GrayBoltWolf

joined 1 year ago
[–] GrayBoltWolf 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For real, if google didn’t completely screw up messaging every single year it wouldn’t be as big of a deal.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 15 points 1 year ago

Go 1440p/120-144 hz.

Easier to drive, best of both worlds.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 4 points 1 year ago

It’s not mis calibrated - the side they are using is for measuring outer diameter, you flip the calipers over and use the other side to measure inner diameters.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who is going to pay Dell, HP, Acer, etc to install Linux?

Just because MS can throw billions at these OEMs doesn’t make that “Linux’s burden”.

See also Dell & Lenovo sell laptops with Ubuntu.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

So, exactly the same as windows.

Can you even order windows on a CD anymore?

[–] GrayBoltWolf 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI downloads are good for 30 days, not 3.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Battery issues and overheating from the Tensor SoC, which we all know is based on the Exynos (which Samsung stopped using because it was so bad).

On the price:

Top spec models -

Samsung S23 Ultra 1 TB is $1619

iPhone 14 Pro Max 1 TB is $1599

Normal models-

Samsung S23 128 is $799

iPhone 14 128 is $799

How is the iPhone more expensive? At worst it's the same price, and you get more than double the years of software support.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Top class enh?

Must be why the forums and communities are full of people asking about battery drain, reception issues, and software update bugs.

Also what iPhone you buying that’s $1200? You do know samsung has several devices that are more expensive than even the top tier iPhone, right?

[–] GrayBoltWolf 10 points 1 year ago (11 children)

iOS is a majority share, but not by much.

My opinion here might upset some fanboys:

Android is in a sad state right now with only a few big OEMs pushing into the market, and the fragmentation is what’s killing it. The average person doesn’t care about customizing or having a micro SD slot, they just want to text and browse TikTok - so they choose a phone that’s simple and works without headache for years.

On the android side you have really only Samsung, Motorola, and sorta google. Motorola covers a lot of the budget android market, but it’s cheap disposable phones. Samsung covers the whole range, but then you buy into the bloatware and duplicate apps. Then you have google sitting in the corner eating glue, consistently releasing phones with hot SoCs, bad reception, and botched software updates.

For the average person the iPhone makes complete sense as Apple only releases a few phones a year, and for a while now every single one has been relatively issue-free. Customers feel confident that the newest iPhone will be a similar experience, copy all their data over in 5 minutes, and work well for years to come.

So really I wouldn’t say it’s a case of “profitability”, moreso lacking compelling feature to draw in new customers, while continuing to bleed customers to the iPhone because the average person doesn’t want to be bothered with complicated features that aren’t consistent across android OEMs. We’ve seen a lot of Android OEMs leave the US market because of these reasons.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 1 points 1 year ago

Well keep in mind the 14 has the same SoC as the 13, so Apple will probably provide software for the same time since they are essentially the same phone.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I made the switch recently to a 13 mini, just hated how big everything is now.

Personally I’d say just get the regular one and save the money. The Pro is a big cost increase for 120Hz and a third camera, otherwise they do basically all the same stuff. Apple supports both models for 6+ years anyway, so longevity isn’t an issue either way.

[–] GrayBoltWolf 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why did google kill [product]?

Insert anything from the ever-growing google graveyard.

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