If you’re buying the phone outright then that could work. Provided it’s supported for that long, and you can look after it well enough then I don’t see why not - you just have to be prepared to pay £800 all at once.
Part of my reasoning is the £400 cost keeps my monthly bill down, as I don’t buy the phone outright.
If nothing else, keeping one phone for 6 years would be better for the environment.
In my opinion it’s fine. I’m not super into photography or anything so take that with a big grain of salt. I don’t take too many pictures, but when I do they seem perfectly serviceable.
They’re never going to compare to a newer flagship, mind you.
All of this is more than I’m prepared to pay for a phone these days. It’s absurd.
I switched to a Nothing Phone 1 last year (about £400?) and it’s been more than capable of handling my daily usage.
I’ll keep the thing for three years, then upgrade to another mid-range. I don’t need to pay more than twice the price for hugely diminishing returns.
God damn that takes me back.
Now I need to go watch Metal Gear Awesome or something.
I vaguely remember playing that game and not enjoying it.
Something about a dead guy possessing his squad mates? And demons and stuff?
I seem to recall really struggling and ultimately relying on a single character and funneling all enemies into a single choke point where I could take them on one by one.
This was a long time ago and really is hazy at best on my mind. I’d be morbidly curious to give it another shot today just to see what was up.
Ah really? I could put it on the hard drive, but the whole point of the SSD was for it to take the OS… Will have to think on that.
They generally don’t do more than browse the web so I’m not anticipating any major issues. I used to game on it, but it’s so old now I’ve stopped using it for games.
Maybe I’ll put it on a usb for a while instead of dual booting.
I see Linux in my future, as I just don’t have the cash for a new rig.
I have to be careful though, as it’s my family PC, and the rest of my family aren’t going to tolerate much of a learning curve. It really needs to just work out of the box.
Considering Zorin OS. Hopefully I can get it on my SSD next to Windows so I can dual-boot for a while to test the water…
It’s very good, and you don’t have to have ever touched DnD to enjoy it.
It’s got some DnD stuff for the people who know, but otherwise they’re just using the setting to make a really fun adventure flick.
Highly recommended.
Every day, the reasons to either switch to dumb devices or open-source software keep piling up.
The sad part is that there’s a not insignificant number of people out there who would honestly rather embrace the human instrumentality project and never look back.
I wouldn’t say I have an actual phobia, but I completely understand people with trypophobia. It makes me very uncomfortable and I find it pretty revolting.
I have a very, very limited understanding of the subject, so take this with a lethal dose of salt, but I’m under the impression that the US healthcare system is an absolute minefield, and not everyone has equal access to it, even via insurance, in the ways you might otherwise typically expect.
I only use it because there’s no way I could convince my friends and family to move to anything else.
There’s no point in switching to another app if I then literally couldn’t communicate with the people I need to through it.
I’m like, 99% sure this is a repost of my own OC that I posted to Reddit years ago.
1 - I never thought that would happen. 2 - I was (and probably still am) kind of a dick 😅
I’m having House of Leaves flashbacks.
Rawwwrr XD*
Futurama X Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
This would would probably work out very well.
As a parent with a 2-year-old, I’m already plotting my revenge for the teenage years.
The glyphs are a fun gimmick. I wouldn’t say you’re likely to use them all that much.
Maybe Google around a bit and see what you can find. There will definitely be other mid-range phones that lean more heavily into the camera, but at this price you’re always going to be making concessions somewhere.