Whatever happened to phone design? Shit used to be an art form

>>55574275
The Edge phones and the blackberry priv are the only phones I can think of that have deviated from "big flat rectangle", and even then it they were hardly a deviation at all. There's not really anywhere left to go from there, except maybe transparent screens, which is still not really much of a change

>>55574275
People want screens for viewing content. Touch screens are good enough for most people, and swipe is pretty fast for text messages.

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Most of /g/ is too young to remember what a MemePhone really was.

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I always wanted one of these, practicality be damned. Fucking look at it. It's some star trek shit

Phones tended towards the ideal shape, one that is without room for flashy design due to need for compactness and large displays.

If you want to make your phone look different, cases serve that purpose just fine

>>55574544

I had one of these - wish I never got rid of it. Still look for them on eBay occasionally. The texting system was pretty fast once you got used to it

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>>55574544
Holy hell that is nice.

Unfortunately games and video and web browsing now dominate the use of a phone, so flat touchscreens with minimal distraction in the design is going to be the way to go until something upsets the way "content" is consumed. Which may be a long time.

I'd love something like the phones from Macross F/Delta