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    621 year ago

    People have been saying this for the last 5 years and will continue saying this for the next 5 years. They make less smaller phones cuz people don’t buy them

    • verysoft
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      531 year ago

      That will be a side effect of them locking abitrary features behind the bigger and thus more expensive models, if there was feature parity smaller phones would probably still be the norm.

      • @nexusband
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        161 year ago

        Yeah, I only got the Pixel 6 Pro because of the zoom lense…i would not have chosen it otherwise. It’s too big…

        • 6daemonbag
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          91 year ago

          Me for the pixel 8 pro. I’d rather the regular pixel 8 but if I’m going to keep this thing for 7 years (which I will; typing from a pixel 2) then I want it to be as feature rich as possible. Not looking forward to how big it’s going to be when it finally gets delivered

          • @nexusband
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            21 year ago

            Good lucky keeping it for so long… I’m having lots of little issues with my 6 Pro…

      • Amilo159
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        21 year ago

        There is simply less space inside smaller phones to add same features and battery as a larger model.

        And then they can’t justify small model having same, high price as pro versions, so they cut features to go along with reduced price.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        There are some features that just can’t be equal between a bigger phone and a smaller one (or would require gimping the bigger phone) like a bigger screen (obviously), bigger battery and more size for larger camera sensors

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      As a woman: I’d love to use bigger phones - as soon as they give me pockets I can fit them into.

      It’s one of the reasons I find foldables so interesting. The Google Pixel Fold has the perfect form factor. If only it wasn’t so expensive…

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        As a woman - I don’t have a problem with pockets, I usually get them enlarged. The problem is with our small hands, which would make using a large phone one-handed impossible. The older smartphone I am still sometimes using as a modem/mp3 player is 7x14 cm, and this is absolutely my maximum. I mostly use a dumbphone, it is smaller than my palm and fits even in a shirt pocket.

    • cannache
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      11 year ago

      I feel like hopefully with a potential paradigm shift, maybe one SIM card and number shared between several devices, one large phone or tablet for work or movies and a smaller feature phone for on demand urgent communications, we’ll hopefully see the market for OEMs open up a bit wider and allow for further competition/collaboration across the whole portable electronics sector

    • @[email protected]
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      -51 year ago

      Absolutely untrue. It’s a heat dissipation issue. iPhone minis had so many issues with heat they can’t make em anymore.

      Apple wants you to think that bigger phones are better only because they can’t make them smaller.