Samsung Galaxy S24...
2024/01/17 11:07 PM (UTC -5) | tildearrow
yet another phone with a hole in the screen to fit in the front camera. what a shame!
(source: YouTube review by webtekno under CC BY 3.0)
during the last couple years every phone, and I literally mean EVERY phone, has a screen which covers the entire front panel and either a front camera that looks like a hole, or a notch which houses the front camera and (sometimes) a couple sensors.
let me tell you: it's annoying!
I don't want a hole in my screen... it gets on the way and looks ugly!
it essentially forces the top of the display to serve as a status bar, and it must follow a specific layout because a spot is occupied by the front camera.
if I watch a video that fits the screen, part of the video won't be visible. what if there's text there? I won't be able to see it!
besides, I never use the front camera anyway so why have it? (yeah, I know most of you probably do)
what's this desire to fill the entire panel with a screen? who told you to do that?
why does every company have to follow these guidelines? every phone looks the same! they're all ugly!
just because Apple happened to introduce a notch in the iPhone X? why do you care about Apple... do your own thing dang it!
the Galaxy S8 and S9 were the summit of smartphone design. great screen and no holes or notches.
it is proof that it could be done.
even Fairphone's now on the hole train. I was considering getting one of these, but now that Fairphone 4 has a notch and 5 goes for a hole, it's no longer an option for me.
want a phone without a notch or a hole? good luck! look at the choices you've got:
- ASUS: the ROG Phone 7's front panel resembles or comes close to that of the Galaxy S9. the ONLY PROBLEM is that it is scarce (except in those countries), and this phone's going extinct soon... yeah, ASUS has fallen prey to the hole trend. the ROG Phone 8 is going to have a DAMN HOLE.
- Sony: their Xperia line of smartphones is hole/notch-free. some people complain about the bezel, but at least it doesn't have a hole. too bad these phones aren't common either, but I guess it makes sense now that hole/notch-free phones are niche... let's hope Sony never produces Swiss cheese.
- ZTE/Nubia: ZTE mostly manufactures holes and notches, but the REDMAGIC 9 Pro has an innovative front camera design. it's under the display. too bad it's ZTE. I've had HORRIBLE experiences with ZTE products years ago, so I don't recommend it.
- Purism: Librem 5 or Liberty Phone. "beta" smartphones with the worst battery life, low-end chipsets and a clunky design, but they're hole-free, highly secure, customizable and free of telemetry. the only phones with US manufacturing and assembly. too bad you're not getting one in a developing country! (yet)
- pop-up front camera: some phones such as the LG Wing 5G, Honor X10 5G and OnePlus 7 Pro use this novel front camera mechanism which eliminates the need for a notch or hole. it also hinders telemetry which employs the front camera, so for the privacy-conscious it may be a good choice. too bad it's prone to failure, makes it difficult to develop a case/bumper and the design didn't catch on (very few phones nowadays feature this mechanism).
- a low-end phone: some of these still are notch-free, but they also are rounded-corner-free. too bad they're low end...
wake me up when they stop filling the screen and punching holes. thank you.
stop posting about AI
I'M TIRED OF SEEING IT
my friends on Intel send me AI
on Samsung it's f**king AI
I was in... a conference. right?
and AAAAALLLL of the SLIDES are just AI stuff
I've showed my flow chart to Cortana, and the chart I flipped it and I said, "hey babe, when the NEURAL NETWORK! HAHA - dun dun dun DUNNN"
I f**king looked at scaling algorithms I said - NEURAL NETWORK
I looked at my BRAIN, I think of the nerves telling me, and I go NEURONS, more like NEUUUURAAAAL NETWOOOORKKKK
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