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Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by user3939382 »

$2000-3,200 for a phone?

My next phone is an e-ink Mudita Kompact with a hardware kill switch. I can run a service to bridge iMessage if I decide I care.

With every year since they arrived in 2005 or so and especially accelerating since 2010, smartphone capability has grown with their creepiness. The expectation that you own one has almost turned into a demand. It's a total turn off. You don't need these capabilities, life goes on without it just fine. The drawbacks for your mental health and privacy are material.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by inferniac »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

most people want bigger phones, apple made smaller iphones and they didnt sell

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by happyopossum »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #604

"Seated. Set iPhone Duo down and watch a show or follow a workout at the perfect viewing angle — with easy access to the controls on the bottom." -- Is the outside screen REALLY that strong? Is it okay to put it on a rough surface like gravel?

> Is the outside screen REALLY that strong

iPhone 17 pro glass is insanely strong

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by deergomoo »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #604

"Seated. Set iPhone Duo down and watch a show or follow a workout at the perfect viewing angle — with easy access to the controls on the bottom." -- Is the outside screen REALLY that strong? Is it okay to put it on a rough surface like gravel?

I think the idea is the outside screen would be propped up, not on the ground. Though I do wonder if the outside-screen-down orientation is supported.

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by dbbk »

thesuitonym wrote: post #60

We keep putting more powerful chips into phones, and giving them bigger screens, but we never turn them into useful computers. Why is this?

What do you want to do on your iPhone that you can't do now?

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by happyopossum »

let's see, next year i'll be due for a new iPad mini and iPhone pro max. $1300 for one, $600 for the other (or $750 if I want cellular, which I actually do), and suddenly this doesn't look out of reach... if only I could use a stylus with it!

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by dmayle »

magicalist wrote: post #600
ksec wrote: post #469

I think the Duo looks great. And from the few hands on video I have seen I think the Apple presentation actually doesn't do it justice. There is no crease at all! [1] On the note on this year's keynote. I can't be the only one who feels the whole vibe of the keynote changed. This isn't Tim Cook style keynote and John Ternus wasted no time to try and changed a few things already. I can't wait for John to further shake…

> There is no crease at all! Like first reply he literally says > There is sorta one at some slight angles but basically no crease And someone replied with a picture of it showing the crease. It's probably fine and you don't notice it during use, but it's not some magic creaseless breakthrough.

I watched this video by Marques Brownlee on the Oppo Find N6 (foldable).. https://youtu.be/eFUB_jL_XcM

It apparantly is a magic creaseless breakthrough... I'm eyeing one, and might put it on the Christmas wishlist...

Re: iPhone Duo

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Post by jmull »

MPSimmons wrote: post #235

Why do they insist on every new phone being bigger than the phones before them? I don't mind folding. I think it's cool, and a nice way to get a useful space. But I have big hands, and I can't use my iphone 17 now without two hands. This is even wider before unfolding. Who wants bigger phones? Who is like, "damn I wish I had a tablet that I could fold up and still barely fit in my pocket"? I want smaller phones. The…

I used to be a fan of smaller phones -- my current one is a 12 mini.

I'm getting this thing.

Changes in eyesight change your priorities.

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