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2016-06-29 17:44:21 Post No. 55322096
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2016-06-29 17:44:21
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As a /g/ent, who uses a T520 with Fedora, a Oneplus One with Cyanogenmod, and owns the ifixit toolkit, I didn't know how I'd react to getting a secondhand iPhone 5s the other day. Here's a blogpost about my experience.
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Good things about the phone:
>build quality's good. It feels sturdy and premium.
>The cameras, although lower in megapixel than the OPO, look real good.
>For its low resolution screen, it doesn't look bad.
>Standby time is very good
>iTunes runs and works better than I was lead to believe, especially in a VM.
>I really enjoy the predictive text. It changes when I type, making things easy.
>The animations are a nice touch. They make everything feel like it was meant to be there.
>imessage is useful, and makes it easy to text people with iPhones.
Some bad things
>It's really slippery. I usually pinch it to get it out of my pocket.
>It's really small for me. I have large hands and am accustomed to using a 5.5" phone.
>I'm not a fan of the lightning connector it uses, I'd much prefer something with an open standard.
>It has two speaker grills, but only one is a speaker.
>Its 3.5 mm port is on the bottom, but that's purely preferential.
>I can't downgrade iOS versions unless Apple lets me.
>I can't backup individual apps.
>I've decided to stay on iOS 8.4 so I can figure out how to jailbreak.
>Has settings for Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo, but I have none of those services installed.
>Can't set default apps.
>Can't hide pictures.
>Not open source software
>Can't have other app repositories without voiding warranty.
I enjoy the thing for day-to-day tasks, but I'll use my OPO when I have to do anything real.
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Let's have a "Things I like about operating systems I don't usually use" thread
