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Can manufacturers do a wedge like design with a thicker top & tapered bottom edge? That way there is no camera bump & the device sits flat on a desk & a bit rai

Can manufacturers do a wedge like design with a thicker top & tapered bottom edge? That way there is no camera bump & the device sits flat on a desk & a bit raised towards you as well. Bonus camera points coz the lenses are along the same axis horizontally & closer to the centre of the device than in one corner, likewise for the front facing camera too, which could just be shoved into one corner without leaving a hole-punch or notch at all.

DenseComet 6y ago
The original Pixel had that exact design, although the later designs went in the opposite direction.
- eru 6y ago
  I don't remember them being wedge shaped?
tsjq 6y ago
That will be a beautiful and practical design
paxys 6y ago
Camera bumps are all cancelled out by cases anyways. What you are describing sounds uncomfortable to carry around in the pocket.
- villgax 6y ago
  Both are cuboidal & I don't think it would make any difference without the case in a pocket
Stratoscope 6y ago
I don't mind a camera bump if it is symmetric horizontally. But most of the ones I've seen have the bump on one corner, which ruins the use case you mentioned of setting the device flat on a desk or table. My Note 8 and a friend's Note 9 don't really have a camera bump at all, other than a barely raised ridge around the camera section. But unlike many other phones, this ridge is symmetric: it extends equally to the left and right. Even if this were a raised camera bump, it would still work for setting the phone on a table. The iPhone I got from work is quite different: it has a rather thick camera bump on one corner. So when it sits on a table, if I tap on the display the whole phone wobbles. That is very poor design, but now Samsung seems to have copied it! The newer Samsung phone have bumps in one corner just like the iPhone, so they would be just as annoying to use on a table. For the moment I am hanging on to the Note 8 for dear life, until I find a newer phone with a good camera and either no bump or a symmetric bump. Are there any high end phones like this any more? (Regarding a sibling comment about cases, that is one solution, but I don't use one and don't plan to.)
- deergomoo 6y ago
  > But most of the ones I've seen have the bump on one corner, which ruins the use case you mentioned of setting the device flat on a desk or table. Unfortunately I don’t think this is a high priority because most people use a case, which means the camera is either flush or even slightly recessed depending on thickness. I don’t use a case on my phone so this annoys me just as much as it does you, but for 99% of people I doubt they even think about it.

DenseComet 6y ago

The original Pixel had that exact design, although the later designs went in the opposite direction.

eru 6y ago
I don't remember them being wedge shaped?

tsjq 6y ago

That will be a beautiful and practical design

paxys 6y ago

Camera bumps are all cancelled out by cases anyways. What you are describing sounds uncomfortable to carry around in the pocket.

villgax 6y ago
Both are cuboidal & I don't think it would make any difference without the case in a pocket

Stratoscope 6y ago

I don't mind a camera bump if it is symmetric horizontally. But most of the ones I've seen have the bump on one corner, which ruins the use case you mentioned of setting the device flat on a desk or table. My Note 8 and a friend's Note 9 don't really have a camera bump at all, other than a barely raised ridge around the camera section. But unlike many other phones, this ridge is symmetric: it extends equally to the left and right. Even if this were a raised camera bump, it would still work for setting the phone on a table. The iPhone I got from work is quite different: it has a rather thick camera bump on one corner. So when it sits on a table, if I tap on the display the whole phone wobbles. That is very poor design, but now Samsung seems to have copied it! The newer Samsung phone have bumps in one corner just like the iPhone, so they would be just as annoying to use on a table. For the moment I am hanging on to the Note 8 for dear life, until I find a newer phone with a good camera and either no bump or a symmetric bump. Are there any high end phones like this any more? (Regarding a sibling comment about cases, that is one solution, but I don't use one and don't plan to.)

deergomoo 6y ago
> But most of the ones I've seen have the bump on one corner, which ruins the use case you mentioned of setting the device flat on a desk or table. Unfortunately I don’t think this is a high priority because most people use a case, which means the camera is either flush or even slightly recessed depending on thickness. I don’t use a case on my phone so this annoys me just as much as it does you, but for 99% of people I doubt they even think about it.