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iPhone has good support for peripherals, hubs and external displays, but lacks a desktop mode.
Great, can I plug a USB drive in, and use it?
Works fine. I don't know if you can format drives, but you can definitely read and write to external disks and network shares.
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The point you are making is irrelevant as it has nothing to do with my point which is what I want as features on my phone. Whether manufacturers make them or how many other people may want the same as I do is a separate issue. What phone do you use now and are you satisfied with it? Tell me that and I may be able to then figure where you are coming from. BTW, read my comment to f6v.
You asked: > How can you say that, where are your figures/stats/evidence? I responded with: > just look outside in the real world? That’s totally relevant to you asking why no mass-market phones support increasingly niche features that ~0% of the population need or want, and you expanding on this by saying “me and one other person I know want this”…
I can't make it any clearer, sorry I don't speak Klingon.
As phones look today and as how they are used, I think we have reached peak usability at around iPhone X. Afterwards - the additional computing, camera, network, form factor that have come with iPhone up to 16 - have provided very little additional end-user value. So unless phone makers want to be in the situation where end-users are less and less willing to pay for and upgrade to a new phone, they have to figure out…
I am currently using a Moto G Play 2024 I bought new for $120. I have zero complaints.
People pay too much for phones mostly out of novelty and image.
When my laptop (2017 Dell XPS 13, Fedora 41, $200 at a pawn shop) dies I will buy a Samsung and use Dex, because that as well is more than most people need.
Also, the reason Apple is not doing this is that it will obviously eat into Laptop sales. They will just end up selling the phone for $4000. :)
As phones look today and as how they are used, I think we have reached peak usability at around iPhone X. Afterwards - the additional computing, camera, network, form factor that have come with iPhone up to 16 - have provided very little additional end-user value. So unless phone makers want to be in the situation where end-users are less and less willing to pay for and upgrade to a new phone, they have to figure out…
I would pay good money for a phone that isn't a literal tablet in terms of size, and yet there is literally zero options for this. I'm sticking with my Pixel 4a until it dies, and even that is already huge for me.
Sadly, rumors are the SE4 is going to be yet another 6” phone.
As phones look today and as how they are used, I think we have reached peak usability at around iPhone X. Afterwards - the additional computing, camera, network, form factor that have come with iPhone up to 16 - have provided very little additional end-user value. So unless phone makers want to be in the situation where end-users are less and less willing to pay for and upgrade to a new phone, they have to figure out…
I would pay good money for a phone that isn't a literal tablet in terms of size, and yet there is literally zero options for this. I'm sticking with my Pixel 4a until it dies, and even that is already huge for me.
As phones look today and as how they are used, I think we have reached peak usability at around iPhone X. Afterwards - the additional computing, camera, network, form factor that have come with iPhone up to 16 - have provided very little additional end-user value. So unless phone makers want to be in the situation where end-users are less and less willing to pay for and upgrade to a new phone, they have to figure out…
I would pay good money for a phone that isn't a literal tablet in terms of size, and yet there is literally zero options for this. I'm sticking with my Pixel 4a until it dies, and even that is already huge for me.
FWIW two things have been a game changer for me in terms of mobile UX recently: - ZMK powered super portable wireless Bluetooth split keyboards - portable headset-based displays like the Viture XR pro I am now comfortable leaving my laptop at home with zero anxiety, because I know I can fairly comfortably dive back into anything I need to from anywhere with my split 36 keys, termux, obsidian and earbuds. Yes most of…
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Have there been compelling use cases for on device LLMs where the value isn’t based on privacy benefits yet?
For me complete privacy is a must-have for an LLM that gets access to pretty much all my data (mails, calendar, location, browser history, chats, address book, health, app use, ...). But there are other benefits such as the availability, even when your phone is offline, latency and no cost per use.
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> a co-worker who told me their kid didn't even want a laptop for schoolwork It's not like kids ever wanted computers for schoolwork in general...
They absolutely did. Back in the early 2000 everyone in my friend group would tell their parents that they needed a powerful PC for schoolwork and that's how they got gaming PCs.
Saying they wanted computers for schoolwork, is another matter.