• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    Honestly, I do want a better smartphone. Not better as in more pixels or processing power, but more features.

    My P8P has a temperature sensor on it. Every phone I own moving forward is gonna need that now cuz I use it for all kinds of shit basically daily, great tool for a SMART device.

    I miss IR blasters, they weren’t as useful but they had their place

    I miss the short time period where volume and lock buttons were on the backs of phones.

    More weird sensors and functionality that might prove useful in niche situations, please.

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        10 months ago

        Didn’t OnePlus have a special camera which ended up being updated away because it would see through people’s clothes?

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            10 months ago

            I don’t know if there were any cases of that happening, but it could see through some types of plastic

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            10 months ago

            It sounds a lot more scandalous than it was, but yeah. I found this photo. As you can see, you can’t really see the dude’s body, but you can see the details of box underneath his shirt.

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          I believe that was a slight visibility in the UV spectrum. Like, if the color of undergarments didn’t match the outfit, then it would glow. I don’t know much more about it.

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            10 months ago

            Honestly, a UV camera/filter for the front camera would be useful for things like applying sunscreen. I’ve contemplated making a smart mirror with that type of functionality.