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Flexible and foldable products are so underwhelming. At this point they seem like something being developed just for the sake of demonstrating that it's possibl
by psv1 7y ago
Flexible and foldable products are so underwhelming. At this point they seem like something being developed just for the sake of demonstrating that it's possible. If the goal is to make attractive products, they're failing spectacularly.
- mxcrossb 7y agoThe big tech companies’ only advantage is that they can manufacture more complex tech. Their goal is to move what users want towards things that are hard to build, not necessarily what users would naturally want.
- psv1 7y ago> The big tech companies’ only advantage is that they can manufacture more complex tech. Only advantage? What about the already established user base, decades of experience, brand recognition, and giant piles of money? And I'm sure that I'm leaving out other important factors. > Their goal is to move what users want towards things that are hard to build Is there any evidence for this? Obviously there will be some incentive for this but that's not the same as being their goal.
- Jonnax 7y agoThe first generation iPhone was a bit clunky, a Nokia N95 could do so much more...
- rusticpenn 7y agoBut it was definetely not underwhelming.
- psv1 7y ago> The first generation iPhone was a bit clunky No crowd has gasped at a foldable display the way people gasped when Jobs used his finger to scroll in the first iPhone keynote.
- minikites 7y ago"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."