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Design the next iPhone

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Re: Design the next iPhone

#111

Am I the only one who opened the tool and thought: "this, this is perfect, add nothing!"? Why isn't there a phone yet with no ports or power plugs of any kind (wireless charging and software power/reset), flush rear camera, hidden front camera? It feels like that's the inevitable end of the current evolutionary tree, and all the technology is there and reasonably economical.

I posted that farther down in the thread. Yes, I thought the same thing. Sorry for the repetition, but this is a little dream of mine. I have an experimental cloud phone that has no CPU and uses an FPGA to directly transfer data from a VM in the cloud to the screen. It works, even on 4G but better on 5G. Also, I have been experimenting with transparent OLED. My dream would be a device completely cloud based, and henc…

Absolute nightmare fuel. I would pay a lot to never have a device like this.

I want more control over my hardware and software, not less. I want less connection to or dependence on any sort of ‘cloud’.

Give me liberty or give me a dumbphone.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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post #103

At first I thought this was kind of "meh" but then I clicked over on the "components" list at the bottom. Dear god, I just spent the last 5 minutes giggling and adding absurd things to the phone. I absolutely love this.

I mustered the courage to add two headphone jacks ($200 a pop).

> $200 a pop

To make up for the losses in revenue from bluetooth earphones I assume ;)

Re: Design the next iPhone

#118
Missing: removable battery, USB-C port, microSD card slot, dual SIM card tray, speaker and microphone(s), ear proximity sensor and/or face scanner

I’m assuming the home button can function as a rear fingerprint reader.

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