Outside the US? Then you’ll be getting worse versions of the Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15

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• SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The missing features are software based. They’re not selling inferior phones. The article even mentions that getting this to work in other countries involves different issues such as regulation and legality of the features. This really is not new.

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  • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And sometimes missing “features” are a good thing. Like when you see people complaining about annoying ads on monitors / system apps, etc. in the US but not elsewhere

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  • infeeeee@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There were examples when the same phone was released with different hardware in different regions, but it’s not mentioned in the article…

    Last time I remember, Samsung S22 European version had Exynos 2200 SOC, while in other regions it had Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, IIRC there were some performance differences between them.

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hasn’t Samsung done that for a while?

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• MortyMcFry@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Clickbait trash

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• DrCake@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Ehh. For iPhone you are only missing out on “Live Voicemail”. I can’t remember the last time I even got a voicemail so don’t think I’m missing much

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  • ebits21@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I get 5 Chinese spam calls a day… since turning on live voicemail they’ve mostly stopped, and the ones that make it through get deleted without me listening to them.

    I LOVE the feature.

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  • Sigma_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It happens on device before your carrier. So you don’t have to pay for voicemail. Big unexpected surprise for me (as I don’t have vm). Otherwise it’s on the fly and instant. Thought I wouldn’t care but sending unknow callers there is slick.

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    • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do carriers still charge for voicemail?

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    • Dima@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They charge you to be able to use voicemail in America? (I’m guessing that’s where you are since you didn’t specify)

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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can I get it to transcribe WhatsApp voice messages? I ignore them but people keep sending them.

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    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Try telling people not to send you those

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• Jackthelad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This has been the case for years.

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