Why today's phones are so boooooring?
andreyor.st
Why today's phones are so boooooring?
1–10 of 58 posts
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#2Boring and slow.
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#3I’d kill for a phone with proper music control hardware buttons. I miss my iPod, and being able to control it, precisely, from my pocket.
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#4>Why today’s phones are so boooooring?
Because the HW part of the UX has been commoditized to a giant screen where the big difference in style and UX is made by the SW and UI.
In fairness LG has tried experimenting with different HW UX over the years to distinguish themselves[1], and they went bust doing it because consumer weren't into that and voted with their wallets to those making boring phones like everyone else.
If consumers want large pocket Netflix machines you give them large pocket Netflix machines if you want to stay in business. They can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
[1] https://www.androidheadlines.com/2021/04/top-5-best-unique-l...
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#5Boring and slow.
And way too big. Why doesn't have Samsung a Mini version anymore? If they look I really don't care, but that they are all scaled like tablets (the cheap ones) annoys me.
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#6Aren’t they just optimised for screen size/display? Eg. before design sold the phone, now image quality and camera quality.
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#7[deleted]
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#8The author answers their question in the article surely? Phones are boring because they are all screen as that’s the most important part. Perhaps I missed some other point they are making?
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#9The article author ignores how little those old phones could actually do, and how much of a pain in the ass it reliably was to get them to actually do most of it. I understand why; none of that would go to his point. But I was also there.
Boring is good in technology. It means you don't have to think about it much, and that usually means it is doing its job.
Re: Why today's phones are so boooooring?
#10The design of a phone has to fit every app, every kind of content. A design that would look cool with one app would look weird with another.
The thing about headphones is that you don't see them when you have them on.