corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square311linkfedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down115cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1288arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square311linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 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-up1·10 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-up4·10 months agoI remember that term. It was short-lived.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
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.
Yeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.