Spyke
lemmy.world

Make it in the mini form factor and use physical SIMs and I will buy two.

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atyazreply
reddthat.com

I thought they were super convenient until I had to repair my phone and apple deleted my old sims because they thought there was a physical sim (there's wasn't). So I have to go to the agency for the sims I lost. One of them is in another country. So I won't be able to get that until I go there again.

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djsaskdjareply
endlesstalk.org

I think the confusion stems from eSIMS being very convenient for Americans, but not true for every other country.

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They’re pretty convenient everywhere. Check out the Airalo esim app. You can get one for pretty much anywhere in the world.

I also switched my local provider to esim because it means the sim can’t be removed from the phone if lost or stolen to take it offline. I guess they could keep it wrapped in tinfoil but that’s probably more than the average street rat knows.

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ZyQoreply
lemmy.world

The mini seems useless, how so you even watch content on a screen that small?

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Altoreply
kbin.social

Not everyone is glued to their phone 24/7

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ZyQoreply
lemmy.world

That is true. But having such a powerful computer using it for calls and texts seems unnecessary. No need getting such an expensive phone for that.

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Who are you to say what people need their phones for?

You don’t need a good phone to watch videos at all, so I’m not even sure why that’s the example you chose to fight about.

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lemmy.world

I take pictures. I use apps. I listen to podcasts. If I want to watch something I typically use my TV , laptop, or iPad. But I don’t want a monstrosity in my pocket. Insert penis size joke here

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I don’t get what you are saying. I use it for loads of stuff and have never found the size a problem.

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Or they're like multiple people in my family that will get a phone, use it for 5-6 years, and this just happens to be when they're deciding to upgrade.

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It’s the perfect size for me. It actually fits in my pocket and it’s not my primary device for watching video.

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SatyrSackreply
lemmy.one

The first several iPhone models were even smaller. I say this as someone who misses my last 16:9 6" phone: 5.4" is definitely not useless.

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Well I too had the first iPhone just a few weeks after launch and the 4 before switch to various androids and now back to iPhone.

Watching content back then wasn’t as widespread as today so in that sense it’s quite useless imo. Watching a 1080/4k on YouTube or watching a show on Netflix/Apple TV+ on such a small form factor seems like an annoyance.

Besides, my phone is what I use for 95% of my computing needs. Banking, identification.

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programming.dev

Yeah they said the similar things about the current SE before. 12 mini would be the next best SE, but let’s see if it pans out that way.

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For sure. If this phone were to come out I'd immediately regret getting the base 15.

Just want USB-C and iOS, dog.

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Wish the TouchID rumors were true; I have the iPad Air M1 with the side TouchID button and it works amazingly.

I wish Apple would bring it to their phones, but they really seem to like FaceID for some reason.

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I got excited about that headline until I thought about how big it’s probably going to be. I’ll keep my XS and will switch to a 13 Mini when needed.

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kbin.social

Didnt we already have iphone 4SE long ago?

This some modern warfare 2 shit

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