ilmagico

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[–] ilmagico 2 points 3 hours ago

You're right, I thought I remembered that article giving actual figures but instead it just handwavily says they didn't sell many.

So, here is one that actually quotes a number, 3% of the whole iPhone lineup: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopular-march-quarter/

And another: https://www.cultofmac.com/news/iphone-13-mini-makes-up-a-tiny-percentage-of-apple-sales

And another, this one says 5% for some reason: https://www.notebookcheck.net/iPhone-13-Mini-sales-continue-to-disappoint-as-rumors-claim-the-iPhone-14-Mini-may-be-axed.593194.0.html

Either way 3% - 5% is a small number for Apple (or Samsung, or...) which might not justify making a small phone, but in absolute numbers, thats actually a lot of people! A smaller manufacturer should definitely be able to profitably fill this niche...

[–] ilmagico 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, sounds like they improved quite a bit, I might consider it, thanks! Still, lack of 5G means not so future proof

[–] ilmagico 4 points 1 day ago

The old jelly pro had a decent modding community, and I definitely was able to unlock the bootloader and root it, though not sure about degoogling.

[–] ilmagico 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is. The screen is smaller, but the actual phone is bigger 🤦‍♂️

[–] ilmagico 3 points 1 day ago

They can just make them a little thicker, but still usable with one hand.

Really, it's not a technical problem, it's a marketing problem (i.e. not enough demand, unfortunately).

[–] ilmagico 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

As a lover of small phones, unfortunately that's the truth. Apple tried a couple years ago with their iPhone mini and sold very few. Still, there should be enough of us that maybe some smaller phone manufacturers could fill this niche.

And maybr make it fully unlocked and repairable, replaceable battery, etc. while they're at it.

[–] ilmagico 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have their old Jelly Pro, awesome tiny phone, replaceable battery, fits easily into any pocket, was my daily driver for a few months, but then again, it's just a bit ... too tiny. Also, battery life sucked, camera quality forget it, speaker not loud enough, low res screen, etc. I'd be curious if they improved on these things with this new version.

Still, one thing is still missing from the specs is 5G support. I mean, 4G is plenty fast, but not very future proof, carriers are starting to shift more towards 5G, 3G is already being phased out, and it's just a matter of time before 4G follows.

[–] ilmagico 6 points 2 days ago

I applaud your optimism, I wish I had any left.

[–] ilmagico 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, here's the official "community maintained" docker repo:

https://github.com/nextcloud/docker

https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud

There's a section about docker compose, I have my own scripts but I believe I derived them from there at some point (my memory is a bit fuzzy). I use the fpm-alpine image, if it matters.

[–] ilmagico 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah, their AIO setup is just bad, the more "traditional" and community supported docker compose files work well, I've been using them for years. They're not perfect, but work well. Nextcloud is not bad per se, but just avoid their AIO docker.

[–] ilmagico 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that is ridiculous. I don't really have a lot of respect for Google already, but this erodes what bit of respect I had left for them.

[–] ilmagico 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, but yeah, Waze is Google. Also, unless it improved a lot lately, I really didn't like it, personally.

On Android, Organic Maps or OsmAnd are pretty good if traffic data is not needed, Magic Earth has "traffic" but it's not accurate and pales compared to gmaps. What else is there? sygic? tom tom? I tried them all a few years ago, they all had some big deal breaker. Maybe I should look at them again.

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