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Originally Posted by Tony1988
Lol....what's wrong with Laptops today and smartphones?? They are more ergonomic and functional than ever before......
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Absolutely NOT true. Apple influence has made them cosmetically pretty to look at.
Phones:
Removing most of the buttons, putting touch too close to edge so you can't easily hold it, needing a bumper / cover, removing earphone jack, no user changeable battery if needed on a trip.
Laptops:
Putting vents on bottom, rubbish keyboards with too little travel, no ability to tilt key area, too sensitive touch pads that can't be disabled on some models, switch from 1600 x 1200 or 1920 x 1200 purely to use video orientated panels, almost no models with matt screens that became common 15 years ago, shiny gives headaches, but looks pretty and is cheaper.
Abandoning PCMCIA slot for smaller slot with builtin USB, so to save money many cards used USB instead of PCIe thus slower than old PCMCIA.
Sealed in and glued in batteries, soldered in RAM.
Removal of keyboard status LEDs
Making speakers worse because it's too thin.
Convertible tablets needing steel plate in keyboard so they don't fall over.
The ONLY ergonomic lack on ereaders is better library/collection/category software and page buttons.
Sound isn't important and Bluetooth isn't important. They are for reading books.