• MorgoFett@lemmy.world
      191·
      11 个月前

      Is it just me, or are transparent cases more brittle than opaque ones? Like more prone to shattering.

      • original_ish_name@lemm.ee
        202·
        11 个月前

        Opaque ones have a wider range of materials to choose from. Plastic is pretty unlikely to break, though. Glass is the only other transparent case and that would be brittle (guess which one modern phones use)

  • TubeTalkerX@kbin.social
    472·
    11 个月前

    I’m pretty sure the animal they used to make transparent stuff went extinct, like the one they used for the original McRib.

  • theangryseal@lemmy.world
    39·
    11 个月前

    That phone. My first love had that phone in her bedroom. I walked 20 miles to see her once when I was 14. Man.

    She married my brother a decade later haha.

  • I_LOVE_VEKOMA_SLC@sh.itjust.works
    38·
    11 个月前

    Fun fact: Transparent electronics are a thing because prisons require radios, TV, etc to be able to be seen inside and companies later realised they looked cool.

  • cley_faye@lemmy.world
    27·
    11 个月前

    Not even transparent. Colorful design, actual individuality, recognizable imagery, etc.

    Now, everything have to be like “a letter or two in one color, inside a flat geometric shape in another color”, and the most exuberant logo you can find in a well known product is like the firefox icon that just moved from an actually colorful and detailed fox on a clean blue planet like earth to a 3 and a half color based orange circle and blue dot.

    • YourFavouriteNPC@feddit.de
      3·
      11 个月前

      actual indviduality

      I can’t even remember how many different shells i had for my Nokia 3310, but damn was it fun to change those around based on the mood of the day!

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
      22·
      11 个月前

      actual individuality

      Man if you think buying a product is what makes individuality, you’ve got bigger problems than a lack of colorful electronics.

    • breadcodes@lemm.ee
      121·
      11 个月前

      They can take my Atomic Purple GBC from my cold dead hands. Make America Trans-Rainbow Again.

  • Transcriptionist@lemmy.world
    20·
    11 个月前

    Image Transcription:

    X/Twitter post by user cybr angel 👾 @cybrxangel reading: society won’t heal until we bring back colorful transparent technology Underneath are four images, the top left is 5 iMac G3s arranged in a circle and each with a different colour: blueberry (blue), grape (purple), tangerine (orange), lime (green), and strawberry (red). The top right image is a clear purple Nintendo Game Boy Color. The bottom left image is a see through acrylic landline phone from the 90s. The bottom right image is a clear purple Nintendo 64 with 6 controllers arranged in a semi-circle in front of it in the following clear colours from left to right: blue, watermelon (red and white), green, orange, atomic ice blue, and atomic purple.

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    • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      11 个月前

      It’ll probably make a comeback when they realize how much they can profit from the nostalgia towards it

  • NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee
    19·
    11 个月前

    I have my transparent purple Gameboy tucked in a safe place. My husband had me get rid of my Nintendo 64 a few years ago, and I’m still not over it.

  • tooclose104@lemmy.ca
    11·
    11 个月前

    I found a freaking NEWTON in a desk drawer at work last week. With power adapter, but no stylus. Still works though!

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPM
      3·
      11 个月前

      I had a Newton in college. Loved that thing until too many heavy books were on top of it and the screen cracked.

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
    English
    10·
    11 个月前

    The Fairphone 3 has a translucent case, and I will never understand why they didn’t stick with this design. It’s like childhood memories in phone form.