All those Stupid Trends!

peche · Nov 27, 2017

TheLostSwede said:
Samsung has a version in China with two screens, although the outside one is a "tad" bigger than the old Razer...

https://www.sammobile.com/2017/08/02/samsung-officially-launches-sm-g9298-flip-phone/

interesting, but i dont see reason for number pad when having touch screens already... i was better a letter layout or keyboard instead numeric one... i guess...

hat · Nov 29, 2017

I was one of those guys who only needed a basic phone that could call and text, until I got my first smart phone. Now, being able to use the Internet on my phone is useful for some things, and things like ePSXe are nice sometimes... but I don't understand why this market is so huge.

theFOoL · Nov 29, 2017

hat said:
I was one of those guys who only needed a basic phone that could call and text, until I got my first smart phone. Now, being able to use the Internet on my phone is useful for some things, and things like ePSXe are nice sometimes... but I don't understand why this market is so huge.

It's because their All just trying to compete. Looks, thinness (which is dum to me as we haven't improved battery technology for years now)

Vayra86 · Nov 29, 2017

rk3066 said:
Yeah I never asked for these features but others probably did for some reason. I mean I get why some would want a password for there phone but not me. I could understand if one looses their phone so

Thing is, nobody 'asks' for these features at all, this is just commerce and capitalism at work. At the same time though, the good products do survive and make the history books. A lot of these features are just blind shooting at the marketplace to see what works. That's why we have this immense range of models with minor differences - but at the same time, everyone does follow a certain baseline and that baseline does 'improve' over the years.

Look at the midrange, good perf/dollar phones like the Moto G5 Plus for example. It has very functional 'features' like the fingerprint scanner, doesn't overdo it, great camera, good battery life and a sensible display resolution of 1080p... This is all the result of 'features' that came in at some point.

R-T-B · Nov 29, 2017

I've never understood why people hate fidget spinners so much. I mean isn't it just a way for kids to kill time without bugging their parents? Or am I misunderstanding it? Would you rather have the typical pissed off kid tugging at your shoulder?

jboydgolfer · Nov 29, 2017

Although I own an iPhone, I haven't had a working cellphone plan for my own use since 1999-2001. :laugh:

This is pretty close to what i had....im not a trend follower.no fb, no twitcher, no instantgrams, nada.

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All those Stupid Trends!

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

hat

Enthusiast

theFOoL

Vayra86

R-T-B

jboydgolfer

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