Absolutely. I'm surprised this isn't marked as critical.
If this was included in malicious emails and texts, it would block the use of Chrome on Android completely and the only current fix is to clear all browser data i.e. bookmarks, passwords etc.
The quote is about the information architecture, i.e. the mechanisms behind widespread disinformation: social media platforms that allow users to live in a bubble. Of course they are not literally The Internet, but many non-technical people experience it this way.
Presumably, that would fail "Screen resolution beyond that of my eyes". I think that they're saying that the screen matters, but that FHD/QHD isn't a requirement. Of course, I'm looking through the lens of what I'd like in a phone.
They seem to like waterproofing and wireless charging as well, and at least the charging isn't usually available on the old candy-bar phones.
Personally, I'd love something like a flagship-style phone, but with a 4.5" 720P screen. For the most part, such a beast doesn't exist, and the next question is "what can I compromise on to find a phone that actually exists?" The comment you responded to seems like they're trying to answer the same question and coming up with "null set". It's a frustrating situation to be in, when the market moves away from building the tool you'd like.
Yep, my Xperia Z5compact is the only device I've found that comes close, but even this one has some frustratingly annoying software bugs, camera issues and lack of updates :/
I said in another comment that I'm looking at an XC. Z3C is older than I want to go, and the common opinion about the Z5C seems to be that it was 2 steps forward and 1.5 backward. I'm encouraged by a lot of the community's work on Sony phones, and how Sony seems to embrace unlockable bootloaders. It gives me hope that I could provide support for my phone even after Sony abandons it.
Unlocking the bootloader means loosing the DRM keys forever which results in worse camera. Also binaries are the issue for custom ROM support - as usual for Android.
You're preaching to the choir. If I had a better option, I'd go for it, but I really want a phone with a screen smaller than 5" to be the next one I buy. A few years ago, I went from a Galaxy Nexus (4.65") to a Nexus 5 (4.95", and sharp edges), and the thing I wanted most at the time was the internals from the new phone in the chassis of the old one.
These look like my options:
- Go for the comfortable-sized Sony and eventually degrade the phone to keep up with security updates.
- Go for the Sony and eventually take the chance that someone exploits an unpatched security hole.
- Go for something like an S7 or Pixel that are a few mm larger than the Nexus 5, paying more for a device with worse size but (hopefully) better support.
I'm in a tiny minority, interested in an increasingly-niche category of hardware.
Yeah, I really liked the Z3C too as it was the only Android phone that wasn't big and I came from iPhone 5S. Now I bit the bullet, sold the Z3C and ordered a Xiaomi 3S (unlockable, supported monthly with security releases), so 5" phone again it is.
Too bad the SE didn't spark any competition in this area.
Sadly, due to late and lacking sales of Z5c in USA, the modding community is pretty dead. Also bootloader unlock breaks camera due to DRM so that's out :/
Yeah...I saw that they didn't have an official Cyanogenmod for it, while the Z3c does. I'll admit that my impressions of the Sony modding community probably date mostly from the Z3 era.
It seems like the camera just loses some low-light noise reduction functionality, right?
While texting and driving is definitely an issue, this isn't the solution.
It would be much more appropriate to implement ways that remind people that this is dangerous behaviour.
Preferably there should be something done during driving tests to see how people react. Something like calling the participants phone when in a safe environment to see how they react. Of course people could plan for it but that would be the point.
It is worrying when a private company has access to this sort of information.
It is urgently alarming when a government has access to that same information.
Governments have a long, proven history of abusing that information in ways that result in undermining of democracy, immoral imprisonment of political opponents, mass murder and genocide, and other niceties.
Governments should be afraid of the people, not the other way around.
But inventing does not guarantee a golden payday. Only 2 to 3 percent of all inventors make any money from their inventions, experts said.
Key point. It takes more than just an idea to bring an invention to market. Most inventions never get to market for the simple reason their inventors lack the business acumen and don't get the right people involved.
After inventing something the only thing you need to worry about is finding investors, patenting, finding a business person, finding a manufacturer, prototyping, safety testing, finding suppliers and coordinating it all so that you can make a profit. Most people sadly try to do it all themselves, but it takes a special kind of person to know how to do it all themselves and get it right the first time.
Are you sure? Has there been a study done on inventions/patents to know how many are that useful? For instance, if I come up with a, I dunno, a coffee filter that's 2% more effective, sure I've invented something. But I might not make any money ever because a 2% efficiency increase is irrelevant for non-industrial-scale things, generally. (Or maybe that 2% gain costs 5% more.) So maybe a lot of people are just inventing "stuff" that while technically an invention, isn't really that useful, business acumen or not.
If this was included in malicious emails and texts, it would block the use of Chrome on Android completely and the only current fix is to clear all browser data i.e. bookmarks, passwords etc.