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To be honest I think that it's good direction. Why one should be excited about a phone or a pair of headphones? It's a tool like a hammer, shovel etc. There is
by pxtail 2y ago
To be honest I think that it's good direction. Why one should be excited about a phone or a pair of headphones? It's a tool like a hammer, shovel etc.
There is one more angle - when it's boring it's more environmentally friendly, there is much less incentive to buy new shiny, blinking toy when it mostly looks and works just like old toy.
- unraveller 2y agoThey are boring because these not-quite-future-proof smartphones need to also look like e-waste to the consumer in 18 months time so minimal sentimental attachment is preferred.
- akasakahakada 2y agoBecause smartphone should be smarter everyday. We should expect it can do yet another trick in the next generation.