@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square360fedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down135cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareTinyShonklinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 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]linkfedilinkEnglish6•3 months agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-square@MadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 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-23 months agoThis is more of what I remember.
minus-square@TetchyOyvind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 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.