Comments by "Bob Hawke" (@bobhawke7373) on "Apple marks 40 years in Australia" video.

  1. It's literally the item most people use the most and rely on more than anything else
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  2.  @fwingebritson  You're crazy. A decent phone assists and organises your life. I can't even remember how I managed without one.
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  3. Wrong. I basically run my entire business on my phone. Would be hard on a cheap phone
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  4.  @spindoctor6385  cheap phones can't hold much data, they operate slowly, they have functional issues with apps you need to run smoothly. They don't even have good cameras.
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  5.  @spindoctor6385  I run a construction business. All my invoices, quotes, plans, employee payroll, super, tax, banking, insurances, workers comp, inductions, and hundreds of site pictures per day are all operated through the one device. Now you can F around and try and struggle with a 200 bucks phone. But you will throw it against the wall when it fails you. Not only that, all my certificates and licensing, my safe work method statements, my public liabilities. All must be easily accessible upon request. These require apps that don't work with a cheap phone. You're obviously just an out of touch boomer who only needs his phone for talk and text and sits at his home computer to talk nonsense on YT.
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  6.  @blank.9301  This is the No1 Google review for your phone. The Oppo A72 This review below shows the crap you have to deal with when you buy cheap. Bought this phone umpteen months back. From the start, performance was poor at best. It takes just shy of 5min to boot to android. Setup was alright - the power button fingerprint scanner was unreliable during setup, taking 3 attempts. Wifi and Data speeds are both good, bluetooth connectivity was fast and reasonably reliable. Texts often did not send in a timely manner. incoming calls and notifications would only show up 1/3 of the time at best - often calls could not be answered, with the phone simply ringing out without ever giving any sign on screen of the call, totally impossible to answer. It has almost no ability to play games - even Microsoft solitaire collection lagged at times! The UI is fine - often slow with stuttering animations. Camera takes up to 30s to start up. When more than one app is loaded at once often it causes the background app to crash when bringing it back up. Call quality was poor, picking up background noises very badly, and distorted audio from the speaker. The display was not bright enough to be readable on brighter days, and too bright to be comfortable on the eyes in the dark. Camera quality was passable. None of the main camera features seemed to work correctly - the stabilisation never worked, if anything it made most pictures and footage more blurry! Low light mode simply couldn't see in low light. 'Pro' mode worked well ,but long exposures caused the phone to lag significantly when processing the image - but the sensor did well picking up stars clearly with low iso and a 30s exposure. Daytime images were uninspiring, with poor colour response and hdr having next to no effect - other than making the phone lock up for a second. I have never been so constantly frustrated by a phone. Alas, the A72 met its end yesterday- the phone had been slowly bending with normal use - and I don't keep it in my back pocket! The screen was showing signs of damage but it is now alas completely shattered and unusable. I certainly won't be looking at an Oppo again after this experience. Hasn't even lasted a year.
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  7. Australia doesn't deal with Taiwan. We deal with Chinese Taipei. We officially don't recognise Taiwan already.
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