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  1. Comment on Linux users: after finishing distro hopping, where did you land? in ~tech

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    The software integration between iOS and MacOS is incredible — Universal Clipboard, handoff, and iCloud are features I don’t think I’d want to give up.

    The software integration between iOS and MacOS is incredible — Universal Clipboard, handoff, and iCloud are features I don’t think I’d want to give up.

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  2. Comment on Linux users: after finishing distro hopping, where did you land? in ~tech

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    Same here. I hopped between all kinds of distros –– Most of the *buntus, Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, and Void. As much as I loved tinkering with everything, I began to look for something that "just...

    Same here. I hopped between all kinds of distros –– Most of the *buntus, Debian, OpenSUSE, Arch, and Void. As much as I loved tinkering with everything, I began to look for something that "just worked;" KDE Neon was my final distro before MacOS, but going from my 2018 MBP back to my old Thinkpad X230 with KDE Neon feels much less refined than I originally remembered.

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  3. Comment on “The iPhone XR is depressing” — UnboxTherapy. TLDR: It has a low screen resolution only to artificially make it less premium than the iPhones XS and XS Max, to compel people to buy these two, instead. in ~tech

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    What about the XR besides the screen makes you consider it a non-flagship phone? It has the same SoC as the XS and XS Max as well as 3gb RAM which goes much farther on iOS than on Android. Sure,...

    What about the XR besides the screen makes you consider it a non-flagship phone? It has the same SoC as the XS and XS Max as well as 3gb RAM which goes much farther on iOS than on Android. Sure, you could find a cheap android phone with a 1080p screen for $300, but it's the software support, updates, and company backing that makes iPhones flagship tier compared to some other manufacturer. I'd be willing to bet that the XR will sell very, very well once it's released -- it's a much more compelling option for customers who don't want to drop $1k+ for the iPhone experience with very few compromises to the average consumer.

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  4. Comment on “The iPhone XR is depressing” — UnboxTherapy. TLDR: It has a low screen resolution only to artificially make it less premium than the iPhones XS and XS Max, to compel people to buy these two, instead. in ~tech

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    That’s a bit disingenuous, considering he doesn’t even have the phone yet and probably hasn’t even seen it in person. Ignoring the fact that Apple’s LCD screens have historically been pretty damn...

    That’s a bit disingenuous, considering he doesn’t even have the phone yet and probably hasn’t even seen it in person. Ignoring the fact that Apple’s LCD screens have historically been pretty damn good, people don’t buy iPhones solely for the screen.

    The iPad Pro, for example, has a 264 ppi screen and I’ve heard nothing but good things about its display. Even then, OLED vs LCD isn’t enough of a comparison at face value — a lot of OLED android phones have had pretty glaring issues with their screens (Pixel 2 XL, anyone?).

    Let me know when that $300 1080p Android gets more than two years software support, same-day updates, a seamless ecosystem, and better customer service and I might be inclined to listen.

    14 votes