corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square331fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareTinyShonk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days 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-up0·2 days agoI remember that term. It was short-lived.
minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah, because nobody wanted to call a phone a phablet. It’s a stupid name.
minus-squareMadBigote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days 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-up0·edit-22 days 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.