Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
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Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
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Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#2This and also I don't want a tumor on the back of my phone. Can we go back to flat bodies at the expense of camera quality? For some of us phone cameras are really not _that_ important.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#3This and also I don't want a tumor on the back of my phone. Can we go back to flat bodies at the expense of camera quality? For some of us phone cameras are really not _that_ important.
Alternatively, I'll take a thick lens, flush in a thick case, which might then make space for a thicker battery
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#4I want extra performance on my phone because I want to run competitive local AI.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#5With USB-C, surely we are at the point where we can plug our phones into a hub with a couple of monitors attached and get a proper desktop environment?
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#6This and also I don't want a tumor on the back of my phone. Can we go back to flat bodies at the expense of camera quality? For some of us phone cameras are really not _that_ important.
Alternatively, I'll take a thick lens, flush in a thick case, which might then make space for a thicker battery
If you're willing to compromise on your thicker battery, you can just get a case.
My pixel 9 is essentially flat, and the battery life is plenty for a couple of days.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#7With USB-C, surely we are at the point where we can plug our phones into a hub with a couple of monitors attached and get a proper desktop environment?
I can't remember what the project was called, but many years ago I remember seeing a concept for a Linux phone that also doubled as your desktop when plugged into a hub.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Alternatively, I'll take a thick lens, flush in a thick case, which might then make space for a thicker battery
If you're willing to compromise on your thicker battery, you can just get a case. My pixel 9 is essentially flat, and the battery life is plenty for a couple of days.
Their point is about battery life, and that a thicker phone is the compromise they're willing to make. They don't want a thicker phone just for the heck of it.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#9With USB-C, surely we are at the point where we can plug our phones into a hub with a couple of monitors attached and get a proper desktop environment?
I can't remember what the project was called, but many years ago I remember seeing a concept for a Linux phone that also doubled as your desktop when plugged into a hub.
Pinephone used to be able to do that a few years ago when I tried.
Re: Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying for extra performance
#10With USB-C, surely we are at the point where we can plug our phones into a hub with a couple of monitors attached and get a proper desktop environment?
The sad reality is that market forces don’t want this to happen, since it would cannibalize sales of those other devices. It’s much better for manufacturers to make sure a phone can only do “phone stuff” and a PC can only do “PC stuff”, because then you need to buy both devices.