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Re:Apple won’t let you use an Apple TV unless you have anoth... by Marsymars on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:55AM (#34410136)
> I think for in the range of 98% of smartphone users the phone is the least useful feature.

Part of the reason this number's so high is that if a phone feature is really important to you, you're liable to get a standalone VoIP line and a headset to go with whatever handset you have rather than using a smartphone.

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Re:Apple won’t let you use an Apple TV unless you have anoth... by fnordpiglet on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @06:19PM (#34420933)
Yeah certainly the fact they’re universally bad phones makes them less useful as a phone, and phone phones are better at being phones.

But I would also hold that phones generally suck, but that’s opinion.

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Re:Apple won’t let you use an Apple TV unless you have anoth... by Marsymars on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @07:52PM (#34421854)
> But I would also hold that phones generally suck, but that’s opinion.

Technically compared to e.g. internet-native voice communication, or you just think that remote voice communication is bad?

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Re:Apple won’t let you use an Apple TV unless you have anoth... by fnordpiglet on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @08:43PM (#34422358)
Voice is for jocks.
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