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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"It's Glowtime" in reference to glowies pwning your software and hardware out-of-the-box. Appropriate. At least they're upfront about it.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Similar comment in the Apple sub didn't get as much love.

An interesting dichotomy of the audience

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yaaaay! My partner and I don’t NEED to, but we’re gonna finally upgrade our six year old iPhones! I just want USB-C, a 120hz screen, and a Terabyte. My partner is on 64 gifs and that is NOT enough for the cat pics we take.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It'll be a lot cheaper to back up your cat pics to something that doesn't cost $666/TB...

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

That’s fair, but I also take pictures I do not want on the internet. I use encrypted local backups, and I want to keep 100k+ photos on my phone (and hard drives)

Edit: I know you deleted your post but that’s literally all of the things I have said

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So how about a $150 external drive?

Actually, for $150 you could probably make that a 4tb drive

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I have a LOT of hard drives. I just want a ton of storage on my phone as well.

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It seems he just wants to argue but I wouldn’t take cloud storage as an option but at most a backup if the device is ever lost or stolen.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, anyone you disagree with must "just want to argue"...

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Bruh, you’re the one to delete your post.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ok so deleting my posts means I want to argue? This is the logic you're going with?

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren’t you arguing right now? (.❛ᴗ❛ )

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And what is it that you think you're doing, exactly?

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Isn’t this something others should be asking?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also c’mon dude it doesn’t cost me 50USD per TB for an external, what are you even on about?!

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude I didnt say it did. Whatre YOU on about?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You know your deletes are public? Right?

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

Then you know I didn't say it there either...

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am on iPhone X but changed the battery this year instead and will see how it goes.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hell yeah! I’d look into alternative but

  1. We use nothing google

  2. We both have Linux machines and windows machines and don’t wanna fuck with phone software

  3. We have been told many things and never have a convincing reason why one and two would mean we shouldn’t have iPhones

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To be clear, I am on macOS as well along with PC that has both Windows and Pop!_OS for Linux. I follow industry news and this year is supposed to be a ‘S’ year as we just had Titanium to Tetraprism camera last year. I would prefer to skip the likely first generation hardware developments to support Apple Intelligence that would be quickly outpaced by its successor anyway as I grab the top-most model (Pro-Max-Ultra~) and keep it as long as it’s good.

Not at all saying skipping the iPhone for an Android but if mine can handle COD:Mobile (Game) at High Graphics then you’d just need to clear buildup iOS cache by restoring the device from a backup like iTunes if you’re on PC. Camera upgrades is the one am more interested with for my case which would be 48MP sensor for the Ultrawide this year and 48MP for the Telephoto next year to finally have all three camera on the same megapixel count along with the selfie camera getting a 24MP upgrade as well since the iPhone 6 if am not wrong.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If the rumors for the capture button are true it’s pretty neat. Being able to zoom, focus, and snap a picture with the same capacitive button is neat, and would make smartphone camerawork be nearly as easy as digital cameras from twenty five years ago! 😅

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sony has had the dedicated focus/snap button for years but zoom is handled by the volume buttons. I liked that setup, but went away from them earlier this year because their phone keeps overheating in camera mode. That was as of mark IV anyway. I hear the new ones are better but not sure how much.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I never got on the Xperia train cause my buddy had a rough experience with one (long before I went to the dark side and bought an iPhone).

But I did think the camera stuff seemed cool.

One of the few things I truly miss going from my OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition (greatest phone I ever owned, may it rest bricked in peace) to the iPhone is being able to open the camera without waking the phone first. Double tapping the power button to open the camera was great. On iPhone I have to wake the screen and then get to the camera, which is fast but not NEARLY as fast, so I sometimes miss shots I would’ve gotten with an Android phone. This should also fix that (as did the Action button in the iPhone 15, I think, but I don’t have that).

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Loved my experia. Nice square edges, small overall size. Ahead of its time with pretty good photogrammetry built in well before Apple had any.

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

More than the hardware it was the software side of things that caught both Sony and LG along with after-sales support.

[–] joshkrz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Loved the off screen gestures on my OnePlus 6. Just get my phone out, draw a quick circle, and the camera opens.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, as in it's time for more backdoors for the glowies.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Apple's propaganda clowns either too stupid or knows that their real customer are the spooks lol

So why even pretend anymore?

Do you remember that circle jerk with some masshooters phone. Best PR apple ever got and I doubt it was libre 🐸