It might be useful to switch phones when you’re going somewhere with a high risk of loosing your phone or the phone getting stolen.

Why did you switch back?

You’re right, i need to use this specific app to change my eSIM. But I’m not bound in any way that I can’t change providers. In fact, eSIM makes switching to another provider even simpler.

I personally like eSIM. I have an app by my phone provider where I can just create or move a eSIM in minutes.

And additionally, I can just create a new eSIM with a new number in just about the same time. When my wife got a new phone, I just created a new eSIM for her old phone. This way, she could use them both for a week or two.

Just as a side note: According to the patent application, BMW plans to use this special screw for parts of the vehicle that are not for regular service, e.g. airbags and seat mountings.

Examples include seat attachment points and joints between the cockpit and the load-bearing structure of the body.

These are IMO not the kind of screws you need to use to carry out regular maintainance or repair tasks.

Interesting to watch! Though it still seems kinda clunky to set this up, maybe with a steam deck or similar console (in case you have one already).

Is there a function to create a booklet or brochure?

This was a very useful feature to print a number of pages and have them in an easy format to read.

However, at least my Ubuntu print driver doesn’t have this feature, and I would need an extra tool to achive this goal.

Some gift cards are also not a very good fit. I know that from personal experience ;)

With a quite high probability that the loan is never asked back.

Right. Basically, I can assume that at at least one thing in the household breaks each year. This year, it was the microwave oven.

One downside i see with this is that it is often unclear how long an item will last. For example, I bought my dishwasher in 2021. When will they need to be replaced? The last one lasted 24 years, but I’m not going to bet on the new one lasting as long.

What’s less forgivable is the complete lack of wireless charging. This was understandable in early 2024 on the $500 OnePlus 12R, an annoyance on the $600 OnePlus 13R, and is now an inexcusable absence on the $700 OnePlus 15R.

Well, if this is the most disappointing phone in 2025, maybe the expectations were off. Why was the lack of wireless charging understandable in 2024?

However, a camera downgrade combined with a price hike is a very understandable reason to be disappointed (for me, at least).

I did it only once (yet) because i needed a specific addon for the software.

In my case, I wanted to use caddy webserver with a specific plugin. It was quite easy to create a new image exactly the way i wanted it.

Why would you buy a game now that you have no hardware to play on?

Maybe I‘m wrong, but there will probably be one or two more sales until you hold that shiny new hardware in your hands.

Maybe take a look at emulators then? Modern phones are capable of running many retro games, including WII and PS2 games.

Additionally, it is possible to run PC games.

Yeah, that was great. I remember that my notification led used different colors for different apps, e.g. a missed call would have a different color than an unread message.

I might be wrong, but i think I had this feature on my very first Android phone (with Cyanogenmod, not with stock OS).

Not too long ago, 4 or 6 GB ram were plenty. What happened that modern Android „needs“ that much memory?

I know. And I’m sure that Samsung will release it with a bit more polish.

It is still quite buggy for me. Sometimes, the mouse pointer appears on the phone and not on the big screen. Additionally, it doesn’t seem to support resulutions other than 1080p.

Samsung DEX (tried on a galaxy s23) is way more mature than Android 16 Desktop mode.