[BlindTlk] email list recommendations

[Jude DaShiell]

Google and samsung have done this for a while but they're unique in the
United States market for this practice.
Foreign markets have a few manufacturers giving longer support to phones
too.



Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Judy Jones via BlindTlk wrote:

> Hi, Jude, not true anymore.
>
> My Samsung device will receive updates through 2026, and this will depend
> on the company.
>
> Judy
> sent from my Samsung phone
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 12:08 PM Jude DaShiell via BlindTlk <
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> > For a first time iphone owner, the best bet will be to buy a refurbished
> > iphone.  WalMart has plenty of them for sale and if this is done, pick
> > either AT&T or verizon type since each carrier runs on a different kind of
> > system and phones made for one won't work on the other system.  If
> > something like an iphone 10 or higher is purchased it has some years left
> > on it for software and security updates.
> > When shopping for phones you need to find two dates, the phone's release
> > date and the phone's end of life date.  Most android phones give only 2
> > years between those two dates and some being sold now have already had
> > their end of life dates pass.  When an end of life date has passed, no
> > more support from the manufacturer is or will be available.
> > That happened to me with a Motorola G7 so recently I bought an refurbished
> > iPhone 12 which has an end of life date in the year 2027.
> > The Motorola I've had for 4 years already.
> > These dates can be found with google too.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> > defense of liberty:
> >  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> >
> > .
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Mark Tardif via BlindTlk wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Madison.  I don't have any email lists for blind I Phone users, most
> > of
> > > what I learned has been from friends who use them.  What I will say is
> > don't
> > > let anybody bully you into purchasing one.  It's a fairly steep learning
> > > curve.  Having said that, I never thought I would get one, but now that
> > I've
> > > had one for a few weeks, I like it very much.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Tardif
> > > Nuclear arms will not hold you.
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 1:21 PM
> > > To: BlindTlk
> > > Cc: madison.martin2000 at outlook.com
> > > Subject: [BlindTlk] email list recommendations
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > Not sure if I'll ever get one but given how accessible iPhones are for
> > > visually
> > > impaired I suspect that people will continue to push me to get one. If I
> > ever
> > > do
> > > are there any email lists for blind iPhone users that any of you
> > recommend? If
> > > so can you please provide me with the subscription address (s)? I'll
> > keep them
> > > for future reference. I know that such questions can be asked on general
> > tech
> > > lists but when it's related to something specific then I much prefer
> > posting
> > > to
> > > a list specific to that product/OS. Thanks for any info that any of you
> > can
> > > provide me!!
> > > Madison
> > >
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