corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square374fedilinkarrow-up1679arrow-down135cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1644arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square374fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTinyShonk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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-up9·2 months agoI remember that term. It was short-lived.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThis is more of what I remember.
minus-squareTetchyOyvind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 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.