cybershot
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You'll get used it very quickly and will become second nature. It's when you pick one up that does have a home button that you then get all flustered as you very quickly suddenly forget how to use the home button.
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You'll get used it very quickly and will become second nature. It's when you pick one up that does have a home button that you then get all flustered as you very quickly suddenly forget how to use the home button.
FridgeMagnet
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Yeah, this stuff is not a big deal really. What I do think is a step backwards is having to swipe down from the top right to get the control panel - I used to use it a _lot_ swiping up from the bottom to get to the camera, because I could do it and hit the icon with just my right thumb from a normal hold position. Now I have to change grip or use both hands. If you're going to make such a big deal about the camera maybe make it easier to access from anywhere? But I expect it won't matter much in practice.
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Meanwhile at google
WSJ News Exclusive | Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
Get a chromebook, get a chromebook etc
WSJ News Exclusive | Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
Get a chromebook, get a chromebook etc
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hiraethified
Good advice. But how is this related to a Chromebook, exactly?
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hiraethified
Right, gotcha. And Apple are just splendid.
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hiraethified
So are you just going to randomly list 'unsavoury' corporations? You'll have a lot to go through.
FridgeMagnet
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Oi, get your google off my "I've got a fancy new phone" thread 
Further observations:
- Minecraft runs really well on it.
- The battery seems to be lasting longer than I expect on average.
- the superwide camera really is super wide and probably mostly useful for GoPro-style video, but could be handy for some crowd shots at protests where I am about six inches away from everyone. I would like something like the Panasonic 7-14mm there but that's also money.
Further observations:
- Minecraft runs really well on it.
- The battery seems to be lasting longer than I expect on average.
- the superwide camera really is super wide and probably mostly useful for GoPro-style video, but could be handy for some crowd shots at protests where I am about six inches away from everyone. I would like something like the Panasonic 7-14mm there but that's also money.
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hiraethified
They're about equally as terrible as Apple and the rest of the big technology giants, but at least Chromebooks/Android bring true affordable computing to the masses and they provide class-leading services (Maps/GMail/Docs etc) for free, rather than forcing people to pay a fat profit-scooping premium for Apple's over-priced elitist goods and services.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Being free of course, because of all the data about you Google flog to advertising companies...
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hiraethified
It's quite possible to use a lot of their services without handing over personal data. Apple have never provided me with any free service, ever, and what ones they offer are usually worse than Google's despite their obscene profits and wealth. And then there's that utterly shameful record on giving back fuck all for years. So are Google cunts? Yes. Are Apple cunts? Most certainly too. They're the greediest cunts in the world.Being free of course, because of all the data about you Google flog to advertising companies...
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Supine
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Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Swipe left from lock screen to open camera. No need to go via control panel.
FridgeMagnet
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I'm not normally on the lock screen when I have my phone out, though. (I did see there was a camera button on it now - don't remember that being on the 6S.)
I'm just going to put the camera app on the bottom row of my home screen so that I can hit it with my thumb easily. One swipe and a tap from anywhere.
FridgeMagnet
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So I've been using the camera a bit, including today when I was at a protest, and I think
1. The triple lenses are definitely handy, mostly the normal vs tele ones (the super wide is so wide it's not much use unless you are literally in the middle of a crowd, but that does happen sometimes). In the past I have often wished that I had more of a zoom and digital zoom/cropping on phones does not give nice results.
2. It's still a phone camera though. It may be a good phone camera but it will always be limited by the sensor size; it's obvious that these are pics I took on my phone. I've always been sceptical of - or just outright sarcastic about - the "who needs a dedicated camera phones can do it all now" crowd and I see nothing to challenge that here. I'm not knocking phone photography but anyone buying this specifically for the camera(s) should realise that for a couple of hundred quid they could get a pocket sized camera that has a real zoom (or interchangeable lenses) and takes wayyyy better pictures, and that the image quality from the new phone is not going to be sock-blowing-offly better compared to their old phone.
1. The triple lenses are definitely handy, mostly the normal vs tele ones (the super wide is so wide it's not much use unless you are literally in the middle of a crowd, but that does happen sometimes). In the past I have often wished that I had more of a zoom and digital zoom/cropping on phones does not give nice results.
2. It's still a phone camera though. It may be a good phone camera but it will always be limited by the sensor size; it's obvious that these are pics I took on my phone. I've always been sceptical of - or just outright sarcastic about - the "who needs a dedicated camera phones can do it all now" crowd and I see nothing to challenge that here. I'm not knocking phone photography but anyone buying this specifically for the camera(s) should realise that for a couple of hundred quid they could get a pocket sized camera that has a real zoom (or interchangeable lenses) and takes wayyyy better pictures, and that the image quality from the new phone is not going to be sock-blowing-offly better compared to their old phone.
What colour did you choose tho?
FridgeMagnet
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Space grey, it's always in stock. I don't really care though because I always put a case on them.
My girlfriend bought my iPhone (Xs Max) for me as a gift, which was very nice of her but she chose the gold colour and got me a transparent back case which is a bit girly for my liking. Shouldn’t really complain tho.
FridgeMagnet
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My last phone, which I got on insurance, was "rose gold" which is shiny pink and I thought it was awesome. I actually wanted a transparent case for it but could only find black ones because it was such an old model.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
You should put stickers on it.
skyscraper101
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skyscraper101
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Apparently Apple are working on satellite tech to bypass the networks and provide a direct data service to their devices.
Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites to Beam Data to Devices
Apple Has Secret Team Working on Satellites to Beam Data to Devices
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Seems unlikely unless they are planning on working with Space X or similar. They aren't going to build their own saterlite network.
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