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Do people really like these huge breakable touchscreens that you leave oily fingerprints on, or do they merely tolerate them? It's a damn shame that phones with

Do people really like these huge breakable touchscreens that you leave oily fingerprints on, or do they merely tolerate them? It's a damn shame that phones with smaller screens and optical touchpad don't exist any longer.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Do people really like these huge breakable touchscreens that you leave oily fingerprints on, or do they merely tolerate them? Yes, people like them, which is why when they and “lets use half the available space for a physical keyboard” phones were on the market together, the latter got slaughtered by the former. Physical keyboard win for tactile feedback (touchscreen haptics aren't even close), but lose in adaptability (can't switch positions or layouts dynamically for different languages/contexts/emojis/gifs/one-handed use/handwriting/etc, usable screen space when the keyboard isn't in use, and, plus, the screen is still breakable but smaller, but now you also have a bunch of breakable mechanical parts.
VectorLock 6y ago
Glass and screens on modern phones are amazingly durable now. I don't even bother with screen protectors now since under normal usage they're virtually unscratchable.
- Normille 6y ago
  It's not the scratching that's the problem. It's the shattering. I'll take, any day, a hard plastic screen which will survive being kicked round the streets with only a bit of scuffing to show for it over a scratch-proof glass one which turns into a mosaic if it drops off my desk.
Normille 6y ago
I wonder this myself. If I can ever be bothered to read a review of a mobile phone these days [which is rarely] it seems to be accepted as self-evident that ultra-thinness, huge screens and non-existent bezels are what everyone wants. Not me. I want a phone that has a bit of ruggedness to it, will fit in my pocket and leaves some room round the edge of the screen for me to hold the damned thing, without triggering some unwanted app or function.

dragonwriter 6y ago

> Do people really like these huge breakable touchscreens that you leave oily fingerprints on, or do they merely tolerate them? Yes, people like them, which is why when they and “lets use half the available space for a physical keyboard” phones were on the market together, the latter got slaughtered by the former. Physical keyboard win for tactile feedback (touchscreen haptics aren't even close), but lose in adaptability (can't switch positions or layouts dynamically for different languages/contexts/emojis/gifs/one-handed use/handwriting/etc, usable screen space when the keyboard isn't in use, and, plus, the screen is still breakable but smaller, but now you also have a bunch of breakable mechanical parts.

VectorLock 6y ago

Glass and screens on modern phones are amazingly durable now. I don't even bother with screen protectors now since under normal usage they're virtually unscratchable.

Normille 6y ago
It's not the scratching that's the problem. It's the shattering. I'll take, any day, a hard plastic screen which will survive being kicked round the streets with only a bit of scuffing to show for it over a scratch-proof glass one which turns into a mosaic if it drops off my desk.

Normille 6y ago

I wonder this myself. If I can ever be bothered to read a review of a mobile phone these days [which is rarely] it seems to be accepted as self-evident that ultra-thinness, huge screens and non-existent bezels are what everyone wants. Not me. I want a phone that has a bit of ruggedness to it, will fit in my pocket and leaves some room round the edge of the screen for me to hold the damned thing, without triggering some unwanted app or function.