chasm

About

Username
chasm
Joined
Visits
288
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
11,502
Badges
2
Posts
3,780

Reactions

8.1KLike47Dislike488Informative

  • Apple's iPhone Fold is creeping closer - what the rumor mill says is coming

    chasmchasm
    I'll try to keep an open mind about any possible future folding iPhone, but the ones that already exist are more expensive than the most expensive iPhone. And prone to crease.

    A folding iPad might be nice, but not at double the current price.
    watto_cobra

  • Microsoft blew $8.5 billion on Skype only to spend 14 years killing it

    chasmchasm
    Before FaceTime came along, Skype was my favourite video-calling app. Was it elegant? No. Was it highly functional and cross-platform? Yes. Did it also offer cheap international calling? Yes, and this was VERY important to us when we changed countries many years back.

    For my purposes, FaceTime is and has been vastly preferable to Teams, but to be fair I'm not really Teams' target market.
    muthuk_vanalingamronnjas99h2pwatto_cobra

  • Apple customers start receiving the iPhone 16e

    chasmchasm
    Sarkirssian said:
     Lame phone...
    No it's not.

    It might not be for you and it's not for me, but it's perfect for some people -- especially people who are finally upgrading their iPhone 11 or 12 (I've already heard from some using those exact words).

    The 16e is especially great for people who want a brand new iPhone (not used, not an older model) who don't want to pay or finance $900-$1400 for an iPhone they don't use every possible feature of.
    Xedmuthuk_vanalingamlondormaclin3williamlondonpulseimagesgrandact73watto_cobra

  • Apple could have sold me an iPhone SE 4, but it won't sell me the iPhone 16e

    chasmchasm
    I do think Apple will lose some customers to Android by raising the iPhone price-of-entry to $599. Mostly the cheapskate customers that don't buy anything else from Apple apart from the phone, so I'm reasonably sure Apple is cutting those people loose and wishing them godspeed and good riddance to the cheap Android market.

    But the 16e is still a budget iPhone. Indeed, it's the cheapest iPhone currently available from Apple, since they discontinued the iPhone 14 line and the SE third-gen.

    If you have an older iPhone (preferably small) and want to upgrade for as cheap as possible (and fear Apple Intelligence), grab an iPhone SE third-gen. It will go obsolete someday (a bit sooner than later models, obviously), but that's not anytime in the next few years.

    Maybe there will be some clearance pricing for the iPhone 14 line, and the iPhone 15. If you're a Costco member, I'd check there and Apple's refurb page. Either will do you for quite a few years to come.

    Or, if you can stretch to $599, consider the iPhone 16e. It will certainly be supported for longer, and despite the inexplicable lack of MagSafe (easily and cheaply remedied with a case), it's still head and shoulders above any similarly-priced Android phone.
    neoncatresponealterbentzionJess3

  • MacBook Air stocks start to dwindle ahead of M4 update

    chasmchasm
    I just wait for a cellular MacBook with Face ID. It’s about time.
    Check out the article on the C1 modem today. There's hope for us who crave cellular MacBooks.
    watto_cobra