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Most of the creativity in the phone designs you mention is around fitting or concealing physical input. Modern touch screens negate the need for buttons, and th
by jljljl 10y ago
Most of the creativity in the phone designs you mention is around fitting or concealing physical input. Modern touch screens negate the need for buttons, and the most useful format becomes a large screen.
- kirse 10y agoYea I realized after my lament that is probably the case, we have reached "peak smartphone" until the super-flexible screens can become a reality... Maybe then we'll see the return of the physical keyboard and cool things like retractable/foldable/slidable devices again. My beef was mainly that I went through the top rated devices on GSM/PhoneArena recently... Basically the only smartphone with squared edges or a unique design was the Galaxy Edge, the Xperia XZ, and the Xiaomi Mi Mix.
- digi_owl 10y agoI read just now that a gamepad module may be on its way to Moto Z officially. That is perhaps the closest we will get, if Motorola or similar is willing to stay the course on device shapes (not likely given what happened to the Atrix line and accompanying laptop docks. Every damn device had slightly different spacing between HDMI and USB ports).
- mcbits 10y agoI liked the overall idea of the N93 and wish Nokia (or someone) would use it as inspiration for a new design. Having the camera on the side with a swivel screen, there's no need for a lower quality front-facing camera.