https://zzefone.github.io/myblog/tags/mr/Recent content in MR on WANG Zhaofeng · Course PortfolioHugoenThu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zzefone.github.io/myblog/posts/hci-homework-4/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://zzefone.github.io/myblog/posts/hci-homework-4/<h2 id="lecture-10---the-shape-of-smartphones"> Lecture 10 - The shape of smartphones <a class="heading-link" href="#lecture-10---the-shape-of-smartphones"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p>Earlier keyboard-based smartphones reserved much of their front surface for typing. Touchscreens gave that space to the display: the same surface could become a keyboard, a map, or a video player. Larger screens suited reading and media, but also made one-handed use harder.</p> <img src="https://zzefone.github.io/myblog/images/hci/homework-4/phone-shapes.svg" alt="Schematic progression from a keyboard smartphone to a touchscreen slab and an unfolding phone. A fourth panel shows a possible future combination of phone, glasses, and watch."> <p><em>Changes in input and screen space. The last panel is a proposal, not a product forecast.</em></p>