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What niche phone features would appeal to you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I went through my late teens as the initial smart phone boom was happening. I had a Motorola q that could get TV channels and had a keyboard. I had the enV that flipped open. And many androids/blackberries that I loved for their unique form factor and functionality.

I have never balked at spending money on a phone and for a long time i felt locked into generic flagship devices. With the debut of folding screens I feel like my appetite for unique devices rekindled. I think the power of android lies in its diversity of implementation.

So what features and functionalities would you choose over the next flagship release?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OLED or LCD + e-ink hybrid screens are probably quite a few years off yet, but I know there was at least one laptop with an e-ink screen on its lid

so many smart phone manufacturers are so gung ho about making the back of the phone out of glass (which I hate), I wonder if they could be convinced to swap it for an e-ink panel?

being able to just flip the phone around in your hand when you step into bright sunlight, instead of having to fumble with the status bar pulldown menu's brightness slider, would ABSOLUTELY RULE

plus you know. like. eyestrain relief or whatever :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know if having the phone be a touch screen on both sides would be that good of an idea, since it just seems like it would be an awful experience to accidentally fumble things because your hand was touching the back (or be unable to use a case with it).

Maybe if it was combined with some of the newer folding phones? You have an e-ink outer screen, with a regular LCD/OLED inner screen?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I assumed some sort of palm rejection would prevent taps registering on the side not in use, but completely forgot about phone cases 🥴