Somewhat related, there is a vaccine for cats in the works meant to prevent feline chronic kidney disease. If successful it could massively increase the lifespan of domestic cats.

https://www.boredpanda.com/medicine-cats-live-longer/

Science is just the method by which technological advancements are achieved, it doesn't decide the priorities. That privilege falls to capital, and by extension, capitalists.

Who stop at 60? Immortal dogs!

This is your father's dog. An elegant puppy for a more civilised age. Take care of it, you and your descendents, for it will outlive you all.

Oh wait, now I realised that's basically r2d2

Some scientists actually are working on this. I haven't read this article in particular, but it was near the top of a search.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-drug-that-could-extend-dogs-lives-inches-closer-to-approval-180983331/

tl;dr is that there may soon be a drug available which can extend the lives of large dogs.

I was actually helping an aging coworker who wears a hearing aid set up some features on his phone and connecting his phone to Bluetooth. I was significantly disappointed with the lack of features geared toward those who are hard of hearing. Specifically in driving mode for Android auto. He's got a newish phone (S23) so it's not that. And the settings were far too convoluted to find for my tastes.

It really bothered me quite a bit that I couldn't make the Bluetooth register that he was using a car and therefore speakers, not headphones. And further that the settings for voice prompts in the maps app requires he go into his personal Google settings to change toggles because the app user facing one is only available once you pick a destination and he couldn't hear it.

Is it too much to ask for a long press shortcut?

I honestly don't see any reason for a better phones in a while. I bought oneplus 6t 5 years ago and after getting latest android with custom rom it's like having a new phone no lag at all. the only thing that is bad is the battery lifem I already changed it once and got scammed om ebay , the new one is 1000mAh too small :D not a suprising event

Though aging is a lot more complex than shrinking cpu transistors.

I feel like we've already been going backwards on smartphones: Bring back replaceable batteries, keyboards, headphone ports, and IR blasters!

Honestly, I do want a better smartphone. Not better as in more pixels or processing power, but more features.

My P8P has a temperature sensor on it. Every phone I own moving forward is gonna need that now cuz I use it for all kinds of shit basically daily, great tool for a SMART device.

I miss IR blasters, they weren't as useful but they had their place

I miss the short time period where volume and lock buttons were on the backs of phones.

More weird sensors and functionality that might prove useful in niche situations, please.

Speak for yourself, I want a better phone as in with removable battery, sd card, headphone jack.

The difference is, science is not making phones better for the consumer, but for the maker.

I'd settle for a long and healthy lifespan and a painless passing for all beings.

As someone whose dog has been having health problems for the past year, I agree with this statement.

Would that I could, I'd trade years of my life to get some extra years for my dog. It's insane to think he's a third of the way through his lifespan already.

Instead of making phones thin enough to shave with, just give me a battery that could last a few days.

i dunno, 60 years would put me past being able to get a dog as i wouldn't want to die and leave them.

Sorry, we are busy with real problems like climate change mitigation.

By limiting a dog's lifespan, you force dog-lovers to purchase a new dog after a few years.
Any company innovating a long-lived dog would saturate the market quickly and go out of business for lack of demand.
The only way around this is a support contract or a subscription model.
You could lease a dog for an annual fee. The benefit is obvious to anyone with a bit of business sense: After only a year or so your customers will have bonded with "their" dog and won't want to part with it anymore.
So you can offer the first year at a heavily discounted rate and then jack up the subscription price as much as you want, the market will bear it.

And if they fail to pay their rates, just send in Kristi Noem. She'll do what needs to be done.

I don't want a better smart phone I just want a resilient smartphone that doesn't suck after 3 years

Tbf tho I am buying cheap phones so that's kind of my own fault

I just want a phone with 24 hour screen-on time. Is that so much to ask for in the day and age of self driving cars?

just keep in mind that no one wanted a better cell phone before the iphone.