I want a larger battery and flush camera.
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Flush camera seems like such a boon, I don’t know why the major manufacturers insist on these abhorrent bumps.
People demand that their phones take decent pictures, and that’s really difficult without focal length. Which in turn is really difficult to decrease.
Yes, decent, as in just ok. I want more battery. If I want amazing photos, i would buy a camera.
I shopped around for a camera, my only requirements were pocket size (easy) and open-point-shoot quickly, like in a couple of seconds (impossible).
I double tap my volume button and take a photo in 1-2 seconds with my phone, Leika lense stuff (not obnoxiously potruding), way enough for me.
Would love a really small fast camera though, but waiting 15-20 seconds for it all to whirr together takes like the fun out of it for me.
Yeah agreed. I honestly don’t take enough pictures to care about the camera. I do occasionally play games on my phone so I get stuck with the bump because those are the ones that can play games. I too wish for larger battery.
But the reason they insist on going with the bumps is because people expect the phone to take a decent photo. They can probably make one without the bump but it is unlikely that most people would buy it (or be happy with it).
I mean, if the entire phone was made the same thickness as the camera bump, that would give more room for a larger battery and more powerful components, and frankly, it would still be a pretty thin phone, and easier to handle (oh, and they could put the fingerprint scanner back on the back where it's convenient and reliable)
People don't want to lug a camera all over the place just in case they want a good photo, they want to be able to make a decent photo with the small brick that they always have with them anyway
And I am one of them. While I might not care too much about the highest quality pictures, I would still appreciate better ones if possible
So make the entire phone the same thickness and make use of the extra space
Because reviewers started obsessing with zero bezels and thinness, so manufacturers had to also maximize those things.
I saw a laptop review where there was a hole punch camera, so no mechanical shutter. The yt personality thought that was stupid, so they asked the manufacturer what they were thinking. "Our last product had the shutter but you gave it a poor review because the bezels were too big. We designed for smaller bezels to get a better review"
Check out Ulefone. They have a line of phones with 15-22Ah batteries. My phone weighs 1.4lbs. I always have streaming video playing, and I recharge every 3 days.
Quick question. Does your ruggedized phone have a transflective LCD display? I'm just now doing some quick searches and am seeing the technology only being unsed in ruggedized (non-touchscreen) laptops.
I'll take a break from my usual crippling cynicism to say that I'm still impressed that they figured out how to make decent optical zoom lenses thinner than two or three quarters and slap it onto a super computer that fits in your pocket. Smart phones really are incredible (stupid design trends aside)
Awe, man. It's going to totally ruin this phone case bit...
Not going to lie that is fucking hilarious.
and i hate it so fucking much
Unfair Phone
idk, i've been calling phones that look like this 'Safety Hammer'
Not available in my country.
Amogus?
Go outside man.
Touch some grass.
Touch some soil.
Heck, touch yourself.
Get help and realise that the world is beyond Among them.
my favorite phone i ever had was the gimmickiest phone i ever had. the selfie camera popped up out of the top. i don't even take selfies it just reminded me of my 80s convertible i learned to drive in what had pop up headlights.
OnePlus 7?!
it had great speakers and that gimmicky camera. i think i had the 7 pro
Yep, that’s the 7 pro - I had one, too. It was perfect for me because I never took selfies.
I loved the design of that one
Yeah had that before the 11, liked the 7 more. But the cameras on the 11 are great.
Phone's still in my drawer, but the battery is shot
Not to be the party pooper but having a dead lithium battery in your drawer might not be the wisest thing.
will old cellphones become UXO for gen alpha?
Thought they had internal mechanisms that self destruct non-explosively if the charge goes down far enough, but I can't for the life of me find where I read that originally, or Anything that corroborates it. Best I can find is chemical damage that happens automatically if it drops below 2.5v.
If you took the internals of a modern flagship(especially the foldables) you could rearrange it into a sub 6 inch(body, the screen would be a bit smaller even) and sub 10mm thick phone without sacrificing anything. But because companies have an obsession with making phones 5mm thick right now thats what the whole industry is doing.
The Z Fold 7 in a nutshell. I love how it's so thin that it just looks and feels like a normal phone when folded (without sacrificing battery life too), but the camera bump is comically large. It wobbles like crazy when when sitting on a flat surface.
Honestly, I just want a phone that fits snugly in my hand and is usable with just one hand. It doesn't even need a touch screen.
There's still a lot of "dumbphones" on the market.
Holy hell that slayed me…
It’s like the ultra-thin TVs that are only meaningfully thin if you bust a hole in your wall for the business end to recess into.
And they usually suck really bad if you need to mess with the cables. No room for my pudgy fingers
"Compact" phone - 6.3"