Only one argument. The people receiving the money may not give a shit about the conservation of the hunted species. They are mostly interested in short term profit. No animal to hunt in 5 years? Fuck that, give me my money now. The story that they lured this lion out of a protected area should tell you how…

What incentive does he have to just give the money away? Don’t appeal to someone’s better nature - they may not have any. Appeal to their self interest. Heinlein, I believe.

How did you know what phone I use? Do you work for Google or the NSA???

Sorry, wasn’t obvious to me. I thought we were just talking about phones in general. Reading back, it still wasn’t obvious to me.

Forget the QWERTY keypad. Make it two touch screens. And a small notification LCD like you said. Hmm...

Same statement would be true for any phone without a camera.

Ah, fair enough. We didn’t know what phones each of us are using when we started. How do you like your Nexus 6?

Erm, that’s the photo from above. And I have a 5.5 inch phone and don’t have trouble typing one handed if necessary. I guess the two of us hold phones very differently. For watching movies in bed I prefer a tablet. Bezel size is less important on a tablet since it doesn’t go into my pocket.

This is how I hold the phone. Why would I need the space where the speakers are?

I don’t understand your question. I hold my phone on the edge, not on the screen. Perhaps we have a misunderstanding here. I’m referring to the non-screen surfaces above and below the LCD.

There’s still a fair amount of non-screen space on the top and bottom though. I thought it might be something manufacturers are concerned about when they think the move from micro SIM to nano SIM is worth it.

Agree. Though the jackasses who play it over speakers on transit are mainly doing it as a way of giving the middle finger to others around them so that is not a concern for them.

No Princess Leia in slave costume? Meh.

You won’t hear anything, because in space, no one can hear you sing.

Agree, that’s why I agreed that front facing speakers is the only way to go since speakers will not go away. Directional audio (directed by 3D sensing front cameras) and the display as the speaker element, perhaps some day? One can dream :) )

Actually I find it annoying to hear audio blaring out of someone else’s phone most of the time. But yeah, front facing speakers sound way better. But it’ll be a challenge with shrinking bezels. Good quality earbuds for me. Fixes two problems at once - avoids annoying others, and blocks out that idiot intending to…

Maybe because many of the people buying large phones are the more affluent older population with poorer eyesight? I have no stats, just guessing here.

I saw Nick Denton on CNN over the weekend. I wish I took notes, because I was pretty sure a few of his statements contradict each other. I wonder if there’s a subreddit discussing the Gawker meltdown.

Super volcanoes and any real or perceived risks aside, our eyes can’t see the same intensity as a camera sensor on long exposure anyway. And there’s the part about him performing color correction.

I believe so - otherwise no one will run OxygenOS on the OnePlus One when CyanogenMod is available.