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  • Ocelot
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    3310 months ago

    pretty much all smartphones past few years have been incremental upgrades. Sometimes theres some gimmick but it really feels like we’ve reached a peak

    • ඞmir
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      2710 months ago

      The Fold/Flip were pretty big jumps in tech.

      • @jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev
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        1610 months ago

        Idk why you’re being downvoted, its true. Folding screen technology has been pretty much the only major innovation in the phone space for a while now.

        • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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          710 months ago

          Folding is high on the “neato” scale but isn’t considered a major milestone because it’s really sort of a gimmick and in smartphone terms, is a small niche feature. Most people don’t want a thicker phone that can become a too-small tablet by slowly forming a damage crease down its screen.

          • @jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev
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            210 months ago

            Disagree, the technology is improving and the shapes of the phone are becoming more usable.

            Anecdotally, i know a good amount of people who switched/want to switch off iphone to android specifically for folding phones. The form factor of the zflip/razr is a lot more usable for people who have small pockets or people who just think it’s plain cool.

            The “damage crease” isnt a huge deal, and most people upgrade after 3ish years anyway so as long as it can make it that far it won’t matter to them.

            • @scarabic@lemmy.world
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              310 months ago

              You can say that about literally every feature. But folding has been around 5 years and isn’t becoming integral to every device. Front facing cameras were within 5 years.