• Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because now a phone is just a touchscreen with a processor behind it. It’s up to the software developers to bring the value, and they don’t dare change that because any deviation will prevent the next flappy bird from running on their hardware.

    • Dick Justice@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Very true, plus I very much miss seeing manufacturers put their foot out there with hardware configurations. Naturally there were plenty of flop products like the LG Wing with it’s marginally useful T shape, but examples like the HTC Surround with extensible surround sound speakers was really cool. Today’s phone companies won’t even consider those kind of attempts at producing something different than a rectangular glass slab.