It went extinct because the sea levels rose and the island it inhabits was entirely under water. Honestly, we’re headed that direction - they might be in trouble again in relatively quick order.
It went extinct because the sea levels rose and the island it inhabits was entirely under water. Honestly, we’re headed that direction - they might be in trouble again in relatively quick order.
I don’t want the devs to kill themselves for a game, obviously. I don’t think anyone does. People just want content updates for a property they love. In an industry that lays off people after they ship a game or starts work immediately on the franchise yearly $70 sequel, I just want a game developer that does better than that. That’s why the whole world waited patiently for the follow up to the GOTY of 2022 with Shadow of the Erdtree. Elden Ring didn’t get a ton of free content updates in that time, they didn’t make it a live service or offer mtx, and they didn’t pump out their massive expansion in an unreasonable time frame. They built an incredible game and incredible world, and then they continued development on the game they had poured their hearts into for years and spent the time they needed to create the expansion the game deserved, and at a reasonable price.
Yeah, I had that one too actually - the Moto Z. I rather liked the feel of it with nothing on the back at all, but there were swappable magnetic plates you could put on it if you didn’t like the feel. I never bought into the Moto mod ecosystem but was definitely into the idea of the battery pack and IIRC, there was a full camera body with a zoom lense you could buy too.
Oh that’s right - it was right on the cusp of 4g. Thanks for that.
Wow, that’s a pretty hamfisted approach, but they did the best with what they had I guess.
Edit: Marquez just put out his video and it DOES NOT have an easily swappable battery. Huge missed opportunity. But it’s a $200 phone so at least for longevity… well, the phone hardware will probably age more poorly than the battery, so nobody is likely to keep this thing for long enough that battery degradation is a significant concern. It would have been nice to have the convenience of having an easy swap or extended battery though. What appeared to be an extended battery in images was a wallet.
I love that this appears to have the option of installing an extended battery. I had one on my HTC Incredible, and got one for my wife too when she got her HTC Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt had CRAP battery life because of the drain from the new 3g 4g radio, and the Inc was so small… I probably wasn’t helping the battery situation with my custom ROMs. But we didn’t mind a bit of extra bulk in order to achieve a full day+ of heavy use, and had a spare battery we could bring with us if needed, too.
And then the sleek, gorgeous HTC One m7 came out and after only one generation, sealed in batteries were the norm for every other phone I’ve ever owned. Now, the battery life wasn’t so bad - and so I didn’t mind, but all these years later I wish it were at least an option on the market.
You run with an interesting crowd.
They’re in spring right now, and Tazmania is below freezing and snowing in some areas literally this very moment. So I guess it does. It is VERY far south, almost as far south as the tip of Argentina.