As someone who boycotted the TSA for like 5 years and only took Amtrak, the tickets are not always cheaper. I mean sure, you can get across the country for like $100.
Even when I was doing Boston-Baltimore on the Acela, it was routinely slightly cheaper to fly.
The issue is not going up, it's going over. If we only cared about the private sector getting people into space, that happened on a fully reusable vehicle twenty years ago.
The problem is getting things to stay in space. Not trying to Elon-stan here, but getting a rocket into orbit is many fold more difficult than just getting into space.
My point is that I think people are giving this project way to much credit. If they were basing it off a phone, it would be trivial to apply some textures to an existing photo or something. Hell, the specs say it has a "5000mAh long life camera" whatever the hell that means. None of it is real.
The fact that it resembles any real phone is sheer coincidence. Especially considering they don't list a processor, just numbers that anybody can make up.
the T1 closely resembles the T-Mobile REVVL 7 Pro 5G
No it fucking doesn't. Will people please stop spreading this.
The phone is just a shit photoshop job. All three cameras depicted are identical down to the pixel. Here's one camera overlaid on another with a difference filter:
The lighting in the "render" doesn't even make sense.
The shadows imply that the camera "bump" is actually recessed since the shadows are along the top edge. Also where are the side buttons on the reverse?
Not so much overheating as dropout. Batteries lose both energy capacity and power capacity over time. If you draw too much current from an older battery, its voltage will drop significantly and possibly prematurely shut down the phone.
Lowering peak current (by slowing down the phone), can prevent your phone from shutting off while it still has like 20% capacity left.
Considering Apple was doing battery replacements for like $60 (before bumping to $100), and this was a setting that could be turned off, I think the only real crime was enabling it by default and not properly informing users.
Some people don't have access to decent tasting tap water and bottled water is expensive.
Tip: If your water tastes like chlorine, just fill a pitcher and put it in the fridge. Whatever chemicals they use will off gas overnight and it'll taste great in the morning.
I always think about this. Like a lot of the engineering youtubers I follow do some pretty dangerous stuff. They take the necessary safety precautions, but I have no idea how insurance can work when you're flagrantly disobeying OSHA regulations.
As an independent operator, you can abuse yourself in a way that legally nobody else is allowed to.
They're also bundling AI with their most expensive tiers. More than likely logging 100% of that revenue towards AI to justify this whole boondoggle.