigm for 14. 2.) due to supply chain issues, it is more feasible to source the iPhone 12-esque parts for the next year. Normally they would release an S versio…
Is it such a big deal with numbers? I mean, yeah, maybe some teenage girl with an astrological sign in her bio will be mad, but anyway, do people really care? Well, while I was replying, I just remembered that Chinese companies usually skip 4 in their models because it's an "unlucky number." Maybe you're right. Still, it's a funny thing if it's true.
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I don't want to question wether Apple's work on battery management is better than Google's, but want to outline the meta of such statements. In general, I don't think it's good to compare a new bought device with the device you are replacing, since the old device is probably a couple of years old. So the specs of the old one must be worse than the specs of the new one. Another example would be Tesla buyers who are re…
I had a similar experience and what it seems like is that Apple devices have pretty amazing standby time as compared to most android devices I have used. This has probably gotten better over the years but when I got my first iPhone it seemed like the battery didn't budge at all if it was in standby, such as leaving it unplugged overnight. I never had the experience with an android device.
This is a huge qualitative difference beyond just the numbers. With a battery life that is longer than 24 hours, I can just have a single charger at home, and go through the entire day without worrying about charging. It basically removes battery level from the things you have to be thinking about as you go about your day.
I’m sorry but who watches video on a 6 inch phone today?
YAWN. UNIMPRESSIVE! Quite frankly I don't approve of how Apple invests 100% of r&d into tweaking hardware specs and never improves or innovates (other than power savings) in their software! If Steve Jobs were alive he would be disgusted! Facial recognition was just a technique to reduce hardware costs!
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Your 10% sales tax is robbery. Where is that ?
According to https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/sales-tax-rate?con... , out of G20 countries, 16 have sales tax rates greater than or equal to 10%. This seems to only counts national sales tax, since it lists 5% for Canada, but about 85% of Canadians live in areas with more than 10% total sales tax.