The Timex Sinclair

I have a samsung flip. I cannot tell you how much I love this phone.

The pixel pinch phone body for the Google assistant. Boy how I want that feature badly when I was using OnePlus 3T. It felt like one of those double tap at the back of iphone little niche thing.

I really like since it give the user different kind of input to interact with the phone quickly. We have the double tap and holding for power button, double tap the top of the screen, the screenshot combo button and etc. Same like the interface for controlling your wireless earbud.

The pain for installation/maintenance/replacement for that input must be a nightmare though.

Folding phones.

I was so skeptical at first, and even now it seems most people still are. It's a complete game changer though. There's almost nothing I can't do on my phone anymore, due to the multitasking and the larger screen. I can comfortably use desktop websites when necessary for banking etc. I have watched many dozens of movies and tv shows on it. It's just nicer for reading and browsing the web, and makes your phone feel so much more powerful to have the tablet form factor. I've actually been travelling for over a month with no laptop, just my Fold and a Steam deck.

I'm also appreciating having what is essentially a 5G-connected tablet where in the past I've always dismissed the LTE-connected ipads as a gimmick. It's hard to justify paying extra for the device and then a monthly fee, but now that I have it I can definitely see the appeal of a tablet that just works anywhere you go. Except since it folds you can put it in your pocket too.

Front facing stereo speakers were nice.

Apple’s 3D Touch on iPhone. Force Touch or whatever they called it. The ability to hard press to get something like a right-click. Wish they’d kept it. Used it every day for placing my cursor.

Democracy in the US.

The internet

Retractable fountain pens. I could never afford one though.

It's been gone for a while now, but I really liked the IR blaster to use as a secondary remote when you can't find the remote because your toddler was playing with it. Dammit Susie!

The active edge squeeze feature on the pixel 3. I loved being able to gently squeeze the sides of the phone to trigger google assistant.

Soli. My phone sensing I was reaching for it made it feel like it was alive. Didn't know what I had until it was gone. I want you back Soli!

Stadia, I had great internet and it worked great.

Idk if this counts as i dont really involve myself in a lot of discussion, but MAN do i miss two button navigation. it may still be present in some other Android distros but on Graphene an update removed it for me a while ago.

Workspaces in Linux window managers. I thought it was a dumb idea at first but I tried it and found workspaces are great.

Hardware navegation buttons.