• Doorbook@lemmy.world
    3 years

    Next will be memory. They will say everything you meed should be stored online for a subscription fee.

    • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
      2 hours

      Bold of you to assume it will be stored and not “stored” (converted into a prompt to be recalled on demand, basically that meme from a few weeks ago).

    • 4am@lemmy.zip
      9 hours

      This is the true reason for AI being shoved down our throats. All you can afford are cloud based walled garden dumb terminals. They can lock them down, they can monitor everything you do, and they can charge a subscription for access.

      Oh and if they don’t like you for whatever reason then they can just cut you off from your data and the services you need to pay your bills, commute with friend and family, be entertained, everything.

      A complete and total Barf-o-rama.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    3 years

    They’ll take away volume control (SW/HW buttons) and replace with dynamically adjusting “magic volume” so that you can’t mute ads.

    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
      3 years

      Oh Christ. You’ve just triggered a premonition in me–the Galaxy S32 Ultra will be the first smartphone with no physical buttons or ports. You can turn it “off,” but that will only turn on a sort of extreme power saving mode. It will still ping your location once every few minutes, and will keep the fingerprint scanner active. You will “turn on” the device by holding your finger on the fingerprint scanner for four seconds. They will advertise the “quick startup” as a new feature. Volume will be controlled by sliding your finger along the right edge of the phone, which the screen will wrap around all the way to the back. It will be impossible to hold the phone without touching some part of the screen.

      It will only allow wireless charging. You will not be able to connect it directly to a computer. In marketing, this will be to meet rigorous water safety standards. In reality, this will be to prevent you from using ADB to remove apps that come with the phone. You cannot turn off mobile data. You cannot turn off location. You cannot use a third party SMS application. You cannot choose your own wallpaper. You cannot set a private DNS. You cannot install applications that haven’t been approved by Samsung. You cannot block ads. This is all covered on page 74 of subsection 32(a) of section G8 of the terms and conditions that you agreed to when you set up the phone.

      They will meet the physical limitations of how well a small lens can focus light. Zoom will cap out at 150x. Nevertheless, there will be seven cameras.

  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
    3 years

    I love it when uninformed troglodytes complain about a hole in the screen. They didn’t add a hold in the screen. The hole was already there. They just wrapped your screen around it for more screen. 😅

    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
      3 years

      It’s really infuriating seeing the downvoted on some other replies that point this out. The time/notifications/battery bar along the top used up screen space. Now those notifications are in the formerly dead space with the camera. It is objectively better. It’s not debatable because there is measurably more useable screen space without making the phone larger.

  • Trollception@lemmy.world
    3 years

    Who doesn’t use all the cameras on their phone? Is there like a specific focal length you never use? Or are you unaware that zooming in the camera app switches lenses?

  • Endlessvoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3 years

    Don’t forget the RGB notification led!

    I switched to Chinese brand phones, they still have all this and they’re dirt cheap, currently rocking an Ulephone power armor 18t, which also has a flir infrared camera and a microscope for some reason. No I’m not joking, they work surprisingly well and have come in handy more than I thought they would!

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
    3 years

    Smartphone manufacturers, if you’re reading this:

    I spent 6 hours on google to find a phone with a screen smaller than 6 inch. I did find none (except an old iPhone, but I want android), so I had to buy one 6 inch. It is too unwieldy. I am annoyed.

    There is a serious market for people like me. Do not look away. Somebody will buy these phones.

    Also, by the way, it’s not bad if the phones are a bit thicker.

  • UFO@programming.dev
    3 years

    Making them increasingly difficult to hold (“but design!” They cry) so you “accidently” have to buy a new one again.

    • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
      3 years

      Controversial: it was much easier and safer to text while driving with a physical keyboard. You could type with one hand, hold the steering wheel with the other, all while still looking at the road because you could feel where the buttons were.

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
        3 years

        Controversial: Drinking while driving was easier and safer with a beer helmet since you can just sip directly from the straw instead of looking down to pick up the can.