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  • 'Mythic Quest' co-creators detail filming during a pandemic using 40 iPhones

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    This is awesome news! One of the best comedy’s in years, really looking forward to watching this. 
    JosephAUwatto_cobra

  • Google's final release of Android 10 is coming soon, with new branding

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    Fatman said:
    So, you buy the brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and you get last year’s version 9 pie OS- LOL. And you pray that Samsung will update the OS ... good luck with that. A major reason for sticking with iPhones.
    Samsung provide two major version updates and 3 years worth of security updates for flagships, that has been the case for years so I’m not sure where you are getting this idea that the note might not get updated, that’s simply not true at all. 

    In fact, Samsung have now extended the same support to the a series phones, so my a50 also gets 2 version updates and 3 years worth of security updates. With pixel 3a also doing the same there is very good options for Android software support around. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwilliamlondon

  • Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger app audio

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    sandor said:

    Arina14 said:
    Why in the world can't Facebook simply respect its users' privacy? What was the point of transcribing the audio from the Messenger App. Facebook needs to be reigned in at this juncture. 

    Why in the world would they?

    Like Google, their users are their source of income, but are free to leave any time they want.

    Anyone read Super Sad True Love Story? 
    Edited...not worth it. 
    sandor

  • Facebook paid contractors to transcribe Messenger app audio

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    I am one of those that is ok with google services and the data they store. This article on the other hand i don’t like this practice at all. How many people are aware Facebook is recording their audio calls let alone then passing those conversations on? 

    We are aware search’s are logged etc but I don’t think most anticipate their calls are actually being recorded. This is an appalling practice and I wonder with WhatsApp being owned by facebook if the same is happening there too. 
    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra

  • Apple loses ground to Samsung in European smartphone market

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    clarker99 said:
    wlee2019 said:
    To be honest I’m surprised the decline isn’t greater in Europe. I have changed from an iPhone and most of those I know have too, the primary reason being cost. There is no doubting iPhones are good phones but now so are android and on neither side is there a phone that is so great it should cost £1000.

    i am now using a Samsung a50 which didn’t cost all that much and it does everything I need a phone to do very well. In fact it does it so well I can’t see why I should spend 749 let alone a grand on a phone. 

    I get that Apple are keen to keep profit margins and not panic the market but if services is where they see their growth coming they surely need a growing user base or that too will stagnate. 
    So many miss the fact that the iOS install base is growing. So, there goes your argument. The grey market is servicing the low to mid level iPhone market. Apple keeps high end prices where they are to prop up the prices of the ever growing grey market. Apples devices last and are supported for 5yrs or more. They have over 900,000,000 active iPhones in the wild and that number is growing. Also, the XR is the #1 selling phone for the last few quarters but yes price is the issue. Samsung selling more $200 ASP phones than Apple selling $750-$1000 Phones is a hilarious comparison. 
    Ok, I’ll bite, give me the link for your evidence that the iOS install base is currently growing in Europe which is what we are currently discussing. I don’t think you can because the statistics do not reflect that and I don’t think that the ipads improving sales mitigate the falling sales of the iPhone. Of course there is the other stat that people are holding onto phones for longer but I personally don’t see that. People continue buying but they are more informed and looking for more value now. 

    It’s interesting that the top 5 phones for the last quarter came out and 3 of the 5 were a series galaxies (the a50 which I have was the top seller), the public seems to be more open to lower cost devices and that is reflecting in sales, whereas once the top 5 was filled with flagships the only one in the top 5 this time was the iPhone XR at 5th. 

    I’m not trying to bash Apple, personally I think the iPads are brilliant and would only have an iPad as a tablet as Android don’t support tablets well enough with updates. In the phone though I am quite happy with an android until either Apple have a quality product that justifies the price in my view or they release a phone around the £500 mark that isn’t already old. That’s just my views but they seem reflective of the wider consumer trends in Europe currently. 
    muthuk_vanalingamavon b7