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I miss three things from new iphones: * The 3.5mm headphone jack for plugging in wired headphones. Wired headphones often last longer than wireless headphones. * The physical home button, way easier to use than gestures. * The full length status icon bar. On newer iphones not all icons are shown only a few. Which means you cant see if the VPN icon is connected/visible. Old iphones had full length icon bar.
I knew I wasn't the only one fond of small, cheap-but-great phones! :) Btw, this is my first post in English. I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run a +9 years old independent, self-sustainable publication written in Portuguese. Now, I decided to give it a shot in another language, despite still feeling uncomfortable with my English. (I hope I haven't misspelled anything!) If you enjoyed this brief iPhone…
Your English is generally quite good. The one thing I'll note is that I've not seen native speakers use notation like "+10 years" in the context you do. Generally we'd write that as "10+ years" read as "ten-plus years" or ">10 years" read as "over ten years".
Am I cheap, poor, frugal or outdated to find it mildly funny US$400-450+tx are considered cheap phones nowadays? Not that I mind as I'm able to find good value (in my opinion and for my needs) in second-hand markets for electronics (couldn't be more satisfied with my $100 Pixel 3a and aging T430s laptop), I just find it impressive how much price references have shifted over time as flagship phones ran from $400-500 w…
They are certainly very useful, but I don’t think the current standard is the best compromise.
consumer | pro
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~6" ‖ iPhone | iPhone Pro
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~5" ‖ iPhone mini | iPhone mini Pro
People who want small phones don't necessarily want a cheap phone and people who want a cheap phone don't necessarily want a small one.
Apple has done this before, when the mac lineup was all over the place and they rehired Steve. He cleared it up into this simple grid:
consumer | pro
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desktop ‖ iMac | Power Mac G3
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laptop ‖ iBook | Powerbook G3Earlier quoted context omitted.
FaceID also works in the dark and works with masks. Also works when you have gloves on :)
I used to have my phone unlocked before it was even out of my pocket. FaceID at its fastest (I have a 13 Pro) feels slow. I haven't had a TouchID phone since 2018 and I still miss it. It never made me wait.
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> the SE really is a step too far down for me Down? What does the mini have that the SE doesn’t?
Magsafe, Face Id, nearly full-screen display, and a better camera array (I think?).
I switched from an iphone 7 to a 13 mini and I dearly miss touch ID. It worked a lot better than face id IMO. When the new SE was announced just months after I got the mini I was pretty bummed.
FaceID works great but I miss TouchID for one unique reason : with Touch ID, the Apple Pay UX is pure genius : just take your phone in your pocket with the thumb on the button. Place it on top of the payment terminal. You are done. With Touch ID you have to prepare the phone by unlocking it before making the payment. Which means that you have to stare at your phone while you are interacting with the merchant. It’s od…
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If I removed all Google apps, my phone would be like a paperweight to me. Maps, Photos, Calendar, Gmail, Drive, Books, YouTube and others are all critical to my workflows, and even just for navigating the world and taking photos in general.
You can find replacements for all of those through f-droid. You do lose a little bit of functionality and/or polish with those alternative apps though.
That feels hyperbolic, but any alternative to Map that I've seen were either:
- strongly platform limited (e.g. only works on android/iOS, and you lose bookmarks, preferences, or even finding consistent info when using any over device)
- use inconsistent apps (e.g. OSM will have different clients on different platforms, which crosses the first point)
- be straight bad (e.g. Apple Maps in low population areas)
- have little to no third data integration ("what's the website of that business I'm looking at")
Photos is another can of worm, as outside of Apple Photos and Flickr every service gaining popularity just died a horrible death. Then Apple Photos is heavily platform limited, and Flickr isn't great for personal photo maintenance and sharing for many reasons, not going into the Yahoo part of it.
These two products have I think a stronger stand than Gmail or even Google Search, and they are the closest to someone's day to day reality.