Comments by "James LaBarre" (@SenileOtaku) on "Energizer P18K Android phone: we are being gaslit by smartphone manufacturers" video.

  1. When I finally had to replace my 5 year old Droid Razr HD (it would no longer recognize SIM cards) Ibought a Moto E5, unlocked*, for $130. It does what it needs to do (make & receive phone calls), works as a basic note pad and address book, *PLUS has the headphone jack and removable battery. Only problem with it was it had grown larger (W & H, not thickness) and barely fits in the carrying pouch I used for the Droid Razr. Other than the fact I have to (apparently) activate "OK Google" in order to use voice command over my bluetooth headset (F*** you Google) it's the perfect phone for my needs. feeble excuses on why they have to reduce/remove things is like one of my big complaints with Android tablets. I would actually prefer a full-size SD/MMC card slot, since there's plenty of space on the housing to fit one. But the manufacturers (f*** them) will never do that. Bezels? Yeah, I prefer some sort of bezel on the phone (big clumsy hands, so it's harder to use something with a full wrap-around screen) I ALSO would prefer them on my laptop screen as well. I hate it that laptops these days come with those paper-thin displays that seem as though the manufacturers WANT them to flex and break. I'd rather have something thicker and more resilient. So these days I only look at used machines (I'm loading Linux on them anyway, so don't need the warranty). Remember way back when Mad Magazine would have those 'pictorials' for various businesses, and the particular business would go out of their way to provide BAD customer service? Why do I get the impression business schools adopted them as models for running businesses these days? No, folks, those weren't meant as guidelines...
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