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[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 91 points 1 year ago

Noooooo, people could then see the repairability before buying it. We can't have that!!!!

[-] MorgoFett@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Is it just me, or are transparent cases more brittle than opaque ones? Like more prone to shattering.

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

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)

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I'm talking about the back, they do it for wireless charging

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[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago

I’m pretty sure the animal they used to make transparent stuff went extinct, like the one they used for the original McRib.

[-] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Sail into that gentle sea, the majestic Translucent Bison

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[-] I_LOVE_VEKOMA_SLC@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Why did they end up deciding it's not cool or worth doing anymore?

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[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago
[-] Mamertine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

IMO it's more "thanks prison industrial complex".

The prisoners are just there to satisfy the funding.

[-] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] dicksinabag@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

That's rough buddy

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine had one in his dorm room. We called it Pavlov because you had to answer when it rang.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] OrekiWoof@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

i like that the PlayStation 5 isn't a literal box

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[-] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

This is too woke for half of America now.

[-] breadcodes@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

They can take my Atomic Purple GBC from my cold dead hands. Make America Trans-Rainbow Again.

[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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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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[-] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

I miss this asthetic so freaking much...

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[-] NoNotLikeThat@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] demlet@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Who makes someone get rid of a gaming console?

[-] glennglog22@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Seriously, why?

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[-] kameecoding@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

hit the husband, delete lawyer, up the gym

Delete the husband, hit on the lawyer, call the gym

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry for your loss, I hope you can find a new one that doesn't control you like that.

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 4 points 1 year ago

transparent purple

Atomic Purple

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

They brought this back for the Xbox controller https://a.co/d/4PlCsxi

I got one it's so sweet

[-] Boi@reddthat.com 13 points 1 year ago

I love when technology looked like candy. Now all we get is these boxes

[-] Its_Always_420@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

It'll work, just shove em full of RGB lights and they'd fit in perfect with modern builds.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

To be fair tempered glass is still going strong among gaming PCs.

[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

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

Nothing phone 2

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[-] tooclose104@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

I found a freaking NEWTON in a desk drawer at work last week. With power adapter, but no stylus. Still works though!

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[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

steam deck has it, steam deck fixing society

[-] MrFlamey@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Is this posted by the guy I accidentally had sex with in Cyberpunk 2077?

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Minimalism sucks

[-] Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Ahhh, I can taste the phtalate cancer from here.

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[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

There's a few Nintendo Switch mods that have done this, you can buy the shells.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

also steam deck,megadrive,nes,pet turtles,raspberry pis,gameboys

[-] there1snospoon@ttrpg.network 10 points 1 year ago
[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Well they won't run away now!

[-] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 5 points 1 year ago

Just after that wave my so got an eMac, a toilet shaped jet engine with a screen.

Back in the day it was cool to see the magic inside, today IDK.

[-] roon@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Nothing Phone

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah nah, let's leave that in the past

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