mrochester
On The Verge since Nov 13, 2011
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I should say whatever the laptop is needs to be available in the UK market.
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‘Open’ isn’t a benefit to consumers though. ‘Open’ usually means stripping the value out of something or shifting the balance of power to those with the deepest pockets, both of which are inherently bad for the consumer as it results in less choice.
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Isn’t that the sort of choice that the rabid Android crowd are supposedly very fond of?
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Does Android really provide more choice? How many alternative operating systems to Android do we have? In what way does Android increase competition in the smartphone operating system market?
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Agreed. This is why I stopped using Gmail.
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Wasn’t it something to do with iPhone users using their phones more than Android users? Certainly from my experience Android users tend to be people who aren’t really interested in tech so bought a cheap phone, which is typically Android.
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This is my feeling exactly. If other companies simply provided the same user experience as Apple does, they do would be able to enjoy insane profits. Customers are willing to pay good money for good products.
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Google have effectively killed all competition in the smartphone operating system market.
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It’s not the USB port situation that prevents me from buying a new MBP, that doesn’t bother me in the slightest. It’s that there’s nothing wrong with my mid-2014 MBP that warrants replacement yet. Maybe in a couple of years when I can no longer game on it.
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Some people really struggle with change.
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More importantly Google need to get an ad-blocker in Chrome.
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So no two finger swipe to go back backwards and forwards in a web browser?
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I had a Dell XPS 15 for a few days and I couldn’t get any sort of two finger swipe to go back working. Is that there and working now? Is there a comprehensive list of which laptops have a precision trackpad?
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You wouldn’t want either because they aren’t photos of anything interesting.
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It’s the first Android phone to have come anywhere near close to the iPhone experience. Google just have to prove themselves they can maintain that now.
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What’s interesting from the screenshots above is the complete absence of any web browsing in the battery stats. What sort of battery life do you get when you’re actually using the phone (web browsing, listening to podcasts etc)?
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This is the inevitable de-democratisation of the PC market. Prices can’t go down forever and have to go back up at some point. This is the market simply responding to the downward trend in sales and pricing. Fewer higher priced models for those who can afford it.
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Wouldn’t you just use a USB-C to lightning cable rather than a dongle?
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Wouldn’t you just use a USB-C to lightning cable rather than a dongle?
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£1749 includes 20% tax. You need to take that off first, then do the comparison.
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Consumers had to be pushed into buying music online, consumers had to be pushed into using touchscreen phones. There’s loads of things you’ve been pushed into using over the years. Going to wireless headphones it just another one of those pushes. If we went by your approach of only doing what consumers asked for, the market would never move forward. The classic Henry Ford quote springs to mind.
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I speak from extensive experience.
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Who uses Gmail?
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In a world of 7 billion people, I find it hard to believe there isn’t demand for more variety of design in the smartphone market. I suspect that it’s just quicker, easier and cheaper for manufacturers who operate on razor thin profit margins to bang out something that looks similar to someone else’s product than developing their own sense of style.
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No mention of whether this fixes issues for users on Three in the UK?
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No name on this one
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note7-pictures-8082.php
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