Cool idea, but the large bezel on the sides makes this phone instantly ugly by todays standards. Unless it's outrageously cheap, the design will likely keep most people from buying this.
Yotaphone
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#72Looks like everyone is bitching and only talking about the scrolling issue (very common HN meta feedback). I find the use of eink screen brilliant! I hope they manage to go on the market (and in EU too!)
Ditto. I'm kinda fed up of people focusing on websites when the story is clearly about a cool new phone with an advanced display. If folks would spend a few seconds ignoring the site and thinking about the product they might enjoy themselves a bit more. By all means critique the site but don't let that be your only contribution.
True, this is a cool technology that deserves discussion, but if the presentation gets in the way of people even understanding or seeing (note all of the people who didn't know they could scroll and closed out the window) the cool new technology, then something is definitely wrong. Imagine when less tech savvy users open the site, they definitely aren't going to scroll. About the tech, I'm not so sure the required act of flipping your phone around to the right side to view a message is a great implementation, as opposed to a normal screen lighting up for a few seconds. It seems like it could become a hassle for users.
Re: Yotaphone
#73Looks like everyone is bitching and only talking about the scrolling issue (very common HN meta feedback). I find the use of eink screen brilliant! I hope they manage to go on the market (and in EU too!)
Downvote all the nitpicking, upvote the discussion on the actual phone.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ditto. I'm kinda fed up of people focusing on websites when the story is clearly about a cool new phone with an advanced display. If folks would spend a few seconds ignoring the site and thinking about the product they might enjoy themselves a bit more. By all means critique the site but don't let that be your only contribution.
True, this is a cool technology that deserves discussion, but if the presentation gets in the way of people even understanding or seeing (note all of the people who didn't know they could scroll and closed out the window) the cool new technology, then something is definitely wrong. Imagine when less tech savvy users open the site, they definitely aren't going to scroll. About the tech, I'm not so sure the required ac…
yes I agree and I think its ok if few people points that there is an issue with the presentation.
Right now there are 2 screens full of comments about this issue.
Re: Yotaphone
#75This would be a phone that I'd actually be willing to move back to Android for. If the e-ink display API would be designed no worse than Android's main API, I'd hack all kinds of homegrown apps for it.
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#76Great user design, great ux, found everything immediately 10/10 would buy from these ui/ux experts. /sarcasm
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#77Looks like everyone is bitching and only talking about the scrolling issue (very common HN meta feedback). I find the use of eink screen brilliant! I hope they manage to go on the market (and in EU too!)
It's kind of a niche use-case but I love the kindle and could see this replacing the need for one if it's a good e-ink screen. I'd definitely be getting one if I was updating my phone when this is available.
Re: Yotaphone
#78Looks cool but I couldn't bother spending more than 30 seconds on that page. Do you seriously expect your users to scroll for 2 minutes to present information that could be put into a slideshow/GIF/video?
Well for most people just a simple page is better than a slideshow/video/gif. Which are not optimal
Re: Yotaphone
#79I think it's kind of fun. I love that it has an always on wallpaper.
Nokia used to have this, and they recently added it to their newer Lumia models, called "Glance". It's cool, can show time, wallpaper and notifications. Example image: http://www.wpcentral.com/sites/wpcentral.com/files/styles/la...
Still, it just turns off a half of all pixels -- this way the energy consumption is significantly higher than for e-ink.
Re: Yotaphone
#80The scroll changes the smartphone display instead of moving down the page, and more often than not lands between transitions. If you'd like to sell a phone, hire a web designer that shoots for real goals instead of trendy bullshit.
I love how angry HN gets at stuff like this. It's a trend. It'll pass.