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Smartphones are so boring in 2022. Even iPhones. I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the batter

Smartphones are so boring in 2022. Even iPhones. I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the battery stays alive

jcun4128 5y ago
Hehe try a Linux phone that barely works out of the box. Not so boring, will my modem work today? Maybe
- tehdgvtd 5y ago
  You talk like apple and samsung do work like you want. Having some feature you wouldn't have broken, is it better or worse than not having it? My S21 plus keep changing my default browser back to whatever the hell is Samsung Internet every hour. My iphone doesn't even have a browser alternative, only "skins"
  - jcun4128 5y ago
    I'm just looking forward to Linux phones catching up in performance and app options... I hope it happens. > keep changing my default browser back to whatever the hell is Samsung Internet every hour Yeah stuff like that drives me nuts too. Particularly it's the permissions stuff, I buy hey Samsung ear buds and I have to accept like 11 different permissions to use them. And for the cheaper devices they're purposely loaded with garbage or you can't swipe these certain notifications... ads built into your voicemail program. My main phone right now is a $300 Motorola Android phone it does all I need 1080p screen, 4GB ram. I personally can't justify buying a phone like this that costs as much as a nice laptop/desktop. But I also spent over $1K on a remote controlled composite glider so I guess every body has their poison.
matsemann 5y ago
Most features are often not worth it, even. FaceId? With fingerprint sensor I could have the phone opened on the way out of my pocket, now I gotta stare blankly at the screen for a second before I can use it. Twice the resolution? I couldn't see a pixel on the previous generation, now you just use twice the amount of gpu and battery to render some animation. Less screen bezel? Thanks, now I accidentally touch the edge of the screen while holding my phone. Or have to watch clips with a notch covering the side for apps still not having fixed their UI. Thinner? Thanks, less battery. More cameras? Now I can't hold my phone without greasing up some lens on the back.
- tentacleuno 5y ago
  > Thinner? Thanks, less battery. I think we're slowly getting back to normality with this though. The peak of thinness for Apple was the iPhone 6, and that was a disaster. It was a great example of too thin. Now I believe they have gone back to the thicker iPhone 5 aesthetic, with a bigger battery and a more solid design.
simonmales 5y ago
> I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the battery stays alive That is how it should be.
xvilka 5y ago
In fact, something like modern Philips Xenium would be nice to have. Their last feature phone was able to keep the charge for two weeks or even more. A perfect addition to any smartphone. Sadly, they stopped to make new models.
- napolux 5y ago
  Dunno in USA, but in Europe we have nokia still selling feature phones
6LLvveMx2koXfwn 5y ago
I found buying my Fairphone 3+ and installing /e/ OS (a de-Googled Android clone) anything but boring. Without over egging the pudding I found it somewhat liberating.
quitit 5y ago
It's not going to get better, and I believe it's clear how this happened: Tech innovators have minimal protections for their R&D investment and their only means of seeking relief is both slow and bad for publicity (limits to scope of relief, appeals and astroturfing will see to that). It's wildly unpopular on here: but if one wants something amazing then one has to also support broad and fast protection for innovation (which also is something that benefits small innovators.) That includes not acting as cheerleaders for brands that copy IP while positioning themselves as price saviours for the common-folk. Without coincidence this is an opportunity that Samsung has exploited in numerous electronics categories: copy fast and drag out the relief process to either sink the innovator or until a point where the relief isn't meaningful. Copies and near-copies from discounter brands leads to the rise of business models that runs the clock on consumers and only provides minimal revisions; i.e just enough progress to avoid disruption, leading to products that year-on-year seem like the same thing.
salamandersauce 5y ago
There's some interesting devices these days. The foldables are super cool and is not something we had 4 years ago. They just cost too much and are too fragile...

Smartphones are so boring in 2022. Even iPhones. I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the battery stays alive

jcun4128 5y ago

Hehe try a Linux phone that barely works out of the box. Not so boring, will my modem work today? Maybe

tehdgvtd 5y ago
You talk like apple and samsung do work like you want. Having some feature you wouldn't have broken, is it better or worse than not having it? My S21 plus keep changing my default browser back to whatever the hell is Samsung Internet every hour. My iphone doesn't even have a browser alternative, only "skins"
- jcun4128 5y ago
  I'm just looking forward to Linux phones catching up in performance and app options... I hope it happens. > keep changing my default browser back to whatever the hell is Samsung Internet every hour Yeah stuff like that drives me nuts too. Particularly it's the permissions stuff, I buy hey Samsung ear buds and I have to accept like 11 different permissions to use them. And for the cheaper devices they're purposely loaded with garbage or you can't swipe these certain notifications... ads built into your voicemail program. My main phone right now is a $300 Motorola Android phone it does all I need 1080p screen, 4GB ram. I personally can't justify buying a phone like this that costs as much as a nice laptop/desktop. But I also spent over $1K on a remote controlled composite glider so I guess every body has their poison.

matsemann 5y ago

Most features are often not worth it, even. FaceId? With fingerprint sensor I could have the phone opened on the way out of my pocket, now I gotta stare blankly at the screen for a second before I can use it. Twice the resolution? I couldn't see a pixel on the previous generation, now you just use twice the amount of gpu and battery to render some animation. Less screen bezel? Thanks, now I accidentally touch the edge of the screen while holding my phone. Or have to watch clips with a notch covering the side for apps still not having fixed their UI. Thinner? Thanks, less battery. More cameras? Now I can't hold my phone without greasing up some lens on the back.

tentacleuno 5y ago
> Thinner? Thanks, less battery. I think we're slowly getting back to normality with this though. The peak of thinness for Apple was the iPhone 6, and that was a disaster. It was a great example of too thin. Now I believe they have gone back to the thicker iPhone 5 aesthetic, with a bigger battery and a more solid design.

simonmales 5y ago

> I have my iPhone XR since 3.5 years and I don't need to change it at least for a couple of years, if the battery stays alive That is how it should be.

xvilka 5y ago

In fact, something like modern Philips Xenium would be nice to have. Their last feature phone was able to keep the charge for two weeks or even more. A perfect addition to any smartphone. Sadly, they stopped to make new models.

napolux 5y ago
Dunno in USA, but in Europe we have nokia still selling feature phones

6LLvveMx2koXfwn 5y ago

I found buying my Fairphone 3+ and installing /e/ OS (a de-Googled Android clone) anything but boring. Without over egging the pudding I found it somewhat liberating.

quitit 5y ago

It's not going to get better, and I believe it's clear how this happened: Tech innovators have minimal protections for their R&D investment and their only means of seeking relief is both slow and bad for publicity (limits to scope of relief, appeals and astroturfing will see to that). It's wildly unpopular on here: but if one wants something amazing then one has to also support broad and fast protection for innovation (which also is something that benefits small innovators.) That includes not acting as cheerleaders for brands that copy IP while positioning themselves as price saviours for the common-folk. Without coincidence this is an opportunity that Samsung has exploited in numerous electronics categories: copy fast and drag out the relief process to either sink the innovator or until a point where the relief isn't meaningful. Copies and near-copies from discounter brands leads to the rise of business models that runs the clock on consumers and only provides minimal revisions; i.e just enough progress to avoid disruption, leading to products that year-on-year seem like the same thing.

salamandersauce 5y ago

There's some interesting devices these days. The foldables are super cool and is not something we had 4 years ago. They just cost too much and are too fragile...