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You said "better", not "available"
Post #420,447
by
drook
9/20/17 11:22:10 AM
9/20/17 11:22:10 AM
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You said "better", not "available"
I'll conceded, though, that "available" is a pretty valuable feature.
--
Drew
New Pixel phones on October 4.
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Another Scott
)
- (47)
- Sept. 14, 2017, 08:51:58 AM EDT
I've seen some amusing butthurt from Fandroids about the TRRS jack
- (
malraux
)
- (46)
- Sept. 14, 2017, 10:30:27 AM EDT
I have a different theory
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pwhysall
)
- (45)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 11:06:07 AM EDT
The Essential apparently has a solution to this problem.
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Another Scott
)
- (31)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 11:33:31 AM EDT
This "thinness über alles!" meme that's infected every IT hardware designer's brain is such utter BS
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CRConrad
)
- (14)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:48:38 AM EDT
Yeahbut...
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Another Scott
)
- (5)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:08:46 AM EDT
But, a sharp-edged 1.83kg laptop vs a 2.02 kg rounder one is a wash... Or a win for the heavier one.
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CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:00:19 AM EDT
Heh.
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pwhysall
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:01:30 AM EDT
Re: Yeahbut...
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pwhysall
)
- (2)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:56:48 AM EDT
Boy, you don't understand Mac users
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drook
)
- (1)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:07:50 AM EDT
Such cynicism in one so...
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pwhysall
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:08:21 AM EDT
I beat you to that one (IOW Yes, that exactly)
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drook
)
- (7)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:49:52 AM EDT
Yeah, but I *thought* of it long before that.
-NT
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CRConrad
)
- (6)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:50:16 AM EDT
Did you think of it before smartphones?
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drook
)
- (5)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 09:46:05 AM EDT
Razr?
- (
malraux
)
- (3)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:29:48 AM EDT
J loved her StarTac flip phone.
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:41:24 AM EDT
Yup, Razr
- (
drook
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:10:38 AM EDT
I had a keychain phone
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crazy
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:24:55 PM EDT
Motorola RAZR, 2003.
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pwhysall
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 10:58:06 AM EDT
Re: The Essential apparently has a solution to this problem.
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pwhysall
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- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:06:45 AM EDT
Geez, I just noticed this
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drook
)
- (14)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:12:47 AM EDT
Heh.
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Another Scott
)
- (13)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 11:45:33 AM EDT
Too true!
- (
drook
)
- (12)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 01:11:43 PM EDT
Evolution didn't "design" the headphone jack...
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Another Scott
)
- (11)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 01:29:59 PM EDT
Apple patent blocked Magsafe-like connectors for years
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drook
)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:01:31 PM EDT
*Good* reasons? Do tell.
-NT
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pwhysall
)
- (8)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 03:53:24 PM EDT
Heh. You know the reasons.
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Another Scott
)
- (7)
- Sept. 19, 2017, 04:28:28 PM EDT
No, I don't.
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pwhysall
)
- (6)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 02:50:05 AM EDT
Licensing aside, something like Magsafe
- (
drook
)
- (2)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 07:45:40 AM EDT
Yeah, but that's not a thing, is it?
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pwhysall
)
- (1)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 08:53:13 AM EDT
You said "better", not "available"
- (
drook
)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:22:10 AM EDT
We won't be using 3.5 mm jacks in 50 years.
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Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:20:21 AM EDT
Micro-USB is a bad comparison
- (
drook
)
- (1)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 11:34:18 AM EDT
Everything in that post is a bad comparison
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pwhysall
)
- Sept. 20, 2017, 01:03:04 PM EDT
Will second the snark re phrase, "good reasons" ;^>
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Ashton
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- Sept. 20, 2017, 05:56:02 AM EDT
Waterproofing would have made the jack even bigger.
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malraux
)
- (12)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 12:15:15 PM EDT
You must not run
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drook
)
- (11)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 12:54:16 PM EDT
Nope.
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malraux
)
- (7)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 01:09:31 PM EDT
Just to make sure I understand ...
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drook
)
- (3)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 01:53:02 PM EDT
No.
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malraux
)
- (2)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:18:11 PM EDT
Recommendation != opinion
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drook
)
- (1)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:29:59 PM EDT
In my opinion, the dongle should suffice.
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malraux
)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:31:43 PM EDT
Reviews indicate it's a piece of crap.
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Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 02:39:48 PM EDT
That's another matter for sure.
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malraux
)
- Sept. 15, 2017, 03:19:43 PM EDT
(Un-believably?) that's an Apple Inc. blog and..
- (
Ashton
)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 05:48:33 PM EDT
Here ya go.
- (
Another Scott
)
- (2)
- Sept. 16, 2017, 08:30:10 AM EDT
That's called the "Somali Hands-free" in Finland, if you do it with a phone in stead.
- (
CRConrad
)
- (1)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:14:25 AM EDT
Indeed! Breathing is good.
-NT
- (
Another Scott
)
- Sept. 18, 2017, 08:31:25 AM EDT
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