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recogniti
onbea bl e
topa rs
ea c centsa nd
langua ges ,which
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compl etev oc al
controloft hephone .
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c ki
ngwi llbema de
mor epr ecises otha tcompl e
teoperati
on
oft hephonewi l
l bea bletooccurt
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lede tect
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f t
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phe r
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veuptheirprices,thisc ou l
dl eadt othephone 'suserba seleavi
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o
anissue,asma nydisabl
e dpe oples truggl etoc omet otermswi ththeirdisa
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spec i
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s ytoide nti
fy,i
tcouldleadt osomewhoha veane e
df orthephonebe i
ngrelu
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y,accessibil
it
yi sa nothe rissue.It'
sextr
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oa ccountforall
potentialt
roublesadisable
du se
r
couldencou nt
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equent
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i,Adam Paul
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bil
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t yupdateswou l
dne edt obedonein
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adt,andJadenWil
li
ams ordertoma i
ntai
nsystemsa nda ddmor e
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).
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