corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square191fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down18
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minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·8 days agopeople spend a third of their lives on those things. And while cumbersome, a big screen simply is better for media consumption only way I see smaller phones make a comeback is if we change our habits or if a new technology comes along
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoA bigger screen is better for text consumption, too. Perhaps especially for that. If you don’t know why, just wait ;D Seriously as a person getting on in years I always bump up the font size. And if you do this on a mini phone, you run out of usable space immediately. I wish there were small phone options, too, but I can see why big is the default.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI would rather spend this time on a device with a 15’ screen and a comfortable keyboard. A phone is just that - a secondary device. That needs to be comfortable to hold and type on with one hand while the other holds onto the subway railing.
people spend a third of their lives on those things. And while cumbersome, a big screen simply is better for media consumption
only way I see smaller phones make a comeback is if we change our habits or if a new technology comes along
A bigger screen is better for text consumption, too. Perhaps especially for that. If you don’t know why, just wait ;D
Seriously as a person getting on in years I always bump up the font size. And if you do this on a mini phone, you run out of usable space immediately.
I wish there were small phone options, too, but I can see why big is the default.
I would rather spend this time on a device with a 15’ screen and a comfortable keyboard. A phone is just that - a secondary device. That needs to be comfortable to hold and type on with one hand while the other holds onto the subway railing.