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| eti:
--- Quote from: sokoloff on September 28, 2020, 11:40:52 pm ---My iPhone X is nicer than the iPhone 8 is nicer than the iPhone 6 is nicer than the iPhone 5 is much nicer than the iPhone 3GS that each replaced. When cutting the grass I miss the headphone jack slightly (but have a cheap Bluetooth headset that works well enough). Do I ever wish my phone was slower, thicker, heavier, or had a keyed charging connector? Not for a minute. I'm glad that Apple keeps releasing new models so frequently. That lets me buy a nearly-new phone secondhand for significantly less than the newest model, use an inexpensive mobile provider (ting.com), and still enjoy a good phone experience. --- End quote --- If Apple never released a "better" model, ergo no one ever knew about it, we'd all be contented, and none the wiser. This is a cycle of utter madness, and the difference is some can admit it and some just refuse to. This whole manufactured, highly contrived "upgrade" nonsense is precisely that. No one needs a new phone until the "old" one has worn into the ground. More consumerism "justified" by "reasons" people make up to convince themselves, and others, they "need it" ;D |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: eti on September 29, 2020, 12:45:56 am --- --- Quote from: sokoloff on September 28, 2020, 11:40:52 pm ---My iPhone X is nicer than the iPhone 8 is nicer than the iPhone 6 is nicer than the iPhone 5 is much nicer than the iPhone 3GS that each replaced. When cutting the grass I miss the headphone jack slightly (but have a cheap Bluetooth headset that works well enough). Do I ever wish my phone was slower, thicker, heavier, or had a keyed charging connector? Not for a minute. I'm glad that Apple keeps releasing new models so frequently. That lets me buy a nearly-new phone secondhand for significantly less than the newest model, use an inexpensive mobile provider (ting.com), and still enjoy a good phone experience. --- End quote --- If Apple never released a "better" model, ergo no one ever knew about it, we'd all be contented, and none the wiser. This is a cycle of utter madness, and the difference is some can admit it and some just refuse to. This whole manufactured, highly contrived "upgrade" nonsense is precisely that. No one needs a new phone until the "old" one has worn into the ground. More consumerism "justified" by "reasons" people make up to convince themselves, and others, they "need it" ;D --- End quote --- You mean, like EEs "need" cool test equipment? :D |
| sokoloff:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on September 29, 2020, 12:33:13 am ---ting.com looks incredibly cheap... What happens if you travel outside the USA, though? --- End quote --- (Before March,) I travel a lot for work. ting.com service works outside the US, but is relatively expensive, so I SIM-swap for trips. (That also keeps "clean" the bill to the company and the bill to me.) |
| wraper:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on September 27, 2020, 11:09:15 am --- --- Quote from: ajb on September 19, 2020, 09:36:10 pm ---I don't know about you, but every. single. time. I plug in a rectangular connector I have to look at the connector, look at the socket and see if it's the right way round. Whether it's a micro B, full size A, or DP, or even a ribbon cable. Oftentimes it's in low light or sometimes in a place I can't see. You don't have to be a woo woo visionary to see that if you can solve that problem by designing a connector with 180d symmetry the life-time cumulative ease of use improvement is HUGE. --- End quote --- Reversible micro usb cable https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Cables/USB/63777-U2MCAB-02RR --- End quote --- That micro USB plug is very nice, especially considering that many micro USB sockets have metal backing on a piece holding contacts. USB host will be very thankful for shorting all of its pins. Which in many cases can kill chipset or CPU depending from where USB lines came. |
| David Hess:
--- Quote from: eti on September 28, 2020, 11:34:59 pm --- --- Quote from: David Hess on September 28, 2020, 11:22:55 pm ---I will call thin and raise you "no bezel". So now I cannot hold the phone without covering part of the screen, or even triggering touch, and there is no room at the top and bottom for speakers and microphones so the sound is worse. --- End quote --- But it's "progress" (which, funnily, wasn't even mentioned or even slightly obsessed over until the "command signal" from consumer tech giant HQ was beamed out, via KeyNote, over the years ;D) - show's how easily sold people are! --- End quote --- Part of marketing is creating need where none exists. --- Quote from: sokoloff on September 28, 2020, 11:40:52 pm ---Do I ever wish my phone was slower, thicker, heavier, or had a keyed charging connector? Not for a minute. --- End quote --- Would you trade a smaller iPhone for one with several times the operating time and battery life, better speakers, a better microphone, and better cameras? The opportunity cost of thinner iPhones is worse operating time and battery life, worse speakers, a worse microphone, and worse cameras. |
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