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If you sum together the stuff people in this thread has suggested, you have the Homers Car of phones on your hands

mjevans 4y ago
It's this or a Youtube clip that's maybe monetized by Disney at best... https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer The Homer was a car that Home Simpson built to exactly what they wanted without any tradeoffs for off the shelf components, trends, or sensibility of what currently was common. It's also somewhat design by committee, with features like a more luxurious bubble for the adults, and a micro-bubble for the kids; presumably so you can ignore anything but the screams or silence. I also suspect this fictional car might have been an ingredient in the market shifting from minivans to SUVs. Those don't have such great audio isolation but were even taller than the minivans (which were taller than station wagons). Or it could be the 'backup camera' finally reaching a tolerable price level.
- 7speter 4y ago
  I also suspect this fictional car might have been an ingredient in the market shifting from minivans to SUVs The simpsons also did the canyonero: https://youtu.be/PI_Jl5WFQkA https://youtu.be/PI_Jl5WFQkA
  - lowercased 4y ago
    Didn't Homer buy the women's model? Was it the F-series?
    - 7speter 4y ago
      I dont remember, I remember this as an end of episode gag/commentary on the suv’s rising popularity of the 90s
gopher_space 4y ago
It's really just the iPhone 3GS.
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Dylan16807 4y ago
...what stuff? The suggestions I'm seeing are yes hole punch, no hole punch, a screen you can use with one hand, just enough battery-filled thickness to have no camera bump, good camera, microsd, fingerprint sensor, headphone jack. And one person wants a keyboard but I don't think they're suggesting that for this phone. Once you decide if you want a hole punch or not, I see no issue with implementing the rest of those features in the same phone in a reasonable way.

It's this or a Youtube clip that's maybe monetized by Disney at best... https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer The Homer was a car that Home Simpson built to exactly what they wanted without any tradeoffs for off the shelf components, trends, or sensibility of what currently was common. It's also somewhat design by committee, with features like a more luxurious bubble for the adults, and a micro-bubble for the kids; presumably so you can ignore anything but the screams or silence. I also suspect this fictional car might have been an ingredient in the market shifting from minivans to SUVs. Those don't have such great audio isolation but were even taller than the minivans (which were taller than station wagons). Or it could be the 'backup camera' finally reaching a tolerable price level.

7speter 4y ago
I also suspect this fictional car might have been an ingredient in the market shifting from minivans to SUVs The simpsons also did the canyonero: https://youtu.be/PI_Jl5WFQkA https://youtu.be/PI_Jl5WFQkA
- lowercased 4y ago
  Didn't Homer buy the women's model? Was it the F-series?
  - 7speter 4y ago
    I dont remember, I remember this as an end of episode gag/commentary on the suv’s rising popularity of the 90s

gopher_space 4y ago

It's really just the iPhone 3GS.

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Dylan16807 4y ago

...what stuff? The suggestions I'm seeing are yes hole punch, no hole punch, a screen you can use with one hand, just enough battery-filled thickness to have no camera bump, good camera, microsd, fingerprint sensor, headphone jack. And one person wants a keyboard but I don't think they're suggesting that for this phone. Once you decide if you want a hole punch or not, I see no issue with implementing the rest of those features in the same phone in a reasonable way.