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I miss the old days of smartphones

Everything nowadays is faster, better, and stronger, but we've lost the "spark."

(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central) Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View. (Image credit: Apoorva Bhardwaj / Android Central)At the same time, I can't help but wonder about what the future holds for smartphones. (Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)However, the tradeoff to gaining more powerful and efficient phones is that we lose all the features we once cared about, and we continue to pay the price as the cost of these devices increases.

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