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The market speaks every year. And it continues to say no to heavy duty battery life phones. If someone ever designs one that comes with substantive user benefit
by valuearb 9y ago
The market speaks every year. And it continues to say no to heavy duty battery life phones. If someone ever designs one that comes with substantive user benefits that thin phones can't provide, fat phones can become a standard again.
But again, thin phones can provide as much battery life as you want, just add a battery case. It's like demanding Porsche include permanent, unremovable trailers on every 911, because some minority of users wants to occasionally tow stuff with their sportscar.
- izacus 9y agoHow can a market "speak" when there's no way of buying anything but the same practially 99% copied black slab for each company? The basis of market competition (and the ability for market to "speak") is the concept of choice. In mobile phone market there is little choice and the device themselves are more than a single feature.
- Balbazac 9y agoMay I suggest a thought experiment? Imagine you cannot use a smartphone for a period of 12 months; certainly, you would expend a not insignificant effort in finding a very capable flip-phone, or other mobile option, combined with perhaps two or three other devices (GPS, MP3 player) which would adequately replicate these smartphone features. Now apply that mental effort to seeking a suitably differentiated mobile phone and I am sure you will find success.
- valuearb 9y agoHere is a list of 20 hour battery life phones. You may note they aren't best sellers. https://www.cnet.com/news/smartphones-best-long-battery-life/ https://www.cnet.com/news/smartphones-best-long-battery-life... While there is lots of similarities, every phone is differentiated in some way. You want bigger differences but right now bigger differences aren't perceived as a plus by most users.