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Snapz@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh Christ. You’ve just triggered a premonition in me–the Galaxy S32 Ultra will be the first smartphone with no physical buttons or ports. You can turn it “off,” but that will only turn on a sort of extreme power saving mode. It will still ping your location once every few minutes, and will keep the fingerprint scanner active. You will “turn on” the device by holding your finger on the fingerprint scanner for four seconds. They will advertise the “quick startup” as a new feature. Volume will be controlled by sliding your finger along the right edge of the phone, which the screen will wrap around all the way to the back. It will be impossible to hold the phone without touching some part of the screen.

  It will only allow wireless charging. You will not be able to connect it directly to a computer. In marketing, this will be to meet rigorous water safety standards. In reality, this will be to prevent you from using ADB to remove apps that come with the phone. You cannot turn off mobile data. You cannot turn off location. You cannot use a third party SMS application. You cannot choose your own wallpaper. You cannot set a private DNS. You cannot install applications that haven’t been approved by Samsung. You cannot block ads. This is all covered on page 74 of subsection 32(a) of section G8 of the terms and conditions that you agreed to when you set up the phone.

  They will meet the physical limitations of how well a small lens can focus light. Zoom will cap out at 150x. Nevertheless, there will be seven cameras.

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  • Xanvial@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    correction a bit, you can use adb via wifi. That’s what I do to sideload an app to my Android TV

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  • nicerdicer2@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You will not be able to connect it directly to a computer. In marketing, this will be to meet rigorous water safety standards.

    Making devices water-proof is also a marketing scheme to avoid replaceable batteries :

    Some manufacturers are already eyeing an exemption for batteries used in “wet conditions” to opt out electric toothbrushes and possibly wearables like earbuds and smartwatches. The exemption is “based on unfounded safety claims,” states Thomas Opsomer, policy engineer for iFixit, in Repair.EU’s post.

    Despite the coming up regulation on batteries and waste batteries by the EU Council batteries in water-proof devices will probably be exempt from being replceable, because the water proof feature of the device cannot be guaranteed. This undermines the right to repair and manufacturers can hope that customers replace their entire devices soon. Making phones water-proof is a loophole to seal off the device so that it is not to be repaired, at least without keeping the water-proof features after repairing.

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    • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I dropped my phone in the bath once, so it’s worth it 🤣

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      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I dropped several flip phones in water ranging from bath, to sink, to ponds and creeks in the mid 00’s to mid teens before getting a smart phone. Out of probably 10 phones used only one was ever ruined by the water, the rest all dried out fine when taken apart and left to dry for a day or two.

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    • Resonosity@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah pretty sure the Fairphone 5 and its predecessors have a pretty good IP rating, despite their ability to have the battery removed.

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      • fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The Galaxy S5 did it first :)

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  • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    nahhh you’ll be able to choose your own wallpaper, the average user will eat up all of those “feautres” but god forbid Keighleeeigh can’t put her little baby Xaileeyn as her screen saver

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    • GraniteM@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Obligatory, “The rise of -leigh, -lee, and -den names”:

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    • nicerdicer2@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But Keighleeeigh will happily pay for it.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or her baby daddy, Jaxon

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  • IndiBrony@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is when I go back to having a “dumb” phone 🫡

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  • CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why are people up voting this? This is such ridiculous FUD that I can’t take it seriously.

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    • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know, right? I mean, do you seriously expect smartphone manufacturers to put holes in your screen and take away your headphones jacks, removable sim cards, SD cards, replaceable batteries, and IR blasters, and switch to an aspect ratio other than 16:9? That would be ridiculous

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      • CharAhNalaar@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They’re not user unfriendly changes if 95% of users just don’t care.

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  • UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s when I go flip

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• BluesF@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh jesus christ I think you’re right

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• Mango@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  These people need stabbed.

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