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Comment Re:Goodbye Battery (Score 1) 41

There's not going to be any difference, because, surprise surprise, turning off Bluetooth on Android actually doesn't turn it off, it just disables any communication over Bluetooth to any app. If you don't believe me, I use MyPhoneExplorer to synch my phone with my Windows work PC outlook, and if I trigger the sync whilst forgetting to turn on Bluetooth on my phone, the display off my phone wakes up anyway. Go ahead and find out for yourself. Yes, Android Bluetooth toggle will not actually turn off the Bluetooth radio, perhaps transmit (I don't have the means to really test that), but certainly not receive.

Comment Re:In my experience 3rd party ink clogs print head (Score 1) 116

Good point, I actually got my Epson 8550 ET when after 4 years my previous Epson had the heads clog up badly. It hadn't been used for some time, which mentioned when returning under extended warranty (5 years total instead of the regular 2 10 % of the printer purchasing price, about 30 bucks), but they gave me the full value as a credit. Which I then used to get the 8550. As for getting the value out, where I live, A3 photo prints are easily 15 bucks, whereas it costs me about 2, on Epson archival paper.

Comment Epson ink tank for ink jet (Score 2) 116

Sure, brother and laser as many here say whenever HP printers come up, but if you want to print your own photos, I find Epson ink tank printers great. I've got the 8550 A3+ that prints photos for cents on A4 in great quality with lasting colours. Note that Epson have always had great Linux compatibility (no support, but it all works and they provide drivers for the scanners printers and such, some things don't need drivers, but they provide them, including their own Linux scanning app), a domain where canon is hit and miss.

Comment Re:Every time they release a new version of androi (Score 1) 22

Samsung expanded updates of their Galaxy A line alongside the flagship S line 2 years ago, the A33 got 4 years of system upgrades (= 4 major android versions) plus one additional year of security updates. At just around 250 bucks, it's far from a flagship price. And sure, it's not 7 years like your iPhone but one should know forget that iPhones are sold over 4 years, since older flagship become mid end phones. Samsung models from last year are scarce and of two years ago aren't available anywhere I look. So from last sale, I don't think iPhones actually have longer support, the A 3n series is a better bet if you don't want to break your bank.

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