▲ 324 ▼ The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics (hackaday.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (11 children) Samsung Gleam. That was peak cellphone. permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] nullPointer@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago team moto razr here! permalink fedilink source parent [–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (3 children) Ulefone's got your back for weird phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Rather Unihertz. They basically have just the unusual phones. Currently I have Ulefone Armor 24, but I'd want something like Oukitel WP100 Titan. Even larger and crazier. Look at that 33Ah thing: Almost brick size now. It's so ridiculous I want it. After all, what I have now isn't far from if, it's just that this is even bigger. 3.6cm (1.4 inch) thick, 877g (1.93lbs) heavy. But somehow it still can't fit a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot, so that's a no for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Lost my Oukitel WP33 Pro. :( Really neat phone, weight like a Colt .45, and about as easy to carry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I've got the Armor 21, giant speaker. Almost upgraded this year when the USB port died, but then I remembered the dock based charging that also exists for some unknown reason. Was looking at one of the Thermal options, just because they're kind of neat, not that I really have a use case. I just love that they take some random idea and make a crazy phone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago My favorite of all the phones I have owned: permalink fedilink source parent [–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) “Kirk to Enterprise…” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bags@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago* Many years ago Nokia made a couple prototypes of an official Star Trek communicator phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3EN05faZVU I would do some seriously regrettable things to have one of these that works with modern networks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Those phones were really convenient, taking just as much place in your pocket as needed, screen covered from being scratched by keys and other items. Actually convenient keyboards. It's just that why make ergonomic, optimized for the task, price-efficient things when a piece of useless crap called iPhone makes you more. I swear, for market economies to work you need to outlaw advertising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) flip phones were great as phones, but terrible as pdas. iPhone combined the two in a non-chunky way (competitors? Palm Treo? Windows Mobile phones?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago I disagree with both. They were good enough as PDAs, those keyboards' buttons usually used for navigation are not much different from what's normal under Android now. Fit in one hand, convenient display angle. They were just ergonomically all around better. iPhones and Android phones I still have anxiety using. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago team moto razr here! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (3 children) Ulefone's got your back for weird phones. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Rather Unihertz. They basically have just the unusual phones. Currently I have Ulefone Armor 24, but I'd want something like Oukitel WP100 Titan. Even larger and crazier. Look at that 33Ah thing: Almost brick size now. It's so ridiculous I want it. After all, what I have now isn't far from if, it's just that this is even bigger. 3.6cm (1.4 inch) thick, 877g (1.93lbs) heavy. But somehow it still can't fit a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot, so that's a no for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Lost my Oukitel WP33 Pro. :( Really neat phone, weight like a Colt .45, and about as easy to carry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I've got the Armor 21, giant speaker. Almost upgraded this year when the USB port died, but then I remembered the dock based charging that also exists for some unknown reason. Was looking at one of the Thermal options, just because they're kind of neat, not that I really have a use case. I just love that they take some random idea and make a crazy phone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children) Rather Unihertz. They basically have just the unusual phones. Currently I have Ulefone Armor 24, but I'd want something like Oukitel WP100 Titan. Even larger and crazier. Look at that 33Ah thing: Almost brick size now. It's so ridiculous I want it. After all, what I have now isn't far from if, it's just that this is even bigger. 3.6cm (1.4 inch) thick, 877g (1.93lbs) heavy. But somehow it still can't fit a headphone jack and MicroSD card slot, so that's a no for me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Lost my Oukitel WP33 Pro. :( Really neat phone, weight like a Colt .45, and about as easy to carry. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I've got the Armor 21, giant speaker. Almost upgraded this year when the USB port died, but then I remembered the dock based charging that also exists for some unknown reason. Was looking at one of the Thermal options, just because they're kind of neat, not that I really have a use case. I just love that they take some random idea and make a crazy phone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Lost my Oukitel WP33 Pro. :( Really neat phone, weight like a Colt .45, and about as easy to carry. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pheonixdown@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I've got the Armor 21, giant speaker. Almost upgraded this year when the USB port died, but then I remembered the dock based charging that also exists for some unknown reason. Was looking at one of the Thermal options, just because they're kind of neat, not that I really have a use case. I just love that they take some random idea and make a crazy phone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago My favorite of all the phones I have owned: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marlowe221@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) “Kirk to Enterprise…” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Bags@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago* Many years ago Nokia made a couple prototypes of an official Star Trek communicator phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3EN05faZVU I would do some seriously regrettable things to have one of these that works with modern networks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bags@piefed.social 3 points 1 year ago* Many years ago Nokia made a couple prototypes of an official Star Trek communicator phone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3EN05faZVU I would do some seriously regrettable things to have one of these that works with modern networks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children) Those phones were really convenient, taking just as much place in your pocket as needed, screen covered from being scratched by keys and other items. Actually convenient keyboards. It's just that why make ergonomic, optimized for the task, price-efficient things when a piece of useless crap called iPhone makes you more. I swear, for market economies to work you need to outlaw advertising. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) flip phones were great as phones, but terrible as pdas. iPhone combined the two in a non-chunky way (competitors? Palm Treo? Windows Mobile phones?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago I disagree with both. They were good enough as PDAs, those keyboards' buttons usually used for navigation are not much different from what's normal under Android now. Fit in one hand, convenient display angle. They were just ergonomically all around better. iPhones and Android phones I still have anxiety using. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) flip phones were great as phones, but terrible as pdas. iPhone combined the two in a non-chunky way (competitors? Palm Treo? Windows Mobile phones?) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago I disagree with both. They were good enough as PDAs, those keyboards' buttons usually used for navigation are not much different from what's normal under Android now. Fit in one hand, convenient display angle. They were just ergonomically all around better. iPhones and Android phones I still have anxiety using. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago I disagree with both. They were good enough as PDAs, those keyboards' buttons usually used for navigation are not much different from what's normal under Android now. Fit in one hand, convenient display angle. They were just ergonomically all around better. iPhones and Android phones I still have anxiety using. permalink fedilink source parent
