this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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I like how at the time we hadn't even considered the entire slab would be a screen, like the memes still have the home button at the bottom. I get that it's a meme but still.
We also probably assumed the headphone jack would never go away either so.
It was my prediction. We've even got ones with a screen that wraps onto the side. A screen on the back side hasn't happened yet, though.
You could argue that folding phones have screens on the back, just not the full thing, and not always the back