So the age of enshittification continues.

Apple is working on IPhone Air, which is rumored to be 5-6mm thick. I am sure Samsung will follow suit.

Why the fuck can't I have a simple bloody phone which just works for calls, texts and I can hold it without it feeling like cutlery.
I do not want to play games on a 6" device and give myself carpal tunnel.

I have switched to S22 Flip phone (dumbphone), it works flawlessly, lasts for days on a single charge.

I hate folding phones, I don't get the appeal of having a flip phone with larger screen. I think Moto Razr (the one launched in 2000s) was just perfect.

I think I should have clarified, I have a Cat S22, not Samsung. It is a dumb phone which runs on Android Go.

God I miss the headphone jack. There is no decent Type C to 3.5mm converter. Plus I cant charge my phone when listening to music.

I want to listen to music when I want to. I don't want to charge a bunch of devices all the time.

Didn't this happen with samsung already? They made phones so thin they literally bent in peoples pockets when they sat down. Why repeat the same mistake again with apple this time?

I think the software needs far more help than the hardware these days

@mangodb As long as there are alternatives - and according to your rant, there are - what exactly is the problem?

Personally I think that planned obsolescence is the real problem.

@mangodb meh, those devices these days charge fast and last long. I was a cable fan too but now I'm way happier with Bluetooth. My cables always died and the volume of Bluetooth headset seems to be higher. Charging stuff is just some discipline.

@Lensflare The problem is we're getting a lot of inferior shit for a lot more money which doesn't even last.
The only decent value for money phones right now are possibly Fairphones and CAT phones. It is just sad that there are so few options. I don't like to change phones unnecessarily, just a personal preference.

You should be happy they call it iPhone Air - rather than making EVERY iphone thinner.

Allthough I would be interested in an iPhone Phat - with a huge battery.

I would also consider this exact same rant would've been posted if DevRant would've been around when they switched from Iphone3GS to Iphone4

"Why make it thinner? Just keep it the same size and make the battery last longer"

Might be a constantly valid question though, just saying this is nothing new, just a continuation of thinnification going on for over a decade.

Haha exactly!
I've never used an apple device. I really don't want to get one, but android has been consistently getting worse. I recently got a Landline voip phone. Works like a charm and doesn't make my ear warm.

@retoor curved tv, yeah, useless.
But curved monitors… I was skeptical first but bought one anyways. Now curved is all I ever want 😂

@retoor it‘s weird actually. The first week or so it feels wrong, like the image isn‘t straight.
But then you get used to it and uncurved monitors look wrong.
I think you must be at the correct distance to the monitor and then the curvature projects the rectangular image into your eyes in a more straight way than a normal monitor.
Probably because all of the points have the same distance to your eyes, rather than the edges being farther away than the center for normal monitors.

@retoor I couldn't afford iPhones when they used to be good/different. Now I can, but I don't feel they're worth it.

@Lensflare I was considering getting a curved monitor for my work, thank you for the insight