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johnchristopher

There are some nice things that could get standardized or available as an option for every mould:

- physical buttons for shooting

- physical buttons for volume

- back cover should be e-ink for light notification or reading books in the train without killing autonomy

- and of course the windows/ubuntu convergence that could - or could not - come one day

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That e-ink back is a nice idea.

There is the https://yotaphone.com/us-en/ but I feel it's not updated fast enough to be considered by consumers when looking to replace their current middle or high-end smartphones.

edit:

I see http://www.inkcase.com/en.html refactors the idea of an e-ink smartphone into a case with an e-ink panel.

And http://www.onyx-international.com.cn/index.php/en/boox-produ... tried the whole e-ink only screen.

If there was any demand for such things, vendors would ship it.

If current design is in reasonable demand by uninformed consumers and has an high margin / low period for recurrence of purchase; then even if new design is in demand by a similar amount of informed consumers it won't be produced unless the ROI is similar too.

Sometimes you have to tell the user what they they want (iPhone) and sometimes the user will say: "NOPE" (Google Glass)

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