#Smartphones

[jadagul]

Nothing makes me more viscerally sympathetic to the "corporations decide what products people are going to want regardless of what people actually want" argument than the fact that all phones are giant tablets with no buttons. No one is making anything else, so everyone "has" to want one of those.

Except.

I really did care about this issue, so I looked into the details, and that's exactly backwards. When Motorola killed the Droid line of phones with slide-out keyboards, I went and read an interview with the product director. And he was like "yeah, I loved that feature, I really liked those phones, but we just couldn't get people to buy them."

And similarly, I'm always upset that no one is making reasonable-sized (under five inches) phones any more. But the thing is, when they do make those they can't sell them. For a long time Apple hung on with the mini line, which was the only thing that ever tempted me to do business with Apple. But they're discontinuing it because they just can't sell enough of them to justify keeping that line open—even though they have a total monopoly on the market for "small decent-quality smartphones".

These are both cases where the corporations keep trying to create demand for exactly the products I want. And it doesn't take because people authentically, organically, do not want them.

#smartphones #technology #capitalism

[fruitiermetrostation]

#art #cellphones #design #frutiger aero #graphic design #graphics #htc #icons #mobile #phones #smartphones #tech #technology #touchscreen #user interface #ui

[todays-xkcd]

Theranos partnership: Sorry, we know, but we signed the contract back before all the stuff and the lawyers say we can't back out, so just try to keep your finger away from the bottom of the phone.

xkcd Phone Flip [Explained]

Trancript Under the Cut

[A phone with multiple bits of text with pointers to it.] Exfoliating screen Orthotic shape for arch support Single big pixel Ready to eat Hypoimmunogenic Up to 50% more Full-spectrum backlight optimized for plant growth Long-lasting main sequence battery Break glass to access apps

[Two images of the phone folded up into a fortune teller, also with text.]

Buy one get one Bending phone activates chemical flashlight SPF 15 coating protects your face from websites Iatrogenic construction All-vinyl data storage for maximum fidelity Locks in moisture National Weather Service partnership: phone is afraid of thunder One-click ruina montium Free refills Caption: Introducing The xkcd Phone Flip

Subcaption: We actually didn't mean for it to do this™

#xkcd #xkcd 2831 #xkcd phone flip #webcomics #smartphones

[phoenixyfriend]

EDIT: You can almost definitely slot most apps into one of the above options.

School app? Slot in with work app.

Transportation app, whether plane, train, or car? Rewards or financial, depending on if they have a rewards program.

Media hosting? I'll admit I should have thought of something like Libby before I made the post, but substack or spotify will fall into social media.

#apps #phones #smartphones #mobile apps #phoenix polls #personally my most recent was a geography game so I can gamify my learning of Countries I Don't Know

[mapsontheweb]

Android vs iOS popularity by continents, 2022.

#maps #operating systems #ios #android #2022 #smartphones

[seieifsetsuna]

#let her in #Gal niPA-chan wa Semararetai #ギャルにぱちゃんはせまられたい #smartphones #hoodies

[wingedgirl]

the coquette urge to journal, to buy a typewriter, to listen to CDs and records, to send letters, to talk on the landline, to use a flip phone, and to just disconnect from the bullshit of the modern world ~~

#does anyone else get like this #coquette #vintage #old school #born in the wrong generation #typewriter #cds #record player #pen pals #stationery #letters #flip phones #smartphones #flip phone #retro #angelposting

[just-a-blog-for-polls]

#plz reblog #polls #phone #phones #smartphone #smartphones #feature phone #feature phones #dumb phone

[greencheekconure27]

Isn't it fucked up how phones come with 20 useless Google apps but no proper music player these days? One that is Just a program that plays the MP3 files on your phone and doesn't try to sell you anything?

And how all the free ones seem come with unskippable ads now?

This is some bullshit.

#tired of this shit #enshittification #apps #ads #music player #smartphones #bloatware

[navigatorsghost]

I just had a conversation that made me wonder about this, and whether there's a generation gap in the answers:

Commentary in tags/reblogs welcome and encouraged, thank you for responding!

#please reblog for larger sample size! #Rath questions #smartphones #dreams

[titleknown]

...You know, it says a lot that we haven't seen much moral panic over how smartphones seem to be leading to widespread computer illiteracy amongst the yonger generations, given that (at least from what I've been seeing) that's actually true.

Maybe that's a social fear we should push on a little harder, if only so we can fucking do something about it.

Like, at the very least we should start actively shaming boomer parents (who can afford it) that treat an Iphone as a substitute for a decent laptop/desktop, and making actual resources for teaching kids how to use real-ass computers instead of Android/Iphone bullshit...

#smartphones #computer literacy #computer illiteracy #scary #important #yikes

[fruitiermetrostation]

Retro iOS App Icons

#apple #art #design #frutiger aero #graphic design #graphics #icons #iphone #mobile #phones #queuetiger #smartphones #technology

[azspot]

What does it tell us about progress if the most influential technological innovation of the century is clearly destroying lives on a massive scale?

I Ask Seven Heretical Questions About Progress

#smartphones #progress

[mapsontheweb]

The Most Popular Smartphone Brands in the World.

Source and details >>

#maps #smartphones #brands #businessfinancing

[black-salt-cage]

ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

#💙 sugar life posting 🌙 #tech #technology #magic #magicalcore #stimming #stimblr #stimmy #stim #lights #phones #smartphones #gifsets #gifs #black #white #magic circle #magick #magickcore #magiccore

[fangerine]

i just saw perfect days and i don't want a smartphone anymore. like, i genuinely don't want this thing anymore. i'm starting to think about all the times i've missed something beautiful existing in front of me because i felt the need to look down at my screen. how much time have i wasted getting quick hits of dopamine instead of getting true enjoyment from something as simple as the sunshine rippling through the trees? i'm wondering when my appreciation for real beauty met its death by way of an addiction to artificial blue light. there's no surprises or moments of amazement when you're constantly attached to the interwebs.

but i want to be surprised. i want to be amazed. i want to feel life again through my own skin, not another mindless swipe or tap.

#like i'm thinking about it #and all the things i do on my phone are either #a. things i can just do on my computer when i'm home #or #b. absolutely useless junk i don't need taking up my time #why has it taken me 10 years to realize this #i'd actually rather trade in this phone for a pack of cigarettes #perfect days #technology #phones #smartphones