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I guess you're right, but brands can play with materials, e.g., carbon fiber, kevlar, even wood. And you can also carve the back differently, add patterns and different colors, or make it transparent. There are ways to make phones fun and cool.
Everyone will buy this Uber smartphone and it will be the end for hundreds of thousands of people in the industry, from designers and PRs to factory workers all the way up to high management stuff (I won't feel sorry about the latter). :)) But yeah, the same reason applies to the question, "Why don't we have cars that last 100 years?" We could have unbreakable stuff but the economy will fail miserably :))
Got to admit I normally don't agree with PA articles, but I've got to say you're on to something here.
While it's true there's only a limited amount of things people can do with a rectangular phone gadget, it only takes looking back 20-30 years to know how innovation have moved in a slug-like pace. I don't know if capitalism or the lack of competition that's causing this, but as with everything else (like Hollywood for example), leading companies are much too complacent to try anything ground-breaking with pre-existing IPs and tech. Remember when the USA and Japan provided us gadgets that wowed us year after year? General consumers are so obsessed with brand loyalty these days it's like nobody cares how boring tech have become.
Couldn't agree more! I've never been a supporter of the whole no-bezel movement. That and curved screens are the worst features to come to smartphones since the glass back. Sony still makes front-facing stereo systems AND symmetrical bezels, which I love. But Xperia phones are unpredictable and very very expensive...
Couldn't agree more! I've never been a supporter of the whole no-bezel movement. That and curved screens are the worst features to come to smartphones since the glass back. Sony still makes front-facing stereo systems AND symmetrical bezels, which I love. But Xperia phones are unpredictable and very very expensive...
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I guess you're right, but brands can play with materials, e.g., carbon fiber, kevlar, even wood. And you can also carve the back differently, add patterns and different colors, or make it transparent. There are ways to make phones fun and cool.
Everyone will buy this Uber smartphone and it will be the end for hundreds of thousands of people in the industry, from designers and PRs to factory workers all the way up to high management stuff (I won't feel sorry about the latter). :)) But yeah, the same reason applies to the question, "Why don't we have cars that last 100 years?" We could have unbreakable stuff but the economy will fail miserably :))
Got to admit I normally don't agree with PA articles, but I've got to say you're on to something here.
While it's true there's only a limited amount of things people can do with a rectangular phone gadget, it only takes looking back 20-30 years to know how innovation have moved in a slug-like pace. I don't know if capitalism or the lack of competition that's causing this, but as with everything else (like Hollywood for example), leading companies are much too complacent to try anything ground-breaking with pre-existing IPs and tech. Remember when the USA and Japan provided us gadgets that wowed us year after year? General consumers are so obsessed with brand loyalty these days it's like nobody cares how boring tech have become.
Just get a case of whatever material you want. Changing the design of the back is not what I would call innovation anyway.
After something reaches perfection, there is no more way to make it better, you'll only make it worse.
Couldn't agree more! I've never been a supporter of the whole no-bezel movement. That and curved screens are the worst features to come to smartphones since the glass back. Sony still makes front-facing stereo systems AND symmetrical bezels, which I love. But Xperia phones are unpredictable and very very expensive...
Couldn't agree more! I've never been a supporter of the whole no-bezel movement. That and curved screens are the worst features to come to smartphones since the glass back. Sony still makes front-facing stereo systems AND symmetrical bezels, which I love. But Xperia phones are unpredictable and very very expensive...