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Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy

From "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy
Date 2018-09-01 10:21 +1000
Message-ID <fuu4ccF2slsU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote 
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote

>>>> What I don't get is this emphasis on thinness. How many people 
>>>> base their buying decision on a difference of a a few mm?
  
>>> a lot.
 
>> Bullshit. And I bet if you gave them a choice of a very thin
>> phone and a thicker one that only had to be charged once
>> a week, most would choose the thicker phone.  
 
> you'd lose.

We'll see...
 
> phones get thinner and sales go up.

Sales have in fact plateaued for other reasons. 
 
> as for run time, it only needs to last a day in 
> normal use because people charge it overnight. 

Plenty don't. 

> lasting two days gives a safety cushion
> should they happen to have a busy day.
 
> not being near power to recharge for 
> a week is an extremely unlikely event, 

Irrelevant to how convenient that would be. 

> so much so that few people, if any, will want to carry the 
> extra weight and size of a larger battery just in case. they 
> can always carry a usb battery and charge overnight 
> from that, if they're really away from mains power.

Irrelevant to how much more convenient it 
would be if you only had to charge it weekly. 

And thinness gains you nothing. In fact the phone 
has to be made stronger so it doesn't bend. Its 
just another stupid fad/fashion thing.

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Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-31 15:43 +0000
  Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-08-31 09:15 -0700
    Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 12:30 -0400
      Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-31 19:49 +0000
    Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-08-31 14:28 -0400
      Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 14:39 -0400
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        Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 15:49 -0400
          Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 06:08 +1000
            Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 16:49 -0400
              Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 10:21 +1000
        Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2018-09-01 05:49 +1000
        Re: iPhone upgrade timing/strategy Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-31 21:19 +0000
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