Waiting for the first pro line phone with both the Apple modem and Apple wifi/BT stack in it. Battery life is always a struggle when the phone gets older.
Why not replace the battery? It's fairly cheap.
iPhone 17e
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#392Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes exactly. RCS exists but unless an iPhone user goes and turns it on it won't work. Which means no one has it turned on.
It's also dependent on the telco supporting it. Australian telcos don't.
RCS compatibility with iMessages relies on the telcos to implement it, particularly for group chats.
iMessages work using SMS 1-to-1, but group chats require the telcos to enable RCS instead of SMS.
Of the 3 telco network operators in Australia, none of them have enabled it.
Re: iPhone 17e
#393give 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.
Russians had that like a decade ago. It’s dead.
Re: iPhone 17e
#394Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
SE 3rd gen here as my daily driver. Small form factor and Touch ID. The perfect iPhone IMO. Not looking forward to having to settle for those comically large phones with Face ID for my next one.
What I don’t like about FaceID is the premature unlocking. If you pass your phone to someone else it can unlock, especially for taking photos. And to allow strangers to make photos is intentional that’s why the camera app doesn’t need an unlock.
Aside from that all the gestures, positions and holding points are annoying. The usage of TouchID is simpler.
Apple could at least fix the security issue by unlocking only after swiping up. FaceID? Isn’t fast enough? Well. Than TouchID is better.
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#395Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
People make fun of me but I'll never skip a chance to complain about how large these phones are. I hate it so much. I have a standard iPhone, not a max, and it causes real pain in my wrist if I use it too much. Was honestly thinking about downgrading to the last SE model even though it's several years out of date.
I have a pet theory about increasing phone sizes
> Screen size is area (x^2) and battery size is volume (x^3). As battery life is a critical feature, a bigger screen supports (a nonlinear) better battery life.
Re: iPhone 17e
#396Earlier quoted context omitted.
People make fun of me but I'll never skip a chance to complain about how large these phones are. I hate it so much. I have a standard iPhone, not a max, and it causes real pain in my wrist if I use it too much. Was honestly thinking about downgrading to the last SE model even though it's several years out of date.
I want to +1 every comment in this thread. Phones are too big now. I don't understand Apple's weird obsessions, first trying to make all the phone so thin you cut your hand holding it, and then making it too big to fit comfortably in your pocket unless you are walking around in camo pants. You know what I would like? When I tap on the search and type the first few letters of an app on my phone, and the app appears, a…
Why do almost all phones have to be in that narrow band of 6.5 to 6.9 inches?
I wish there were more size choices on both ends of the spectrum. While most people prefer more choice below 6", I would like some choice above 7", since I keep my phone in my belly pouch, and never use it one-handed. My current Huawei Mate20X is actually ok at 7.2" (but worse than the Mediapad X1 I had before which at 7" was actually wider) but is way behind on Android updates, and will soon stop running my banking app.
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#397No compact smartphone. Apples MBAs produce just more slight variants of the same phone.
The Google Pixel 10a is superior, same chassis with flat camera. The Pixel 10 doesn’t suffer a camera bump. At least a step in the right direction.
Re: iPhone 17e
#398give me a monochrome e paper android device, metal case, small like the 12 mini, week long battery life. k thanks bye
The Mudita Kompakt, I've been rocking this for 6 months now: https://store.mudita.com/store/mudita-kompakt-global
It's AOSP, not Googled so things like Uber don't work. There's also no app store, but you can sideload F-Droid or Aurora using Mudita software. Case is plastic not rubber though.
Re: iPhone 17e
#399give 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.
YotaPhone. I really wanted to try that but it was way too expensive for a gimmick
Re: iPhone 17e
#400Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
I would pay extra to get an iPhone mini, they could sell it as a “pro” feature. Still holding on to my mini too.