Asklemmy

i really liked the Soli sensor that Google used on the singular phone. I loved waving across my phone to change the track but y'know google and how they be killing everything cool ever :(

The LG V10 had the smartest way I've seen to handle the notch: by keeping it on a corner, and using the top of what was left of the screen to display quick-access icons, notifications, and the clock. The rest of the screen kept the good old 16 by 9 aspect ratio with a square display. Kind of peeves me to see video players cropping part of the video where the notch is nowadays...

I had a 2nd Gen moto x. It had proximity sensors around the screen that allowed you to make gestures over the phone to do things like check notifications, pause music, dismiss calls, etc. They also offered a lot more customization options than any other phone I know of. Mine had a leather back, which was available in a few colors. They also had several options for wood backs. It was a really nice phone and I was sad when it died.

There were a couple of phones HTC made (both under their name and rebadged as early Google Pixel phones) that could detect squeezing the phone as a programmable button press. It seems like it'd be clunky and triggering at the wrong time or not triggering reliably when you needed it but it was just really well implemented so it worked perfectly. Slightly increasing how tightly you're holding the phone is such a tiny thing to do so getting a full extra programmable button out of it was actually really useful for making your day to day phone usage slightly smoother and more efficient.

I'm guessing it just didn't get enough use because people aren't likely to try it intuitively.

I miss them being small and slim. I still use my iPhone SE everyday for a music player. It’s the perfect size for a cell phone.

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IR blaster in my phone.

I liked the People Hub that Windows Phone 8 started with. But none of the social media platforms wanted you to be able to use their services without seeing their ads so ...

Apple’s 3D Touch. It was predictable, reliable, and, apparently, under-utilized by the world around me.