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8 points by CarbonBasedUnit 11 days ago · 4 comments

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Finnucane 11 days ago

Price goes up, people are facing other inflationary pressures, worries about job security, etc. New phone is totally optional, easily punted. When was the last time phones had a really good new feature? (says guy with 2020 iphone SE that still works just fine)

1vuio0pswjnm7 11 days ago

Text-only, no Javascript

http://assets.msn.com/content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL

   (
     printf 'GET /content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL HTTP/1.0\r\n'
     printf 'Host: assets.msn.com\r\n\r\n'
   )|busybox ssl_client assets.msn.com \
    |grep -o "<p>.*</p>" \
    |tr -d '\134' \
    |sed '1s|^|<meta charset=utf8/>|' > 1.htm
   firefox ./1.htm
CarbonBasedUnitOP 11 days ago

Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to decline 14% ... the steepest annual contraction in smartphone history. Manufacturers focusing on selling fewer higher-end products, driven by elevated prices for RAM and transportation/fuel.

  • fiedzia 11 days ago

    I am not sure RAM/fuel prices have much impact here. I have a phone that's about to get 3 generations behind latest one and comparing them side by side, I have 0 reasons to upgrade. Some specs are better, but not enough to notice in daily use.

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