feat: cyberpunk is back

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+** DONE  Cyberpunk in design is back!
+CLOSED: [2024-05-10 Fri 21:36]
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+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: cyberpunk-is-back
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :abstract Cool designs are back on the menu
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c
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+Last year I [[https://michal.sapka.me/blog/2023/industrial-design-used-to-be-cool/][lamended on the state of industrial design.]]
+Personally, I blame John Ive.
+Everyone tries to copy the bland slabs of metal and glass that Apple help to popularize.
+They became boring very fast, and we're second decade into it.
+iPhones may be the most boring looking devices I've ever seen - and I'm eyeing a black Sony HiFi system from 80s!
+
+But are things changing?
+It's hard to make devices that are more boring than the most boring.
+And who is on the forefront of such change?
+Those crazy Chinese.
+
+It's as a good time as any to give you a warning: this is an audio post.
+
+Hiby is a well known brand.
+I even bought a DAP[fn:dap] from them but had to return it due to scratchy volume wheel.
+Recently they've released a very cyberpunky looking device, [[https://store.hiby.com/products/hiby-r4][Hiby H4]]:
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hiby-h4-1.webp" 
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+Cool on the outside
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+#+attr_shortcode: "hiby-h4-2.webp" 
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+And even cool on the inside
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+
+I have to fully agree with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUnU2rrI9lg][Z's review]] (warning: youtube): they had no reasons to go this hard with design.
+They could have released yet another boring rectangle, slap a good DAP there and call it a day.
+But they did and it's marvelous.
+I love how this device looks!
+And it seems the sound it produces is as good as the design, therefore someone just made it harder for the entire DAP industry.
+
+It's still an android device created to reproduce music via wires, but all the colors and cutouts make it this much more appealing.
+
+But there's more!
+The well-known Moondrop is releasing a phone!
+The [[https://moondroplab.com/en/products/miad01][Miad01]] looks great:
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "moondrop-miad1-1.webp" "https://shiftdelete.net/moondrop-miad-01-jak-cikisi" 
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+Is it a DAP?
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+
+#+attr_shortcode: "moondrop-miad1-1.jpg" "https://trinityelectronic.boutir.com/item/Moondrop-Miad-01-5G/5429734836404224" 
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+Is is it a plane?
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+#+attr_shortcode: "moondrop-miad1-2.jpg" "https://trinityelectronic.boutir.com/item/Moondrop-Miad-01-5G/5429734836404224" 
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+No, it's a phone
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+
+It's an amazingly looking android phone with a freaking audio jack!
+And a 4.4 balanced out!
+Is it a dream?
+
+The back is perfect.
+The bump houses camera, DACs and audio outputs.
+They managed to /not/ have camera bump, as they did not focus on creating a rectangle.
+
+The front is boring, as it's just a slab of glass.
+And there are no buttons for playback control, which is the reason I will not buy it.
+This and lack of user-replacable battery, but it's a battle for another time.
+
+So, it's 2024 and we are seeing playful industrial designs again.
+Apple is boring, Samsung is busy copying boring, and Google is to preoccupied with layoffs to even know what they are designing.
+And at the same time Hiby and Moondrop made me drool.
+
+If Moondrop releases a Miad 02 with buttons, I'll have to place an order instantly.
+
+For now, I can only with for them to go even crazier.
+Don't limit yourself to slab of glass, don't EVER make it round cornered.
+Squares are still the best, cutouts are annoying.
+
+I am happy with this turn of events.
+
+An, and a cherry on top: those are dirt cheap compared to their peers.
+Hiby H4 costs 250USD and MIAD01 400USD - and since those are Chinese products, expect huge discounts on Aliexpress.
+
+[fn:dap] Digital Audio Player.
+That's what we call Mp3 players now.
+
 ** DONE New homepage and breaking RSS
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