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I just bought a Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro for $550 last week...
Its already their civilization we meatbags are just along for the ride .Very true; before we used to talk to people, now we talk to our phone.
Maybe our phone is smarter than people?
Skynet.Its already their civilization we meatbags are just along for the ride .
It is amazing how much computing power you can get in a tiny package and even at $1,000 it would a be great deal if people used them for 5-10 years.
What kills me are the people that have to upgrade to the latest and greatest every year and then they complain about not having money and that being someone else's fault.
Smart move, Ray.
Its already their civilization we meatbags are just along for the ride .
Smart move, Ray.
I use a Moto G6 and so does my wife. I recommended the G6 to a friend who uses it.
My wife and I don't use our phones heavily. Well, my wife some racks up 250 minutes of talk time in some months. None to a few texts a month. We normally have mobile data turned off. Our monthly Ting bill is between $ 16 and $ 24 for the two lines combined.
I do use my phone for calendar, contacts, music playback, camera and GPS logging. No "adult children" uses though.
Owchy$16 to $24 a month for the two lines combined! You must live in paradise telecommunications best central zone.
Where I live that money doesn't even cover the monthly fees!
Cell phone plans in Canada are the most expensive of planet Earth.
And a smartphone that costs say $1,000 in the USA, here in Canada it's $1,300 before tax (add 12% + activation fees, etc.).
I feel a complete idiot talking to voice operated stuff and would not impose the noise of the reply on the environment. I tried the voice operation stuff in my car about 15 years ago and haven't since. Never even activated the voice control on a phone.Look @ smart TVs now; people talk to them ... to change the channels, know the weather, adjust the sound, tune the image, switch inputs, ...
You don't need a remote anymore...or you can even talk to your phone to change TV channels. People even talk hand-free to other people ... Bluetooth and Real Life (with a mask and 2 meters away).
Agreed. I picked up a used iPhone X a couple years ago for around $600. I'm genuinely hoping to get a minimum of 6 years out of it -- assuming I don't break it or lose it. And if I'm really lucky + Apple keeps support for it (unlikely) maybe I can get 8 years.
You can get the LG V40 for $200. Bought one for my dad a few months ago. I always recommend these as one of the last phones you can get with a real headphone jack. It's a flagship, too.Well, they seem to finally be drying up, but the LG V20 H910 still has a lot going for it even at $170 NIB:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-V20-H91...-B-O-4g-Lte-Unlocked-Smartphone-/282894442140
I am autistic so unnecessary noise has always been a considerable irritation.You're like my Mom...she's not into voice activated searches and commands.
* As for driving, I prefer voicing than typing.
I do sometimes phone somebody from my car but am aware of the studies which show even hands free phone use is about as dangerous as driving whilst a little drunk, so only when really necessary.
My very old iPhone 4 is in the clumsy hands of my mom now and still usable.Agreed. I picked up a used iPhone X a couple years ago for around $600. I'm genuinely hoping to get a minimum of 6 years out of it -- assuming I don't break it or lose it. And if I'm really lucky + Apple keeps support for it (unlikely) maybe I can get 8 years.
I do sometimes phone somebody from my car but am aware of the studies which show even hands free phone use is about as dangerous as driving whilst a little drunk, so only when really necessary.
Lots of modern cars have so many features only accessible by touch screens I think that regulation is probably too late, at least retrospectively. Sensible policy would probably require the whole of the human interface to be signed off for safety by independent tests.A very senior policeman of my acquaintance tells me they are so dangerous to use whilst moving there are moves to limit their use here. Some car designers chose that they may be disabled when the car is moving when they started using them in the early days but on the basis that the consumer is always right, I suppose, this logical design was dropped.
Texting whilst driving is illegal here, as is using the phone hand held.texting while I'm driving
That is the dilemma.Lots of modern cars have so many features only accessible by touch screens I think that regulation is probably too late, at least retrospectively. Sensible policy would probably require the whole of the human interface to be signed off for safety by independent tests.