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You know what else they've taken from us? Actually unique designs for phones. When I look at modern day smartphones, for some reason they look like clones of each other. Where's all the spunk that these manufacturers used to put in their devices?
Fuck you, minimalism. Ever since you've ruined my iPhone back in 2013, my life has never been the same.
This dude doesnt prison phones and it shows
There's literally still dozens of phones and manufacturers that have unique everything. It's just not your typical 1k dollar phone. Gotta look for smaller brands.
My IQ has officially gone down today. I shall now be punished by swimming in an ocean of downvotes.
I think the fun stuff is all Chinese which doesn't get marketed in the US. Someone in this thread linked the Unihertz Tank which seems crazy fun.
https://www.unihertz.com/products/tank-2
It's all fun and games until the Chinese government comes to take your data or whatever. It's the one thing stopping me from getting the Chinese stuff.
Meh, the US already has everything, might as well even the playing field
Large battery yes, but non-replaceable just like the others.
It's like they want to make everything the same but won't commit to having identical form-factor so my battery case will fit the new phone.
Ironically Apple's been the best in preserving another company's hardware compatibility, which is two things they'd usually neither support (missing out on a hardware deal) or recognize (another company).
That is really ironic.
What do you mean?
I miss the wild and crazy days of Nokia. My brother had the ngage, I even got this one feature phone where the dial pad flipped up and over the phone screen revealing a split qwerty fingerboard on either side of the screen (which then rotated to support typing in that form factor).
So many weird designs, some were complete flops, but others were really cool and should have caught on, but didn't for some reason or another.
Those were the good ol days.
I dunno man, my phone folds in half. That's pretty unique
It's pretty cool, but that phone is pretty fragile as a result, not to mention it's twice the price of your typical flagship phone, and I don't know if things have improved to the point of actual usability yet, so... I'll probably wait a few more years.
As someone who has had a Galaxy Z Fold 4 for about 14 months, it has no scratches or blemishes on either screen - inner or outer. It's definitely at the point of usability, and I can't see myself being comfortable going back to a normal phone at this point.
Good for you.
Gimme an L shaped phone.
Galaxy Z Flip?
Nokia Lumia may nog be shaped like an L, but it sure does have an L in its name. I'm not saying that it's bad, I'm just saying that it didn't perform well sales wise.
You can be minimalist and still innovative. I love my Nothingphone and the awesome Glyph interface on the back, wish more manufacturers would do something like that.
Unihertz has a similar device with the Luna, but the software isn't great.
The Nothing company actually brought back the transparent design that was so trendy back in the 90s. I like that.
spunk in my phone gizzards
I like the design of the PearPhone. That surely has a lot of spunk.
How extra do you need your phone to be?
Idk, maybe take some cues from Nokia during the Windows Phone days, or Samsung during the days of the "edge" phones. Or even the curved metal back that HTC phones had. Even iPhones had cool designs, especially the iPhone 4 (the one I had by the time iOS 7 came out).
Give me a picture of a recent release of a smartphone without telling me who made it, and chances are if it's not an iPhone, I wouldn't be able to guess who made it.
I just want a physical keyboard again
Google Clicks case
I really miss the slide ones that you had to turn your phone. But this case is dope I never heard of it. Thanks
Same
It’s not “minimalism” it’s a direct response to what the market demands. Sorry, but no one gives a shit what you individually want from a phone that costs billions to develop and manufacture.
Sucks to be me.