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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Which Cell Phone do you own?

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    • veloaudioV
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      I used to upgrade to the latest iPhone every two years. I was addicted to the technology advancements. No more. Honestly I loved my 4 but I cracked the screen a few months back. Not bad at all just annoying. Phone still functions fine. I'm getting ready to be on the to admire for work and I use my phone for everything. I wanted the slightly bigger screen of the 5s instead of buying a Mini and carrying two devices. Apples and oranges I know but the thought of carrying two devices doesn't appeal to me right now. I plan to keep this 5s for at least 3-4yrs.

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      • DougNgD
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        For me, the change from 3g to LTE has been tremendous. My apps were starting to get laggy too, which I hate

        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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        • tigerpacT
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          @Megatron1505:

          Works differently here dude, as soon as my contract is up I can drop the monthly cost of my tariff dramatically.

          Then I agree with you 100%!

          In the US almost all the big carriers charge you the same in and out of contract.

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          • ChrisC
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            I have a bad record with phones. I had a Blackberry that was utter crap (Julie made me buy it), a Samsung phone with a sliding keyboard, which was fine, except it was about 2 inches thick, then an HTC Thunderbolt, which had battery life that measured in minutes, not hours.  Now I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, which I bought for its gigantic screen.  After using for a few months, I realize it's too big- for practical purposes, it's a phone that requires 2 hands to use.

            Needless to say, I'm a bit soured on the whole American system of buying/upgrading your cell phone every two years.  Bravo for deciding to opt out, Mega.  The way I see it, the longer you can easily keep your old phone, the better off you are.

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            • SeulS
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              I'm still wondering on what my third smartphone will be… But for now, all money is going towards beer and my trustful old Blckberry Storm 2, cracked screen or not, will suffice...

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              • MumblesM
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                cracked my iphone 5 running the other day.  i was mad at first, but then i threw an iphone 4 screen protector on it and i now feel great about it as i'm not really worried about dropping it anymore and it's less likely someone will steal it haha.

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                • S
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                  I don't agree with planned obsolescence conspiracy theories. It's entropy and technology limitations. Batteries and flash memory degrade and software gets more complex so hardware requirements get more robust. And there's no reason to spend a bunch of money trying to get advanced preservation technologies into these things because that ignores how technology (let alone phone contracts) works. Unless there's ever a modular platform, phones will always obsolesce in a certain timeframe.

                  That's EXACTLY what I call planned obsolescence 🙂

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                  • mclaincauseyM
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                    I think that's a cynical way to parse it though, it carries an implication of them engineering it to fail.

                    Think it, be it.

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                      Yeah, agree. What you've stated is what happens in the real world and engineering developments/evolution/Moore's Law etc. That's different to the definition of planned obsolescence. Progress and evolution has a side effect of technology obsolescence, in that regard, I plan for it's obsolescence…

                      Probably the day-job hat coming through, I've been planning/scaling/building clouds for many years, always looking into future trends when modeling CAPEX/OPEX costs. EG do we buy 100TB today, or 200TB in a year, and what's the $/GB/Watt measure & $/GB/RackUnit & $/GB/HumanInterfacing....

                      My wrong use of the term, laziness on my behalf, #mybad.

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                      • mclaincauseyM
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                        Not at all it's a valid way to break it down, semantically you could look at it either way. But my feeling is that for the most part they are trying to align to natural evolutionary cycles in tech, like Moore's Law. I'm just saying that I don't believe they are putting R&D into "how can we make this break after exactly two years?"

                        Think it, be it.

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                        • fanyaF
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                          Just ditched my 25 month old galaxy s2 for the new nexus 5 yesterday.

                          While the s2 was still performing fine for the most part it was starting to slow down and the charging port was getting pretty janky. I like the s2 size better but the n5 sure is fast and sleek. Better response on the touchscreen too.

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                          • S
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                            I am currently deciding between the Xperia Z1 and the Nexus 5. Is it worth to spend the extra bucks for the Z1?

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                            • fanyaF
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                              From a quick look they are basically the same phone with the nexus 5 having a better battery life and the z1 having a better camera otherwise everything else looks comparable.

                              I have been waiting for the nexus because it generally receives timelier software updates and it runs a stock android system with no extra bloatware other manufactures put on their phones.

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                              • ChrisC
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                                I'd go for the Nexus 5.  Better battery life and stock android beats just about any other feature.  I'm considering rooting my phone just to get rid of the clutter Samsung and Verizon have forced on me.

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                                • DougNgD
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                                  Out of curiosity, why hasn't the HTC One gained popularity? The hardware looks beautiful

                                  I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                  • tigerpacT
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                                    ^Doug - they had delays with the launch which didn't help but mainly I think people just don't look at HTC in a positive light.  So when it was S4 v. One people would go towards the S4.  I've heard stories of carrier employees pushing the Samsungs on people who were undecided.

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                                    • DougNgD
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                                      Interesting. When I was waiting for my 5s to be activated, I saw the One and thought if I were to go android, this was pretty nice

                                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                      • tigerpacT
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                                        Yeah I was just in the market for a new phone and liked the One a lot but stayed away from it as it was already sorta 1/2 way through its market life and I have a weird personal hangup about that and phones

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                                        • DougNgD
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                                          That's not that weird, I'm like that too.

                                          So I guess that makes two people…

                                          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                          • mclaincauseyM
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                                            Three. It's only reasonable given how technology curves work to either try to head off the curve and maximize the length of time a device with be useful, or just always get the cheapest possible functional device that doesn't drive you crazy to use.

                                            Think it, be it.

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