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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I held on to my iPhone 4S as long as I could. Now I have a 12 "mini". I know I'm in the minority, though, because I don't spend all day staring at my phone. I do like having all the features, but I use them only occasionally--say, once a week or less. I prefer my internet use on my gaming computer with a big monitor, and a full-size keyboard.

I expect I'll end up with a huge phone for my next one, that I don't need, just to keep access to the functionality. Like everything else in life, there's always compromises to be made.

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I believe I saw where you hear that people want small phones, they make them, and then they sell poorly. So, to the company at least, it doesn’t look like people want the smaller devices.

Now, I saw some comments in here about the smaller devices usually being less robust than their normal/pro counterparts, and that could also be a major reason small phones don’t sell.

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[–] brownirish@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

i have a 6a and i think its about the optimal size. not too small, not too big.

by the way, my first post on here... how is this different to reddit?

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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

I'd like to have no phone at all, I don't like small screens, nor being interrupted. Problem is that phone apps are now almost obligatory for IDs, transport tickets, passes, banking, etc. So I'd just like a phone-receiver (modem) with a sim card on a USB stick that can enable phone-app-stuff via my laptop or tablet. (Yes some tablets have data sim cards, but we still need sms and occasional phone functions for 'verification' etc.). Any suggestions?

[–] False@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Making a small phone is harder than making a big phone.

[–] engene@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t see why we don’t already have an iPod size device. I just need something for music and if a phone call happens to come in - great! It was so simple then.

[–] howlingecko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I’ll continue to carry my iPhone mini since there isn’t a comparable option

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