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Well, looks like it's the end of the line for my 1st gen SE. It's been a good run. I'll miss you, little guy. Looks like my other options for a small phone are 12/13 mini or possibly the 2nd/3rd gen SE. But not nearly as compact as the 4" SE.
I just bought a 13 Mini about an hour ago (waiting for the $100 price drop)… don't get the 12 Mini, you're really gonna want that extra battery life
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You misunderstand slightly. All the calls from the area code matching your phone number are more likely to be spam (spammers matching you to appear legit). So unless you call people in that particular area, you won't be matching their area code, so you won't look like a spammer. And unless you happen to know a lot of people in that area, you won't get calls from that area that appear to be spam.
> So unless you call people in that particular area, you won't be matching their area code, so you won't look like a spammer You're misunderstanding them too, I suspect. One could equally assume that a call coming from an area code they've never been to, 5 states away is spam - so this trick works if you do not make a lot of calls.
Not equally. I have an area code from the opposite coast. If I get a call from that area code, it is 100% spam. Spammers just love outing themselves by spoofing the same area code of the person they are calling.
A call from any other area code is only 30% chance of being spam.
But now with the new improvements it looks like there is an automatic option "you can share photos instantly right from Camera, choose to share automatically when other shared library members are nearby".
Apple’s call and sms spam filtering remains subpar to say the least. When I had a Pixel, I had the option to let the OS transcribe what the potential spammer was saying and end the call. It’s puzzling why Apple isn’t doing more here.
Boy do i have a lifehack for you. Buy a phone number with a random area code, like ohio or something, all the spam calls come from surrounding area codes.
E.g. if your number is (555)555-1234 it'll block anything from (555)555-0000 to (555)555-9999.
> Freeform. Freeform is a productivity app where you and your collaborators can bring ideas to life. Jot down notes, share files, and insert web links, documents, video, and audio. > Coming later this year Apple going to start offering email too?
It's frustrating, because this likely won't be usable on Desktop, Windows, or the majority of workspaces. I actually don't mind the Reminders app, but like iMessage, I can't use it on my main Windows desktop, so I don't. I can count on one hand the amount of times I've FaceTimed someone because of fragmentation in my network with Android.
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Boy do i have a lifehack for you. Buy a phone number with a random area code, like ohio or something, all the spam calls come from surrounding area codes.
One of the things I've noticed recently is that spam call numbers have gotten smarter -- somehow they're figuring out numbers corresponding to regions that I spend time in that aren't related to my area code or central exchange...
> Freeform. Freeform is a productivity app where you and your collaborators can bring ideas to life. Jot down notes, share files, and insert web links, documents, video, and audio. > Coming later this year Apple going to start offering email too?
> Apple going to start offering email too? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileMe Replaced by iCloud later. So it’s not something they will do, but something they have been doing for over two decades.
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I just bought a 13 Mini about an hour ago (waiting for the $100 price drop)… don't get the 12 Mini, you're really gonna want that extra battery life
12 mini isn't available from Apple anymore
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It's not really e-waste given Apple's recycling program, which is generally decent. 7 years of use with an option to recycle it when upgrading is about as good as you'll find.
Do the phones actually get recycled? (This is a genuine question.)
Their environmental reports that they release each year indicate that they do, yes. It also looks like there's an audit report in there as well that logs the recycled materials as verified (page 109).
Apple’s call and sms spam filtering remains subpar to say the least. When I had a Pixel, I had the option to let the OS transcribe what the potential spammer was saying and end the call. It’s puzzling why Apple isn’t doing more here.
Boy do i have a lifehack for you. Buy a phone number with a random area code, like ohio or something, all the spam calls come from surrounding area codes.