Smartphones are nice. They’re additionally… lots. The thought of a extra balanced machine, one that provides you the entire most vital and helpful options of a smartphone however retains you out of the infinite-doomscrolling loops, has been an attractive one for a very long time. Nailing that steadiness, although, seems to be nearly unimaginable.
On this episode of The Vergecast, we try to get it proper. The Verge’s Allison Johnson joins the present to speak in regards to the new Light Phone III, after which we run by way of an inventory of some dozen issues your telephone can do and we surprise in case your good, sane, useful telephone ought to be capable of do them. Some issues are straightforward, some are surprisingly tough. We’re nonetheless unsure what to do with Snapchat.
Finally, we reply a query from the Vergecast Hotline (name 866-VERGE11, or e mail vergecast@theverge.com!) about whether or not anybody is engaged on an in-home digital camera that may let you know the place you left the scissors. It’s a tough drawback to resolve, however there are lots of people engaged on it. (Maybe not particularly for scissors, although.)
If you wish to know extra about the whole lot we talk about on this episode, listed below are some hyperlinks to get you began:
