• YeeHaw@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    People want big phones for some reason, so it’s unlikely it would break the market. Those who want what you described are (unfortunately) very few.

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      1 year ago

      People want big phones for some reason

      Bigger battery, better for content consumption and overall usage if you use it frequently. It’s not that weird, yet you treat it as if we were talking about aliens.

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        1 year ago

        Not sure where you got the aliens conclusion.

        I mean, almost complete disappearance of smaller phones is kinda puzzling? The difference in screen/battery size between a 6" and a 6.8" phone isn’t that big, yet one will fit pretty much any pocket, while the other one won’t. I still find it counterintuitive that most people would put that much priority on gaining screen real estate over mobility. Another interesting thing is that these smaller sized phones are still present in flagship releases, so they’re kind of a premium feature now.

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          I mean, almost complete disappearance of smaller phones is kinda puzzling?

          Yeah, my bad there, I understood the previous comment as somewhat of a “Well I don’t understand how people can like big phones”.

          My guess is, as with many other things, corporations pushed towards a certain thing (big phones in this case) enough to make it the default and then the bigger audience just stopped caring as a result.

          It is interesting indeed, but I guess that’s just it, aside from the obvious fact that the bigger the space, the easier is to design stuff (my previous comment + better heat dissipation + more space for cameras), so probably a mixture of all of these things together and a couple more.

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        What’s weird is that it’s the only option. They discontinued the iPod since the phone did it all, but then also stopped making phones that are convenient sizes and any analog sound option.