corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square351fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down133cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1611arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square351fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.organdroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareTinyShonk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours 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-up7·10 hours agoI remember that term. It was short-lived.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours 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-up2·edit-29 hours agoThis is more of what I remember.
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.