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I get this is supposed to be minimalist but the texting interaction looks really rough. You read threaded conversations in portrait mode but to reply it switche
by billyhoffman 7y ago
I get this is supposed to be minimalist but the texting interaction looks really rough. You read threaded conversations in portrait mode but to reply it switches you to landscape mode where you can’t see the conversation and can only see the reply you’re typing. Nokia candy bar phones from the mid 90s let me type a reply while looking at what I was replying to.
This seems like an oversight
- martin-adams 7y agoMaybe that’s intentional, so you focus on short messages rather than sprawling conversations.
- germinalphrase 7y agoWhy force that choice on me?
- balladeer 7y agoPossibly that's the point of such a phone. Because if it was up to one's choice then I believe one doesn't need any special phone for lesser usage of (smart)phones or use it the way one wants. No?
- germinalphrase 7y agoPossibly. Could simply be sloppy interaction design. There’s a lot of room to project intention on ‘minimal’.
- taneq 7y agoWhy choose a phone that doesn't do what you want?
- Zenst 7y agoI'd say the Nokia still wins out over this, that's without even looking at the price. How many Nokia's could you get for $350. Then there is this aspect: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=thelightphone.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=thelightphone.com Which does kinda make you wonder many things, more so, that price. Everything else seems to of been already covered in past discussions over the many many years.
- cptskippy 7y agoI paid $500 for an unlocked Nokia 6590 around 2002.