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Jobs showed all of the other major smartphones in the industry to the audience, and in hindsight their cluttered, fixed, physical keys have not aged well.
Tom Johnson • What Tesla’s Model 3 UI reveals about its vision for the future
Jason Badeaux added
The switch back to physical interfaces is also, in many ways, a vibe shift. With touch screens ubiquitous, what was once viewed as luxurious is becoming tacky. Physical controls, done well, now signal the kind of thoughtfulness and exclusivity once attached to the original iPhone.
sari and added
When the iPhone was introduced in 2007, it mystified its competitors because it wasn't designed for the world as it existed. It was such a remarkable device that the world adapted to it. The iPhone keeps getting better as Apple fixes problems and adds new features. The smartphone illustrates a broader historical trend: technologies usually appear i... See more
Chris Dixon • Strong and weak technologies
Mo Shafieeha added
Take the Light Phone for example. The dumb phones trend might be making a comeback, but the realization that led to the Light Phone occurred somewhere in 2014, ironically in a Google incubator that sought to find ideas for new apps.
The $300 “dumb phone” wasn’t set to improve the smartphone as a form factor. Moreover, it didn’t follow the expected l... See more
The $300 “dumb phone” wasn’t set to improve the smartphone as a form factor. Moreover, it didn’t follow the expected l... See more
Itay Dreyfus • What’s the Future of AI Hardware?
