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Smartphones

by drpruner. May 21, 2017 1:49PM PDT

I'm getting smarter. I recemtly had problems with my clock/alarm apppppp (I know how to spell it, I just don't know when to stop), so I went looking for another. One of the blurbs for an analog version said it uses less juice while running. This is important because clocks must be always-on to be useful. This in turn affects battery life which is an element of Smartphone Happiness (recently added to the top of Dr Maslow's hierarchy).
Is this true? If so, you're all now informed. BTW I went with digital for the convenience and because Arthur Dent uses one.

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The difference of power use by an app.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 21, 2017 2:06PM PDT

That claims to be analog to use less power should have us running away as fast as possible from that app author and their apps.

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(NT) OK, then. Ipse dixit Proffitt. :-)
by drpruner. May 21, 2017 4:53PM PDT
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BTW I maybe wasn't clear.
by drpruner. May 21, 2017 4:56PM PDT

All smart stuff is digital of course. I think (hope) the vendors meant the display type had a clock face and [digitally-generated] hands.

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The power drawer difference should be minute.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 21, 2017 5:01PM PDT

And would be blown the moment the app does something like pull down an advertisement from WiFi or other connection.

I just so happen to have the means to test this but would have to know which two apps I should try on my LG G4 and my iphone 5s.

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That's OK, I believe you.
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 7:03AM PDT

I'm thinking that standalone digital circuits do get hot (that's why Lee's server room is air conditioned) because the flips are flopping constantly at clock rate. However, the analog graphics are also digital underneath and are always refreshing, too.

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Even today's "analog" wristwatchs
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 22, 2017 8:00AM PDT

All see to have a quartz crystal and electronics that flip back and forth.

Maybe you are talking about comparing a smart phone as clock versus a wrist or other watch?

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(NT) Nope. Android versions of both.
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 8:38AM PDT
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Run Away Run Away.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 22, 2017 8:58AM PDT

The author that claimed this is not to be believed.

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I believe the correct cry is "Retreat".
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:02PM PDT

I'll bet you'd be scared of a rabbit.
Happy

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They didn't say that.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 23, 2017 6:09PM PDT

But I really need to check it out tonight.

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If you mean Monty Python,
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:18PM PDT

I think it was your phrase. I remember the timing was perfect, and it made a great punchline for the whole Killer Guardian Rabbit sequence.

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Alarm clock?
by Steven Haninger May 22, 2017 2:08AM PDT

I cannot remember the last time I used one to wake myself and I also cannot remember the last time I was late for anything. Don't tell me you too are becoming a smart phone junkie. It's a disease with, as of yet, no known cure. Happy

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when I need an alarm
by mejustsayin May 22, 2017 2:18AM PDT

I just tell my amazon echo to wake me up. Happy

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And then,
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 6:57AM PDT

everyone else on your Echo party line wakes up, too! Happy

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(NT) Uh, what was that?
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 6:57AM PDT
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Stupid phone.
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 6:59AM PDT

Uh what was that? Didn't hear you. I was on my phone.

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Didn't hear you...?
by Steven Haninger May 22, 2017 9:42AM PDT

Didn't see you. I was on my phone.
Didn't see the tree coming. I was on my phone.
Didn't see the stop sign. I was on my phone.
Didn't hear the train...
Didn't get enough sleep...
I was on my phone.

Missed my doctor appointment...
My phone didn't remind me of it.

Dropped my phone and broke it...
I am now completely paralysed. Won't someone out there get off of their phone and help me? Happy

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If I change your word phone to horse.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 22, 2017 10:18AM PDT

I bet that all that happened too.

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LOL!
by drpruner. May 22, 2017 3:08PM PDT

I saw a cartoon which I can no longer find on line, with Jesus on the cross, viewed from the back. All around him were vague figures of men, milling around and looking down at their cell phones.

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Found it. No horse but same idea. Enjoy.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 23, 2017 2:59PM PDT
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so true
by mejustsayin May 23, 2017 3:04PM PDT

used to take newspapers when I went out to eat by myself. now it is the smart phone Happy I actually subscribe to the local digital newspapers

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Me too, except I'm more interested in world
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:08PM PDT

news. Especially after 8 PM, when the sidewalks are rolled up.

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Mr History Buff says
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:06PM PDT

in 1916 they were following the war and wondering if their sons would have to get involved.
In 2016 they were keeping up with Brangelina's love life and their own.
Without the dates, though, it's an excellent document.

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And, in fact, the Edwardian era (d. 1910)
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:15PM PDT

was about as placid as things get. Technology was coming in, especially the horseless carriage.

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Speaking of horse, notice the wagon coming into the picture.
by drpruner. May 23, 2017 6:10PM PDT

They were in a transition era. We are too. But to what?

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OK...good find
by Steven Haninger May 24, 2017 2:08AM PDT

Your next assignment is to find photos or videos of this same older era with people who are not idle but moving from place to place as they'd do in their daily living. This means going in and out of doorways, entering and exiting automobiles, walking in the parks and on the beaches, etc. Yes...I take hikes in the woods and see people who aren't looking into the trees but possibly into the images of the trees as reflections in their phones. My son says they are probably searching for hidden fantasy creatures in a game. I tell you that this just isn't normal. It's an obsession or an escape mechanism of some sort. Our eyes were given for more purpose than this.

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Additionallly...
by Steven Haninger May 24, 2017 2:47AM PDT

In your photo, I don't see the driver of the carriage as having his head buried in a newspaper too. In today's world... Wink

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LOL!
by drpruner. May 24, 2017 3:46PM PDT

I read a blog recently about an art exhibit. Hardly anyone looked at the walls, they looked down at the audio/video displays in front of each. They also ignored the available alt.method of getting information - human docents. Pavlov don't need no dogs; he's got us!

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Kipling also lived in a transition period. (Personal friend
by drpruner. May 24, 2017 3:50PM PDT

of Edward VII in fact.) He wrote many stories about horse and wagon transport and with horses as characters. It was indeed a different era.

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Cubot
by Klino007 May 26, 2017 6:16AM PDT

For me the best smartphone is Cubot!!!

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