Why would anyone buy this over a good as new refurb 16 pro with 100% battery and likely few months of Apple care left? Here they can be found for $650 or less
iPhone 17e
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Re: iPhone 17e
#442I wonder if the Small Android Phone project has moved forward since the last time it was posted here: https://smallandroidphone.com
I just signed up on their site and got a mail with the following info:
"To catch you up:
We’ve been hard at work over the summer building out a team and searching the globe for a manufacturer to build our dream phone. It’s been a slow process, but we’re nearing completion and expect to be able to kick off this project very soon.
Once we have a manufacturer locked in, we will be reaching out with a full update on the project and our plan to move forward."
Re: iPhone 17e
#443I wonder if the Small Android Phone project has moved forward since the last time it was posted here: https://smallandroidphone.com
I was hoping for this too, but when I saw that Eric Migicovsky went back to building pebble I lost my hope for it
Re: iPhone 17e
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That’s what I thought when I bought the 16 E, but liquid glass ruined it because the GPU sucks. So buyer beware.
Just disable Liquid Glass (transparency, motion). Better UX and better UI
Does this work, i.e. does this reduce the load on the processor and battery? Did someone measure it?
Re: iPhone 17e
#445Why would anyone buy this over a good as new refurb 16 pro with 100% battery and likely few months of Apple care left? Here they can be found for $650 or less
They will be bought in bulk by businesses. The same for some of the laptops what you might find in a strange place within the lineup.
Re: iPhone 17e
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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…
Quick reality check that - 7" used to be tablet category, e.g the Nexus 7 - anything above 6" would be considered phablet Phones are really just like cars now, size inflation included.
While I agree with the spirit of the thread and dearly love my mini, I think this reasoning doesn’t account for a substantial reduction in bezels: my iPhone 5S had more than a centimetre of black bars above and below its 4" display (altogether it was 5.4" in diagonal), I bet those phablets you mentioned had even bigger bezels and were closer to modern 8.5" phones.
Re: iPhone 17e
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I have large hands but the 13 Mini is roughly the maximum I can use one-handed without doing the weird finger balancing act to shift the phone around. I get why most people like large phones - media consumption - but not everyone is into that. I don't even mind large phones if they're done right. My favorite phone of all time is the BB Passport which you have to use two-handed, but it was actually designed around tha…
Sorry but if that’s the case you definitely don’t have large hands. If you did you’d be able to use the Pro Max one handed and reach everything except the top left corner by swiveling your thumb (Reachability enables you to reach top left corner)
> Reachability enables you to reach top left corner
I thought it goes without saying that poorly made accessibility features don't mean the device is very usable. The existence of that feature by itself is already evidence against that.
Re: iPhone 17e
#448Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just disable Liquid Glass (transparency, motion). Better UX and better UI
Does this work, i.e. does this reduce the load on the processor and battery? Did someone measure it?
I tried it, the effect is unnoticeable and it ruins the UI experience.
But to say that to use a one year old phone I need to disable screen effects on a new OS should be grounds for a lawsuit.
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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.
Funnily, the large display is the most important thing for me. I find my efficiency directly proportional to display size (which holds for laptops too). If a 30 second task can be done in just 20 on a device with a larger display, that's absolutely worth it for me. Also larger device tends to imply longer battery life too.
You could put a sim card in a tablet in that case. Might look a little funny when doing a phone call though.
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You need to be well versed in the attribution for camera disposition. I am too old for that so getting understanding who is the better person is challenging :)
Good news! they've also changed the number of cameras, and added a notch for you.
Thay aren’t making our lives easier are they?