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Just shows how phones stopped innovating on design

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[-] homes@piefed.world 139 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

good design is timeless

this chair was designed in 1958 and still remains one of the most popular chairs in the world

[-] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Point well made

[-] Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 months ago

Don't get me wrong, I do like how the DSi looks, but the ones with themes are 10x cooler, and it goes to show that the design CAN be exciting

[-] homes@piefed.world 4 points 3 months ago

to my knowledge, I've never seen this... whatever it is. I don't even know what it is.

but it looks cool.

that's worth a lot

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Its one of those Nintendos that all the neighborhood grandkids are playing

[-] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

be designs, you mean stickers or vinyl wraps

[-] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 26 points 3 months ago

Neither, there are game versions of consoles sold with designs etched or formed directly into the shell itself. Here's a Pokemon Black DSi version for example.

[-] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

looks sleek

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Airline lobby bench seating.

[-] homes@piefed.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

These chairs go for $2500 a pop (for a reproduction). You’re not gonna see one of these in any lobby.

An authentic one from the 50s (when you can find one) sells at auction for $5-8k+

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

In no way did I mean that statement literally.

It was a sarcastic reference. This style of seat is quite common in terminals.

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[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

Only 1 camera? That's so last decade.

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 7 points 3 months ago

There is a front-facing camera as well, on the other side.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

Unless it looks like that quad rocket launcher Arnold held up in commando, it's completed garbage!/s

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 27 points 3 months ago

Home of the OG Flipnote Studio—you will be missed.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Why does it look like a white Pokédex?

[-] Jomega@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

It's the other way around. GameFreak redesigns the Pokedex each generation to resemble contemporary hardware. Gens 1 through 4 looked like the handheld you were playing on, 5 onwards look like a smartphone, and in Let's Go only it looks like a laptop.

[-] Maultasche@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

But it looks like the Gen 1 Pokédex to me, which did not really look like a Gameboy (I'm also pretty sure the Hoenn Pokédex did not look like a GBA until the remake)

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago

Gen 1 had a gameboy-looking face though.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

The precursor to the DS was the Game and Watch, back in the 1980s.

https://gameverse.com/2019/07/17/nintendo-handhelds-ranked-best-ever/

Bulbapedia has a reference of all different dex designs

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9dex#Artwork

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

I miss when you could be more creative with hardware

[-] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Am i this old that i dont see anyone praise the DS Lite that came before this one and after the original DS ? To me this was the shit !

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

you can pry my DSLite from my cold dead hands.

never had the DSi or any of the nintendo handhelds after the DSLite.

I do have a retroid pocket that I'm in love with right now. my only problem is that I can't take it anywhere without my kids stealing it from me.

[-] Lupo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I would simp hard on a DS smartphone.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Really? Those pens remind me of palm pilots

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[-] OR3X@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The original DSi was my favorite DS model. Still have mine. It's too small for my hands now days though.

[-] early_riser@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Even crazier that 2008 isn’t modern anymore.

this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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