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Is the iPhone SE the 'Best Minimalist Phone' Right Now? (theverge.com)
With Apple offering a clearance sale on the iPhone SE earlier this week, The Verge's Nick Statt decided that it was "the appropriate moment to hop on the backup phone bandwagon" and pick one up. He writes: I've always appreciated the classic 5S design, with its overtly rounded corners and its sturdy, not-so-delicate dimensions. It never felt like it really required a case, and its smaller screen and more comfortable, one-handed use is something I've thought far too much about as I've ferried around an iPhone X and now an XS over the past year and a half. Plus, it's got a headphone jack. Would you agree that the iPhone SE is "the best minimalist phone right now," or do you think that title belongs to a different device? Why or why not?
For other definitions of 'minimalist'.
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Charge it about twice a month. Used it to crack open pistachios that weren't precracked enough. Still available used and for use on the Sprint network (or Ting). Costs about ~$15-20/month.
Has some nice headset options as well, plus bluetooth.
In Europe I know they get a lot of other fancy feature phones. You can get the Nokia 3310, but not sure about the frequencies compared with the US.
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Minimal choice? Minimal features? Minimal specs?
Very minimal. Except the price, you can still get more phone for less money elsewhere, but that's Apple for you.
You can argue about whether it is minimalist however being vendor locked has nothing to do with the word "minimalist".
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Define "program". Like all smartphones you can develop for it if you choose. You'll need a Mac whereas with an Android you'll need a Mac or PC
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
The best “backup phone” is the one you shoved into a drawer right after you purchased your current phone.
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Isn't the SE/30 supposed to be better?
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That would be the Meizu Zero or maybe the Vivo Apex 2019. Apple's courage doesn't yet extend so far as to go wireless charging only (no need for a USB port), remove all all the buttons, *and* go eSIM-only so they can dump the SIM card tray! I expect Apple with be copying (and patenting) these "innovations" and making them their own soon enough though, so hardly surprising the SE's sold out so fast.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
A smartphone cannot be a "minimalist" phone, as that term defines a phone that only makes phone calls. This is all Apple marketing.
You want a minimalist phone? You can't handle minimalist phone! The truth is if you are going for a smartphone then it's not minimalist at all. Something like this is what you should be looking for: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g...
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The Verge's Nick Statt decided that it was "the appropriate moment to hop on the backup phone bandwagon"
Sounds like he first decided to make up said "bandwagon". Then will come the "backup to your backup phone" bandwagon. The only part I can't figure out is why the phone industry would promote such a concept... oh well, I'm sure it'll come to me if I think about it long enough.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
If you want a "backup phone", your best bet is still a cheap burner you can buy at a gas station. The main benefit is that you can have the very satisfying experience of breaking it and then throwing it into a trash can or out the car window to throw the bad guys off your scent like they do on the TV. And you are very unlikely to get any robocalls on it.
The last phone I'd ever use for a backup is an Apple phone. Also, how funny is it that the iPhone model that is being celebrated by nerds is the one that is least like their current flagship models?
You are welcome on my lawn.
Barring that - off to Android. Although I will miss iMessage and FaceTime, audio jack and form factor override those priorities. (I could always learn to like WhatsApp).
Well guess what? You'll probably get your headphone jack, but any Android phone that isn't an outdated wad of shit is going to have at least a 5" display. Even the Xperia XZ2 Compact sports a 5" screen. The closest thing to a "small" flagship is now the iPhone 8, which is already a generation behind.
The entire mobile phone industry has given the middle finger to anyone who doesn't want what was, in fairly recent history, referred to as a "phablet".
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