today's phones aren't phones, they are computers with a phone app... i still run a Trac-Phone cause all i need it to do is make phone calls and nothing more
Posted on 02/25/2018 9:08:10 AM PST by Red Badger
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great article - thanks
i believe the replacement cycle is rapidly moving from 24 months to 36 months
The market is and has been saturated for a couple of years.
The flagship phones are basically all alike, and any new models can’t attract new buyers, and old buyers don’t see a need to upgrade.
At $1000 and up for the latest gewgaws I am not surprised the makers haven’t crashed and burned by now..................
It reminds me of Microsoft slopware: every "upgrade" offers functionality that no one wants and almost no one uses, but MS builds it in to make it look like it's really done something worthy of a new release. And half the time you spend more of your day fighting the bloated software than you do using it for its primary purpose.
I get plenty of upgrade offers from AT&T but I am happy with my Samsung 6. It's perfect for me.
Sounds like somebody hired schlocky old Consumer Reports writers from the seventies .
today's phones aren't phones, they are computers with a phone app... i still run a Trac-Phone cause all i need it to do is make phone calls and nothing more
Are you on top of this stuff, Badger?
I used to carry a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, quite small, which I loved, but battery problems ended that.
Now I’ve got the Apple SE, a little bit bigger, but still almost fits in my shirt pocket.
Is anybody making small phones anymore?
This is a problem that is ongoing in tech generally. I like to call it “peak geek crap”.
There is absolutely nothing I need or would even like to do on a computer or phone that I could not do reasonably well 5-10 years ago. There hasn’t been a “killer app” for >10 years, that is, something so good that I’d toss my current hardware out and get new stuff just to run it.
New categories of things (home automation, smart TV’s) are basically self funded and installed spy equipment.
“It reminds me of Microsoft slopware: every “upgrade” offers functionality that no one wants and almost no one uses, but MS builds it in to make it look like it’s really done something worthy of a new release. And half the time you spend more of your day fighting the bloated software than you do using it for its primary purpose.”
The sortware languages and tools themselves are also slow bloatware. In some langages “hello world” is a 200 meg install package. As late as the late 80’s, i could write that for a PC in 20 bytes.
One of the fundamental problems with tech is too many mediocre problem solvers chasing down too few problems.
The Droid Mini is quite small, and a company called Blu makes small phones.
I wonder if there isn’t a market for $0.25 public phones?
The cost of vandalism will break you..................
I keep thinking Apple and Tesla are ripe for a fall. Both depend on cutting edge tech to sell, but what happens when that tech is commoditized? Or worse, when no one cares about the new bells and whistles?
I need to buy a new desktop, both of mine are 8 years old. But they are okay. I can buy a used quad core I7 with 8 gigs for $200. Probably 4 times as fast as what I have.
There needs to be something so you can tell which end is the top and which is the bottom. That phone in the picture looks like it solves that problem.
Next, I don’t want a really thin phone with a really thin battery that does not last all day.
I want a fat phone with a fat battery that lasts for days!
And a ridiculous, impossible-to-use interface that makes more mistakes than a blind monkey typing. And then there's the price ...
I hate cell phones. I really do.
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