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1. Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jun-2018 15:53:40 UTC Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]

   Every time I want to buy a phone, I realize there's going to be major breakthroughs that make current phones shit. Like, right now:

   👉 AI/ML and AR/VR are reaching maturity
   👉 Battery performance is likely to become the next big trend (yes, phone companies are running out of ideas so they now have to work on useful features, apparently)
   👉 Cameras getting 4K support is already a thing
   👉 AV1 is almost finished and SoCs are going to be developed with native decoding (or even encoding) support

   • Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jun-2018 15:54:19 UTC Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]

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     And let's hope Fuchsia OS doesn't get into devices too soon. Or that Tizen somehow suddendly becomes the future of the industry.

   • Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jun-2018 17:40:10 UTC Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]

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     Oh, and I've just heard about the DisplayPort Alt Mode, which means that currently a very few USB-C phones can output video to pretty much anything.

     And hidden fingerprint readers and Face ID-like identification.

     So yeah, if I'm buying a phone now, I'm certainly missing stuff (even if it's on the premium range) compared to what's coming next year.

   • Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jun-2018 17:40:33 UTC Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]

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     Oh, and I've just heard about the DisplayPort Alt Mode, which means that currently a very few USB-C phones can output video to pretty much anything.

     And I forgot about hidden fingerprint readers and Face ID-like identification.

     So yeah, if I'm buying a phone now, I'm certainly missing stuff (even if it's on the premium range) compared to what's coming next year.

   • Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED] (espectalll@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 11-Jun-2018 14:14:21 UTC Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]

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     OH. And a few days ago, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 850, which is an overclocked 845 intended for LAPTOPS.

     WITH WINDOWS.

     CONVERGENCE IS COMING.

     AND IF I'M GETTING A PHONE NOW I SURE WILL BE MISSING FOR A FEW YEARS.

     HELP.