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From: Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Additions to the iOS/Android Features Document
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 17:04:49 -0500
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Alan wrote:
> On 2024-05-17 13:54, Andrew wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg wrote on 17 May 2024 19:34:44 GMT :
>>
>>>> My Android phones are all free from T-Mobile and they all have the aux
>>>> jack, the FM radio, and the all important portable-storage sd slot.
>>>>
>>>> Most iPhone users think the portable storage slot is only for extending 
>>>> the
>>>> internal memory - but it's also portable storage - which they can't do.
>>>> (Apple wants them to pay for the iCloud so they can save pictures & 
>>>> video.)
>>>
>>>    I know you like to tout the SD card 'slot' on Android phones, but IMO
>>> using them for *portable* storage, while possible, is not very
>>> convenient.
>>
>> Thank you for understanding that I _love_ that more than half of all
>> Android phones in use today still have the SD slot, the aux jack and the FM
>> radio (if not the removable battery - which I loved just as much as those).
> 
> Even if nobody is using them...

Both phones suffer from the shitty and non-user replaceable batteries. 
Glued together. And the software that drops support after a few years.

Both are shitty chinese disposable devices. Pure crap.

Both are the result of pure greed.

At least apple has a thriving cult.