@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square324fedilinkarrow-up1665arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1665arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.news@corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square324fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemdro.idtechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareTinyShonklinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 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•4 months agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-square@MadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 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.
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.