Noooooo, people could then see the repairability before buying it. We can’t have that!!!
Is it just me, or are transparent cases more brittle than opaque ones? Like more prone to shattering.
Opaque ones have a wider range of materials to choose from. Plastic is pretty unlikely to break, though. Glass is the only other transparent case and that would be brittle (guess which one modern phones use)
Pretty disingenuous comparison to make. Phone screen glass is much more resistant than normal glass and is much more touch sensitive than plastic.
I’m talking about the back, they do it for wireless charging
Plenty of phones use plastic or aluminum backings that are wireless charging compatabile
I’ve been lied to, my whole life is a lie
That phone. My first love had that phone in her bedroom. I walked 20 miles to see her once when I was 14. Man.
She married my brother a decade later haha.
That’s rough buddy
I dodged a bullet.
She developed a drug problem.
One night I was over at their apartment and she was sitting on the dryer crying and screaming at everyone (Xanax).
She launched herself off of the dryer and started beating her face on the floor. She stood up bruised, bloodied, and beaten and said, “look what he done to me. Call 911.”
I said, “Girl, if my brother gets arrested because you beat yourself up, I’m going to give you a reason to call 911, I promise.”
They divorced not long after that, he got custody of their kid and he went on to marry a damn good woman.
Part of me feels like he asked for that chaos.
My niece and I are very close and I love her with all of my heart. So it worked out really.
That’s quite a lot. I’m sorry you all jad to go through that. I hope she got help and I’m happy that you all are in better places overall. Thanks for sharing.
She’s actually doing really good these days according to my niece. I appreciate you.
My life is awesome these days. Exhausting, but awesome.
A friend of mine had one in his dorm room. We called it Pavlov because you had to answer when it rang.
Not even transparent. Colorful design, actual individuality, recognizable imagery, etc.
Now, everything have to be like “a letter or two in one color, inside a flat geometric shape in another color”, and the most exuberant logo you can find in a well known product is like the firefox icon that just moved from an actually colorful and detailed fox on a clean blue planet like earth to a 3 and a half color based orange circle and blue dot.
i like that the PlayStation 5 isn’t a literal box
Fun fact: Transparent electronics are a thing because prisons require radios, TV, etc to be able to be seen inside and companies later realised they looked cool.
Why did they end up deciding it’s not cool or worth doing anymore?
The marketing team realized that society isn’t cool enough to buy enough of them to reliably profit off it.
Thanks criminals (?)
IMO it’s more “thanks prison industrial complex”.
The prisoners are just there to satisfy the funding.
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X/Twitter post by user cybr angel 👾 @cybrxangel reading: society won’t heal until we bring back colorful transparent technology Underneath are four images, the top left is 5 iMac G3s arranged in a circle and each with a different colour: blueberry (blue), grape (purple), tangerine (orange), lime (green), and strawberry (red). The top right image is a clear purple Nintendo Game Boy Color. The bottom left image is a see through acrylic landline phone from the 90s. The bottom right image is a clear purple Nintendo 64 with 6 controllers arranged in a semi-circle in front of it in the following clear colours from left to right: blue, watermelon (red and white), green, orange, atomic ice blue, and atomic purple.
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“X post” kinda also refers to “crosspost”. I’d suggest to instead use “Twitter/X post”. Otherwise, keep up the great work <3
That’s a fair point, I’ve changed it to X/Twitter post. Thank you!
A few more line breaks and/or paragraphs would have made the transcript a little more legible. And if you’d like me to nitpick, the GBC in question is clear purple.
Beyond that, you’re doing us a great service. Keep it up 👍
I’ve made some edits, and I appreciate the nitpick greatly! Thank you!
This is too woke for half of America now.
They can take my Atomic Purple GBC from my cold dead hands. Make America Trans-Rainbow Again.
I have my transparent purple Gameboy tucked in a safe place. My husband had me get rid of my Nintendo 64 a few years ago, and I’m still not over it.
Who makes someone get rid of a gaming console?
It was because we were moving, donating items we didn’t use as often, and I have other gaming consoles. He’s a great husband.
Blink twice if he’s making you say that. Kidding! It was just the wording that made it sound weird. All good!
hit the husband, delete lawyer, up the gym
Delete the husband, hit on the lawyer, call the gym
I’m sorry for your loss, I hope you can find a new one that doesn’t control you like that.
Why didn’t you tell him no?
I miss this asthetic so freaking much…
You can see all the working bits!
I love bits!
Bits please!
The Fairphone 3 has a translucent case, and I will never understand why they didn’t stick with this design. It’s like childhood memories in phone form.
Nothing phone has a transparent aesthetic going on also. Shame they don’t have one with an audio jack or I’d go for it for sure
To be fair tempered glass is still going strong among gaming PCs.
Nothing Phone
noPhone
Could look for some prison stuff for sale
I bought a prison TV from some tweakers. Didn’t work. :(
There’s a few Nintendo Switch mods that have done this, you can buy the shells.
I had that purple n64 controller with a special transparent edition also of Zelda the Ocarina of time. What a time to be alive it was!
