Is 5s the pinnacle of phone design?

>>58360646
Pretty much. its edgy design may not be contemporary but the colour scheme of space grey and black is second to none. Why is the space grey and black on the 7 so fugly? It looks super cheap

The screen is a bit small if I'm being honest.

t. iPhone SE owner

>>58360646
it's the best phone ever and will be forever relevant.

>>58360646
I liked the iPhone 3GS design better.

>>58360646
The Nexus 5 is.

>>58360646
>no removable battery
>no external storage
It's shit.

>>58360646
I hate Apple products, but I'd own an SE.

>>58360646
Too much bezel. The camera, speaker and proximity sensor takes too much space on an already small screen.

>>58360646
Probably. Galaxy S2 was pretty cute too and Alpha too, although Samsung and most Lagdroid manufacturers ruin their design with branding.

>>58360928
It's not as much the screen as the ratio I'd say. There is definitely too much wasted space and too fat bezel. Although it's still better than the rest overall.

OnePlus X beat it

>>58361363
>design
no

>>58361415
That was a limitation of the technology at the time. The design is still great

>>58361674
OnePlus X is nice looking, but isn't outstandingly gorgeous.

>>58361674
>le generic brick
Just no.

>>58361716
>That was a limitation of the technology at the time.
Not really, there were phones who handled it better and even current iPhones suck at it.

>>58361716
Not allowing to open the phone for a "premium look" is a design choice.

>>58360646
Yes. I loved holding a brick instead of some gay palm hugging design.
>gay

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Sorry but I believe this is the pinnacle of design.

>>58361749
Arguments can be made for battery back in the day but in case of SE, it easy lasts two days, so there is no point to ruin the look for some meme.

Replaceable storage is slower, so once again not the best choice.

>>58361882
Edge is pretty nice but too big and ruined by frontal branding and overly noticeable sensors.

>>58361882
NOTE 7 beats it in aesthetics

but we know how that burned out

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No idea how anyone thinks iPhone 5 > iPhone 4 design.

>>58361882
Yes the Edge beats the 5s/SE in design but unfortunately it runs Android. The non-Edge Galaxy looks like ass though.

>>58360646
i own an SE, and am deeply disappointed that they wont refresh it this year

its the perfect phone for me, not a retarded tablet size so it easily fits into my pocket and it looks great

>>58361994
It will probably come back after the big phone meme dies out and the SE should last you for another year or two.

>>58361994
Why would they waste money on refreshing it EVERY year? It's their budget option. At best it'll have 2-3 years refresh cycles.

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>>58360646
That'd be the BlackBerry Passport

>>58362033
Looks very uncomfortable. Is it supposed to be aimed toward serious businessmen who do srs bsns to put on their suit pockets?

>>58362052
It's actually quite pleasant to use other than the fact that the keyboard's missing a row.

>>58362073
Cool, it does look really nice.

>>58362033
THICC

>>58360646
If the glass was tougher then yes it would be

>>58360646
Are there any android phones that steal it's design?

>>58362295
There are chinkphones that look just like iPhones, I almost bought one a few years ago. I'd imagine they're still a thing. Maybe try asking >>>/g/csg

What I love about my 5S is how it satisfies my OCD - everything is in a line - camera, ear speaker, and home button.

Phones with an off-centre camera, or other wierd shit freak me out

Only thing that breaks this is the tiny red light sensor that you can see glowing in the dark to the left of the camera

>>58360646
My favorite slate phone design has to be the Xperia Z3.

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>>58360646
I like the faux pas "metal" and the kawaii colours of the s4 more

>>58362745
>faux pas "metal"
i don't think you know what that word means

>>58362745
>literally the shittiest made Galaxy other than S3
this has to be a bait

>>58362782
Surely you mean words?

>>58362793
B-but it's pink!
Hot pink!

>>58362820
No, he's referring to the pas, the faux is coincidentally correct.

>>58361882
oh, so hideous. Apps look like they've been made for children. The pinnacle of android design is the LG G4. in leather. Cannot be denied.

>>58361957
I'm using my iPhone 4 right now. The dumbest and most trivial shit like McDonalds app is not even supported by this thing. The screen size makes typing an absolute pain in the ass. It is also slow as fuck and I don't even install shit on it, Google maps take forever too. I hate this phone.

>>58360667
We want the Chinese market

>>58363004
Aren't we talking aesthetics?

>>58360646
No:
>4.5 inches and just a little bit thinner
>2.5 GHz Dual Core with 3 GB of RAM
>32/64/128 GB of storage space
>Apple tier 13 mp rear camera and 5 mp front camera
>720p screen with ~326 (Apple's new favourite number) ppi
>Gorilla Glass 4 or at least something that doesn't break as easily as the 5
>2500-2900 mAH battery
>silver bezel like the iPhone 4s would be the ultimate phone
>touchID
>launch price between €699 and €899
That's basically what the 6 should've looked like in my opinion, but they're going for the paper thin meme now

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>everybody is a cuck
>everything is a meme

I miss the old days

>>58363037
Right. I know a lot of people like the original 4 aspect ratio but I don't know why you wouldn't take a wider/taller aspect. The sides also looking like an ice cream sandwich, 5 is much better there, the only problem with it are the lines at the back.

>>58361882
But they're disgusting.

>>58363097
>The sides also looking like an ice cream sandwich
The steel band's a great touch though, also makes >>58362033 look great

>>58363004
The iPhone 4 is sadly unusable nowadays, but the 5, and especially the 5s are still very good phones

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>>58360667
>>58360646
3GS better. Hard edges on the rear face of a phone were a mistake.

>>58363077
>design
>nigger drops technical shit
Autism.

>4.5 inches and just a little bit thinner
>2500-2900 mAH battery
That's not how physics work. Besides, it'd be completely unnecessary. SE lasts as much if not longer as most phones with 1500mAH.

>>58363096
Glass back is a pretty shitty idea.

>>58363126
is there anyway to downgrade iphone4 to iOS6
iOS7 was a mistake

>>58362940
As an owner of a (sadly broken, battery and USB-C port are fucked) I can say it's still a nice phone and definitely better than my Samsung Galaxy A5 2016, which gets fucked not only in benchmarks, but also can't play 1080p 60fps videos, which my LG G2 has no problem with

>>58363164
Glass back is an awesome idea, it's just not ideal for klutzes. Lucky for you there are still plenty of phones made of plastic and/or metal

>>58363209
Sorry, >>58362940, it's an LG G2

>>58363219
It's not about breaking it, people who can't keep their phone in their hands are pretty retarded.

Glass simply doesn't offer too many benefits while attracting fingerprints. Aluminium is better for cooling and touch (unless it's winter) and plastic is better for weight, price and antennas.

I'm pretty sure you can fit at least 2xxx mAH in there

Nexus 6P
>Larger
>Fingerprint sensor on the back in a ridiculously convenient spot
>Thinner and has a full length camera buldge so it won't wobble on a table

Only improvements I'd made
>Better battery tech
>Second fingerprint sensor on front for when you have it on a table
>Proper USB3.1 support

>>58363275
Glass is better than plastic for touch while being better than aluminium for RF transparency.
>weight
I prefer heavy phones. My current phone weighs 194g and I love it.

>>58363316
>2 fingerprint sensors
waste of space

>>58363316
>Larger
Yeah, no thanks. Some people want a phone and not a mini tablet.

Also camera bulges are disgusting.

>OnePlus X is nice looking, but isn't outstandingly gorgeous.

Take it back

t. oneplusx user

>>58361882
This right here is the correct answer, the Note 7 would have been better since the front and back was symmetrical, but would go boom boom.

>>58361923
hi carlos

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Best design, yet to be topped.
iPhone 4S is a close second.

>>58363633
The flobs are absolute fucking cancer in use and the plastic in the middle generally looks like shit. Also it's too fat and got ugly branding. And the silver headphone jack on a black phone, pretty disgusting.

Overall it's alright but nothing special, besides again, practicality. The flobs are horrible.

t. Xperia Z3C owner who switched to SE (mostly due software though)

>>58363789
Have you ever used one?
I've had mine for 2 (three?) years. Amazing.
I don't use the water covers though, I have a magnetic charger.
The design is simply superb. Symmetry, good on the hands.
Function is also good. Bumper corners, water resistance, mag charger, etc.

>>58363822
Also, it's a bit fat if you're a muh thin whore, otherwise it's good.

>due to software
What was the problem?

>>58363822
>Have you ever used one?
Try reading his post again.

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its a shame the back housing is flugly

But let's not kid ourselves, iphone SE is the best.

>>58363904
>let's not kid ourselves
>proceeds to kid

>>58363822
>I don't use the water covers though
Then you're missing the worst part. They made charging a fucking gable after 1-2 years, sometimes they work fine, sometimes fall out. Also headphone jack died, which was the first time I had hardware issues with a phone in decades; and from what I read it's not a totally uncommon problem.

>Symmetry, good on the hands.
All true. Just applies to many phones. It probably takes some effort to make a normal sized phone feel bad in the hands.

>Bumper corners, water resistance
While that's pretty good, the way they solved it is suboptimal, with the corners looking shitty and the water resistance necessitating the flobs of hell. Modern phones went around it much better.

>What was the problem?
Sony updated killed LTE, STILL no patch for it, although Android generally became pretty annoying (and I wanted to give iOS a try due muh eco system)
It's still useful as porn phone so there is that.

>>58363904
Ignoring the size, the silver body + black bezels looks weird but the idea was cute.

>>58363956
Never had the headphone jack brake.

>corners look shit
not really, I like the looks

>modern phones went around it much better
Technology goes forward

Never had software problems.

>>58363351
>Some people are manlets with four inch hands
Sad but true

>>58364024
Harambe is that you?

>>58364024
>Having to move your phone closer to your arm because you can't reach the top left corner with your thumb
Looks gud 2 me

>>58363993
Well, either you got lucky or I got very unlucky.

>https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z3/LTE-BUG-issue-No-LTE-signals-on-new-update-Marshmallow/td-p/1116261
Too many complains about headphone jack to bother linking.

>not really, I like the looks
Come one, a clean line like on the other side looks better. The whole "push rubber thingies out of a phone to access usb/sd card/sim" design is functional at best but not too good on looks.

>>58364024
Unless you got monster hands, you'll need to move around the phone in your hand to access the entire screen comfortably. Besides, nigga it's a phone. If you want to watch chinese cartoons, a laptop does the job much better. Only the really huge screens like Note make somewhat sense if you use the phone as notebook.

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I wouldn't trade my phone in for anything less then 400$
it only cost 50$ upfront and love how all the icons are white not distracting from the wallpaper. Battery life is excellent, does all the basics. And it's smaller then 5". Small phones are comfy. :)
needs nfc though :(

>>58363176
yes actually, a method for doing this came out a month or so ago

>>58361889
Hey man, i'd take slightly slower storage over having a set small ammount of storage any day.

>>58364208
Fucking this. I don't try to pretend my phone's a supercomputer, it's for communication and cellular Internet.

>>58364336
In that case limited but fast storage is a lot more noticeable. The only excuse for 128gb+ are excessive music/anime collection, shooting hours of 4K video or using it as portable storage.

I honestly get the micro SD meme, it was a major criteria for me back in the day but now that 64GB is available and some use NVM, it's simply the better choice for most.

>>58361957
I used an iPhone 4 from release until about three months ago. I can confirm that it is one of the best phones I have used, authough near the end of it's lifespan app support was practically nonexistent.

>>58364425
No, because it's more fucking expensive and I can't expand the storage. I don't give a shit if I can buy a phone with enough storage, I'd much rather buy the base model and pop in a microSD card for less.