Cadillac had the first electric starter and ignition. Thomas Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter and iron plow. And, of course, Apple gets negative points for the Newton.
Whoosh. "Provides up to 10 HOURS playing time and only need 1.5 HOURS to charge it fully.(NOTE:Please charging Mpow with the equipped charging cable and do not charge for a long time.)" That's butt ugly and it doesn't even support AptX, so it's way worse than an analog connection. I can see why it's good for a Jeep.
"That little adapter that comes free with iphones isn't a big deal. You just plug it in and leave it there."
I hear that the next generation is going to have an innovative new feature where they've engineered a way of actually building the adapter into the phone! Courage and progress.
They're idiots, all. It's not a "headphone jack," it's an analog audio jack. It works with headphones, but having bluetooth headphones doesn't help with connecting a phone to an older car or a stereo. Nor does bluetooth support the quality of a direct connection. BT audio is more complex, costly, and inconvenient. And I'd rather deal with a cord which has to go all the way from my ears to my pocket than have to worry about keeping the non-replaceable batteries in headphones charged (yet more planned obsolescence). A line level analog audio signal is universal - audio is analog, after all.
And the "we traded a jack for more battery life" is pure and simple bullshit. Compare the size of a jack to the size of a cell phone battery, and one can easily understand that the additional volume from removing the jack can add no more than a couple of percent to the battery capacity. "Pei did mention they will include an adapter in the box to allow users to use wired headphone." Guess what? The DAC in that adapter sucks way more battery than the infinitesimal bit gained by removing the jack.
Just make the damn phone thicker, which will allow a real increase in battery size, and also make it easier to hold. And make it a user replaceable battery instead of designed in obsolescence. Finally, no one outside of your marketing department gives a shit about edge-to-edge screens. Notches must die. Bezels make phones easier to hold. Smartphones all basically look the same, with only minor differences. Stop pretending there's any "style" involved, and stop doing stupid stuff like removing functionality so you can pretend there is.
Burgeois implies ownership and carries much more meaning than you claim, especially when used alongside proletariat.
But, OK, Patrician and Plebe. Or, kidding aside, Master and Servant, which conveys the same technical meaning as Master and Slave, without the SJW connotations and maintains the M and S abbreviations.
You don't update SIMs, you get a new one if changing carriers. eSIMs let you sign up for service from carriers who support them. What about MVNOs? How do you switch back and forth to a phone which uses a standard SIM?
Except "X" here is the roman numeral. It's pronounced "iphone ten s." Too bad, because if they'd named it logically, they could have advertised "these go to eleven!"
"Please explain how this is restrictive and increases user lock in?"
You don't know how "SIMs" work. Really?
Right now, I can easily take the SIM out of one phone, plug it into another, and I'm using a different phone. I can switch between iOS and Android or even a feature phone, or between phones from different manufacturers. If traveling, I can buy a prepaid SIM locally and use that in my phone to avoid roaming costs. No need to get the carrier or anyone else involved, and I can do it as often as I want.
Why don't you tell us how that happens with a soldered in "eSIM."
All of the benefits you mention were in regard to dual SIMs, not eSIMs. It will be interesting to see if Apple's dual capability works with Verizon.
"with some countries saying the benefits of autonomous weapons should be explored."
What are these "benefits", and who are these countries?
If it's just robots fighting robots so humans don't die, just do it in virtual cyberspace instead of building and destroying expensive hardware. Of course, either requires that everyone play by a common set of rules, and there are none in war.
There's lots of that. I can vote where my residence is, but own some land elsewhere where we plan to eventually build and retire. I can't vote there, yet have to pay taxes.
I'm not saying I should be able to vote in "overlapping" areas (e.g. federal or state), but I should certainly be able to vote on local municipal stuff, including property millages, where I'm paying tax without representation or vote.
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Cadillac had the first electric starter and ignition. Thomas Jefferson invented the dumbwaiter and iron plow. And, of course, Apple gets negative points for the Newton.
Someone needs to come out with a new phone with a user replaceable battery, and market it as "wireless supercharging."
So, form over function. If you agree, throw your phone away to achieve the ultimate in bezel-less, thin design.
He's saying that speakers aren't driven by analog signals traveling through wires. He's an idiot.
"Spend a few bucks for one of these:"
Whoosh. "Provides up to 10 HOURS playing time and only need 1.5 HOURS to charge it fully.(NOTE:Please charging Mpow with the equipped charging cable and do not charge for a long time.)" That's butt ugly and it doesn't even support AptX, so it's way worse than an analog connection. I can see why it's good for a Jeep.
LOL. You're have that exactly ass backwards.
"That little adapter that comes free with iphones isn't a big deal. You just plug it in and leave it there."
I hear that the next generation is going to have an innovative new feature where they've engineered a way of actually building the adapter into the phone! Courage and progress.
"If you are going to bring up the patriarchy, what about MALE- FEMALE electrical connectors?"
Bring back Token Ring, which had hermaphroditic connectors.
Think of the zombies.
OnePlus is now off the list.
They're idiots, all. It's not a "headphone jack," it's an analog audio jack. It works with headphones, but having bluetooth headphones doesn't help with connecting a phone to an older car or a stereo. Nor does bluetooth support the quality of a direct connection. BT audio is more complex, costly, and inconvenient. And I'd rather deal with a cord which has to go all the way from my ears to my pocket than have to worry about keeping the non-replaceable batteries in headphones charged (yet more planned obsolescence). A line level analog audio signal is universal - audio is analog, after all.
And the "we traded a jack for more battery life" is pure and simple bullshit. Compare the size of a jack to the size of a cell phone battery, and one can easily understand that the additional volume from removing the jack can add no more than a couple of percent to the battery capacity. "Pei did mention they will include an adapter in the box to allow users to use wired headphone." Guess what? The DAC in that adapter sucks way more battery than the infinitesimal bit gained by removing the jack.
Just make the damn phone thicker, which will allow a real increase in battery size, and also make it easier to hold. And make it a user replaceable battery instead of designed in obsolescence. Finally, no one outside of your marketing department gives a shit about edge-to-edge screens. Notches must die. Bezels make phones easier to hold. Smartphones all basically look the same, with only minor differences. Stop pretending there's any "style" involved, and stop doing stupid stuff like removing functionality so you can pretend there is.
It is pronounced "OS ten", no supposition involved. Have you been mispronouncing it?
Burgeois implies ownership and carries much more meaning than you claim, especially when used alongside proletariat.
But, OK, Patrician and Plebe. Or, kidding aside, Master and Servant, which conveys the same technical meaning as Master and Slave, without the SJW connotations and maintains the M and S abbreviations.
I think they should use bourgeois and prole instead.
You didn't answer the question.
You don't update SIMs, you get a new one if changing carriers. eSIMs let you sign up for service from carriers who support them. What about MVNOs? How do you switch back and forth to a phone which uses a standard SIM?
Except "X" here is the roman numeral. It's pronounced "iphone ten s." Too bad, because if they'd named it logically, they could have advertised "these go to eleven!"
"Please explain how this is restrictive and increases user lock in?"
You don't know how "SIMs" work. Really?
Right now, I can easily take the SIM out of one phone, plug it into another, and I'm using a different phone. I can switch between iOS and Android or even a feature phone, or between phones from different manufacturers. If traveling, I can buy a prepaid SIM locally and use that in my phone to avoid roaming costs. No need to get the carrier or anyone else involved, and I can do it as often as I want.
Why don't you tell us how that happens with a soldered in "eSIM."
All of the benefits you mention were in regard to dual SIMs, not eSIMs. It will be interesting to see if Apple's dual capability works with Verizon.
What phone has a notch at the bottom? And, I'd much rather have stereo front facing speakers with a chin and no notch, than an edge-to-edge display.
"It was the first to introduce the now-ubiquitous notch that's influenced the entire mobile industry"
No, the first phone with a notch was the Sharp Aquos S2, followed by the Essential phone. Both before Apple.
Not that introducing that butt-ugly "feature" is worth any sort of bragging rights.
"with some countries saying the benefits of autonomous weapons should be explored."
What are these "benefits", and who are these countries?
If it's just robots fighting robots so humans don't die, just do it in virtual cyberspace instead of building and destroying expensive hardware. Of course, either requires that everyone play by a common set of rules, and there are none in war.
"Facebook should be made to pay for that badwidth"
Best Freudian slip of the day.
"It's when a person doubts their accomplishments and has a fear of being exposed as a fraud."
They used to call that the Peter Principle.
"No taxation without representation"
There's lots of that. I can vote where my residence is, but own some land elsewhere where we plan to eventually build and retire. I can't vote there, yet have to pay taxes.
I'm not saying I should be able to vote in "overlapping" areas (e.g. federal or state), but I should certainly be able to vote on local municipal stuff, including property millages, where I'm paying tax without representation or vote.
"hen the stock hits $4000 as it is expected to do."
That's after the 420:1 reverse split.
" it's not as if space is at a premium on Mars, though, is it?"
Pressure, temperature, and atmosphere controlled space is.
Make Guinness and use nitrous.
(yeah, I know it's a gas mix)