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I'll never understand why "thin" is still a standout feature of a phone when they add a fat ugly camera bump on it anyway. Why not make a thicker phone and the camera flush with the casing?
I'll never understand why "thin" is still a standout feature of a phone when they add a fat ugly camera bump on it anyway. Why not make a thicker phone and the camera flush with the casing?
I just don't understand who wants these foldable phones, especially at the $1799 price point. I guess a use case is wealthy frequent travelers who don't want a separate device with a larger screen to watch movies/videos on the go? Someone help me out here.
People love to buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.
What is the state of today’s folding phones, did the hardware improve over the first attempts? 1. Is the unfolded screen a continuous flat surface? (I.e. is the vertical bulge in the center gone?) 2. Are there gaps around the hinge or screen edge? Is the phone weatherproof? 3. Are there gaps when the phone is in the folded state?
A saw one at a contractor recently. It had these disgusting "bubbles" in the central flexible area. Like a screen protector that has bubbles, but it was part of the screen; there was no screen protector on. Like this: https://r1.community.samsung.com/t5/galaxy-z/samsung-z-fold3...
I'll never understand why "thin" is still a standout feature of a phone when they add a fat ugly camera bump on it anyway. Why not make a thicker phone and the camera flush with the casing?
Weight. Phones are heavy nowadays as is, and you can’t just leave that extra volume with air. Making the batteries fill the space would make the phones too heavy to be comfortable to use for many people.
They can design thicker phones to better withstand impact.
They can put back the damn 3.5 audio port
They can go back to screws so we can have removable batteries and easier repairs, like we used to.
My goddam phone is too slim for its own good. It is uncomfortable to hold it. I equiped a case just to make it thicker :/
I just don't understand who wants these foldable phones, especially at the $1799 price point. I guess a use case is wealthy frequent travelers who don't want a separate device with a larger screen to watch movies/videos on the go? Someone help me out here.
There are plenty of people who don't use a (desktop/laptop) computer outside of their jobs. If you're on HN, you're probably not one of them, so it can be difficult to imagine their behaviours. For example, in Japan, 36.6% of teenagers say they don't use PC at home [1]. It's also a country where people read a lot of comics. Now these foldable screens make more sense, right. [1]: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/byline/fuwara…
And tablets are still a thing, you can just use them for comics instead of spending $1800 on a phone.
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Your reasoning is flawed. iPhone 14 fits the same use case as iPhone 11, but Foldable fits a different use case than normal phones. You may find Foldable useless but that doesn’t make your reasoning any less flawed.
And what use case would that be?
I'll never understand why "thin" is still a standout feature of a phone when they add a fat ugly camera bump on it anyway. Why not make a thicker phone and the camera flush with the casing?
Surprisingly, I found the flush makes the phone much easier to pick up from a flat surface like a table.
Flush means the whole thing lies flat on the table, a lump means an edge of it is on the table but the bit on the lens isn't. Recessed would fix that but adds even more size.
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It's never coming back.
Never should have left. My wired IEMs never asked for a firmware update, asked me to install an app, weren’t flaky like Bluetooth, and never stopped working because battery ran out. If you get a thick. braided detachable cable, it’s a) easy to buy a new cable in the event of a short or other wear (versus throwing the whole unit out when the battery dies or expands) and b) doesn’t tangle (which seems to be a lot of fo…