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Post by nsteel »

jonpurdy wrote: post #321
walterbell wrote: post #297

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iPad Mini cellular is data-only. PSTN calls and SMS require a VOIP client or separate dumbphone. E2EE audio/video are available in several messaging apps, including FaceTime, making good use of the larger screen. TouchID is good for fast and reliable unlock.

I've been using data-only SIMs (and now eSIMS) since 2015. Bria voip client with voip.ms providing DIDs. Works wonderfully well and I can highly recommend going voip-only if you can. The thing holding me back from going iPad Mini instead of iPhone was Apple Watch needs the iPhone (for some reason you can't use an iPad or Mac). Not an issue anymore. But now I rely on the amazing 16 Pro camera (with Halide shooting RAW…

Does voip.ms work with 2FA services e.g. those used by banks? I have heard it doesn't and that's a dealbreaker for me.

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Post by blahgeek »

imposter wrote: post #377

I find it hilarious that Apple is selling the new iphones with AI features that only works on the new devices because they apparently don't require the cloud, and instead run locally. Apple's logic:- saving private photos on the cloud is good for privacy, while doing AI computation on the cloud is somehow bad for it ?

The logic is sound. Storage can be end-to-end encrypted, but it cannot be used for computation.

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Post by hbs18 »

lukev wrote: post #311
theshackleford wrote: post #303

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> There is absolutely no way I'd buy a phone as gigantic as a Max. It's not gigantic for everyone to be fair. I'm 6′1″ with largish hands I suppose and the Max is a single hand device for me. Small devices look comical in my hands. I was one of those very well served by Apple starting to make larger devices, and it's when I shifted over from Android full time to iOS devices. (I was very fond of the early generation G…

I dunno, I'm 6'2" with corresponding hand size and I'm in the "won't go larger than a 13 mini" camp. I think preference probably plays a bigger role than size. I see a lot of tiny people manhandling pros and maxes too.

I'm 5'8" and have no problem at all using a Max one-handed (provided it's not in a case). Is it difficult for you to shift the grip on your phone while you're holding it?

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Post by corobo »

browningstreet wrote: post #220
MichaelZuo wrote: post #201

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I’d be surprised if thumb rejection/palm rejection isn’t close to perfect by iPadOS 18.

I’m forever triggering the camera app, while locking the device, on my iPhone 15 pro max. Every day, regularly.

I'm always managing to tap the top of the phone resulting in either

- opening some app that recently used location services

Or worse

- making whatever app I'm in jump to the top of its page with no way to get back to where I was short of doing a load of scrolling

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Post by CubsFan1060 »

ratedgene wrote: post #232

I'm curious about users who do use something similar. I have an iPad pro, but I find either a notebook and pen, or butcher paper and pen to be far superior for capturing anything. Can someone tell me how they're increasing their creative productivity with these outside of making illustrations? I have a ton of ideas that I organize and illustrate, but I can't give up my pen/paper as I haven't found the killer combo ye…

Using Goodnotes (because it has pretty good search) and https://shop.astropad.com/products/rock-paper-pencil, made it a much more enjoyable experience for me.

Of course, I'm also pretty bad at taking notes in general, so I don't use it nearly as much as I should.

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Post by nimar »

kmeisthax wrote: post #153
marbletiles wrote: post #7

The mini is the absolute sweet spot for me - enough portability that I don’t mind the many restrictions of iPad OS. But the A-line chips and low-quality screen are problems, and not being able to properly dock it at a monitor is a real hinderance. None of those are addressed here, unfortunately.

If you meant "not having Stage Manager", I'm genuinely surprised the A18 Pro wasn't considered powerful enough to run it, given that it outperforms the M1 that was. The only thing I could think of is that Apple thinks the smaller screen is too small for Stage Manager. I still think they should support it anyway, even if only for three apps at a time on the primary display. iPadOS is weirdly bifurcated into two differ…

check out: https://github.com/straight-tamago/misakaX

it allows you to enable stage manager on an ipad mini without problems and without needing to jailbreak or similar :). the only gotcha is, that the ipad mini doesn't support more than 1080p output, therefore, if you connect a 4k screen it will remain blank.

would love to know if the ipad mini 7 now supports 4k - would actually be a meaningful upgrade then.

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Post by cujo »

L3viathan wrote: post #395
cujo wrote: post #383

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i think the problem isn't the phone number, but the special hardware/vendor lock in that is required for it. if you travel a lot or live in a country where it is just easy to cross borders as a part of life, it quickly becomes obvious that being tethered to a regional provider for your phone number is a problem. you end up paying ridiculous roaming fees to keep your number active in the other country, or you lose any…

> if you [] live in a country where it is just easy to cross borders as a part of life, [] providers still charging ridiculous fees What places other than the EU does the "easy to cross borders as a part of life" apply to?

why does it matter? but to answer: literally near any bordering country.

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Post by bradfa »

Syonyk wrote: post #347
bradfa wrote: post #165

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Do any of these Android Go phones have semi decent cameras? That’s a big holdup for many people.

https://www.sevarg.net/2023/12/30/more-flip-phone-sonim-xp3-... has some sample images from mine - it's an 8MP camera. Not amazing, but also not a 2MP potato.

Thanks! That's exactly the kind of info I was looking for! :)

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Post by janandonly »

metadat wrote: post #182

Why is the bezel so thick? A 1-2cm bezel around the entire "mini" device seems a bit odd, given that the iPad Mini is a relatively tiny device and phones these days come with a 1-2mm bezel (10x less useless border). Is it a cost saving measure / sneaky margin increaser, or what might be the motivation? Edit: Touch interference is a good idea. Still, from the picture, it looks like the bezel could be half as thick and…

I recently purchased the M1 iPad Air and was also shocked that the bezel was a lot thicker than my much older IPad Air 2.

I don’t know why we put up with this regression in technology.

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