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There used to be phones with a secondary display, full QWERTY keyboard, wireless split remote, whole Windows computer in the back, a completely square display,

There used to be phones with a secondary display, full QWERTY keyboard, wireless split remote, whole Windows computer in the back, a completely square display, two displays of which one rotate, a plug-in dual display cover, dual SIM slot, a miniature video projector, fingerprint sensor in the back, TV tuner, FM radio, sleep-swappable battery, IP68 rating, laser barcode scanner, 1" equivalent image sensor, 42MP image sensor, actually mechanically zooming lenses, IrDA, strap holes, 3.5mm headphone jacks, iPhone killed them all. Yeah I personally kind of want iMessage. Doesn't change the fact that iPhone killed them all.

os2warpman 1y ago
With the possible exception of IrDA, which in 2025 is like wanting a parallel port on a phone, pretty much all of that still exists. Here's a phone with "a completely square display": https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rotatable-Phone-i19-Pro-Mini-Fold-Mobile-Phone-Dual-SIM-Vibration-Magic-Voice-Blacklist-Speed-Dial-2-4-inch-Screen-Square-Phone/7933450218 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rotatable-Phone-i19-Pro-Mini-Fold... It even rotates but only the one screen. I even found a phone with integrated barcode scanner, the UNIWA V9S.