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Nexus 4 - Did you get it yet?

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AceHigh:
Personally I don't see why people argue about clones and copies. At this point who gives a fuck? They all look the same.

However what is notable in the design is how they package it all in shiny glass. I smell planned obsolescence from the first look at it. This is an attack of the general trend, not specifically aimed at nexus 4.

Tiffanys:
I don't have any love for Apple. The point is... there's nothing new or innovative about it. It's just a *.01 new version of the same exact damn phone that's just spun around and made out to be some vast magnificent advancement when really all they do is, uh... remove a button? add a few new apps? upgrade the hardware specs a little bit?

I mean honestly... where's the creativity, the innovation? It's just the same rehashed bullshit over and over ad nauseam.

When a cellphone gets a graphene battery or a DARPA's SCENICC style augmented reality display via a contact lens, then okay... yeah then maybe I'll be impressed and actually think fanboyism and excitement will then have its merits.

But right now? Aw hell naw.

zherok:
If consumers preferred rugged designs that emphasized durability over a thin form with a gigantic screen, that'd be what sold. It's not as if more rugged designs don't exist.


--- Quote from: AceHigh on February 28, 2013, 07:21:03 PM ---Oh, they exist, mostly by really unknown companies with outrageous prices geared towards work related environment.

--- End quote ---
High end smart phones cost as much as that 4.3" model there. Here's the British version of the Galaxy S3 on UK Amazon. The US listing has a retail price of $899.99. Most people get the cost subsidized though.

kitamesume:
the problem is that, based on standard economics, that design is way more successful than other designs(less parts, less machining, less labor, more popular, more sales), so why must they astray from profit then?

if ever the other designs gets more profitable than the standard all-screen-brick for a change, they would instantly jump into the bandwagon no questions asked.

Tiffanys:
Without creativity and innovation the market stagnates and we as consumers suffer. By competing and trying to achieve new and better things that's how we move forward.

If that were the case 10 years ago and everyone believed what we had then was successful and the epitome of cellular achievement then we'd still be using variations of this bad boy:


Everyone remember those? lol

We can do better. This isn't the pinnacle of human achievement folks. There will be better, and until that comes along you can count me as unimpressed.

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