When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.
What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?
When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.
What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?
Oh my goodness I would kill for foldables to be mainstream
I thought we worked for decades to take moving components out of portable devices as they were the biggest point of failure?
We did. Because of that people are using their phones for too long without replacing them. This makes Samsung and Apple sad, so they make new phones fail sooner.
Gotta love planned obsolescence.
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Same. But there hasn’t been an improvement in technology worth a phone upgrade in like 10 years.
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Well, that’s on the iPhone side, which was lagging significantly behind Android at that time. 2013 was the Galaxy S4, which had LTE (still good today), all the same sensors phones have today, 1080p screen, 4k video recording, 13 megapixel camera, and 802.11ac (5GHz) wifi. It even had a headphone jack, micro SD card reader, and a removable battery, which is better than most phones now.
Drawbacks are that the RAM was low (2GB), the CPU is old, and the version of Android hasn’t been updated in a very long time.
The only thing that has really upgraded in the last 10 years for Android phones is that that the RAM, CPU, and camera get incrementally better each year. There hasn’t been a new technology or feature that I have cared about or wanted since then. And honestly, I feel like the camera was good enough 10 years ago as well. I couldn’t care less if the camera on my current phone was the same as the Galaxy S4 camera.
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My point is that it isn’t a reason for me to go out and get a new phone every year. Or even when the phones are planned to go obsolete after 2 years. Maybe after 5 or 6 years, but definitely not 2. It’s not because of new technology that I want that I get new phones. I get new phones because the phones are designed to completely fall apart after 2 years.
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May I ask why? I would be scared 24/7 to break my phone with my fingernails or something because the screens are so fragile.
I’d assume they eventually also stop sucking ;)
Be super keen for foldable devices overall. I just can’t get past the huge obvious fold in the middle of the screen. It’s gotten better but I’m hoping eventually it evolves to the point where it’s seamless. Being able to pull out a phone and then unfold it to get a tablet UI would be super handy for articles
I have one so maybe I can elaborate on the benefits
For one, they’re really not that fragile. I’ve dropped my Fold a shitload of times now, and it has 0 issues. That’s not to say people don’t have issues with them (ala black bar of doom), but they’re not as prevalent as you might think, for the usual reason that you’re always going to hear more about the fail cases than the people who just buy the phone, and have it work fine.
As for the “why do you want one” - it’s basically like having a phone and tablet in one, and all in a form factor that is basically as compact as your typical smart phone (a bit thicker ofc, but still perfectly reasonable to carry every day). When I’m just doing “basic smartphone stuff” like texting, checking emails, etc - I just use the small screen and it works just like any other phone, but when I’m browsing social media, watching TV/Movies, or playing games - it’s absolutely awesome. I have an MG-X Pro that i use with mine, and streaming games from my PC feels like playing on a steam deck, it’s also an amazing emulation device thanks to the big screen.
I can definitely see why some people wouldn’t want one, but personally, I can’t see myself ever going back to a “flat” phone