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After drowning my 5S and going through multiple android replacements because I hate Apple etc, I've bought a new SE (why aren't all phones this size?) 🙂

When trying to see what data was rescued on the 5S by logging into iCloud when I drowned the the phone, it showed 2 contacts. I assumed I'd just failed to set whatever backup properly.

As I set up the new SE it's restored the whole shebang - probably over a hundred contacts (I'm well popular)

What's that about?


 
Posted : 20/09/2018 7:46 pm
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Black magic.... that or Apple has stuff you didn’t expect. My phone grabbed contacts from gmail and google...

slightly unsettling to see how the software grabs data.


 
Posted : 20/09/2018 8:10 pm
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Aliens, definitely Aliens.

Independance Days on Sky Movies again..

Just sayin.


 
Posted : 20/09/2018 8:11 pm
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You had you contacts linked to your iCloud account.


 
Posted : 20/09/2018 8:19 pm
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why aren’t all phones this size?

‘Cause lots of people had phones that size once upon a time, and now much prefer a phone with greater screen real-estate. I could never go back to a phone with a tiny screen.

Simples.


 
Posted : 21/09/2018 8:03 pm
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why aren’t all phones this size?

‘Cause lots of people had phones that size once upon a time, and now much prefer a phone with greater screen real-estate. I could never go back to a phone with a tiny screen.

Simples.

It's just that bigger=better is a hard habit to give up for any manufacturer. Just look at our cars.

Wasteful and daft marketing led evolution. 5S is the sweet spot for a smart phone


 
Posted : 21/09/2018 9:18 pm
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I did the bigger phones with faster this and better that and to be honest, my  opinion is that It’s a genius of marketing that’s led folk to follow the big phone trend.

I almost got suckered into it 🙂

Apple are bastards of course, but this phone has restored voice recordings I thought I’d lost and I can use it with one hand. It also fits in my pocket.

The day will come when phones become this size again!


 
Posted : 21/09/2018 9:59 pm
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I can use it with one hand. It also fits in my pocket.

Do you have Trump hands?


 
Posted : 21/09/2018 10:03 pm

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