• Re: Resale value

    From sms@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Fri Dec 1 13:42:32 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/1/2023 11:23 AM, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    BTW, I think in 1890 [1] there was no TRRS, nor TRS and no 3.5mm
    version, so you might want to update that date! :-)

    [1] If that was the year you keep on mentioning.

    I got it wrong indeed. Should be 1877.

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the
    1870's. The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as
    far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going forward).

    To respond to the claim that anything that works must be replaced by Apple with something that costs more just to get back to what already worked,
    they invented the simple usable round wheel many thousands of years ago.

    Following the argument by Alan, since it works, Apple must get rid of it.
    The 3.5mm TRS jacks go back a lot further than that. They are the same
    as the 1/8" stereo jacks. TRRS is newer.

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  • From Carlos E. R.@21:1/5 to Your Name on Fri Dec 1 23:35:56 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-01 22:40, Your Name wrote:
    On 2023-12-01 19:42:42 +0000, Larry Wolff said:
    On 11/28/2023 6:15 PM, Your Name wrote:

    I bought my first digital camera in 1999.  People had them years
    previously.  How did they transfer files if not by a separate card
    reader?  Computers did not commonly have card slots and cameras did not >>>> have wifi/USB capability. At least mine didn't.

    As below, you plug the camera into the computer using a data cable.

    What if you're going to a wedding, and you plan ahead and bring sd cards.

    Person 1 has an SLR and fills up the storage with photos. He "fiddles"
    with
    an sd card, & takes more. Then he "fiddles" with another sd card for
    more.

    Person 2 has a normal Android phone, so he does the exact same things.

    But what does person 3 do who, sadly, only has access to his iPhone
    camera?

    Any normal person who takes so many photos that they quickly fill up a
    mobile phone probably needs to seek professional psychiatric help.  :-p

    Not really.

    I can take five thousand photos in high resolution on a single night,
    out in the bunnies.

    Try to upload that to the cloud while "out in the bunnies".

    --
    Cheers,
    Carlos E.R.

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  • From Peter@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Dec 2 00:18:52 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
    What Apple did was design a car without a trunk so that you would buy
    something else (a drag-along trailer perhaps) to compensate for that loss.

    No. That is all simply false.

    What Apple did was design a piece of consumer electronics and let people decided whether or not they wanted to buy it.

    Apple told you it was "courageous" not to have what the other cars have.

    Apple couldn't say it was better to not have a trunk (as it's not better).

    Apple only said you are "courageous" for buying a car without a trunk.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Carlos E. R. on Sat Dec 2 16:01:41 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-01 22:35:56 +0000, Carlos E. R. said:
    On 2023-12-01 22:40, Your Name wrote:
    On 2023-12-01 19:42:42 +0000, Larry Wolff said:
    On 11/28/2023 6:15 PM, Your Name wrote:

    I bought my first digital camera in 1999.� People had them years
    previously.� How did they transfer files if not by a separate card
    reader?� Computers did not commonly have card slots and cameras did not >>>>> have wifi/USB capability. At least mine didn't.

    As below, you plug the camera into the computer using a data cable.

    What if you're going to a wedding, and you plan ahead and bring sd cards. >>>
    Person 1 has an SLR and fills up the storage with photos. He "fiddles" with >>> an sd card, & takes more. Then he "fiddles" with another sd card for more. >>>
    Person 2 has a normal Android phone, so he does the exact same things.

    But what does person 3 do who, sadly, only has access to his iPhone camera? >>
    Any normal person who takes so many photos that they quickly fill up a
    mobile phone probably needs to seek professional psychiatric help.� :-p

    Not really.

    I can take five thousand photos in high resolution on a single night,
    out in the bunnies.

    Try to upload that to the cloud while "out in the bunnies".

    As before: very niche market.

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Your Name on Fri Dec 1 22:14:49 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/1/2023 3:40 PM, Your Name wrote:

    B. Most phones these days can transfer files wirelessly, either locally
    or to the internet.

    If that's how an iPhone has to store photos, no wonder you whine so much.

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Your Name on Fri Dec 1 22:19:16 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/1/2023 10:01 PM, Your Name wrote:

    Try to upload that to the cloud while "out in the bunnies".

    As before: very niche market.

    I'm wondering if the reason you whine so much about the iPhone is because
    no iPhone can do what other phones can do so you're embarrassed about that.

    You complain that "nobody wants" to save photos.
    You whine that "nobody needs" to save photos.

    It's like you are embarrassed that you're spending hours looking for an Internet connection on every vacation just because you bought an iPhone.

    It's your fault you bought that iPhone. Own up to your own mistakes.

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to sms on Fri Dec 1 22:28:53 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    sms <[email protected]> wrote:

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the
    1870's. The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as
    far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going forward).

    To respond to the claim that anything that works must be replaced by Apple >> with something that costs more just to get back to what already worked,
    they invented the simple usable round wheel many thousands of years ago.

    Following the argument by Alan, since it works, Apple must get rid of it.
    The 3.5mm TRS jacks go back a lot further than that. They are the same
    as the 1/8" stereo jacks. TRRS is newer.

    The date something was invented isn't important.
    What's important is that it works.

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed
    by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Alan on Fri Dec 1 22:23:06 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/1/2023 2:45 PM, Alan wrote:

    But what does person 3 do who, sadly, only has access to his iPhone camera?

    The iPhone loads the photos up onto iCloud.

    No wonder you are whining so much about having bought that iPhone then.

    On every vacation, you're spending all your time looking all over for an Internet connection and then waiting all day for the uploads to finish.

    Meanwhile, people with normal phones are out and about taking photos.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Larry Wolff on Sat Dec 2 19:14:27 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 03:19:16 +0000, Larry Wolff said:
    On 12/1/2023 10:01 PM, Your Name wrote:

    Try to upload that to the cloud while "out in the bunnies".

    As before: very niche market.

    I'm wondering if the reason you whine so much about the iPhone is because
    no iPhone can do what other phones can do so you're embarrassed about that.

    You complain that "nobody wants" to save photos.
    You whine that "nobody needs" to save photos.
    <snip the usual load of trolling bollocks>

    I never said any such thing ... yet another moron who can't read to add
    to the killfile. :-\

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sat Dec 2 02:07:06 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed
    by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack simply because
    very few people use it. Most people can't be bothered with tangled
    cables, so wireless earbuds have become far more popular. In fact the majority of people probably don't use earbuds at all - their phone is
    used mainly as little more than a high-tech messaging device.

    Your excuse for your iPhone not being a capable phone is ridiculous because anyone on any phone can add bluetooth earbuds - whether Apple or Samsung.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 19:19:14 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 03:28:53 +0000, rocco portelli said:
    sms <[email protected]> wrote:

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the
    1870's. The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as
    far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going forward). >>>
    To respond to the claim that anything that works must be replaced by Apple >>> with something that costs more just to get back to what already worked,
    they invented the simple usable round wheel many thousands of years ago. >>>
    Following the argument by Alan, since it works, Apple must get rid of it. >>
    The 3.5mm TRS jacks go back a lot further than that. They are the same
    as the 1/8" stereo jacks. TRRS is newer.

    The date something was invented isn't important.
    What's important is that it works.

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed
    by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack simply because
    very few people use it. Most people can't be bothered with tangled
    cables, so wireless earbuds have become far more popular. In fact the
    majority of people probably don't use earbuds at all - their phone is
    used mainly as little more than a high-tech messaging device.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 10:35:35 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-11-30 22:14, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the
    1870's.  The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as
    far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going forward).

    oops- "as far back as 1877" - sorry.

    Your argument is flawed that just because something has been useful for
    many years, that it's no longer useful only because Apple told you so.

    A lot of things are useful. Typewriters, for example.

    How many people use them now?

    Of course if it was a bad idea to get rid of headphone jacks, then
    Samsung would keep them in all of its high end smartphones.

    They don't.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Dec 2 10:47:07 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-01 14:37, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-12-01 10:33, rocco portelli wrote:
      Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the >>>>>> 1870's.  The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as >>>>>> far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going
    forward).

    oops- "as far back as 1877" - sorry.

    Your argument is flawed that just because something has been useful for >>>> many years, that it's no longer useful only because Apple told you so.

    That's not his argument.

    He's repeating it works for far too long for Apple to sell you more
    stuff.

    That's not even a parseable sentence.

    Thanks - I jammed on it and decided that ignoring it was a better thing.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 10:58:14 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-01 22:28, rocco portelli wrote:
    sms <[email protected]> wrote:

    The original TR "patch cable" in this style emerged sometime in the
    1870's. The 3.5 TRS/TRRS designs we see today descend therefrom. (as
    far back as 1977, actually - so I'll update my comments going forward). >>>
    To respond to the claim that anything that works must be replaced by Apple >>> with something that costs more just to get back to what already worked,
    they invented the simple usable round wheel many thousands of years ago. >>>
    Following the argument by Alan, since it works, Apple must get rid of it. >> The 3.5mm TRS jacks go back a lot further than that. They are the same
    as the 1/8" stereo jacks. TRRS is newer.

    The date something was invented isn't important.
    What's important is that it works.

    Beyond wheels I don't know of anything all that enduring that hasn't
    been replaced by something better. Although wheels themselves
    continuously evolve - haven't seen wood, tallow lubricated wheel hubs in
    a while ...

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed
    by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    That is a silly statement.

    And of course as soon as Apple broke the mold, Samsung followed. Par.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 11:04:40 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 02:07, rocco portelli wrote:
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed >>> by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack simply because
    very few people use it. Most people can't be bothered with tangled
    cables, so wireless earbuds have become far more popular. In fact the
    majority of people probably don't use earbuds at all - their phone is
    used mainly as little more than a high-tech messaging device.

    Your excuse for your iPhone not being a capable phone is ridiculous because anyone on any phone can add bluetooth earbuds - whether Apple or Samsung.

    Why did Samsung remove the jack on many of its higher end phones?

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sat Dec 2 11:07:39 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Your argument is flawed that just because something has been useful for >>>>> many years, that it's no longer useful only because Apple told you so. >>>>
    That's not his argument.

    He's repeating it works for far too long for Apple to sell you more
    stuff.

    That's not even a parseable sentence.

    Thanks - I jammed on it and decided that ignoring it was a better thing.

    You're jamming on your own argument? WTF?

    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you?

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sat Dec 2 11:03:56 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 01:19, Your Name wrote:

    Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack simply because very
    few people use it. Most people can't be bothered with tangled cables, so wireless earbuds have become far more popular. In fact the majority of
    people probably don't use earbuds at all - their phone is used mainly as little more than a high-tech messaging device.

    - messaging (incl. e-mail on occasion)
    - navigation (maps, compass, satellite nav)
    - Notes
    - Reminders
    - photography/video (the camera you have ...)
    - web browser when one needs to find something when out and about
    - translator
    - weather info
    - music player
    - video player
    - data recorder
    - games

    and of course many work related apps of general and bespoke nature ...

    and more and more and more.


    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sat Dec 2 11:41:39 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/2/2023 1:14 AM, Your Name wrote:

    I'm wondering if the reason you whine so much about the iPhone is because
    no iPhone can do what other phones can do so you're embarrassed about that. >>
    You complain that "nobody wants" to save photos.
    You whine that "nobody needs" to save photos.
    <snip the usual load of trolling bollocks>

    I never said any such thing

    Then why do you whine so much about sd cards when many cameras use them?

    You knew that iPhones can't save to sd cards when you bought it. It's your fault you bought the iPhone so please stop whining that they lack sd cards.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 12:07:36 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 11:07, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Your argument is flawed that just because something has been useful for >>>>>> many years, that it's no longer useful only because Apple told you so. >>>>>
    That's not his argument.

    He's repeating it works for far too long for Apple to sell you more {AAA} >>>> stuff.

    That's not even a parseable sentence.

    Thanks - I jammed on it and decided that ignoring it was a better thing.

    You're jamming on your own argument? WTF?

    No - jammed on your gibberish English above. See: {AAA}

    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument.

    Not at all. The date is just a label for a point in time. Human
    perception of time is that it changes in one direction and we experience
    time (in part) as thing changing around us. Evolving, improving (though
    not always - see: Climate Change).

    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you?

    I'm not hung up on the date so much as the basic "technology" has been
    replaced by better things.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sat Dec 2 14:32:17 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    You're jamming on your own argument? WTF?

    No - jammed on your gibberish English above. See: {AAA}

    What I said was you are confused by your own argument that the only thing
    that seems to matter to you is the date something useful was invented.

    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument.

    Not at all. The date is just a label for a point in time.

    Then stop bringing up the date as if it's the only criteria you have.

    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that
    is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you?

    I'm not hung up on the date so much as the basic "technology" has been replaced by better things.

    What that excuse really means is you can't find anything wrong with it.
    So you make your entire argument that it has been working for a long time.

    To you, that's bad.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 12:53:46 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 11:32, rocco portelli wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.
    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that
    is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio
    devices such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The iPhone maintains that functionality.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 09:29:33 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 07:07:06 +0000, rocco portelli said:
    Your Name <[email protected]> wrote:

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed >>> by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack simply because
    very few people use it. Most people can't be bothered with tangled
    cables, so wireless earbuds have become far more popular. In fact the
    majority of people probably don't use earbuds at all - their phone is
    used mainly as little more than a high-tech messaging device.

    Your excuse for your iPhone not being a capable phone is ridiculous because anyone on any phone can add bluetooth earbuds - whether Apple or Samsung.

    As I said "Apple, Samsung, etc. are removing the headphone jack"
    because every main phone maker has or will be removing the headphone
    jack.

    Having or not having a headphone jack has very little to do with any
    device being a phone. Most statistics reveal only a small minority of
    buyers are bothered about the headphone jack. For example: <https://www.androidauthority.com/ting-headphone-jack-survey-1020924/>

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  • From David Higton@21:1/5 to Alan on Sat Dec 2 22:08:58 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    In message <ukg5gs$2ggh8$[email protected]>
    Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-12-02 11:32, rocco portelli wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.
    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio devices such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones: connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    David

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to David Higton on Sat Dec 2 14:14:32 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 14:08, David Higton wrote:
    In message <ukg5gs$2ggh8$[email protected]>
    Alan <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 2023-12-02 11:32, rocco portelli wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.
    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that >>> is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the
    functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio devices >> such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones: connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    Most consumers aren't even aware that their phone could be used as an FM radio...

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sat Dec 2 16:55:27 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 14:32, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    You're jamming on your own argument? WTF?

    No - jammed on your gibberish English above. See: {AAA}

    What I said was you are confused by your own argument that the only thing that seems to matter to you is the date something useful was invented.

    Not confused at all. Oceans of clarity here. And it's not the only
    thing that matters. Had you been in on this (and other discussions of
    the kind) earlier that would be clear to you.


    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument.

    Not at all. The date is just a label for a point in time.

    Then stop bringing up the date as if it's the only criteria you have.

    Who said it was the only criteria I have. There are other reasons why
    this dated technology should go, including the bulkiness of the female
    end of it that takes up precious internal room inside the phone and of
    course newer connectors (such as Lightning and USB-C) offer far more versatility and data bandwidth.



    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that
    is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    No mistake. I knew it didn't have that audio jack port and I've never
    missed the audio-jack port at all. Not once.

    As Alan adroitly points out: the functionality is still there. Just the connector changed. And now offers more functionality.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you? >>
    I'm not hung up on the date so much as the basic "technology" has been
    replaced by better things.

    What that excuse really means is you can't find anything wrong with it.

    If all that port had to do was audio, it would be acceptable. But it's
    not a port that does one thing anymore. So discard the audio jack and
    put in something far more versatile.

    So you make your entire argument that it has been working for a long time.

    To you, that's bad.

    The reason I bring up the "age" of it is to illustrate that it was a
    solution for a time. As things evolve we discard what is better done by something else.

    And of course, if you don't like the absence of the audio jack, that
    just limits your choices.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to David Higton on Sun Dec 3 13:17:02 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 22:08:58 +0000, David Higton said:
    In message <ukg5gs$2ggh8$[email protected]>
    Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 2023-12-02 11:32, rocco portelli wrote:

    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that >>> is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the
    functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio devices >> such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones: connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    The newer Samsung phones do not have headphone jacks or FM radio
    either. It has simply become a niche tech that most people do not need
    and eventually the removal *will* ripple down product lines to all
    models of phones from almost every maker (the exception being some
    niche makers with high priced, low production models).

    Those who don't like it will simply have to deal with it and no amount
    of whining by the cross-posting anti-Apple nutter trolls will ever
    change that fact.

    Anyone who keeps whining about it will simply get put in my killfile as
    the morons they are.

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  • From Bradley@21:1/5 to Your Name on Sat Dec 2 19:49:38 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/2/2023 7:17 PM, Your Name wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that >>>> is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the
    functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio devices >>> such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones:
    connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    The newer Samsung phones do not have headphone jacks or FM radio
    either. It has simply become a niche tech that most people do not need
    and eventually the removal *will* ripple down product lines to all
    models of phones from almost every maker (the exception being some
    niche makers with high priced, low production models).

    Those who don't like it will simply have to deal with it and no amount
    of whining by the cross-posting anti-Apple nutter trolls will ever
    change that fact.

    Anyone who keeps whining about it will simply get put in my killfile as
    the morons they are.

    Given most Android phones have the aux port (yes, even most Samsung phones)
    why is it only the Apple iPhone owners who are whining that they can't do
    what most Android phones have always been able to do with the aux port?

    It's their fault they bought the iPhone that lacked all the basic hardware.
    Now they have to deal with that loss by buying more things to make it work.

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sat Dec 2 20:10:59 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    What I said was you are confused by your own argument that the only thing
    that seems to matter to you is the date something useful was invented.

    Not confused at all. Oceans of clarity here. And it's not the only
    thing that matters. Had you been in on this (and other discussions of
    the kind) earlier that would be clear to you.

    You condescendingly claim that it's not clear to me that your entire
    argument hinges singularly on the technology working for a very long time.

    To you, that's bad.

    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument.

    Not at all. The date is just a label for a point in time.

    Then stop bringing up the date as if it's the only criteria you have.

    Who said it was the only criteria I have. There are other reasons why
    this dated technology should go, including the bulkiness of the female
    end of it that takes up precious internal room inside the phone and of
    course newer connectors (such as Lightning and USB-C) offer far more versatility and data bandwidth.

    There are plenty of small phones with less "internal room" than an iPhone.
    And they have the connectors and ports that all the new iPhones now lack.

    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that
    is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    No mistake. I knew it didn't have that audio jack port and I've never
    missed the audio-jack port at all. Not once.

    Then why are you constantly complaining that everyone but you has it?
    Just own up to the fact you have to buy stuff to replace what Apple took.

    As Alan adroitly points out: the functionality is still there. Just the connector changed. And now offers more functionality.

    Again, your entire argument is you don't like technology that just works.
    You want to have to buy things to make what Apple took away work again.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you? >>>
    I'm not hung up on the date so much as the basic "technology" has been
    replaced by better things.

    What that excuse really means is you can't find anything wrong with it.

    If all that port had to do was audio, it would be acceptable.

    Did you ever wonder why Apple removes standard functionality from iPhones?

    But it's not a port that does one thing anymore.

    Did it ever occur to you that you now have to buy back what Apple removed?

    So discard the audio jack and put in something far more versatile.

    It seems you complain only because you're sorry you bought the wrong phone.

    So you make your entire argument that it has been working for a long time. >>
    To you, that's bad.

    The reason I bring up the "age" of it is to illustrate that it was a
    solution for a time.

    The reason you bring up that it has been working for a long time is you
    don't like that it "just works" and has "just worked" for a very long time.

    As things evolve we discard what is better done by something else.

    You want to buy more stuff to make what Apple took away work again for you.

    And of course, if you don't like the absence of the audio jack, that
    just limits your choices.

    Again you complain that the iPhone lacking the jack limited your choices,
    so you're tacitly admitting your problem is you bought the wrong phone.

    If you had a phone with the jack, you'd have all those choices you lack.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Bradley on Sun Dec 3 14:46:54 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 00:49:38 +0000, Bradley said:
    On 12/2/2023 7:17 PM, Your Name wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is >>>>>> nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that >>>>> is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are. >>>>
    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the
    functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio devices
    such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones:
    connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    The newer Samsung phones do not have headphone jacks or FM radio
    either. It has simply become a niche tech that most people do not need
    and eventually the removal *will* ripple down product lines to all
    models of phones from almost every maker (the exception being some
    niche makers with high priced, low production models).

    Those who don't like it will simply have to deal with it and no amount
    of whining by the cross-posting anti-Apple nutter trolls will ever
    change that fact.

    Anyone who keeps whining about it will simply get put in my killfile as
    the morons they are.

    Given most Android phones have the aux port (yes, even most Samsung phones) why is it only the Apple iPhone owners who are whining that they can't do what most Android phones have always been able to do with the aux port?

    It's their fault they bought the iPhone that lacked all the basic hardware. Now they have to deal with that loss by buying more things to make it work.

    Killfiled.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 14:47:34 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 01:10:59 +0000, rocco portelli said:

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    What I said was you are confused by your own argument that the only thing >>> that seems to matter to you is the date something useful was invented.

    Not confused at all. Oceans of clarity here. And it's not the only
    thing that matters. Had you been in on this (and other discussions of
    the kind) earlier that would be clear to you.

    You condescendingly claim that it's not clear to me that your entire
    argument hinges singularly on the technology working for a very long time.

    To you, that's bad.

    You're constantly making the date alone the entirety of your argument. >>>>
    Not at all. The date is just a label for a point in time.

    Then stop bringing up the date as if it's the only criteria you have.

    Who said it was the only criteria I have. There are other reasons why
    this dated technology should go, including the bulkiness of the female
    end of it that takes up precious internal room inside the phone and of
    course newer connectors (such as Lightning and USB-C) offer far more
    versatility and data bandwidth.

    There are plenty of small phones with less "internal room" than an iPhone. And they have the connectors and ports that all the new iPhones now lack.

    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is
    nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple product that >>> is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are.

    No mistake. I knew it didn't have that audio jack port and I've never
    missed the audio-jack port at all. Not once.

    Then why are you constantly complaining that everyone but you has it?
    Just own up to the fact you have to buy stuff to replace what Apple took.

    As Alan adroitly points out: the functionality is still there. Just the
    connector changed. And now offers more functionality.

    Again, your entire argument is you don't like technology that just works.
    You want to have to buy things to make what Apple took away work again.

    Why does the date something that works was invented matter so much to you?

    I'm not hung up on the date so much as the basic "technology" has been >>>> replaced by better things.

    What that excuse really means is you can't find anything wrong with it.

    If all that port had to do was audio, it would be acceptable.

    Did you ever wonder why Apple removes standard functionality from iPhones?

    But it's not a port that does one thing anymore.

    Did it ever occur to you that you now have to buy back what Apple removed?

    So discard the audio jack and put in something far more versatile.

    It seems you complain only because you're sorry you bought the wrong phone.

    So you make your entire argument that it has been working for a long time. >>>
    To you, that's bad.

    The reason I bring up the "age" of it is to illustrate that it was a
    solution for a time.

    The reason you bring up that it has been working for a long time is you
    don't like that it "just works" and has "just worked" for a very long time.

    As things evolve we discard what is better done by something else.

    You want to buy more stuff to make what Apple took away work again for you.

    And of course, if you don't like the absence of the audio jack, that
    just limits your choices.

    Again you complain that the iPhone lacking the jack limited your choices,
    so you're tacitly admitting your problem is you bought the wrong phone.

    If you had a phone with the jack, you'd have all those choices you lack.

    Killfiled.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Bradley on Sat Dec 2 21:26:37 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 16:49, Bradley wrote:
    On 12/2/2023 7:17 PM, Your Name wrote:
    And (Pro tip follows): If you don't like what Apple does, there is >>>>>> nobody forcing you to buy their products.

    Pro tip to you. I didn't make the mistake of buying an Apple
    product that
    is missing basic things. You did. I'm not making up excuses. You are. >>>>
    And a very basic tip for you:

    Features exist to provide functionality. The "basic thing" is the
    functionality, not the feature that delivers it.

    The headphone jack provides ONE functionality: connecting to audio
    devices
    such as earbuds, earphones, speakers.

    The headphone jack used to provide two functionalities to some phones:
    connecting audio devices, and connecting an antenna for the FM radio.
    Only some phones have FM radio, and I neither know nor care whether
    iPhones do.

    The newer Samsung phones do not have headphone jacks or FM radio
    either. It has simply become a niche tech that most people do not need
    and eventually the removal *will* ripple down product lines to all
    models of phones from almost every maker (the exception being some
    niche makers with high priced, low production models).

    Those who don't like it will simply have to deal with it and no amount
    of whining by the cross-posting anti-Apple nutter trolls will ever
    change that fact.

    Anyone who keeps whining about it will simply get put in my killfile
    as the morons they are.

    Given most Android phones have the aux port (yes, even most Samsung phones) why is it only the Apple iPhone owners who are whining that they can't do what most Android phones have always been able to do with the aux port?

    It's their fault they bought the iPhone that lacked all the basic hardware. Now they have to deal with that loss by buying more things to make it work.

    Oh, look!

    Another Arlen nym!

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sun Dec 3 17:07:24 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Your excuse for your iPhone not being a capable phone is ridiculous because >> anyone on any phone can add bluetooth earbuds - whether Apple or Samsung.

    Why did Samsung remove the jack on many of its higher end phones?

    Good question.
    Probably for the same reason that Apple removed the jack.

    That's two reasons. The first is to make the same kind of profit off of unsuspecting style-conscious customers and the other is to copy style.

    Samsung would love to copy Apple's style and to sell to that class of
    customer who doesn't care about money or function but only about style.

    Anyone buying a phone like that is caring more about style than function.

    If they're going to waste a thousand bucks on a phone, they need to show
    others that they can waste their resources on adding the stylish earbuds.

    Unstylish (but perfectly functional) wired headphones look too cheesy.
    They need to show people they can afford to waste their money on earbuds.

    They wouldn't be caught dead with a wired headphone simply because they're
    like the Apple people who wouldn't be caught dead with green bubbles.

    Don't laugh. There are people who only care about style. Not function. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/when-i-switched-to-iphone-blue-imessage-bubbles-made-my-friends-far-too-happy/

    Apple made it stylish to have green bubbles, which people are willing to
    pay for. Not because it's more functional. But only because it's stylish.

    Same with people wearing earbuds. It shows to all the world they have money enough to waste on frivous things just to replace what was already working.

    But there's more to it.

    Apple makes a lot of money off those earbuds, just like Apple makes a lot
    of money off the iCloud from not allowing sd cards, just like Apple makes a
    lot of money by not including a charger in the box by selling more
    chargers, particularly "upgrades" the store personnel talk people into.

    Both Apple & Samsung are making money on the people who buy Apple and
    Samsung accessories just to make what would have worked, working again.

    Everyone wins. Apple & Samsung make more money.
    And the consumer gets to prove that they can waste money on pure style.

    Don't laugh.
    That's how people think in the world of buying those expensive phones.

    You and I might not think that way. But that's because we don't buy purely based on style. We are sensible. They they are not.

    The people who buy those expensive phones don't care about being sensible.
    They only care about looking stylish (wasting money has always been so).

    I wonder if people who talk about resale value take that wasted money into account? Do they sell their earbuds also when they're done with the phone?

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sun Dec 3 17:23:39 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Beyond wheels I don't know of anything all that enduring that hasn't
    been replaced by something better. Although wheels themselves
    continuously evolve - haven't seen wood, tallow lubricated wheel hubs in
    a while ...

    You keep using the word "replaced" as if you believe that something was replaced. But all you've said was something was removed that was working.

    The aux jack (that was working) was removed. It was replaced with nothing.

    I understand your absurd thought process which is that they removed it but
    they "replaced" it with earbuds but your ridiculous thought process doesn't take into account even with the aux jack people could have used earbuds.

    So nothing was replaced.
    The aux jack was removed.

    Assuming I missed something that wasn't absurd in your thought process,
    what can you tell me was "replaced" that wasn't already there prior?

    For some reason, they keep telling us that the only reason it was removed
    by Apple is that it had been working just fine for a very long time.

    That is a silly statement.

    The silly statement is any claim that Apple "replaced" it.
    See above. Apple removed it. And "replaced" it with nothing.

    Try this. Take two phones. Remove the aux jack from one.

    Your claim that the phone without the aux jack can now do more than the
    phone with it is what's silly. On what basis do you make that silly claim?

    And of course as soon as Apple broke the mold, Samsung followed. Par.

    See my other response to your apropos question of why would Samsung want to capitalize on all the marketing research Apple did for them on getting
    wealthy customers to pay for the phone, the iCloud and for the chargers.

    What company wouldn't want to make money off of people who care more about style than they care about money? Samsung wants to copy Apple's marketing.

    But note that Samsung sells plenty of phones that have the aux jack too.
    And the sd card hardware. And the FM radio. Most of their models, in fact.

    It's only the few Samsung models marketed to those who want the most
    expensive (& therefore the most stylish phones) that lack basic hardware.

    They have the money to compensate for the lost hardware, and they will
    likely spend some of that money with Samsung buying back the lost hardware.

    It's a win:win for everyone.
    I'm surprised more companies don't copy everything that Apple does.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 17:42:36 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 20:10, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    What I said was you are confused by your own argument that the only thing >>> that seems to matter to you is the date something useful was invented.

    Not confused at all. Oceans of clarity here. And it's not the only
    thing that matters. Had you been in on this (and other discussions of
    the kind) earlier that would be clear to you.

    You condescendingly claim that it's not clear to me that your entire
    argument hinges singularly on the technology working for a very long time.

    Not at all. Only that things move forward, somethings get discarded.

    Circled enough with you. Like I said, nobody is forcing you to buy
    anything.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Alan on Sun Dec 3 17:40:37 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-02 17:14, Alan wrote:

    Most consumers aren't even aware that their phone could be used as an FM radio...

    Esp. as many smartphones (incl. Samsung) with FM receivers had the
    feature disabled, though there are apps to connect it.
    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 17:47:36 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 17:07, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Your excuse for your iPhone not being a capable phone is ridiculous because >>> anyone on any phone can add bluetooth earbuds - whether Apple or Samsung. >>
    Why did Samsung remove the jack on many of its higher end phones?

    Good question.
    Probably for the same reason that Apple removed the jack.

    Because Apple removed it.

    Anyway this subthread is exhausted for me.

    Be well and do well!

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 17:49:25 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 17:23, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    Beyond wheels I don't know of anything all that enduring that hasn't
    been replaced by something better. Although wheels themselves
    continuously evolve - haven't seen wood, tallow lubricated wheel hubs in
    a while ...

    You keep using the word "replaced" as if you believe that something was replaced. But all you've said was something was removed that was working.

    To be clear, the functionality remains, the form of it remains.

    Like wheels today use steel bearings lubricated with synthetic grease
    and not wood lubricated with tallow.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From rocco portelli@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Sun Dec 3 19:23:07 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    You keep using the word "replaced" as if you believe that something was
    replaced. But all you've said was something was removed that was working.

    To be clear, the functionality remains, the form of it remains.

    Like wheels today use steel bearings lubricated with synthetic grease
    and not wood lubricated with tallow.

    In other words, your thought process was absurd because they removed it.
    They didn't replace it with anything. YOU REPLACED IT WITH SOMETHING.

    And that cost you time, effort & money (that went to those who removed it).

    Let's give up because I've tried a half dozen times to get you to
    express a thought process that wasn't absurd - and you can't do it.

    You actually think that if you take a phone, and you plug up the
    AUX port, then doing that somehow makes the phone more functional.

    Your thought processes are absurd.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 16:55:30 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 16:23, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    You keep using the word "replaced" as if you believe that something was
    replaced. But all you've said was something was removed that was working. >>
    To be clear, the functionality remains, the form of it remains.

    Like wheels today use steel bearings lubricated with synthetic grease
    and not wood lubricated with tallow.

    In other words, your thought process was absurd because they removed it.
    They didn't replace it with anything. YOU REPLACED IT WITH SOMETHING.

    They replaced the aux port with a Lightning port that supports plugging
    earbuds into it.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to rocco portelli on Sun Dec 3 21:14:02 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-03 19:23, rocco portelli wrote:
    Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:

    You keep using the word "replaced" as if you believe that something was
    replaced. But all you've said was something was removed that was working. >>
    To be clear, the functionality remains, the form of it remains.

    Like wheels today use steel bearings lubricated with synthetic grease
    and not wood lubricated with tallow.

    In other words, your thought process was absurd because they removed it.
    They didn't replace it with anything. YOU REPLACED IT WITH SOMETHING.

    I didn't change the port. Apple did. And it has no effect on me - nor
    many many many millions of people.

    Get over yourself.

    --
    “Markets can remain irrational longer than your can remain solvent.”
    - John Maynard Keynes.

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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 4 20:52:21 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Peter, 2023-11-26 23:58:

    Arno Welzel <[email protected]> wrote:
    I only needed to search for 30 seconds.

    You win - 100 points! Congratulations!!!!

    Instead of blurting childish insults why not just apologize for being wrong >>> and for not thinking before you posted what you posted about aux ports?

    "You win" is not enough?

    Whatever you say is "enough" if you get into your thick skull that most Android models sold today have the very useful ports, slots & radios.

    Yep - USB-C is very useful ;-)

    --
    Arno Welzel
    https://arnowelzel.de

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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Mon Dec 4 20:57:17 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    Carlos E. R., 2023-11-27 11:53:

    On 2023-11-26 23:59, Alan wrote:
    [...]
    But what percentage of people USE those ports?

    What percentage uses any particular feature or app?

    Does a feature need to have 90% usage in order not not be removed?

    Features get removed when vendors realize, that they still can sell a
    product without it. The number of people who use that feature is
    irrelevant as long as they still buy devices without it.


    --
    Arno Welzel
    https://arnowelzel.de

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Arno Welzel on Mon Dec 4 18:04:07 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 4/12/2023, Arno Welzel wrote:

    Does a feature need to have 90% usage in order not not be removed?

    Features get removed when vendors realize, that they still can sell a
    product without it. The number of people who use that feature is
    irrelevant as long as they still buy devices without it.

    But that's not what is happening here because most Android phones have it.
    So Android resale values don't have to add buying what was removed.

    What's happening here is nobody who is on Android is complaining about the
    loss of the functionality - it's only the Apple people who are complaining.

    And that makes sense because only the Apple phones don't have it at all.
    That's why Apple resale value has to account for buying what was removed.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Larry Wolff on Mon Dec 4 16:32:58 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-04 15:04, Larry Wolff wrote:
    On 4/12/2023, Arno Welzel wrote:

    Does a feature need to have 90% usage in order not not be removed?

    Features get removed when vendors realize, that they still can sell a
    product without it. The number of people who use that feature is
    irrelevant as long as they still buy devices without it.

    But that's not what is happening here because most Android phones have it.
    So Android resale values don't have to add buying what was removed.

    What's happening here is nobody who is on Android is complaining about the loss of the functionality - it's only the Apple people who are complaining.

    And that makes sense because only the Apple phones don't have it at all. That's why Apple resale value has to account for buying what was removed.

    The Apple people have lost no functionality.

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  • From Larry Wolff@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Dec 5 03:59:55 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 12/4/2023 8:32 PM, Alan wrote:

    The Apple people have lost no functionality.

    Your argument that it has "lost no functionality" is absurd.
    Especially given Apple removed all basic hardware (which includes
    not only basic jacks, but also slots, radios, & chargers).

    Try this in order to understand why your argument is ridiculous.
    Take a phone that has the aux port and plug that port with cement.

    How do you do what the port did for you without buying more stuff?

    If you buy more stuff just to make it work, then add that to the resale
    value calculations. Otherwise, the resale value is a complete farce.

    An iPhone is always going to cost more than Android when you take into
    account the total costs of ownership of constantly making it work again.

    After Apple removes all basic hardware (jacks, slots, radios, chargers).

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Larry Wolff on Wed Dec 6 10:34:11 2023
    XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone

    On 2023-12-05 00:59, Larry Wolff wrote:
    On 12/4/2023 8:32 PM, Alan wrote:

    The Apple people have lost no functionality.

    Your argument that it has "lost no functionality" is absurd.
    Especially given Apple removed all basic hardware (which includes
    not only basic jacks, but also slots, radios, & chargers).

    1. The function of a charger is to allow you to recharge the battery.
    That functionality hasn't been removed. Most people already have
    numerous chargers from previous purchases (I myself have at least 3 or 4).

    2. iPhones never had an FM radio, so that could never have been removed.

    ...and...


    Try this in order to understand why your argument is ridiculous.
    Take a phone that has the aux port and plug that port with cement.

    ...3. Does the phone have a Lightning port? Because it does, then I
    already have all the functionality that that 3.5mm audio jack provided.


    How do you do what the port did for you without buying more stuff?

    I buy appropriate stuff for port I DO have, duh!


    If you buy more stuff just to make it work, then add that to the resale
    value calculations. Otherwise, the resale value is a complete farce.

    Does every phone with a 3.5mm audio jack come with earbuds?


    An iPhone is always going to cost more than Android when you take into account the total costs of ownership of constantly making it work again.

    After Apple removes all basic hardware (jacks, slots, radios, chargers).

    Show your work.

    Do a concrete example.

    I dare you.

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