Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by gambiting on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:38AM
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The biggest issue I have with buying a new phone is getting fewer features(!!!). I have a OnePlus 5T and that's the last OnePlus to have a headphone jack. There's nothing that I can "upgrade" to without losing that feature(from OnePlus). And the performance of the 5T is more than enough, so there's literally no reason to upgrade.
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by Tepix on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:20AM
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Why not just use a small, cheap headphone adapter (or several)?
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by gambiting on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:15AM
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Because my use case for headphones very frequently coincides with the times the phone is charging - I cannot both charge and use the headphones at the same time with an adapter, unless there is some weird USB-C monstrosity that would enable this(without just implementing an internal sound card connected over USB).
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by Tepix on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @09:17AM
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Gotcha. Personally I never use wired headphones while charging after reading about a woman who electrocuted herself doing that a few years ago (due to a fake power supply).
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by hans1729 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @04:45AM
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That's not really the point, is it?
The point is that the upgraded version ships with less features. I use bluetooth-headphones so I don't care, but I can easily see why this is infuriating to others.
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by tepmoc on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @06:51AM
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Well now I have to carry this additional junk all time, plus this just create additional waste for no reason at all. as people will break and throw away them eventually
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by Abishek_Muthian on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:14AM
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Better selfies or Tik-Tok videos. I presume we, HN crowd aren't big fan of those.
I bought my last phone over 4 years ago and it wasn't new back then. The only reason I'm thinking about buying a new one is the software version. But it probably won't cost more than $200, because that's already enough to get better hardware than I got 4 years ago for double the price, and I don't have an issue with performance.
Needless to say, I don't quite get how flagship phones still sell so well considering you can do basically everything for a small fraction of the cost. Is there really a mobile game or other app out there which requires top specs? Would such a game even sell enough quantities?