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Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by throwaheyy »

justintoon wrote: post #134
rpgbr wrote: post #23

I knew I wasn't the only one fond of small, cheap-but-great phones! :) Btw, this is my first post in English. I cover tech here in Brazil for +10 years and run a +9 years old independent, self-sustainable publication written in Portuguese. Now, I decided to give it a shot in another language, despite still feeling uncomfortable with my English. (I hope I haven't misspelled anything!) If you enjoyed this brief iPhone…

You spelled "misspelled" correctly, which earns a point in my book because (in a profound display of irony) a lot of native speakers misspell that one!

Lol at the first time an American tried to correct me on this.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by thenewwazoo »

WelcomeShorty wrote: post #418
whittingtonaaon wrote: post #360

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I use the 13 mini and am satisfied. The battery life is good, which is important… but I actually prefer touchID to faceID. The reason, I guess, is more consistent success and no accidental unlocking. It’s also nice to be able to unlock a phone on your desk without picking it up.

As a motorcyclist I can not even use FaceID with a full face helmet and typing my access phrase is not an option either so I can only use touchID.

At the cost of some potentially reduced security, I've found that my iPhone will unlock while I'm wearing a full-face helmet as long as the chin bar isn't too high on my face, and the "unlock with a mask on" feature is enabled. It's hit or miss, but I usually give it a shot before pulling off a glove to passcode-unlock. It's worth trying again, if you haven't in a while.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by ghaff »

makeitdouble wrote: post #426
ghaff wrote: post #406

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>not going into the Yahoo part of it. Flickr hasn't been owned by Yahoo for a number of years at this point. I've had a paid Flickr account for quite a few years but I admit I don't use it a lot these days. I find Google Maps is in a different category than Photos. I use Photos from time to time for image identification but that's pretty much it. (And there are a lot of alternatives for that these days.)

Flickr is now independent, but it was part of Yahoo for so long I’d guess most people having all their photos in it probably used a Yahoo account. I’ll confess I tried accessing mine after a years long hiatus and it didn’t work (endless password resets) On alternatives, which storage/sync and management service do you see working at the same level as Photos ? I’m genuinely curious and would move if it matches up (Bas…

I use Flickr for a curated subset of my photos but it's honestly been a while since I've uploaded anything.

I have Apple Photos but only what I shoot on my iPhone.

Primarily though I organize and edit photos locally with Lightroom Classic. (And, in addition to local backups, it's backed up by Backblaze along with all my other files.

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Post by babypuncher »

minerva23 wrote: post #280
babypuncher wrote: post #210

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The price is "cheap" because it is low enough that most carriers will give it to you basically for free if you trade in your old phone and/or agree not to switch to a different carrier for 18-24 months.

That’s not free. They’re amortizing the cost of the phone into the service fees. Even budget carriers do this. Google Fi charges $450 for the 6a or $240 if you agree to two years. Their cheapest lines are $15/mo, which is $360 over two years, so you can see how they can offer the $210 discount.

It is functionally free if you were going to pay for the same service from the same carrier for that period of time anyways.

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Post by shp0ngle »

easton wrote: post #352
shp0ngle wrote: post #300

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I love my 13 mini, but the battery is really bad. It’s really noticeable, especially coming from XR.

I know this is all anecdotal, but my 13 mini lasts consistently longer than my 8 ever did and I’m super happy with the battery. I’ve never had it not make it through a day, even when GPS and brightness is cranked with the Disney World app (which is why I had to carry a battery with my 8 when I went there). Makes me wonder how long the Xr battery would last with my workload.

Well, XR regularly lasted about 2 days for me. I didn’t have to think about charging almost at all.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by Lio »

I think this article sums things up nicely.

The SE is a very right design.

I think it’s its soft edges that I really like.

I’d be happy if they could swap the lightning for USB-c and squeeze in a slightly larger screen but even if they can’t I’d be happy if they just kept roughly as is.

The SE is dull and boring in all the most wonderful ways. It’s the phone you buy if you don’t want to talk to people about phones.

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Post by sgjohnson »

elxr wrote: post #394
madeofpalk wrote: post #374

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The statement is correct. The iPhone SE is Apple's entry model, low cost iPhone. Absolutely, in the whole market it would probably be a mid-range smartphone.

I agree with most of what you said. But the way "low" cost (not "lower" cost, which is the wording I'd use) is used to describe a $430 phone with these specs is a little disingenuous to me. Maybe it's not that this thing is cheap, but that spending $800+ on phones for the average person is absolutely ridiculous. It bothers me that Apple has so much mindshare among the public that people only judge their phones/device…

> It bothers me that Apple has so much mindshare among the public that people only judge their phones/devices in comparison to Apple devices, while ignoring any non-Apple options.

There’s actually a lot of hidden cost to switching platforms. For me there are 2:

1. I hate Google more than I hate Apple (irrelevant for most people)

2. I’m balls deep in Apple’s ecosystem. Never mind the hardware. All paid apps? Gone. All in-app purchases? Gone. Everything you’ve bought on iTunes store? Difficult to access.

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by dnissley »

notRobot wrote: post #2

I would pay a decent chunk of money for an iPhone SE clone that runs Android. I'm so tired of big phones. I can't do this anymore. Past discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31411191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30405011

An independent effort to fund the development of such a phone is being organized at https://smallandroidphone.com/

Re: The Best iPhone

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Post by WelcomeShorty »

thenewwazoo wrote: post #433
WelcomeShorty wrote: post #418

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As a motorcyclist I can not even use FaceID with a full face helmet and typing my access phrase is not an option either so I can only use touchID.

At the cost of some potentially reduced security, I've found that my iPhone will unlock while I'm wearing a full-face helmet as long as the chin bar isn't too high on my face, and the "unlock with a mask on" feature is enabled. It's hit or miss, but I usually give it a shot before pulling off a glove to passcode-unlock. It's worth trying again, if you haven't in a while.

Thanks, will give the "unlock with a mask on" feature a shot.
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