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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by sz4kerto on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @09:45AM (#11344313)
One of my friend is not particularly well off, to say the least. Until a month or so ago he had been using a HTC Desire that he got for free from somebody. He used email, mapping, alarm clock, calendar, instant messaging. On a 5 year old phone.
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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by merpnderp on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @09:56AM (#11344440)
And he was using an unpatched, unsupported OS, with a myriad of security vulnerabilities, on a phone that offered him no social capital and advertised his poverty. I'm not saying it is right or wrong that someone's phone should stand in as a status symbol, but it does.
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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by 13of40 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @10:08AM (#11344552)
"a phone that offered him no social capital and advertised his poverty"

Wow. So iPhones are basically diamond engagement rings for men? At least you're being honest...

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Re:That awkward moment when Apple mocked good hardware and p... by sigmar on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @10:04AM (#11344507)
That isn't necessarily true. there are cyanogenmod 13 builds for the desire HD on xda
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