Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoSmartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life - 9to5Mac9to5mac.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down11cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldapple@lemdro.id
arrow-up1270arrow-down1external-linkSmartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life - 9to5Mac9to5mac.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Apple@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.worldapple@lemdro.id
minus-squareAbsoluteChicagoDoglinkfedilinkarrow-up59·edit-26 hours ago2010: We want bigger batteries, they give us colorful phones 2015 We want bigger batteries, they give us 1mm thinner phones 2020 We want bigger batteries, they give us 5 cameras 2025 We want bigger batteries, they give us AI Phones are a great example of the utter failure of capitalism to address what people actually need and want.
minus-squarePainInTheAES@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·5 hours ago*folds phone in half* That’s two batteries for the price of one.
minus-squaredittylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 minutes agoMore like two batteries for the price of two phones; foldables are still expensive AF
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·5 hours agoI would like colourful phones back though, they were so much more fun compared to the sea of black/white/grey + ONE option in the blue-purple spectrum we have today. Can we get that AND bigger batteries?..bigger colourful batteries even?
minus-squareLojcslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoAnd cameras! Don’t replace 12mp 2x telephotos with 48mp 1x digital zoom cameras pls
2010: We want bigger batteries, they give us colorful phones
2015 We want bigger batteries, they give us 1mm thinner phones
2020 We want bigger batteries, they give us 5 cameras
2025 We want bigger batteries, they give us AI
Phones are a great example of the utter failure of capitalism to address what people actually need and want.
*folds phone in half*
That’s two batteries for the price of one.
More like two batteries for the price of two phones; foldables are still expensive AF
I would like colourful phones back though, they were so much more fun compared to the sea of black/white/grey + ONE option in the blue-purple spectrum we have today.
Can we get that AND bigger batteries?..bigger colourful batteries even?
And cameras! Don’t replace 12mp 2x telephotos with 48mp 1x digital zoom cameras pls