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NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003
The best thing to buy is phones aimed at emerging markets since those people don't have $160 to blow on headphones with a non replaceable battery that *will* wear out in 2 years since you are draining the battery every day.
My phone in 2016 still has a user replaceable battery, 2 sims and a SD card. God bless your poverty stricken hearts third worlders, you make sure technology remains somewhat useable.

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NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

revmoo posted:

I'm seriously eyeing the Cat S60 (if they manage to root it) and that thing is like 3/4" thick. Thick is good, gives you something to grip on to. I hate this trend with thin phones and rounded bezels so they slip right out of your hand.

Has a FLIR camera as well.

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

ratbert90 posted:

Yeah, I want a company to go "You know what? gently caress making it slimmer, we made it 1mm thicker and gave you a crazy amount of battery life."

Xiaomi is that company. All the battery, all the features, half the price of a iPhone.
*=may also include spyware infested rom.

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

happyhippy posted:

You can uninstall bloatware.


Unless it is a lenovo. Then it just reinstalls the malware via a UEFI backdoor (not even joking).

NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

ratbert90 posted:

As a embedded engineer: gently caress SD cards forever.

As not a embedded engineer: why do you hate SD cards?

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NihilismNow
Aug 31, 2003

WhyteRyce posted:

Didn't MS just drop WP7 support and refuse to update older phones to 8 and shrugged their shoulders when people complained

Yes they did. And they wonder why people won't buy into their platform anymore (besides the fact they have no loving apps).

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