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I am so sad that the SE line seems dead. Truly wonderful to be able to hand everything on the phone with one hand and also be able to keep it in a normalsized pocket without much fuss. :-(
If they wouldn't want to dilute their brand, perhaps they call it a jobs-phone?
I want my Touch ID/Home button back. EDIT: Downvotes? Really?
I wanted that ghastly physical vestige gone from the very first day I set sight upon it (when I acquired my first iPhone2G in late 2007). There’s no excuse for wasting real estate on an actual physical switch. As for TouchID I do miss it, but I’m hoping they’ll eventually get their under-screen sci-fi tech working.
I miss tactile keyboards and button on smart devices in general. I enjoyed using them a lot more back in the dumbphone days. Even one of my synths (Yamaha Reface DX) has a uselessly touch-based workflow that steers people away from it, even though it's an amazing synthesizer.
I understand why we made the leap to lose physical keyboards though, don't get me wrong.
As for your Touch ID point - yep, same!
I am so sad that the SE line seems dead. Truly wonderful to be able to hand everything on the phone with one hand and also be able to keep it in a normalsized pocket without much fuss. :-(
There is "reachability", which works better on the iphonex than on the previous ones, however the UI of apps is utter insane, and all the important stuff in in the top, and when doing the reachability gesture in for example instagram, it registers a tap.
My 10 year old MBP17 still works, but it's good that finally there will be a replacement option available. Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk). So please start making bigger MBPs and smaller iPhones!
> Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk). Pretty sure that won't happen. Don't know why, but somebody in control thinks that professional users prefer the slimmest available device over being able to put in a bigger SSD or more RAM when they need to. Better start looking for something else, because the new MBPs are no "replacements" to the one you have.
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Going from an old MBP to one of the new models is shocking. The display is a bit better, but the keyboard feel is not comfortable. It doesn't feel like a keyboard to spend hours in.
It takes a while to get used to, regardless of whether you end up liking it or not. I found it kinda odd to type on for at least a week–those who really can’t stand it just never get used to it.
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It takes a while to get used to, regardless of whether you end up liking it or not. I found it kinda odd to type on for at least a week–those who really can’t stand it just never get used to it.
Although I can't type on my brother's mbp, because the keys either don't work or are stuck, I also had to adjust when going from mb->mba->mbp
My 10 year old MBP17 still works, but it's good that finally there will be a replacement option available. Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk). So please start making bigger MBPs and smaller iPhones!
Either way, I expect the pricing to be astronomical; $8,999 for a 16" MBP wouldn't surprise me much.
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> Hopefully it will have upgradeable parts again (at least RAM and disk). Pretty sure that won't happen. Don't know why, but somebody in control thinks that professional users prefer the slimmest available device over being able to put in a bigger SSD or more RAM when they need to. Better start looking for something else, because the new MBPs are no "replacements" to the one you have.
Just max it out, and it'll last at 5-10 years
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I wanted that ghastly physical vestige gone from the very first day I set sight upon it (when I acquired my first iPhone2G in late 2007). There’s no excuse for wasting real estate on an actual physical switch. As for TouchID I do miss it, but I’m hoping they’ll eventually get their under-screen sci-fi tech working.
My excuse is that it feels nice to press. Simple as that. I miss tactile keyboards and button on smart devices in general. I enjoyed using them a lot more back in the dumbphone days. Even one of my synths (Yamaha Reface DX) has a uselessly touch-based workflow that steers people away from it, even though it's an amazing synthesizer. I understand why we made the leap to lose physical keyboards though, don't get me wro…