@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square318fedilinkarrow-up1437arrow-down121cross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.news@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square318fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareTinyShonklinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoLarge phones are supposed to be called phablets, but it seems like that distinction was phased out as they got bigger.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-square@MadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoPhablets were more like an iPad Mini than an iPhone Pro Max back then. They were huge compared to the biggest phones around. I remember seeing people talking on the street with highe phones pressed to their cheeks.
minus-square@TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-24 months agoThis is more of what I remember.
minus-square@TetchyOyvind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoIt’s wild how the Samsung Galaxy Note was considered a large phone when you look at today’s phone sizes.
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.
Phablets were more like an iPad Mini than an iPhone Pro Max back then. They were huge compared to the biggest phones around. I remember seeing people talking on the street with highe phones pressed to their cheeks.
This is more of what I remember.
It’s wild how the Samsung Galaxy Note was considered a large phone when you look at today’s phone sizes.