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[–] johnthedoe@lemmy.ml 90 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was Neo's sunglasses in the Matrix that was the shit back then Even though people wanted Morpheus' sunnies. No one could pull it off except Lawrence Fishburne

[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Exactly, and the cell phone that could spring open.

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It boggles the mind why they never released the phone from the first movie. They thought we just wanted anything from the matrix series so they launched the one from the matrix 2 but that one was bulky and unattractive.

It was that sexy slider everyone really wanted and they denied us!

[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could get phones like that overseas. There was way more variety and a bunch more models that never got released in the west.

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Well that just further rankles my groingle!

[–] Elektrotechnik@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you could actually buy that, but is wasn't spring loaded.

Nokia 8110

[–] Gork@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Did anyone mod it with a spring action?

[–] DauntingFlamingo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still want that. Those new folding RAZR phones fall super short by not being able to flip open or slam shut quickly

[–] ProcurementCat@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

And such a slider mechanism would also work pretty well for modern smartphones as a protective cover.

[–] MaxVerstappen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh man, I wanted that phone so freaking bad!