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There are hundreds of mobile manufacturers working hard to churnout another smartphone as groundbreaking and game-changing as thefirst-generation iPhone, OG Motorola DROID or even the HTC EVO 4G.All of these phones played a major role in the mobile market duringtheir time and have ultimately, for better or for worse, directedit down the path we're on today. I say "for better or for worse" because I feel the smartphone andthe market alike have come a long way in a very short amount oftime. Smartphones have matured from slightly advanced featurephones with email capabilities to powerful, pocket-sized computersthat can do some pretty amazing things. Without a doubt, it's a spectacular feat.
But there is a darker side to the story. Hundreds of manufacturerschurn out new phones every year. Over the past six years or so,said manufacturers have expressed their differing mobile hardwaredesigns and form factors. And over the past six years, only oneform factor has survived the journey nearly unscathed.
The others– vertical sliders, horizontal sliders, flip phones, etc.– have all but died (at least in the smartphone realm). Some might consider this a good thing. The candy bar form factor ispopular for more than one reason: people like it, it's ergonomicand it maximizes and highlights what is the most important featureof a pocket-sized media device, the display . Like it or not, there is a rhyme and rhythm to why every manufacturer has all but killedother form factors.
That, however, doesn't mean it's the best (or right, for thatmatter) way to go about things. This trend has led to umpteenlawsuits over patent and design infringement. Remember that $1billion settlement Samsung has to pay to Apple for copying theirrectangle design? Samsung may have blatantly copied Apple in thebeginning, but their later devices took their own shape. At the endof the day, though, there are only so many ways you can style arectangle. Eventually (and this is actually beginning to happennow), everything starts to look the same – intentional ornot.
On Saturday, The Verge forum user DanJ01 opened a thread with his disapproval of the candy bar form factorbeing the only form factor most manufacturers are comfortable making anymore. "So now, wehave a bevy of different smartphone manufacturers, and less andless choice of form factor," says user DanJ01 . He explains that there is plenty room for horizontal and verticalsliders, even a flip phone or two, revisiting the dynamic keyboardof the Samsung Alias. He expresses that there is room for differenttiers of form factors: Introductory texting phone – For "tweens and teens", he uses the Palm Pixi as anexample. Introductory casual phone – For the everyday consumer who doesn't feel the need forbleeding speeds and premium prices.
He references theprevious-generation iPhones that undergo a price drop once the newiPhone is announced. Premium Keyboard – Like the Pre 3 (rest in peace, friend we never knew), somepeople just want a keyboard. He argues that some people still wantor need a physical keyboard and that there are many ways they canbe improved. Premium Fullscreen – This tier is for those who want the best of the best.Think Samsung Galaxy S III, Note II, iPhone 5, etc.
Premium Gaming – Capitalizing on the rise of mobile devices in the gamingindustry, the forums user things there is a market for Sony XPERIAPlay-like devices with a little more refinement. I can't particularly say I agree with DanJ01's views in every detail. Remember, I wasn't upset to hear that HTCis putting the final nails in the physical QWERTYs' coffin . And while gaming controls on a smartphone are great in theory,the XPERIA Play was bad enough to (hopefully) deter anyone elsefrom going down that path for some time to come. Mainly, I'm glad to see these form factors go due to the poorexecution we saw time and time again.
Few companies are capable ofmaking a smooth, rigid and durable hinge system. The less movingparts there are in a phone, the better. In fact, the only phoneI've ever had with moving parts that felt sturdy and smooth was theT-Mobile G2 by HTC, but I'm positive there are horror stories aboutthat bizarre hinge, too. That said, I whole-heartedly agree with DanJ01 in that there is plenty of innovating to be done, that many formfactors have gone unexpressed and many improvements over currentsmartphone hardware can be introduced. The hot swappable battery DanJ01 mentions is something I've talked about in the past.
In theory, by having an inbuilt 200mAh (give or take)battery, you could take out the primary battery and install anotherwithout powering down the phone. Another is along the lines of whatMotorola is already doing by fitting their phones with gigantic batteries , or what Nokia is doing with PureView in the 808 and Lumia 920.There are dozens of ways current smartphones can be improved, yetmanufacturers are focused on improving their devices in areas thatshould carry less weight (i.e.: relentlessly improving CPU and GPUwhile putting battery tech on the back burner.) As far as form factors go, I can think of a couple different ones Iwould like to see a manufacturer try. A multi-display phone, likethe Flip concept , would be amazing. Kyocera tried this and botched it. I trulybelieve it can be done again with much more finesse.
Another formfactor I wouldn't mind trying is a vertical BlackBerry QWERTY on a device with 4-inch display (and I do not meanBlackBerry-like, but an actual keyboard designed by Research InMotion). Think Palm Pixi on a large scale and without that terriblepebble keyboard. It's worth mentioning that there are several form factors I wouldlike to see expressed that aren't possible yet, like a flexiblephone that folds in half or wraps around your wrist. Eyes are onyou, Samsung.
Not all QWERTYs are bad and something needs to be done todifferentiate the onslaught of nearly indistinguishable mobilehandsets. What type of form factors would you like to see, ladiesand gents? Are you happy with the candy bar? Or do you feel somemanufacturers could afford to think outside the box from time totime?.
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