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To me the screen notch and the camera bump are frustrating design abominations. We participate in a mass delusion where we pretend modern smartphones are edge

To me the screen notch and the camera bump are frustrating design abominations. We participate in a mass delusion where we pretend modern smartphones are edge to edge screen - but they can not be used like that. You either bulk up your phone with a protective cover or you inevitably break the screen. The super tough "gorilla" glass is not suitable for the intended use: using your phone every day in a real world environment. We all pay premium for thin, light, glass/metal, all-screen phones with notches and bumps only to hide them in second plastic bodies made in China.

count 8y ago
I've not had a cover on an iPhone, and have owned every iPhone since the original. I've broken 1 (and a case wouldn't have saved it..it got run over). Not everybody is fucking gorilla handling their phones. Some of us can have nice things...
- smittywerben 8y ago
  I used to throw my blackberry at people. One time it missed and it skipped over a natural slate floor like a pebble over water - no damage. Also dropped it on cement many times. Never a scratch (sometimes had to pop the battery back in) Compared to my first iPhone 3G w/ rubber+shell case which I absolutely demolished in my jeans longboarding my first time. I still feel bad about that. At some point phones became less durable than my own body. It's just different.
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    > I used to throw my blackberry at people. Is there any modern smartphone that would take this kind of abuse?
    - crehn 8y ago
      Is there any person who would take this kind of abuse?
nickdandakis 8y ago
If you're bulking up your iPhone with a case, the camera bump is a non-issue. I agree that we've reached diminishing returns as far as overall thickness is concerned, though. Would love to know the split between cased and case-less phone users. I'm in the case-less camp, and even though I think I'm in the minority, I don't think it's as small as it actually is.

count 8y ago

I've not had a cover on an iPhone, and have owned every iPhone since the original. I've broken 1 (and a case wouldn't have saved it..it got run over). Not everybody is fucking gorilla handling their phones. Some of us can have nice things...

smittywerben 8y ago
I used to throw my blackberry at people. One time it missed and it skipped over a natural slate floor like a pebble over water - no damage. Also dropped it on cement many times. Never a scratch (sometimes had to pop the battery back in) Compared to my first iPhone 3G w/ rubber+shell case which I absolutely demolished in my jeans longboarding my first time. I still feel bad about that. At some point phones became less durable than my own body. It's just different.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  > I used to throw my blackberry at people. Is there any modern smartphone that would take this kind of abuse?
  - crehn 8y ago
    Is there any person who would take this kind of abuse?

nickdandakis 8y ago

If you're bulking up your iPhone with a case, the camera bump is a non-issue. I agree that we've reached diminishing returns as far as overall thickness is concerned, though. Would love to know the split between cased and case-less phone users. I'm in the case-less camp, and even though I think I'm in the minority, I don't think it's as small as it actually is.