corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square267linkfedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down132cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
arrow-up1604arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square267linkfedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months 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-up3·8 months 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-up8·8 months 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.