For instance, would you carry an iPhone the size of a shoebox if the rest of the space was a battery? Would you even be willing to carry one of the 80s phones that had a satchel?
Anything bigger than the current trend of phones is too big and there’s plenty of comedy skits like these demonstrating the ridiculousness of it all.
Happy TV from 2000:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yktod
Edit: Adding that I would pay a premium to have a 4" iphone 1 sized phone back today more than I would to pay for a ridiculous fold model.
I remember the before times when they were known as car phones. Huge black boxes, made them portable. No internet, no google, hey google fuck off eh?
I prefer the Pixel to the Pixel Pro, so, somewhere between those two sizes.
This was the shit in the 80s…
Tiny is the new big.
if it doesn’t fit in my pocket, i won’t carry it. i do not accessorize.
I’m carrying an S26 Ultra and wouldn’t mind if it was 3 times thicker. I regularly carry a Tab S8+ around when I am going to the store so I can look things up or take down ideas.
I also had one of the Motorola bag phones in the mid 90’s as my emergency car phone.
Would I carry around a bag phone today… probably not. I haven’t really spoken on the phone since April and it’s been about 2 years since anyone other than my other half has called me but I was tired of the junk calls so I turned off receiving calls from any number not in my contacts list.
Idk, but I would like something smaller than all the current options. The homogenisation of the phone market over the last 10 years is horrible.
Well I got a Zenfone 9 because, at the time, it was the smallest phone with a headphone jack. Two phones had headphone jacks then. This, or some Sony that cost 33% more. And so here we are. So I already don’t like how big phones are.
It depends on the capabilities. I was the weird kid who carried a workstation laptop in a briefcase from 6th to 11th grade, when the hinges seized from use; then I used a netbook for the remaining semester, which was paaaaain.
But being able to game in class, work on papers, give way more immersive presentations, run a Minecraft server for my A+ hardware peers, and stay under the radar with quick reflexes and an unassuming machine, was fucking kickass.
I also similarly, for a couple of those same years, used a Nexus 7 with Google Voice as my phone. Walking around with a tablet near the size of my head, texting and making calls while people were like ‘wtf’. But I saved a ton of money vs a true cell phone plan.
If it’s a phone with the capabilities of a laptop in a size reasonably close, hell yeah. This is my jam.
I used a 7 inch tablet with sim slot as a phone for about a week and it was miserable. I was too broke to buy a new phone after the one I was using got run over and I had the tablet already.
I don’t like little flimsy phones. However, my current phone is at the upper limits of what I consider reasonable.
It’s a ulefone 27T pro
Height: 182.8 mm
Width: 86.8 mm
Depth: 18.5 mm
Weight: 441 gramsI would say 500g is likely my hard limit, outside of special circumstances. As it stands, it doubles as a self defence weapon.
I just want a smallish 5-6 inch screen with a 4:3 ratio and a decent camera.
I mean, people carried these by their convenient handle back in the day. The lead-acid battery just built character.
I know people who had them or similar versions. Not a single person carried them around. They took them from their house to their car to their office. Sometimes then never left the car. They didn’t get moved around like a current cellphone.
The only kettlebell with programmable ringtones!
has to fit in the old prison wallet.
I have a Pixel 10a (2 5/8in x 6in) and wouldn’t mind it being a little larger. I can go 1.5 inches wider and still have it fit in my cargo shorts or pants, which is what I always wear.
