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> If there's some other use case that dominates "mobile phone" for mobile phones, let's hear it. The use case is a lot larger than just "mobile phone". I'm an
by ultramancool 10y ago
> If there's some other use case that dominates "mobile phone" for mobile phones, let's hear it.
The use case is a lot larger than just "mobile phone". I'm an Android guy, but I rarely use my phone to make phone calls, in fact I don't use it to make phone calls at all on my provider's network, I use a SIP client to connect to a VoIP service for calling, I do secure messaging via Signal, I run emulators and play old games, I run a full linux environment to do some minimal development and to ssh into servers, I stream audio to my Sonos from YouTube videos and prevent apps from getting my private data by spoofing it and block ads in free apps because I'm a cheap fuck.
Many of these applications make an iPhone a poor choice for me, but not for many other people. If you just need a mobile phone, an iPhone still serves that use case perfectly well. So does the most basic android phone and probably a cheapass Nokia from 10 years ago. The use case is what makes the difference here.