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Chitchat Huawei Mate 20 is coming
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I'm considering the Honor note 10. Chinese phone makers are killing the market this year!
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Got 4000mah battery? Dual SIM card? Dedicated SD card slot? N 3.5 mm head phone jack? N camera better than P 20 pro? If yes I buy.
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ironically I prefer a phone without the earphone jack.. it is just a dust collector. there are many good aftermarket Bluetooth earphones and speakers out there to choose from
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Unfortunately many nos to your questions
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android + prc bloatware = bloodsucking mosquitoes + parasitic fleas.
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The bloatware probably contains embedded spyware. The Chinese government seems to be able to track down its internet users very quickly.
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So iOS is much safer n Better?
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So can't buy. Cos not suitable.
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If Bluetooth continue to improve wired stuff will be obsolete. But still not there yet. The headphones jack is for convenience. N u can cover the hole. Some phone covers have a plug for the 3.5 mm
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I just feel more comfortable with iOS because Apple does not depend upon user data to make money. They sell hardware and services.
Is it really safer? God only knows.
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So that means iOS is no better than android...it's just yr personal preference u like iOS
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I didn't say that.
I said I have more faith in Apple not to abuse and share the info they have on me. I also trust that they do not embed tracking into the hardware which I suspect is done by many Chinese phone manufacturers to conduct mass surveillance on their own citizens.
However as I am not a security expert I can't vouch for Apple. I can only share my own views.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking#China
Privacy[edit]
Locating or positioning touches upon delicate privacy issues, since it enables someone to check where a person is without the person's consent.[13] Strict ethics and security measures are strongly recommended for services that employ positioning.
In 2012 Malte Spitz held a TED talk[14] on the issue of mobile phone privacy in which he showcased his own stored data that he received from Deutsche Telekom after suing the company. He described the data, which consists of 35,830 lines of data collected during the span of Germany's data retention at the time, saying, "This is six months of my life [...] You can see where I am, when I sleep at night, what I'm doing." He partnered up with ZEIT Online and made his information publicly available in an interactive map which allows users to watch his entire movements during that time in fast-forward. Spitz concluded that technology consumers are the key to challenging privacy norms in today's society who "have to fight for self determination in the digital age."[15][16]
China[edit]
China has proposed using this technology to track commuting patterns of Beijing city residents.[17] Aggregate presence of mobile phone users could be tracked in a privacy-preserving fashion.[18]
Europe[edit]
In Europe most countries have a constitutional guarantee on the secrecy of correspondence, and location data obtained from mobile phone networks is usually given the same protection as the communication itself.[citation needed]
United States[edit]
In the United States, there is a limited constitutional guarantee on the privacy of telecommunications through the Fourth Amendment.[19][20][21][22][23] The use of location data is further limited by statutory,[24] administrative,[25] and case law.[19][26] Police access of seven days of a citizen's location data is unquestionably enough to be a fourth amendment search requiring both probable cause and a warrant.[19][27]
In November 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Carpenter v. United States that the government violates the Fourth Amendment by accessing historical records containing the physical locations of cellphones without a search warrant.
Privacy[edit]
Locating or positioning touches upon delicate privacy issues, since it enables someone to check where a person is without the person's consent.[13] Strict ethics and security measures are strongly recommended for services that employ positioning.
In 2012 Malte Spitz held a TED talk[14] on the issue of mobile phone privacy in which he showcased his own stored data that he received from Deutsche Telekom after suing the company. He described the data, which consists of 35,830 lines of data collected during the span of Germany's data retention at the time, saying, "This is six months of my life [...] You can see where I am, when I sleep at night, what I'm doing." He partnered up with ZEIT Online and made his information publicly available in an interactive map which allows users to watch his entire movements during that time in fast-forward. Spitz concluded that technology consumers are the key to challenging privacy norms in today's society who "have to fight for self determination in the digital age."[15][16]
China[edit]
China has proposed using this technology to track commuting patterns of Beijing city residents.[17] Aggregate presence of mobile phone users could be tracked in a privacy-preserving fashion.[18]
Europe[edit]
In Europe most countries have a constitutional guarantee on the secrecy of correspondence, and location data obtained from mobile phone networks is usually given the same protection as the communication itself.[citation needed]
United States[edit]
In the United States, there is a limited constitutional guarantee on the privacy of telecommunications through the Fourth Amendment.[19][20][21][22][23] The use of location data is further limited by statutory,[24] administrative,[25] and case law.[19][26] Police access of seven days of a citizen's location data is unquestionably enough to be a fourth amendment search requiring both probable cause and a warrant.[19][27]
In November 2017, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Carpenter v. United States that the government violates the Fourth Amendment by accessing historical records containing the physical locations of cellphones without a search warrant.
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Well to me iPhones r crap. Their specs are crap and android phones do much better for better specs n functionally. And to each his own...one man's food is another man's poison
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I don't know what you mean by "specs". My iPhone can be used for voice calls, txt, whatsapp, telegram, imessage, skype etc. It can play videos, take photos, send photos, receive photos, play games etc. In fact it does everything I want no latency, no crashes, no hiccups.
What "functionality" do you have that I don't?
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No doubt it is a good phone. Value for money.
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