Honestly I don't know how iPhone users live without the back button (or more accurately now, the back gesture). I used an iPhone for a year (work phone) and just could not get over how much harder it was to work a large iphone. I felt like I had to reach every corner of the screen much more often than on Android.
US smartphone shipments fall sharply, but Android more than iPhone
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#12> Despite inflation numbers falling through the quarter and ongoing strength in the job market, consumers hesitated to upgrade their devices amid market uncertainty.” > Apple’s resilience was driven by strong promotions across postpaid and prepaid. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile continued to offer $800+ promo credits for the iPhone 14 while old-generation iPhones were also steeply discounted across prepaid. We are seeing…
What did you settle on? I’m starting to fantasize this reality too. I have an iPhone now.
That's just an exercise though really. You NEED a smartphone nowadays for everyday life: banking, gym access, maps, etc.
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#13I finally convinced some in-laws to get an se2 after telling them it wasn’t really cheaper to keep buying terrible no name Samsung phones every other year. They have also both become photographers now and can FaceTime easily to see grandkids. So mark me down for contributing 2. Your welcome Apple.
Samsung also makes quite a few phones with decent cameras.
Are you saying the SE2 specifically fills a hole in their line-up?
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#14Honestly I don't know how iPhone users live without the back button (or more accurately now, the back gesture). I used an iPhone for a year (work phone) and just could not get over how much harder it was to work a large iphone. I felt like I had to reach every corner of the screen much more often than on Android.
... there is a back swipe gesture. And it works much more consistently than Android's "Where the heck is this gonna take me" back button. Every app you can swipe back, and it's a much nicer animation than Android.
The back button is a cudgel: a sign of a poorly designed UX. Apps aren't websites, the concept of "back" is not universal, so a universal button doesn't make sense. It only exists on Android because it started off as a non-touch OS.
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#15Honestly I don't know how iPhone users live without the back button (or more accurately now, the back gesture). I used an iPhone for a year (work phone) and just could not get over how much harder it was to work a large iphone. I felt like I had to reach every corner of the screen much more often than on Android.
> I don't know how iPhone users live without the back button (or more accurately now, the back gesture).
I swipe right all the time from the left edge of the screen, in most apps that goes back.
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#16Apple messaging lockin is having the desired impact. Combine that with Google's mess of a strategy and it is easy to see why this is happening.
It is why it is so critical to hire the right people in leadership to avoid squandering key, already successful, strategic positions.
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#17I finally convinced some in-laws to get an se2 after telling them it wasn’t really cheaper to keep buying terrible no name Samsung phones every other year. They have also both become photographers now and can FaceTime easily to see grandkids. So mark me down for contributing 2. Your welcome Apple.
The SE 2020 being extra cheap (and even the 2022 model if you look well enough) is only a product of the used market and the fact that that line of iPhones is often overlooked, so people selling them really lowball the price more often than not. Apple doesn't actually have a lot to do with it.
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What did you settle on? I’m starting to fantasize this reality too. I have an iPhone now.
That's just an exercise though really. You NEED a smartphone nowadays for everyday life: banking, gym access, maps, etc.
I really don't. I exercise at home. I can just go to the bank, or if I have a balance inquiry, call them. They also have a desktop web application that I can use. The only one I really need on that list is maps, which my dumpy trash-heap will have.
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#19I am planning to make the switch this year. As a long time Pixel user, Google's support of its own hardware has been subpar. My phone was only officially supported for 3 years.
They will increase support for new phones, probably because Apple does the same. It is too little, too late for me.
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What did you settle on? I’m starting to fantasize this reality too. I have an iPhone now.
That's just an exercise though really. You NEED a smartphone nowadays for everyday life: banking, gym access, maps, etc.
Perhaps I'm out of the loop, but why do you need a smartphone for gym access?