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Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by eptcyka »

vbezhenar wrote: post #298
drillsteps5 wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dived into a niche world of small phones recently while looking for replacement to malfunctioning Pixel 4a (which is apparently now considered compact phone). There's a few small manufacturers in China making some, with 4 inch or 5 inch screen, like Aiphor or Unihertz. And by "small" I mean "they use kickstarter to fund their R&D" small. Other than that... Nobody's really bothering with compact phones anymore, in t…

> Nobody's really bothering with compact phones anymore, in the US or in the rest of the world. Bummer. And the worst thing is that app developers do not bother with testing their apps on small phones. So even if someone would produce small phone, many apps would be broken on that UI. So there's no way back. PS 4 inch is not a small phone. iPhone 4S had 3.5" display and it wasn't small, it was normal. Small is someth…

We do, and it is a pain. It is incredibly easy to defeat any kind of design or in fact HID guidelines by cranking text size to the max on these smaller devices.

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by whizzter »

Ah dang my typical luck, just bought a 16e on friday since my old 2020 SE broke down (same price as I would've paid for a 17e also since I got the 256gb version).

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by pinnochio »

whizzter wrote: post #383

Ah dang my typical luck, just bought a 16e on friday since my old 2020 SE broke down (same price as I would've paid for a 17e also since I got the 256gb version).

Not sure where you are, but you should be well within the return period?

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by lowdude »

vbezhenar wrote: post #298
drillsteps5 wrote: post #291

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dived into a niche world of small phones recently while looking for replacement to malfunctioning Pixel 4a (which is apparently now considered compact phone). There's a few small manufacturers in China making some, with 4 inch or 5 inch screen, like Aiphor or Unihertz. And by "small" I mean "they use kickstarter to fund their R&D" small. Other than that... Nobody's really bothering with compact phones anymore, in t…

> Nobody's really bothering with compact phones anymore, in the US or in the rest of the world. Bummer. And the worst thing is that app developers do not bother with testing their apps on small phones. So even if someone would produce small phone, many apps would be broken on that UI. So there's no way back. PS 4 inch is not a small phone. iPhone 4S had 3.5" display and it wasn't small, it was normal. Small is someth…

I would not go as far as calling the iPhone Minis "egregiously huge", keep in mind that screen size is not a great measure for phone sizes across different generations. You could easily fit a 4+ inch display into the form factor of the 4S with modern technology, the bezels on those phones were huge. Unless my math is off, the housing of the 4S has a diagonal of just over 5 inches.

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by dzhiurgis »

nixpulvis wrote: post #272
joshstrange wrote: post #11

I'm glad they added MagSafe with this version, that was my biggest "issue" with the 16e. Thankfully you can add a ring to the back of the device to "give" it MagSafe (the magnets part at least, if not the faster charging).

Isn't it nice to have a USB-C port and then use the back panel inductive charging for this? I don't see why I would want magsafe on my phone at this point.

MagSafe is a must for older cars.

Good for bedside table too, but not a game changer.

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by dzhiurgis »

indemnity wrote: post #335
alok-g wrote: post #303

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Genuinely asking -- How about the camera? I keep hearing that camera is much better on 17 pro than 17 base. The OP article keeps saying camera on 17e is 'stunning', but again, I am waiting to find out how it compares with 17 pro.

I had an Air with the same camera system as the 17e, I believe. Coming from a 15 Pro Max, it was perfectly serviceable if you were happy with the limited zoom options and lack of wide angle shots. I never realized how much I used those two features, so, regrettably had to go back to the chunky 17 Pro Max. Maybe one day…

Wide angle is rarely used by me except it’s pretty good macro capabilities. It is better than your eyes.

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by pinnochio »

nomilk wrote: post #170
mattnewton wrote: post #152

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If the task can’t be done in a few taps I feel I’m better off opening a laptop anyways. However the market agrees with you so I must be missing something. I used to think it was driven by media consumption on phones, and that I try to avoid, but this isn’t the first time I have heard people tout phone productivity gains from a slightly larger screen.

> I must be missing something I wouldn't assume that. The expression 'fat fingers' concerns the phenomena where users (including myself) lack the eyesight and finer motor skills required to type accurately on a small keyboard, so a slightly larger display makes all the difference. Perhaps you simply have those fine motor skills (and good eye sight) so a larger device isn't necessary to prevent typos and remain produc…

I was able to thumb type at high speed and accuracy on the 3.5 inch iPhones. On modern iPhones, I produce more typos than ever, because apparently Apple thinks it knows which key I meant to hit better than I do, even with all the autocorrect and suggestions turned off.

I've banned social and don't use my phone much anymore, so it's less of an issue than it used to be, but it's really frustrating when I'm clearly hitting the right key and it insists on pretending I hit an adjacent key.

Re: iPhone 17e

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Post by mdtrooper »

_-_-__-_-_- wrote: post #213

give me a monochrome e paper android device, metal case, small like the 12 mini, week long battery life. k thanks bye

Some years ago a chinese company released a phone with 2 screens, one typical mobile screen and other side a e-paper screen. But I don't remember what happened, but unfortunately this idea didn't succeed.
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