Google’s head of Pixel 9 design won’t apologize for its big, beautiful camera bump (www.theverge.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 17:28
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mipadaitu@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 17:35 next collapse

On one hand, when you put a case on the phone, it’s not as bad.

On the other hand, that’s a lot of real estate for a bigger battery that’s completely wasted.

Kbobabob@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 19:34 collapse

I wonder how much such a thing would weigh. I don’t need/want a week’s worth of battery.

Still no room for headphone jack

Plopp@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 12:17 collapse

I’d take two days of battery over a hideous camera bump any day.

riskable@programming.dev on 17 Aug 2024 18:13 next collapse

Who are the people that care about these things? Everyone’s going to put a case on it anyway.

If I were in charge of product design we’d have two phones:

  • A tiny one for people who like tiny things
  • A big honkin chonker with a 30-day battery life that could jump start a car that would fit in a man’s pocket no problem
Uncurious3512@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 18:30 next collapse

Sure that sounds nice, but where are you going to find a car small enough to fit in a man’s pocket?

!dadjokes@lemmy.world, unite!

Telorand@reddthat.com on 17 Aug 2024 19:18 next collapse

Seriously. You’d have to settle for a pocket bike, instead.

intensely_human@lemm.ee on 18 Aug 2024 14:47 collapse

No room. I’d have to lose a pocket whale.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 17 Aug 2024 19:47 next collapse

Heyoooooo!

Deceptichum@quokk.au on 18 Aug 2024 03:50 collapse

<img alt="" src="https://quokk.au/pictrs/image/99e7c14d-3a32-452b-9209-72d2bfe3b216.jpeg">

solrize@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 19:32 next collapse

www.unihertz.com/products/tank

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 20:56 next collapse

Dude, this whole website is fucking amazing, one of the phones has a DLP projector built in??? I love it, if only these could run CalyxOS.

Ilandar@aussie.zone on 18 Aug 2024 02:13 next collapse

Seems like they also tried to make a Nothing clone lol

robotica@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 07:08 collapse

Chinese brands are wild and they make the craziest shit

bizzle@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 00:48 next collapse

It charges at 66 watts lmfao that’s nuts

Grippler@feddit.dk on 18 Aug 2024 04:45 next collapse

Doesn’t most phones go that high these days? The One+ phones has their “warp charge” which maxes out at 65W

bizzle@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 04:49 collapse

No idea, admittedly. I think my pixel 7 only does 30, the new iPhone might do 40w?

Grippler@feddit.dk on 18 Aug 2024 04:53 collapse

Huh, maybe it’s just One+ then IDK. But honestly I couldn’t care less, my phone always charges overnight, so I have no need for anything more than 5W anyway.

bamboo@lemm.ee on 18 Aug 2024 06:13 collapse

The Chinese brands have generally been the leaders in fast charging tech

robotica@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 07:07 collapse

There’s a 240W charging prototype by Otto IIRC

rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com on 18 Aug 2024 03:18 collapse

They have pretty cool smaller phones, too. Unfortunately they don't have great antennas for my market.

squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 04:47 collapse

Cases do not hide or offset camera bumps.

erwan@lemmy.ml on 18 Aug 2024 07:16 next collapse

They make the contrast smaller because they don’t go over the bump. Also they can integrate it more seemlessly than this sharp 90 degrees angle.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 16:11 collapse

You can get cases like that, but then open yourself up to damage to the bump. I personally use the Spigen Liquid Air, which is relatively thin and protects the bump as well, but it does nothing to minimize the bump.

Threeme2189@lemm.ee on 18 Aug 2024 12:08 next collapse

What do you mean?

intensely_human@lemm.ee on 18 Aug 2024 14:47 collapse

It sounded good in their head

BradleyUffner@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 12:45 next collapse

Sure they do. My current phone’s bump is completely leveled out by the case.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 16:09 collapse

Mine isn’t. I want my case to also protect the camera glass, which means it needs to be really thick, which is worse than the bump IMO.

My current case is the Spigen Liquid Air Armor, which I like a lot because it doesn’t make the phone very thick, but it still has the annoying bump.

send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com on 18 Aug 2024 17:29 collapse

I beg to differ. Wood phone cases hide the bump by increasing the total thickness of the phone and making the back nice and flat.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 17 Aug 2024 19:28 next collapse

“News”

Kbobabob@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 19:32 collapse

Does it have to be “News”?

From the about page:

This is a most excellent’ place for technology news and articles.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 17 Aug 2024 19:36 collapse

It’s just not very interesting, is it?

robotica@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 07:10 collapse

That sounds subjective, in that case just down vote and move on, no point in trying to find the right answer here.

yopla@jlai.lu on 17 Aug 2024 20:18 next collapse

Just throw an arri LPL mount on the pixel 10, so I can mount my 45-132 T2.8 lens on it and call it a bump.

glitchdx@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 20:22 next collapse

Well, i hate it. Every single phone I’ve had sucked compared to the one before it, ignoring the capabilities of the soc. I miss my pixel4a compared to my current pixel6a. When I had a galaxy7, I hated it compared to my galaxy2. Nothing compares to the original droid, that was the best phone I ever had.

Now there’s a new phone? I bet i’ll hate it.

asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world on 17 Aug 2024 23:36 next collapse

I miss my Nexus One.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6COwgigJ-g

lickmygiggle@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 01:10 collapse

I still have mine. Sucks they killed all the bands for it.

buttfarts@lemy.lol on 18 Aug 2024 07:14 next collapse

I am still using a pixel 3xl and probably will until the battery dies.

vext01@lemmy.sdf.org on 18 Aug 2024 07:49 next collapse

Was the droid that one that goes “DROID!” in a robotic voice when you turn it on?

wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 08:30 collapse

Motorola Droid (the entire lineup) yeah. They kickstarted androids popularity. My father had one, by my suggestion. A friend had one in my hs days.

The HTC Dream/T-Mo G1 (another friend had one of those as well) started it all, but the advertising that moto had was the real push.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 18 Aug 2024 08:35 collapse

Galaxy S3 was peak design imo.

Ilandar@aussie.zone on 18 Aug 2024 10:17 collapse

It was inspired by those smooth pebbles you’d see in a river bed, as I recall.

squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 04:51 next collapse

So this is the idiot we have to blame for the ugly and annoying camera bump. Sad that it seems like there is no going back to a phone with a good design. Camera bumps are awful and not worth the tradeoffs.

LodeMike@lemmy.today on 18 Aug 2024 05:58 next collapse

That ship sailed once the headphone jack was removed.

buttfarts@lemy.lol on 18 Aug 2024 07:13 next collapse

I am waiting for the egg shaped phone that somehow has sharp edges and remains slippery when dry.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 16:04 collapse

Yeah, I have the Pixel 8 and the camera bump is annoying. I wish they’d make a slim version with a crappier camera, because I honestly don’t use it much and would prefer a sleeker phone. My old Moto G Power was fantastic for this, but unfortunately it’s out of SW support, and I would really rather not switch my phone again just because SW support ended.

I really want a PinePhone, but the SW support for features I need leaves a lot to be desired.

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works on 18 Aug 2024 07:12 next collapse

Nobody at Google ever admits anything they do is wrong or evil. What’s new?

doodledup@lemmy.world on 18 Aug 2024 15:57 collapse

“Don’t be evil”, they say.

UnityDevice@startrek.website on 18 Aug 2024 09:23 next collapse

At least it’s symmetrical so it won’t rock, unlike every other phone out there now, including the one I’m typing on.

DJDarren@thelemmy.club on 18 Aug 2024 16:08 collapse

The little bump on my iPad mini drives me fucking mad. I want to be able to put in on a desk and write on it, but no, fuck me. The case I have bulges slightly in the middle, meaning it still doesn’t sit flat.

I don’t even use the camera on the iPad, because I’m not a lunatic.

2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de on 18 Aug 2024 22:26 next collapse

World’s first amogus phone

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Fedditor385@lemmy.world on 19 Aug 2024 18:36 collapse

Imagine… a 3+ day battery if the battery thickness would increase to make the back flat.

Thin phones are NOT the future, long battery life is.