corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square277fedilinkarrow-up1612cross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1612external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square277fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9 hours agoBecause apparently people want big phones. For the last 10-15 years it’s been a boiling frog situation really - .1 or .2" increase every generation until 7" somehow becomes the norm (for a phone, not a tablet, mind you). I wish there were more small hi-end phones too.
minus-squareTinyShonk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoLarge phones are supposed to be called phablets, but it seems like that distinction was phased out as they got bigger.
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 hours agoI remember that term. It was short-lived.
Because apparently people want big phones.
For the last 10-15 years it’s been a boiling frog situation really - .1 or .2" increase every generation until 7" somehow becomes the norm (for a phone, not a tablet, mind you).
I wish there were more small hi-end phones too.
Large phones are supposed to be called phablets, but it seems like that distinction was phased out as they got bigger.
I remember that term. It was short-lived.