Re:Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
by matsemann on Thursday February 10, 2022 @03:57AM
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Most features are often not worth it, even. FaceId? With fingerprint sensor I could have the phone opened on the way out of my pocket, now I gotta stare blankly at the screen for a second before I can use it. Twice the resolution? I couldn't see a pixel on the previous generation, now you just use twice the amount of gpu and battery to render some animation. Less screen bezel? Thanks, now I accidentally touch the edge of the screen while holding my phone. Or have to watch clips with a notch covering the side for apps still not having fixed their UI. Thinner? Thanks, less battery. More cameras? Now I can't hold my phone without greasing up some lens on the back.
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Re:Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
by tentacleuno on Thursday February 10, 2022 @05:37AM
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> Thinner? Thanks, less battery.
I think we're slowly getting back to normality with this though. The peak of thinness for Apple was the iPhone 6, and that was a disaster. It was a great example of too thin. Now I believe they have gone back to the thicker iPhone 5 aesthetic, with a bigger battery and a more solid design.