Noticed the Sonny Ericsson writing a while back on boot sits at a slight angle and thought it was just the boot animation but yesterday noticed it on a game intro and few other things its squint lol. Wondering if the screen is mounted squint
What does squint mean?
In American English, it means to strain your eyes to see something by closing them as much as you can without going all the way.
lol, not strait!
iead1 said:
What does squint mean?
In American English, it means to strain your eyes to see something by closing them as much as you can without going all the way.
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means that in proper english too.
but also:
but if something is squint, its not straight.
do you notice on the sony ericsson boot image its a little off?
neg, mines straight.
james_2k said:
neg, mines straight.
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Mine's square to the phone.
Only issue with my screen is a slight yellowish tint along the edges when viewing light colours (especially white). It's fairly subtle, and what I've read is common.
james_2k said:
means that in proper english too.
but also:
but if something is squint, its not straight.
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Is that some local colloquialism or something? I'm curious because I never heard it used in that context during my years studying english at Cambridge. Is it some northern or rural expression?
ive never heard of it either and ive been english since birth lol. squint always meant to look at something with your eyes nearly closed. or a medical disorder.
i think youre confusing the word with "asquint" which is an informal term meaning "not straight or crooked"
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Is that some local colloquialism or something? I'm curious because I never heard it used in that context during my years studying english at Cambridge. Is it some northern or rural expression?
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most likely is a form of slang yes.
Knowone understands the scottish lol even the scottish
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go3asy said:
Knowone understands the scottish lol even the scottish
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True, Scottish and Welsh are the only european languages I've not even dared to try learning.
Were i come from (east yorkshire) the term would be **** eyed.
Thanks for the English lesson lol
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tigger69 said:
Were i come from (east yorkshire) the term would be **** eyed.
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Well, that would be the term where I come from too! USA!
Cockeyed, skewed, crooked, etc.
Using "squint" in this sense feels way weird to me. I'm a huge fan of Kathy Reichs' books and the related TV-show "Bones" where "squints" is slang for science geeks. Using it as a synonym to crooked is just wrong.
ddewbofh said:
Using "squint" in this sense feels way weird to me. I'm a huge fan of Kathy Reichs' books and the related TV-show "Bones" where "squints" is slang for science geeks. Using it as a synonym to crooked is just wrong.
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i hadnt thought about the word before, just used it.
born in england but lived in scotland for 14 years or so since i was 13. ho hum.
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Well...just read this.
The next major release of Android will NOT be named Flan. It will instead be named Froyo, short for Frozen Yoghurt. And yes, I say yoghurt with an 'h' because I am British.
LOL, its a funny name.....
bolmedias said:
Well...just read this.
The next major release of Android will NOT be named Flan. It will instead be named Froyo, short for Frozen Yoghurt. And yes, I say yoghurt with an 'h' because I am British.
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The hell accent do you have? lol
We say 'Yogert' as opposed to the American 'Yo-gurt'.
I don't know of anyone who pronounces the 'H'
Also, i prefer Flan tbh
Meltus said:
The hell accent do you have? lol
We say 'Yogert' as opposed to the American 'Yo-gurt'.
I don't know of anyone who pronounces the 'H'
Also, i prefer Flan tbh
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Cyanogen prefers fnord
Many Americans spell as Yoghurt, but the h is silent. Very typical in such a mish-mashed amalgamate of a language.
How about Android 2.0 Fruitcake
cloverdale said:
Many Americans spell as Yoghurt, but the h is silent. Very typical in such a mish-mashed amalgamate of a language.
How about Android 2.0 Fruitcake
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Kinda like Aluminum and Aluminium, which is right? DEBATE!!
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Kinda like Aluminum and Aluminium, which is right? DEBATE!!
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Depends if you're BRITISH.
Typically, there's the british way, and the american way. American spelling tends to be easier.
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Kinda like Aluminum and Aluminium, which is right? DEBATE!!
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It is funny, I had an Irish colleague whom always wanted to debate this. I am one American that fully agrees it should be Aluminium (though I would not dare pronounce in that manner, lest I be beaten and left to die for being anti-'merican). If you look at the elements around Aluminum, they all end in "ium". A non-Chemist (from the U.S) endowed the element with an incorrect name, and to this day people in the U.S. are too stubborn to change. The Revolutionary War has been over for 227 years (cf. Treaty of Paris 1783), people need to get over it
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It is funny, I had an Irish colleague whom always wanted to debate this. I am one American that fully agrees it should be Aluminium (though I would not dare pronounce in that manner, lest I be beaten and left to die for being anti-'merican). If you look at the elements around Aluminum, they all end in "ium". A non-Chemist (from the U.S) endowed the element with an incorrect name, and to this day people in the U.S. are too stubborn to change. The Revolutionary War has been over for 227 years (cf. Treaty of Paris 1783), people need to get over it
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Wow, thanks for that!! I never bothered to research why there were 2 very similar ways of spelling.
I suppose, and no offence to anyone here, It's just pure laziness. Kinda like how americans decide to shorten 'through' to 'thru'. The only place in the UK i have EVER seen that is at a McDonalds 'Drive-Thru'
Flavour/Flavor, Colour/Color anyone? Hmm.....
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Wow, thanks for that!! I never bothered to research why there were 2 very similar ways of spelling.
I suppose, and no offence to anyone here, It's just pure laziness. Kinda like how americans decide to shorten 'through' to 'thru'. The only place in the UK i have EVER seen that is at a McDonalds 'Drive-Thru'
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Yes, quite embarrassing and annoying.
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Flavour/Flavor, Colour/Color anyone? Hmm.....
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This makes sense to me. This is a way to differentiate words ending in -our, for which the vowel is unreduced in pronunciation. Virtually all nouns in the English language ending in -our are derivations of Latin nouns ending in -or. The "u" was later added after the Norman conquest to represent French pronunciation in English words. It is "more" British to leave out the "u".
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This makes sense to me. This is a way to differentiate words ending in -our, for which the vowel is unreduced in pronunciation. Virtually all nouns in the English language ending in -our are derivations of Latin nouns ending in -or. The "u" was later added after the Norman conquest to represent French pronunciation in English words. It is "more" British to leave out the "u".
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Now I know. Always Wondered, but never got round to asking
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Now I know. Always Wondered, but never got round to asking
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I used to teach English in Bangkok, and my classes previous teacher had been British, and so I had to learn all of this to explain to the students why we worry about something so trivial.
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I used to teach English in Bangkok, and my classes previous teacher had been British, and so I had to learn all of this to explain to the students why we worry about something so trivial.
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geez! you're just a teaching extraordinaire , aren't you?
grandomegabosses said:
geez! you're just a teaching extraordinaire , aren't you?
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No matter how much I try to get away from it, I keep on coming back
killyouridols said:
flavour/flavor, colour/color anyone? Hmm.....
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they use colour in canada!
Meltus said:
The hell accent do you have? lol
We say 'Yogert' as opposed to the American 'Yo-gurt'.
I don't know of anyone who pronounces the 'H'
Also, i prefer Flan tbh
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Sounds like an old Eddie Izzard joke that I heard:
"...it's prounced HERBS, because there's a bloody H in it."
Fro Yo?
Froy O?
All the Google I/O vids I watched they said FROY-oh. I thought it was based on FROzen YOgurt? FRO - YO. No?
Outside of Google IO, I've never heard anyone call it FROY OH.
I go with FRO-YO
More like Fro Slow.
Amirite? Amirite?!
JCopernicus said:
More like Fro Slow.
Amirite? Amirite?!
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Not at all
How about Fro No Show
=P
How about delicious
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well its frozen yoghurt so it should be called fro yo so it still sounds like yoghurt
I'm always worried about mispronouncing it out of laziness so I go the extra mile and say "Froy Yo"... Can't have too many Y sounds in a row, doncha know...
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Fro Yo?
Froy O?
All the Google I/O vids I watched they said FROY-oh. I thought it was based on FROzen YOgurt? FRO - YO. No?
Outside of Google IO, I've never heard anyone call it FROY OH.
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THAT is bizarre. They do say it weird, froy-oh. what the heck.
If im not mistaken, and given that frozen yogurt stuff has taken california by storm, froyo in pop culture is pronounced fro-yo, and that is how i have been saying it lol.
The googlers who said froy oh may not be native american speakers.
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The googlers who said froy oh may not be native american speakers.
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granted that, if you watch the video, they are clearly in perfect command of american standard english with zero accent what so ever. so whatever the reason for froyos pronunciation, i cant attribute it to their english skills
Vic Gundotra used to be a higher up at microsoft, started there before 1991, so he's been here in the U.S. for at least nearly 20 years.
English in the US is affected by regional dialects and colloquialisms just like any other language.
I'm from Chicago and we pronounce certain things differently than say someone from Dallas. Even my business associate from New York can say the most simple things differently from me.
Fro-Yo or Froy-O; either is acceptable. None of that matters anyways since it's not a real word.
I call it Android 2.2, unless I want to #### with people, then I call it "forgurt" and if anyone mentions "froyo" I act like they're insane.
Leo Laporte says FROY OH. Drives me nuts. FRO YO my brotha!
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The googlers who said froy oh may not be native american speakers.
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not many native american speakers left in america -_-
ive been saying it as froy o because thats how i separate my syllables. it may derive from frozen yogurt but it doesnt have to be pronounced the same way
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it may derive from frozen yogurt but it doesnt have to be pronounced the same way
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typically any short form of a phrase has everything to do with what it is formed from. FROzen YOghurt. It seems the simplest solution is to pronounce as a combination - FRO-YO rather than make a new term - FROY-OH
edit: I think we realise we are discussing an irrelevant point. But that is what most of the internet is.
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typically any short form of a phrase has everything to do with what it is formed from. FROzen YOghurt. It seems the simplest solution is to pronounce as a combination - FRO-YO rather than make a new term - FROY-OH
edit: I think we realise we are discussing an irrelevant point. But that is what most of the internet is.
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lol modem is a portmanteau of modulator-demodulator.....you dont call it a Moh-Dem, you call it a moe-dem
its not about making a new term or anything, its just about how its integrated into english
I like the suggestion it gives, I was trying to type "snack"
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talking about your picture too. since its like, well tiny.
Wow, that was indeed a fail on the upload....I'll repost in a bit when at my computer.
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here we go...
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here we go...
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Win, that's funny AND a good upload
rofl, that made my day.
snak ... anal ... small
that's awesome
Swift key has been suggesting funny stuff to me too. I was placing an office supply order today and typed box of and got chocolates when I wanted pens, and then bottle of got me vodka, which probably would have been more helpful than the white out I was looking for.
Nothing as crazy as your example though.
JAson
The phone bases its suggestions on letters that are close to the word typed. Look at that anal is pretty much the same keys just off by one letter for A and L. Not be an as$ just informing you. The system is actually pretty smart working like this.
I really needed a laugh....thanks!
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The phone bases its suggestions on letters that are close to the word typed. Look at that anal is pretty much the same keys just off by one letter for A and L. Not be an as$ just informing you. The system is actually pretty smart working like this.
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Sometimes... its just funnier not trying to be intellectual all the time
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Sometimes... its just funnier not trying to be intellectual all the time
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made my day 2x.
twilk73 said:
The phone bases its suggestions on letters that are close to the word typed. Look at that anal is pretty much the same keys just off by one letter for A and L. Not be an as$ just informing you. The system is actually pretty smart working like this.
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Don't be so Anal!
When I type my wifes name with a s on the end it suggests anus.
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snak ... anal ... small
that's awesome
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IMO, it's even funnier if you reverse the order..
small .. anal .. snak
lol
snak, anal, small.... or you want a small anal snack? Well then bend over, here it comes!
Edit: damn, previous poster beat me to it.
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Don't be so Anal!
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Did you mean Snak?
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Did you mean Snak?
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lol that was pretty good this thread is the win
This thread is full of win! I had something similar happen a couple of weeks ago with Google Voice. I was supposed to be picking my sister up from her meeting. She got out early and called me to make sure I was on my way. Here is what GV thought she said:
Hey this is Mrs. Give me a call back. I am died. Come pick me up.
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What she actually said:
This is your Sis. Give me a call back. I am done. Come pick me up.
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I think my phone wants to kill her LOL!
I thought it remembers what you typed before, so if you are typing similar keys then it will suggest that. Not that I'm trying to imply anything...
let me see through objects with the camera?
No but it can let you time travel. Unfortunately your safety is not guaranteed under the factory warranty.
Pervert...
it's not as good as the Ipad then!
But it can see around corners.
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While the Xoom camera is not able to allow you to see through solid objects (and I'm pretty sure the iPad can't either) it can turn into an x-wing fighter. Not sure how useful that feature is to you though.
Mine transformed into a stove top and started cooking bacon... surprisingly I got a speeding ticket as well.
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Mine transformed into a stove top and started cooking bacon... surprisingly I got a speeding ticket as well.
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But don't you have to spend hours searching the supermarket for exactly the right type of bacon?
Because, I heard it only cooks low profile bacon, which has to have a precise ratio of protein, to fat, to sodium nitrate.
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But don't you have to spend hours searching the supermarket for exactly the right type of bacon?
Because, I heard it only cooks low profile bacon, which has to have a precise ratio of protein, to fat, to sodium nitrate.
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Well yeah, but it will cook your eggs any way you want so...
Yeesh, what a ridiculous thread. I mean, who cares if Motorola promised that the Xoom would appoint the next Pope and end entropy for all time, but those won't be coming until sometime in the coming months? The iPad 2 will never be able to do those thing!!!
Mine doesn't do anything special. It just apears to be a regular notebook so if i leave it somewhere, nobody ain't gonna steal it
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Mine doesn't do anything special. It just apears to be a regular notebook so if i leave it somewhere, nobody ain't gonna steal it
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You mean it doesn't even have the fingerprint recognition so that if someone DID try to steal it they are sliced to pieces by lasers? I always thought that was standard!!?!!
Xoom can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
Xoom knows how to get to Sesame Street.
I call mine Xoom Norris. Any questions?
My Xoom travelled back in time to 2003 was seen by someone that knew a designer from apple and that word of mouth eventually spawned the iPhone then iPad!
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My Xoom travelled back in time to 2003 was seen by someone that knew a designer from apple and that word of mouth eventually spawned the iPhone then iPad!
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My xoom lets me leave messages before the beep.
This is a fact. Xoom can do more than just mono sound
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Xoom can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
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Well I Am Thursty.
I've just knocked my XZ off my sofa whilst on charge and it hit a tile from my fire place! Checked the phone thoroughly and was just about to go get a beer to celebrate when I noticed a small little crack on the side under the volume button :'(
Its not really noticeable tbh but I know it's there! I might get three to exchange it now and say somethings wrong with it as it will bug me like hell!
Dam this is first time I have been clumsy with a phone!
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That's what you get for not using a case.
Tell them you only just unboxed it & it's cracked.
maverick1103 said:
I've just knocked my XZ off my sofa whilst on charge and it hit a tile from my fire place! Checked the phone thoroughly and was just about to go get a beet to celebrate when I noticed a small little crack on the side under the volume button :'(
Its not really noticeable tbh but I know it's there! I might get three to exchange it now and say somethings wrong with it as it will bug me like hell!
Dam this is first time I have been clumsy with a phone!
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how very honest of you. if only there were more people like you in the world...
lloydbf said:
That's what you get for not using a case.
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cases are ugly
lloydbf said:
That's what you get for not using a case.
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True, my choice, prefer no case.
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Tell them you only just unboxed it & it's cracked.
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Could do, I doubt they would see it though.
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how very honest of you. if only there were more people like you in the world...
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Your still here, get the message you tool!
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cases are ugly
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Agreed!
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ssj_jaypee said:
cases are ugly
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Not really.
Also, never as ugly as a cracked device
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True, my choice, prefer no case.
Could do, I doubt they would see it though.
Your still here, get the message you tool!
Agreed!
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Well lying is always the best policy
jafox said:
Well lying is always the best policy
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it is with women LOL
Well, it really isn't very honest to tell them that you got it that way. And I even doubt that they will believe you. Anyway, that's the reason why I always get an insurance
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Not really.
Also, never as ugly as a cracked device
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Do you wrap a porsche in plastic bumpers? No. What's the point in buying a good looking device if you'll hide it in a case? Why not just get the Casio G-Shock?
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Do you wrap a porsche in plastic bumpers? No. What's the point in buying a good looking device if you'll hide it in a case? Why not just get the Casio G-Shock?
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Outdoors electronics get put in a case like this one: http://images.mobilefun.co.uk/graph...eria-z-slim-n-stand-case-black-p38196-300.jpg
Simple as.
You've never driven a Porsche I'd bet, and FYI a Porsche has bumpers At least my 4S does.
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Well, it really isn't very honest to tell them that you got it that way. And I even doubt that they will believe you. Anyway, that's the reason why I always get an insurance
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Well I won't tell them that I got it that way, but I do believe I have a problem with my battery so I'll ask for an exchange.
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Outdoors electronics get put in a case like this one: http://images.mobilefun.co.uk/graph...eria-z-slim-n-stand-case-black-p38196-300.jpg
Simple as.
You've never driven a Porsche I'd bet, and FYI a Porsche has bumpers At least my 4S does.
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Sure, if you're 45 and driving a Volvo station wagon I like my phones like my women; completely nude.
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Sure, if you're 45 and driving a Volvo station wagon I like my phones like my women; completely nude.
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I take mine out at home. Solely to keep it clean outside I put it in a case, not to mention protection. Also, if you have it in a case it's harder for potential thieves to spot expensive phones from worthless ones. A big thin slab looks expensive.
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I take mine out at home. Solely to keep it clean outside I put it in a case, not to mention protection. Also, if you have it in a case it's harder for potential thieves to spot expensive phones from worthless ones. A big thin slab looks expensive.
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1. I tend to keep myself out of mud and dirty places.
2. I don't live in an area with a lot of crime or poor people.
But we are having a stupid discussion here. Some people like to have some extra protection and some people don't. It's easy as that.
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1. I tend to keep myself out of mud and dirty places.
2. I don't live in an area with a lot of crime or poor people.
But we are having a stupid discussion here. Some people like to have some extra protection and some people don't. It's easy as that.
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I live in London and going through parts with poor people in them is a given. :crying:
It's not mud, it's some jackass spilling his drink and you putting your phone in the place an hour later.
It's not a stupid discussion, I like hearing other views. It's no more stupid than this thread.
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Well I won't tell them that I got it that way, but I do believe I have a problem with my battery so I'll ask for an exchange.
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hhmmm I think they will show you the door.... ;P
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I live in London and going through parts with poor people in them is a given. :crying:
It's not mud, it's some jackass spilling his drink and you putting your phone in the place an hour later.
It's not a stupid discussion, I like hearing other views. It's no more stupid than this thread.
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Ahhh, okay i can imagine it may help masking your phone a little so it won't have a "please steal me, Sir!" tag on it And i've also had the occasional "this looks like a clean spot.... aaaaaand it's not", but i like living on the edge, one bar at a time :silly:
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