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Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones?

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On 8/20/2018 12:13 AM, Your Name wrote:

>> My Motorola phone has a shatterproof screen (that I've
>> unintentionally tested a few times)

When the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 (Verizon branding in the US, called a
Moto X Force elsewhere) first came out, it was advertised as the world's
first shatterproof screen. So of course lots of people wanted to test it
for YouTube. Most just dropped it from various heights using ladders,
etc. But the funny one was a guy who ran over it with a car. The screen
survived but... the phone broke. :)

For the iPeople here there's also a video some of you may remember of a
guy who stood in line for an hour or so to buy a 1st day newly released
iPhone. While he was opening the box for the first time in front of a
local TV news crew he fumbled and dropped it shattering the screen. Talk
about having a bad day. :(

You may wonder why I think the first story funny and the second sad
since in both cases the phone broke. Well IMO the Android guy was asking
for it doing a dumb thing while the iGuy was just having a bad day.

Yes Arlen, there are a number dumb Android owners out there, Check it
out on your YouTube... ;)

> Cases aren't just in case of dropping the phone. Many cases aren't 
> really much help for that anyway.

The wife's iPhone 8+ has a popsocket AND a makeup mirror glued to the
back of its case. Wonder how it will survive a drop...  8-O

> They are really to help with normal wear and tear, and scuffing such
> as scratching against keys, or those weird old things called coins"
> ;-) in pockets ...

My phone is now 2 years old (just paid off). It's in pretty good shape
but I usually carry it in a belt holster. Going into Disneyland they
made me lift my shirt cause it looks like I'm carrying...

> but in today's throw-away society that isn't as much of a concern for
> many people since they'll bin the old phone

I've always give my old phones to one of my grandkids and they use them
for a small tablet (like an iPod).

> and buy a new one when the next latest model gets released.

Hmmmm. Interesting thought. And my phone is reallly old...

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Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 00:16 +0000
  Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-18 20:21 -0700
    Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:14 +0000
      Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-18 23:20 -0700
        Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 08:31 +0000
          Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-19 10:55 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-20 10:30 +1200
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:06 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-19 21:44 -0700
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-08-20 19:13 +1200
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? abcdef <abcdef@abcdef.com> - 2018-08-20 09:54 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:06 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-19 22:18 -0400
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-20 02:32 +0000
  Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:14 -0700
    Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:26 +0000
      Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:28 -0700
        Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:42 +0000
          Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:45 -0700
            Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 05:52 +0000
              Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-18 22:55 -0700
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 08:31 +0000
                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-08-19 06:48 -0700
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                Re: Is Apple acknowledging that many users want an active stylus on their phones? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-19 15:41 +0000
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