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Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by bluedino »

rietta wrote: post #353
kanishkdudeja wrote: post #192

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The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon / Dell XPS line should keep you happy.

I went the with Dell XPS 13 for this refresh cycle. Typing on it now. Running Ubuntu 18.04 and its a great little machine. I can even use my already owned Apple USB-C to HDMI/USB adapter when giving presentations. I had switched in 2017 to using a Linux desktop full time for development and now I have the full Linux laptop again for the first time since switching to the Macbook in graduate school.

There is a bit of personal preference at play, but the XPS isn't quite the same machine as the MacBook Pro/Air 13"

We have a bunch of both machines, and the XPS is much thicker, not quite as deep, the fit/finish aren't even comparable, and the XPS has a plastic 'ring' around the unit that's easily chipped/scratch and they look beat up rather quickly

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Post by joecool1029 »

zurn wrote: post #281
joecool1029 wrote: post #118

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>Pretty sure my next device will be a Nokia or iPhone due to the long term software support. Wouldn't rule out Motorola (Lenovo) as well. They are the only manufacturer selling parts for their phones directly, have models in the android one line, and offer bootloader unlock (so you could move to a custom rom once they discontinue)

Motorola's software updates for their phones are quite bad, they lag when the phone is new and they stop completely way too soon. For Android hobbyists the unlocked bootloader may be fun, but there is no low-maintainance (timely and reliable OTAs without wiping/reinstallnig, etc) OS option if you go that route.

Understand, I said Android One phones from them. I have a moto x4, it gets monthly security updates just like the Nokia. No skin aside from a few useful gestures.

Re: Apple iPhone SE Available on Apple Store Again

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Post by joecool1029 »

opencl wrote: post #211
joecool1029 wrote: post #118

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>Pretty sure my next device will be a Nokia or iPhone due to the long term software support. Wouldn't rule out Motorola (Lenovo) as well. They are the only manufacturer selling parts for their phones directly, have models in the android one line, and offer bootloader unlock (so you could move to a custom rom once they discontinue)

I appreciate the parts availability but their long term software support is atrocious. The G5 plus for example got Oreo over a year after Oreo came out, and that is the only version update it will ever get.

That's why I said to buy an Android One phone from them. The X4 doesn't have this problem as it gets software updaates monthly from Google.

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Post by emsy »

throwawaymath wrote: post #333
emsy wrote: post #329

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This is a rather condescending reply, and I hope next time you try to understand what I wrote before trying to lecture me.

I apologize for the condescension, it wasn't intended. Thank you for letting me know; I've edited the comment.

Thank you. I should've stated my position more extensively. By financial decisions I mean decisions that can be directly correlated to increased margins. The original comment was speculating that Apple might not sell the iPhone SE because they have lower margins, and that might make them more money in the short term, but if some people switch to Android for a smaller device, they'll lose long term market share. In that regard you're right and I'd rather call these kind of decisions short sighted or something along those lines.

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Post by intopieces »

vira28 wrote: post #384

They say unlocked (T-mobile), unlocked (verizon). What does that mean? My understanding of unlocked means free to use any carrier. Am i missing s

In this case, the carrier name in parenthesis is shorthand for the bands that the phone can operate on. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA. Some models of IPhone have both technologies, these do not have both.

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Post by lenocinor »

matwood wrote: post #349
whieee wrote: post #309

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Can you elaborate what you like so much about Apple's butterfly keyboards? I've used every Apple notebook keyboard since 2003 and up until 2015 I was pretty satisfied. The only keyboards I considered better were Thinkpad keyboards. The butterfly keyboard to me is completely unusable due to lack of travel and feedback, so I barely use it. It feels like bashing my fingertips on to a flat surface, hoping for keystrokes…

Not the person you asked, but I also like typing on the new keyboards. I find I can type faster with the low travel. My fingers tend to glide over the keys instead of mashing them. If you routinely move from a long travel to the a low travel keyboard I can understand an adjustment period. Now when I type on other keyboards they all feel mushy and require so much strike effort that I have to adjust. What I don't like…

This really sums up my opinion too. I feel like, even for many folks that end up liking the keyboards, it takes a couple of weeks to learn not to push so hard on the keys. That's certainly what it was like for me. But I like it now.

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Post by nikhiljain12 »

intopieces wrote: post #386
vira28 wrote: post #384

They say unlocked (T-mobile), unlocked (verizon). What does that mean? My understanding of unlocked means free to use any carrier. Am i missing s

In this case, the carrier name in parenthesis is shorthand for the bands that the phone can operate on. T-Mobile is GSM, Verizon is CDMA. Some models of IPhone have both technologies, these do not have both.

But will it work on another GSM network, say ATT? Or in another country? I am looking to buy this phone for my mother in India.

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Post by devy »

dijit wrote: post #124

I’m going to add to the dogpile here and add: I am really not sure how I can vote with my wallet more than I currently do. I had a 5S; upgraded to a 6S and spent a year with it, but I really hated the size of the phone and realised that small phones were entirely gone by the end of my time with the 6S. I tried Android for a while but it was Samsung’s Android and was not for me, I was frustrated and annoyed after ever…

> How else can I show my support to the small phone factor?

Buy all of them. If Apple saw the SE refurbished stocks are going within a short amount of time, it might tip them off that small form factor is still a thing in mobile phones these days and maybe they reverse their decision to discontinue the small form factor phones.

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