I want a larger battery and flush camera.
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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...

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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