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New WhaddupTech Episode available on January 02, 2017 at 12:55PM

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As 2016 ends and we look to the start of 2017, the one thing I am ready to see the end of in the Tech world is trolls. Stirring the pot to see what you can get started and hiding behind the faceless keys on your keyboard. In 2017, I hope that everyone will realize that just because you are typing the words, they still have the same sting as when you actually say them. Check out our last episode of 2016 of the Whaddup Tech podcast and listen in to the latest news and our tech resolutions for 2017.
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Apple Supply Chain Woes

Apple announces a new product and they tell the world that it’ll be available by a certain date.  That day comes and goes with NO product in the consumers hands; yet, even when it does release, it’s in such small and limited qualities that they might as well not released it at all.  This has been a thorn in Apple’s side for sometime.  iPhone 7, AirPods, iPad Pro 12.9″ accessories and I’m sure the list will go on — although we don’t want it to.
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What has happened to the supply chain of arguably the most valuable company in the world?  It behooves me that an entity with this much money in the bank cannot produce the quantity of products and accurately predict demand at this point.  Let’s just hope that in the future, Apple will get better with delivering their products on time rather than keeping consumers waiting for unforeseen reasons.  What’s worse is that people wait around like another product cannot do the job or get the product after waiting then incessantly complain about it.
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Battery and Charging Issues in 2016

On the iOS side people complain that iPhone charges too slow — on the Android side the phones don’t charge fast enough, although we have “fast charging”, “dash charge” and more.  As usual, I say in instead of making phones charge faster than they should.. How about us maximize battery life and stop having rogue apps that utilize too many CPU cycles and exhaust system resources?  

All in all, battery technology has gone nowhere — fast.  Batteries have been getting bigger, but they still seem to drain and drain.  On the Android side Google has done a few things to try to make battery life suck a little less, such a Doze, which turns on when the phone is laying down or is in your pocket and helps to reduce the number of processes that are running that can drain your battery in the background.  But when you think about it, apps should occupy less space in RAM the longer that it remains unused, so it is certainly two sides to the coin here one side that raises into question the quality of the apps that are installed on the device.

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Example of an iPhone charging.

So, since our batteries seem to deplete so quick in this world, where we cannot manage to put our devices down for a moment, we invent quick charge “standards” — I use the term standard very loosely because NOTHING has been set in place by Google to be followed, which leaves these well-intentioned, but poorly executed plans laid out by OEMs to destroy devices left and right.  So what do we have on the Android side?  As mentioned above: fast, dash, rapid, turbo and quick — all are a different means to the same end.  (a full breakdown of these technologies can be found here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/06/12/quick-rapid-turbo-and-fast-charging-explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-charging-your-smartphone/).

Bottom line: Google and Apple, let’s tailor these mobile operating systems to run as efficiently as possible and last well throughout the day.  I will note that typically iPhones and the latest Android devices running more up to date versions of Android have no problems getting through a full day under normal usage.

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Rumors kill current devices!

You cannot buy the latest Samsung Galaxy S7 without hearing talks of the S8 — you can’t purchase a new Apple Watch without hearing rumors for the Apple Watch 3 and so on.  When are we going to learn to appreciate the devices that currently help us out in our daily lives rather than wish them away with rumor after rumor?  A rumor is exactly that, a rumor — it could come true or it could all be a pipe-dream that is often created by those simply looking for page clicks (yes, you know who you are and you should be ashamed of yourself!).
For example, typing “iPhone 8” into Google search yields the following text and image-based results:
Sure, we are all excited about what the future holds for all of our favorite technological gadgets; however, if we never sit down to be thankful for what we currently have we face an even bigger problem — being forever dissatisfied and letdown.
In short, live in the now and enjoy your devices while you have them!
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USB Type C is a mess

USB Type C may be the “future” as many tech giants may say (cough…Apple) — I say it’s a mess.  Standardization is essentially nonexistent, cables are frying and destroying hardware, on Macbooks some adapters cause WiFi to go out…but this is our “future”?
I don’t think so.
USB Type C, the standard that really isn’t a standard because companies don’t have it figured out yet.  If they did, it would be everywhere and every company would’ve already bought in.  Type C, at the moment, is a forced upgrade and a premature retirement of the old standard — sure it can do so many things with one port; however, there is a trade-off for the CURRENT day — dongles.
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What is a dongle you ask?  A dongle is an “in-between” connector that is used to connect one type of port to another.  While these offer a great deal of utility allowing one port to adapt to another, it is also an unsightly mess and becomes a hassle in case you have too many and increases your chances of losing one when you need it most.  I know we are going for simplicity here, but when tech just isn’t there to support it, it just isn’t there — we cannot force all peripherals to suddenly become USB Type C simply because we purchased a device with it on-board.
There are options people — many devices with plenty of ports ready for you to use.  There is not one company that can force you use something that you do not want to or doesn’t meet your needs.  In the end, we need to speak up and if these billion dollar companies put out a product that we don’t like — vote with your dollars, or lack thereof.

Tech for the masses, meant to empower, educate and inform by Dexter Johnson.