A human lifetime, no. The lifetime of a phone being maximum 5-10 years of wear and tear before it's thrown away with a broken screen or faulty USB port.
'when the SOC makers decide to not support that device any longer' - exactly my point about reducing or eliminating binary blobs. e.g. by supporting the reverse engineering efforts of freedreno and nouveau for Snapdragon and Tegra hardware or providing resources to the replicant project. If Google were truly serious about the GPL underpinnings of the Linux kernel, that is.
Lifetime is a long time, I would like to see at least 5 years.
Okay, a slight exaggeration then. But there's little technical reason a 3 year old quad core phone with 2GB RAM and supporting OGLES 3 shouldn't receive OS updates, but is now stuck on 5.1.1.
It depends on the ISP. Cheapest, and not necessarily most reliable for 1TB is around $AU70 not including landline rental on ADSL2+ at about 15Mbps. Then the government, as you've probably read on here, decided to neuter the NBN rollout to 25Mbps, which is hardly worth the effort.;(
(1) I have a 3 year old Nexus 4 that needs charging twice a day. Otherwise a perfectly good phone. Deciding whether to buy one of the replacement battery kits off ebay to crack open the case to extend life by another 18 months. (2) Cyanogenmod says otherwise. No reason not to officially support Marshmallow on Nexus 4 or 'N' on Nexus 5 via AOSP except Google expect you to buy a new phone every 2 years. (3) Of course it is. They decide which hardware their OEM partner puts in a Nexus device. If necessary they could pay Linux kernel developers to write drivers. 4) Radio is still popular in my area, maybe not yours.
Because I don't torrent and I don't have a netflix subscription.
I watch 1/2 hr tv shows a couple of times a week and the occasional movie on catchup through our multi-cultural broadcaster SBS but aside from watching a few youtube clips that's about it.
The NBN hasn't come to my area yet and I'm hoping the incoming Labor govt will builld fibre-to-the-premises and not the 25mbps schmozzle the current government are offering.
I think it's more likely that Mi will start producing the Surface Phone.
Having severed ties with Finland and the Lumia, MS need a manufacturer while Xiaomi are seeking a mainstream market entry into North America, hoping to get a leg up on Chinese rivals Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei.
Understood, I'm just pointing out that laptops are often bound to a cubicle desk all day.
I consulted at a place where 20 odd contractors on a project were each encouraged to BYO laptop. But rather than 'hot desk', they all ended up purchasing dual monitors, full size keyboards and mice. So a small form factor PC like a NUC, Brix or Mac mini would have been better since they never used the internal screens, cramped keyboards or trackpad. (And the workflow didn't (often) involve taking a computer to a meeting room.)
2304x1440 is the native resolution of the direct competitor MB 12".
Can any Apple fans explain why the 12.9" iPad Pro, arguably, is a better computer with a 2732-by-2048 screen, where laptop professionals might benefit from the extra vertical pixels?
Aspect ratios being aspect ratios and all but it seems odd you'd charge significantly more for a computer that didn't have a touchscreen and a detachable keyboard.:)
A former colleague, who was British, explained a backpack was something one might take on a month-long hiking adventure across Spain, while a day pack was something a 3rd of the size for a sightseeing afternoon on the streets of Rome.
Well thankfully, touch wood, I don't have a bad back.
So I bought a 15" Core 2 Duo second hand a while back for $AU50... The biggest problem for me and big laptops was finding a backpack (or 'day-pack' as the Brits call 'em). I went online to the store I'd bought one 8 years ago only to find a dearth of choices in the 15"+ market.
If one is happy with 17-25 litres, stylish brands like Herschel or Crumpler have your bag. Of course then you can't stash tins of cat food and misc groceries on the way home in the same backpack.
Not satisfied, I went to a luggage retailer at the central train station and bought a Chinese knockoff with a 30 litre capacity. It's a hideous bright blue but has discoloured over time!
Smaller and lighter for me is more about being able to lug other stuff around simultaneously.
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Actually my phone cost more than my most recent laptop purchase.
A human lifetime, no. The lifetime of a phone being maximum 5-10 years of wear and tear before it's thrown away with a broken screen or faulty USB port.
'when the SOC makers decide to not support that device any longer' - exactly my point about reducing or eliminating binary blobs. e.g. by supporting the reverse engineering efforts of freedreno and nouveau for Snapdragon and Tegra hardware or providing resources to the replicant project. If Google were truly serious about the GPL underpinnings of the Linux kernel, that is.
Okay, a slight exaggeration then. But there's little technical reason a 3 year old quad core phone with 2GB RAM and supporting OGLES 3 shouldn't receive OS updates, but is now stuck on 5.1.1.
It depends on the ISP. Cheapest, and not necessarily most reliable for 1TB is around $AU70 not including landline rental on ADSL2+ at about 15Mbps. ;(
Then the government, as you've probably read on here, decided to neuter the NBN rollout to 25Mbps, which is hardly worth the effort.
Yes that seems to be the message.
Nevermind that I have 2 laptops in the house that are 7+ years old that run beautifully with a new battery installed in each.
(1) I have a 3 year old Nexus 4 that needs charging twice a day. Otherwise a perfectly good phone. Deciding whether to buy one of the replacement battery kits off ebay to crack open the case to extend life by another 18 months.
(2) Cyanogenmod says otherwise. No reason not to officially support Marshmallow on Nexus 4 or 'N' on Nexus 5 via AOSP except Google expect you to buy a new phone every 2 years.
(3) Of course it is. They decide which hardware their OEM partner puts in a Nexus device. If necessary they could pay Linux kernel developers to write drivers.
4) Radio is still popular in my area, maybe not yours.
1) Replaceable battery
2) Lifetime AOSP support
3) No Binary Blobs
4) FM Radio
5) MicroSD
6) Wireless charging
7) Ara
Well I'm not (currently) writing code, so downloading 10s of gigabytes of github repos isn't an issue either. :)
Because I don't torrent and I don't have a netflix subscription.
I watch 1/2 hr tv shows a couple of times a week and the occasional movie on catchup through our multi-cultural broadcaster SBS but aside from watching a few youtube clips that's about it.
The NBN hasn't come to my area yet and I'm hoping the incoming Labor govt will builld fibre-to-the-premises and not the 25mbps schmozzle the current government are offering.
Sorry, I should have mentioned I'm in Australia, the home of fraudband (NBN).
one *can* pay an additional $20 a month for a terabyte a month.
tethering?
I have ADSL on 50GB a month and there are months I use less than half that.
it might be cheaper just to ditch wired broadband if the price of mobile data comes down.
I think it's more likely that Mi will start producing the Surface Phone.
Having severed ties with Finland and the Lumia, MS need a manufacturer while Xiaomi are seeking a mainstream market entry into North America, hoping to get a leg up on Chinese rivals Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei.
Flop, lol. I'd be very worried if I were a Telstra shareholder.
So you're saying it should be spelled 'Facts' ?
Apple sold their first computer for $666.66
Up to quad, you say.
Um, surely anyone from the US knows Penta-gon means 5 sides.
I'm guessing this innovation was partly in response to supporting WSL, so one can install Ubuntu on an ntfs filesystem.
Understood, I'm just pointing out that laptops are often bound to a cubicle desk all day.
I consulted at a place where 20 odd contractors on a project were each encouraged to BYO laptop. But rather than 'hot desk', they all ended up purchasing dual monitors, full size keyboards and mice. So a small form factor PC like a NUC, Brix or Mac mini would have been better since they never used the internal screens, cramped keyboards or trackpad. (And the workflow didn't (often) involve taking a computer to a meeting room.)
I hate to be that guy that says you're doing it wrong but... :)
Can any Apple fans explain why the 12.9" iPad Pro, arguably, is a better computer with a 2732-by-2048 screen, where laptop professionals might benefit from the extra vertical pixels?
Aspect ratios being aspect ratios and all but it seems odd you'd charge significantly more for a computer that didn't have a touchscreen and a detachable keyboard. :)
And neither was Jobs a programmer, leaving all that to Woz.
Ubuntu *do* have their own Linux distro for phones.
Jolla isn't the Finnish word for 'dinghy' unintentionally.
Hmmm, dunno then.
A former colleague, who was British, explained a backpack was something one might take on a month-long hiking adventure across Spain, while a day pack was something a 3rd of the size for a sightseeing afternoon on the streets of Rome.
Well thankfully, touch wood, I don't have a bad back.
So I bought a 15" Core 2 Duo second hand a while back for $AU50... The biggest problem for me and big laptops was finding a backpack (or 'day-pack' as the Brits call 'em). I went online to the store I'd bought one 8 years ago only to find a dearth of choices in the 15"+ market.
If one is happy with 17-25 litres, stylish brands like Herschel or Crumpler have your bag. Of course then you can't stash tins of cat food and misc groceries on the way home in the same backpack.
Not satisfied, I went to a luggage retailer at the central train station and bought a Chinese knockoff with a 30 litre capacity. It's a hideous bright blue but has discoloured over time!
Smaller and lighter for me is more about being able to lug other stuff around simultaneously.