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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...
I'd argue that the apps are what make a phone worth using. Phones as phones are actually really boring. And since apps are pretty much comparable on both iOS and Android, I don't see the point in people arguing about who is better.
Are you talking smartphones or feature phones? There's only so much you can do with the design of a smartphone if you want it to be a high performing smartphone. Smartphones need to be a slab design design until foldables can be proven durable enough for the mainstream consumer.
Been looking real hard at the Xperia 1 V. I've had a few Sony phones and they were OK. Not great but not terrible either. I think Sony did a good job with this latest 1-V BUT I also read where the FP scanner is finicky (I really do not like side mounted scanners on the power button. And while I do necessarily think it is overpriced (because they all are) and it does have more hardware features than most...two years of updates is NOT enough! Sony needs to get their poop-in-a-group if they ever expect people to shell out major $$$$$$ for half or less of what other OEM's offer with updates.
I stopped using Xperias with the XZ3 and its horribly situated FPS when they went to that crazy 21:9 aspect ratio. Not everybody uses their phones to watch cinematic videos. Some of us actually work for a living. They used to be top-notch with their OS updates and the ability to use Xpericheck to get firmwares from other regions. That was the backdoor to get working FPS on prior models.
You can't be serious. How about NO MORE glass backs? This only lines the pockets of the glass makers as well as the case makers! What about the modern updated under glass fingerprint sensors that NEVER work nearly as good as the "perfectly placed" ones on the BACK OF THE PHONE where they belong and always worked without issue 10 years ago?
That's true to some extent. But apps run on hardware. If you have GPS, an accelerometer, magnetic field sensors, you can do stuff like run apps, metal detector apps, navigation apps, etc. Remember the Hydrogen One phone and its holographic display? There was a phone with a 3D display a couple of years ago as well.
Then there's the FLIR camera inside the CAT series phones (and the rumored thermometer inside the Pixel 8). I think there's plenty you can do with modern tech. You can use a military-grade night-vision camera, for example. Or make it purify water (crazy), disinfect things with UV, equip it with a laser pointer, maybe a lighter... I know many of these sound crazy but nonetheless, I feel like nobody really puts in any effort nowadays...
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 :))
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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...
I'd argue that the apps are what make a phone worth using. Phones as phones are actually really boring. And since apps are pretty much comparable on both iOS and Android, I don't see the point in people arguing about who is better.
Are you talking smartphones or feature phones? There's only so much you can do with the design of a smartphone if you want it to be a high performing smartphone. Smartphones need to be a slab design design until foldables can be proven durable enough for the mainstream consumer.
I own a few foldables so I don't have this problem. Muahahah
Been looking real hard at the Xperia 1 V. I've had a few Sony phones and they were OK. Not great but not terrible either. I think Sony did a good job with this latest 1-V BUT I also read where the FP scanner is finicky (I really do not like side mounted scanners on the power button. And while I do necessarily think it is overpriced (because they all are) and it does have more hardware features than most...two years of updates is NOT enough! Sony needs to get their poop-in-a-group if they ever expect people to shell out major $$$$$$ for half or less of what other OEM's offer with updates.
I stopped using Xperias with the XZ3 and its horribly situated FPS when they went to that crazy 21:9 aspect ratio. Not everybody uses their phones to watch cinematic videos. Some of us actually work for a living. They used to be top-notch with their OS updates and the ability to use Xpericheck to get firmwares from other regions. That was the backdoor to get working FPS on prior models.
"After something reaches perfection"
You can't be serious. How about NO MORE glass backs? This only lines the pockets of the glass makers as well as the case makers! What about the modern updated under glass fingerprint sensors that NEVER work nearly as good as the "perfectly placed" ones on the BACK OF THE PHONE where they belong and always worked without issue 10 years ago?
I guess my rant wasn't quite over...hmmmm.
That's true to some extent. But apps run on hardware. If you have GPS, an accelerometer, magnetic field sensors, you can do stuff like run apps, metal detector apps, navigation apps, etc. Remember the Hydrogen One phone and its holographic display? There was a phone with a 3D display a couple of years ago as well.
Then there's the FLIR camera inside the CAT series phones (and the rumored thermometer inside the Pixel 8). I think there's plenty you can do with modern tech. You can use a military-grade night-vision camera, for example. Or make it purify water (crazy), disinfect things with UV, equip it with a laser pointer, maybe a lighter... I know many of these sound crazy but nonetheless, I feel like nobody really puts in any effort nowadays...
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 :))
It's a phone, not a Swiss army knife.