[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah, definitely another down side, it weighs 1.5lbs. I'm used to giant phones though. Even before when I used Samsung I would throw on a 10,000mah zerolemon battery case onto them. I would travel a ton for work, so a big battery life was really useful. I just have to make sure I wear a belt lol.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

    If you look up "rugged phones" theres quite a large selection of chinese branded phones that have all the bells and whistles you can think of. Ulefone, 8849, Dogee are some of the brands. Ive owned an Ulefone Armor 26 and now an 8849 Tank 5. Both have been great on Tmobile in the US. Headphone jack, waterproof, IR blaster, 120w charging, 17,000mah battery, reverse charging, OLED screens, dual physical sim + esim. My Ulefone had a walkee talkee functionality and a massive speaker. My current Tank 5 has a 1080p projector built in.

    Downsides is that you'd probably have some Chinese spyware or something, updates are few and far between and basically never any OS version upgrades so whatever version of android it ships with is what itll always be. Also it uses Mediatek processors instead of Snapdragon. So while good, they're not TOP of the line.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

    "She went on to say that she had been driving the vehicle for a number of months and said there was a feature on the Omoda, an automatic vehicle, that meant it would begin to accelerate if a certain pedal was pressed whilst it was stationary."

    A gas pedal!?

    "He suffered a considerable friction burn on his torso which police believed to be from the still-moving wheel he was trapped under."

    Sounds like another case of an elderly driver mistaking the gas for the brake. And when trying to stop the car end up pressing harder on the gas.

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