EskeRahn
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I doubt those cases would happen a lot, there will always be a need for manual moderation unless the system is overly restrictive. Automatic whitelisting would be nice for sure though.
....currently I would be glad to just have manual white-listing.... But sure automatic would be preferable.
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Those are some great photos :). What I’d really like to know though is how close can the camera focus for macro(-ish) shots.
Flashed with the newest firmware, the pre-production unit (might be different from the real stuff), can do macros in Open Camera down to about 11.2x8.4cm, at about 9cm distance.
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Just a thought, but i think this thread is worth being pinned :).
Good point, done. :)
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I don’t understand the text but there’s nice photos here https://monoworks.co.jp/post/2019-07-11-hands-on-fxtec-pro1-smartphone-tokyo/
Nice pictures. And looks like they also got the packing ready, looking at the first three images. :-)
I'm a little confused on the stand. Is that something in the package? And what is the use of it, compared to just opening the device? Merely a steeper angle than the 25 degrees? Is it a charging stand in portrait?
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Yeah, the spammers are unlikely to leave any sensible messages so it would be quite easy to tell who to whitelist…
Yeah, I would prefer a somewhat automated system, so I would not need to white-list each one-by-one... But indeed on comments from new users it would almost always be posible to tell if the answer make sense in the context. But a clever spammer could misuse if a first comment was enough to get white-listed, by creating a few sensible comments, and then let a bot take over spamming with that account... so it would need to be a bit more clever.
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(I removed a few clutter-comments, that were due to a reading error, and comment on that comment....)
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Well I too think that the current response to the attacks last week is not optimal.
I hope they find out some white-list system, where people with some number of thanks from other white-listed members gets white-listed, as well as people that already left comments in here for say at the least a fortnight ago without the posts getting marked as spam, reported or deleted.
This would give us some mutual white-listing within the community automatically. If this get misused by a group, it could be take down again.
But until now it has even been hard to find what threads got comments awaiting approval. I had to browse through all seven pages with over a 100 threads, to see if each thread had one waiting.... So I have checked less frequent than with a simple F5 and threads at the top of the list.
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With the QWERTZ layout being brought to the German community event; Will we be able to pick the German keyboard layout at the checkout procedure?
Would be nice with an official answer to this...
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..keep going, 37 flooded pages…
i really hope they can delete based on user / pattern xD… nice job clicking all the way to here
I hope so too, raised the issue, and hopefully it will be handled quickly.
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P.S. The single-key shortcut to an app is nice but pretty static.
I hope they will allow long press on more than a single key to be associated with an action, say press Alt and then press and hold a key to do something.special. Say Alt+P to call Peter and Alt+Ctrl+P to send Peter an SMS...... Just brainstorming here...
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Please enlighten me if I am wrong here, but I have never heard of bad software screwing up your SIM-cards, so I don’t understand why people are so hesitant to try the BETA-phone as their daily driver. If I get the beta-test, I will absolutely try to use it as my main phone and see where it holds up and where it doesn’t.
Or can bad OS brick SIM-cards?
Well as software still at Beta levels, strange things can happen, however unlikely they may seem...
Calls interrupted, lacking notification on calls/mails/sms/... or the other way round Sound could go off when it is supposed to be silent.
It might seem like a mail or sms is sent though it is not. Files you download or creates, can get lost or tampered... Contacts lost.
An update can mess it up completely until the next update, leaving you with a useless device in the meantime.
...Well only the fantasy set the limits. Not that any of this is very likely, but you should have a back-up device to be sure you can do important stuff when needed.
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I also applied for a beta test application, but I won’t be hurting for a device if I get denied. From the previous 2 comments; it does not sound very safe to replace a daily driver with a phone that’s less-than stable. Especially, if work/family depends on the ability to stay connected.
I plan to use a second number/SIM (already bought for the purpose), and then optimistacally set the primary SIM in the Beta, an the secondary number in my old device. And hopefully the old will seldom be needed. Worst case I will swap the SIMs
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It really is time they did another blog post
....You got psychic powers? They just sent out an e-mail... *LOL*
Among other things it says
We anticipate that payment will be requested at the end of July, ahead of an expected shipment date in early September.But also requests for beta-testers, so if you are as impatient as me that might be an option to become one of the lucky ones....
ADD: @netman, you are fast :)
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My point was: If a budget phone at 400 dollars can have QHD screen, snapdragon 855 and 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, a phone like Pro1 – spec-wise – should only cost like 200-250 dollars (yes it is old tech). Then we can add in the additional costs of R&D for the keyboard up to 350 dollars and a profit margin up to 400-450 dollars. FInally I can see that it is a niche product and low-production number, increase that to 500 dollars. That would be a much more logical price point imho.
If you can do a competitor you can sell at that price, then please do... I would love a slightly more compact device, And some have asked for a non-curved display....
But to get realistic, you forget one VERY important aspect in your R&D calculus: VOLUME!
What you are looking at is the marginal cost between number say 100000 and 100001, and sure that could be like the numbers you suggests.
If you have an expected sell of a million devices or more, every 5 million spent in R&D, marketing etc is just £5 per device.
But I think they will be over-joyed if they sell even 100000! And that would be £50 per device... But if they (God forbid) sell only 10000 devices the distributed cost is £500... So to even talk 'profit' we should be talking substantial volume.
I do not know the numbers for their R&D, nor the amount they expect to sell. But I VERY much doubt they will get aPple-greed-rich by this project....
But if they do, good for them, and most likely for us too, as this will increase the chance for a Pro2, 3, ....
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I do not know if the panel is actually good, but i hope for a good brightness and a good black, than the resolution is more than enough
See e.g TrustedReview on the Elephone U Pro with the same Boe display https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/elephone-u-pro
Amazing 18:9 AMOLED display...by equipping the U Pro with a punchy, 5.99-inch AMOLED panel (protected by Gorilla Glass 5, no less), which looks incredible from any angle. With an aspect ratio of 18:9 it’s tall and thin – which is the trend these days – and has a minimal bezel.It even has lovely rounded corners, which tie in perfectly with the pebble-like shape of the bodywork – at least from a design perspective.
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Just browsed through a number of reviews https://www.google.com/search?q=elephone+u+pro+review+display And the one thing they all seem to agree on is that the display is really good... :)
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July is here, and we are yet to receive any actual release date. Or have I just missed it?
You did not miss it, we are all impatiently waiting for official info. What we know is that they changed "July 2019" to "Summer 2019" in the pre-order page text.
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That sounds like you’re able to use it like the old Nokia tablets. That being said: how is call quality through stuff like WhatsApp? Have you tried that already?
Nope, never used it.
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I’m just going to say, without further comment:
Happy July everyone!
You are a bit early on the 4th of July greetings... ;-)
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think it makes more sense for FxTec to work with a Lineage maintainer than to make their own “custom rom”. And I believe that’s what’s happening already, or at least what’s supposed to happen based on previous comments.
I agree on that.
Hopefully Fxtec will help these ROM-makers all they need. But due to the relatively low volume, I do not see it realistic to sell it in multiple software versions.
But they could make it as easy as possible for people to swap.
Those that do NOT want Android Market and all the other Gapps installed, but merely the bare Android, must be technically knowledgeable enough to get and sideloade the Apps they need, so it is a fair assumption that rooting and flashing is not scaring concepts for them either.
Sure if this gets a huge success and they can sell 100000 devices with a different software, it is another story, but my guess would not be over a few thousand of each flavour of non-standard ROMs (SailFish, Lineage, ...et cetera).
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Even on devices which offer the suggestions with the physical keyboard open, I essentially never use them. I find it clunky to leave the physical keyboard to tap a suggestion, and frankly I type fast enough that I don’t get a significant speed improvement from it. I just never found their presence disruptive enough to try to remove them.
Well I hope it will be there as an OPTION, as it can help both getting spelling right and, for long words, often the right word is suggested after typing the first few letters, and this can speed up things.
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I like to think most people are like me, normal, and just type a normal 1 for searching something on google.
Exactly and hence using Pro¹ is a bad idea, as it is not found when anyone searches for Pro1 - that was the whole point.
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EskeRahn propably already uses it as a daily driver
Unfortunately not, At the current state of this early unit not all antennas are in place, and can not connect to the world except through WiFi. So more a teaser than a daily driver.
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I question how many people use that just to type something into Google. LOL I agree having both present is smart just in case.
Yup, I forgot that in my preview initially, so Googling Pro1 does not find it, though Pro¹ do... *LOL*
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There’s not really any other way to type it in unformatted text.
Well there is, Superscript numbers are characters you can find in e.g Windows Character map: Pro¹ .
Actually just checked again, and it (now) is supported by Google https://www.google.com/search?q=Pro¹ but it does not match Pro1 or vice versa. So you need to remember both in your text if you want to make sure a Google search finds it...
Fxtec Pro1 Sample Shots (Compare with HMD Nokia 8.1)
in Pro1 - Thoughts & questions
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Oh indeed, the first firmware I had was very early. I did not even attempt to do macro on that...