Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Design the next iPhone

neal.fun

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

241–250 of 363 posts

Re: Design the next iPhone

#241

Post by iso1631 »

zw123456 wrote: post #69
jxy wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you even need the brick? My design directly link your neurons to the cloud. Upload 3D vision, done. Connect to google maps, done. Call your mom, having a conversation without speaking aloud, done. iBrain. Think different. Directly download to your brain, from a brain near you. Soon.

Hehe, you one upped me for sure :) We are joking around of course, but sometimes interesting innovation comes from weird ponderings. 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 hence,…

So a dumb terminal hanging off someone elses mainframe?

Re: Design the next iPhone

#242

Post by xavdid »

april_22 wrote: post #123
ClassyJacket wrote: post #18

Fantastic! But it's missing the most important thing: USB-C

The European Union will force Apple to ship iPhones with USB-C from 2024. https://you.com/search?q=eu+usb+c+law My guess is that they will remove all ports by then and completely switch to MagSafe

> My guess is that they will remove all ports by then and completely switch to MagSafe

I've heard this repeated a lot and just don't get it. It doesn't make any sense to me from a product perspective- removing the port doesn't seem to get them anything. It's already pretty waterproof, it's already pretty slim (and I don't think the port is the limiting factor there anyway). I just don't get the upside. One could argue that they'll sell a _lot_ of magsafe accessories, but pucks don't don't provide the same flexibility as cords and they must know that.

Anyway, I've got a $100 bet with a friend going (placed Nov 2020): I think _a_ port will stay, and he thinks it'll be portless by the 2023. We'll see who's right!

Re: Design the next iPhone

#248

Post by arcticbull »

sdflhasjd wrote: post #56
joshstrange wrote: post #29

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.

Slap the lighting port in the middle of the screen, so you can't use it while charging.

I turned mine into a skateboard for hamsters with 4 pro wheels valued at $600.

Re: Design the next iPhone

#249

Post by aendruk »

TheJoeMan wrote: post #229
aendruk wrote: post #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.

Granted. The internals now take up so much space only a 500mA battery can fit and the phone lasts 2 hours on a charge.

“Missing” from TFA which includes a propeller and cup holder. Half of the list is in existing iPhones today.

Re: Design the next iPhone

#250

Post by zw123456 »

iso1631 wrote: post #241
zw123456 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hehe, you one upped me for sure :) We are joking around of course, but sometimes interesting innovation comes from weird ponderings. 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 hence,…

So a dumb terminal hanging off someone elses mainframe?

yeah, someone else's power bill, cooling, floor space, capital expense.
Post reply on HN