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Post by DennisP »

Crosseye_Jack wrote: post #105
clairity wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i have a 6S and only had 1 battery change, and that was on apple, since mine was recalled for a defective battery problem. as noted in my other comment, i'd be ok with a full screen version of this phone if they put the home button on the side and keep the fingerprint scanner (in button or in screen) and leave off the front facing camera (pinhole camera is acceptable too, but not a notch). i'd prefer to keep the head…

> i'd prefer to keep the headphone jack, but that's probably asking too much of apple. Yeah the headphone jack being removed pissed me off too. However the lighting to 3.5mm adaptor isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Sure it was an extra £9 I wish I didn't have to spend, but was also a figure that I didn't lose any sleep over when ordering it. The adaptor just lives on my headphones as I use a differnt pair at my…

Holding onto my 6s as long as I can, because of the headphone jack. My headphones are kind of expensive. I also plug them into my laptop. If I'm putting an adapter on and off all the time I'll keep losing adapters, but I'd rather not buy a second pair of nice headphones.

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Post by Bud »

Swizec wrote: post #49
LeoPanthera wrote: post #12

I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the "my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand" days. I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone's short height means that it often doesn't charge "vertically" in Qi charg…

I love my 13 mini and it’s easily my favorite iPhone since the 5. The only thing missing is the zoom. Wish they replaced the useless 0.5x lens with the 2x. Everything else about this phone is perfect

The 0.5x is far more useful than the 2x. Most of the things one would do with the 2x can be had by just walking a bit closer to the subject. Or by just shooting at 1x and cropping, since there's resolution to spare.

But the 0.5x very frequently enables indoor shots that are impossible to get otherwise. Because you can't back up for a wider view if you're next to a wall.

Apple chose well.

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Post by williamjackson »

bironran wrote: post #196

Not having the Touch ID lose Apple at least one, if not more, upgrades. At least in my case. I’m on an iPhone 7 that’s definitely showing it’s age. I would e upgraded a long time ago but held off “because maybe the next version will have Touch ID back.” Well, that never happened and I’m now in the position of having to upgrade a phone that’s starting to crash due to battery issues, will probably be out of iOS updates…

The iPhone SE, described in the article, has Touch ID.

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Post by hedora »

LtWorf wrote: post #37

In a novel by an obviously feminist author, they were having smaller phones when women had to make phones. As if phones do fit in men's hands -_- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53717123-the-end-of-men

I guess in this utopia, women still don't get reasonable sized pockets?

That's pretty much how it went in the 50's feminist bastion Devil Girl From Mars.

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Post by Bud »

commoner wrote: post #24

> It is a crazy strategy of Apple to put the “brains” of its most expensive phone, the iPhone 13 Pro Max (+USD 1.099), in its entry model, low cost (USD 429). No other company does this. The $449 Pixel 6a, which was released today, has the same Tensor chip as the $899 Pixel 6 Pro. This is advertised prominently on the product page: https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_6a

True, although that Tensor chip is around 24 months behind Apple's chips, and the gap is getting wider and wider.

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Post by jibbers »

borissk wrote: post #175
ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that chip is not as good as the apple one. In fact not even close. The battery life on that one is atrocious compared to the apple one.

On the other hand it can do live voice translation without an internet connection. Can Apple do that?

Yep.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/translate-text-voice-...

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Post by christophilus »

To everyone who is running old Android devices, do you just not care about security updates, or is there something I’m missing? Been thinking of switching from my dying iPhone 7 to a GrapheneOS device, but the extremely short support window has given me pause.

Also, any phone recommendations?

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Post by _carbyau_ »

29083011397778 wrote: post #179
MAGZine wrote: post #119

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but... your pixel was more than $100 new. the phone you use does not normally fit into the category you describe. the only part that makes it work is the "second hand," bit. cheap/expensive is relative, and $400 is cheap for a phone (for north american audiences). fwiw, i find even pixel phones to be sort of slow after a couple years into software updates, mostly between multitasking/app switching. so I think that th…

> i find even pixel phones to be sort of slow after a couple years into software updates I assume that's because they're Google's software updates. Removing all Google apps, and most phones are fast . My BlackBerry KeyOne, with its midrange chipset, is still fast five years after it was released. Hell, I wanted a smaller form factor for a few days, and threw my SIM into my Nexus 5. Changing apps, installing updates,…

Sadly Maps is the killer phone app for me. Otherwise I'd try harder to get rid of the google stuff on my phone.

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Post by paulmd »

gameshot911 wrote: post #162
thom wrote: post #103

I upgraded to the 13 Pro Max from the 8 Plus and I’m still annoyed several times a day by interactions that are strictly worse without the touch sensor. Today it was because you used to be able to unlock just by holding your phone with your thumb on the sensor. But now you have to raise it to your face, hope it works after a couple of goes with your sunglasses on, and then even when it does you have to swipe up to se…

You're right, unlocking the phone every single time you want to interact with it is exceedingly tedious. Which is why I remove the FaceID/passcode completely. The overall improvement to my QoL is well worth the increased risk. And all my truly sensitive apps are passcode protected, anyway.

There is also the middle ground of a lock timeout - if you use your phone more than, say, once an hour, it'll never lock, but if you drop it on the ground and it sits there for an hour it'll be locked if someone finds it.

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Post by hattmall »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #135
BbzzbB wrote: post #100

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…

> Am I cheap, poor, frugal or outdated to find it mildly funny US$400-450+tx are considered cheap phones nowadays? I can’t speak to whether you’re any of those, but I can say this. Anyone spending significantly more than that (I’m included in this category) is either: - Buying it for the quality of its camera (me again, not that I’m an especially avid photographer; I almost exclusively take pics of my pup) - Some mix…

So, are phones actually more powerful than computers? I know obviously there's a scale, but my understanding is that x86 stuff is an entirely different league than anything built for mobile. I wasn't really acutely aware of this until I started building some small form factor entertainment systems. After doing some research and testing I was getting far better performance out of old model x86 Chromeboxes than even the latest mobile hardware.
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