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 offers much better touch sensitive and feel 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
could’ve used plastic, but I guess that isn’t “premium enough”
You know, it’d be kinda sick if someone made a device that had a colored glass case. Phone glass would probably still be too fragile to make an entire Gameboy or iMac out of, but it might be cool at least as a concept item.
based lemmy echochamber post :D
I’m pretty sure the animal they used to make transparent stuff went extinct, like the one they used for the original McRib.
Sail into that gentle sea, the majestic Translucent Bison
You are correct lmao, they do it from plastic with is made from petrol which was made from dinosaurs.
Vast majority of petrol is dead pine trees but a good effort
Okja?
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?
Fashion
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.
I thought they’d also test the moulds with clear plastic so it was obvious if there were internal defects due to things like poor flow into part of the mould
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
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
actual indviduality
I can’t even remember how many different shells i had for my Nokia 3310, but damn was it fun to change those around based on the mood of the day!
actual individuality
Man if you think buying a product is what makes individuality, you’ve got bigger problems than a lack of colorful electronics.
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.
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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!
I miss this asthetic so freaking much…
It’ll probably make a comeback when they realize how much they can profit from the nostalgia towards it
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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?
Seriously, why?
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.
transparent purple
Atomic Purple
They brought this back for the Xbox controller https://a.co/d/4PlCsxi
I got one it’s so sweet
I love when technology looked like candy. Now all we get is these boxes
To be fair tempered glass is still going strong among gaming PCs.
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
But is it available outside of Europe yet?
sent from my Chinese spy device
I found a freaking NEWTON in a desk drawer at work last week. With power adapter, but no stylus. Still works though!
I had a Newton in college. Loved that thing until too many heavy books were on top of it and the screen cracked.
