asked 2015-07-28 19:28:29 +0300
Reading about the new 24 and 27 inch displays with built in qi chargers got me wondering. A phone without sockets is a possibility now....but would it be a good idea?
Qi for power. Bluetooth for audio. Wifi for file transfer. Miracast for external display.
Waterproof.
answered 2015-07-29 00:31:02 +0300
Personally, I find this a VERY bad idea.
I wonder how someone being so afraid of "radiation" would use a mobile phone at all. And connecting a pbone in an industrial environment is certainly a very exotic requirement of a handful of users. I am pretty sure that we will see fully encapsulated devices without any mechanical connectors in the not too distant future. Let's hope some will run SF!
Stefanix ( 2015-08-01 00:03:07 +0300 )edit@Stefanix: I am not "afraid" of anything, I'm just a rational person. If on one side of the scale you have a next-to-zero improvement of ease-of-use, and on the other side you have even a slightest chance of health hazard, then the latter, of course, overweights the former. I use a mobile phone when I can't use wired network, because then on the first side of the scale there is a "internet/no internet" choice, and that does overweight the (admittedly small) chance of damage. Why people are so insistent in using wireless communications when they clearly don't have to is beyond my comprehension. It's almost like using WiFi instead of USB magically makes you a more progressive person. No it doesn't. Just spend one petty second of your time on plugging the cord into your phone and be done with it.
ScumCoder ( 2015-08-01 00:29:28 +0300 )editAnd connecting a pbone in an industrial environment is certainly a very exotic requirement of a handful of users
There is such thing as "radio environment contamination". There are lots of public places where the air is oversaturated with wireless transmissions and you simply can't squeeze your connection in.
I am pretty sure that we will see fully encapsulated devices without any mechanical connectors in the not too distant future
As @r0kk3rz already pointed out, there are loads and loads (Sony being just the most popular example) of perfectly waterproof phones which are not crippled by removal of physical connectors. I respect your opinion, but mine is that that ain't gonna happen.
ScumCoder ( 2015-08-01 00:35:37 +0300 )editAsked: 2015-07-28 19:28:29 +0300
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would it still have an internal microphone and speaker? if so then its going to need holes of some kind, as well as the obligatory SIM card socket.
r0kk3rz ( 2015-07-28 19:39:48 +0300 )editThere are rumours about cardless SIM.
vattuvarg ( 2015-07-28 20:15:34 +0300 )editsounds good to me but accessories could cost a lot.
Macilaci457 ( 2015-07-28 20:39:19 +0300 )editIt's an interesting idea but wireless charging is not efficient at all ...
sifartech ( 2015-07-29 00:06:37 +0300 )editSomehow MacBook Air with only WiFi was the first example of its kind and the IPad with no usb more or less the second. As we all know it is nice, but only when working in a limited environment. So I would say that it needs a huge amount of Development on the rest of the world that you would like to connect to your phone...
damourti ( 2015-07-29 01:07:01 +0300 )edit