Will the battery be easily replaceable?
Essential Products – Andy Rubin’s new hardware company
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#62It doesn't seem premium Android phones have something spectacular to differentiate. Sure, you can spice up the camera, make the body more glossy, and add a beautiful screen. But the software is just another commodity that would be available for 1/3rd the price. That's why Google Pixel would always feel exorbitant even when the price is almost close to Apple iPhone. Seeing Essential's price tag, I have the same visceral feeling: "$750 for an Android Phone...? What?".
Here's where Apple eats the larger pie: the exclusivity of its experience that can only came at a price. In the past, the naive me used to think why Apple doesn't try to dent Microsoft's 95% desktop market with its excellent OS. Now I understand why that'd never happen: you can't be premium in people's eyes unless you create a brand of exclusiveness.
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#63Seems like a great idea in a space that needs more competition. Apple has a monopoly on designing complete user experiences using technology and I'm tired of it. Can't wait to see where this takes us.
Wow what? A space that needs more competition? Android phones???
The high-end smartphone market is dominated by Apple, with Samsung a very distant second.
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#64All I want is the best processor, most ram, micro sd, replaceable battery and root. Why can't anyone deliver this? I'm here cracking a v20 when I could be happier.
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#65It doesn't seem premium Android phones have something spectacular to differentiate. Sure, you can spice up the camera, make the body more glossy, and add a beautiful screen. But the software is just another commodity that would be available for 1/3rd the price. That's why Google Pixel would always feel exorbitant even when the price is almost close to Apple iPhone. Seeing Essential's price tag, I have the same viscer…
I just want a phone that:
- Lasts a full day
- Looks nice
That's all.
Currently I can buy various 8mm phones with various bad-to-OK cases.
Give me a beautiful 16mm phone and software updates and I'll give you my 700 bucks.
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#66> Your phone is your personal property. It’s a public expression of who you are and what you stand for. Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate.
It's also not really our personal property when we can't use and repair it at will.
That's why I'm considering the Fairphone 2 as my next phone.
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#67> Your phone is your personal property. It’s a public expression of who you are and what you stand for. Just no. It's just a tool that I use to communicate.
Too much mission for a device.
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#68All I want is the best processor, most ram, micro sd, replaceable battery and root. Why can't anyone deliver this? I'm here cracking a v20 when I could be happier.
Because more people want to consume DRM content than who want root.
Not saying this is good or bad, it just is.
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#69"My software engineers wanted me to talk about our vision for making all devices, even those we don't make ourselves, play well together."
This sounds really interesting to me, but I can't find anymore information about what that means. Does anybody know?
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Website seemed quite functional for me on my galaxy 7. What were your gripes?
(a) It is one of the worst abuses of parallax scrolling. Everything is moving about in a chaotic, flickering fashion with far too many sections. And you have text blocks always covering the images. (b) It is showing four products on the one page. Four. And seemingly jumping between them. (c) Almost all of the text is very hard to read. It's light grey on dark grey. Dark grey on light grey. (d) It doesn't even render…
Absolutely no offense, I want to see the works of people who does this kind of comments all the time. I mean, I'm really curious what they are doing. I liked the the design of this website, but when I saw your comments it made sense, but still, I want to see what do you like or did.