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Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i want my sidekick back. best form factor ever

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Never had a Sidekick, but I had several phones with similar landscape slide out / flip open keyboards. Those were the days.

My current daily driver is about 8 years old (a OnePlus 3 that's aged very gracefully thanks to LineageOS), but I do need to replace it soon. Looking at something like the Cosmo Communicator that has a full flip-open keyboard.

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago

Never heard of planet computers until you mentioned the Cosmo Communicator. Their products look really cool!

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

im amazed at the fact i stopped caring/needing a more powerful phone 5-6 years ago. its just not a thing that matters anymore... theres no feature or processing speed i would need from a new device despite my phone bein 5 years old.

too bad the batteries arent replaceable as that actually is one of my only concerns.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 1 points 6 months ago

I have needed a new phone every 2 for the last 6 years because my old one physically broke. Battery might be good, but the screen is cracked: new phone. My last phone quit recognizing the SIM, and so new phone it is. In theory I can buy the parts to repair the phone, but in practice either the parts are obsolete and not stocked, or I can get them special order from China if I'm willing to wait weeks and pay half the price of a new phone. Then hope I actually manage to get the phone together again.

I live in the US where we use many weird by world standards frequencies. I've looked into various repairable phones, (fair phone, pine phone), but I quickly realize I often travel in parts of the US where they won't work. Thus I'm stuck with what my carrier offers. (Apple might be more repairable, but apparently more locked down)

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 0 points 6 months ago

Yep. This 8 year old phone does absolutely everything I need it to do (well, haven't had to deal with AV1 videos yet, so software decoding those might show its age), but the battery is on its last legs.

I'd just replace the battery (involved but not too difficult), but I also want a newer phone with better support for some of the LTE bands near me. I figure 8 years is a good run for a smartphone as a daily driver lol.