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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 minutes ago

I have no problems with broken applications on my Zenfone 8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I've switched fully to a 3" Unihertz Jelly Star in September. It took A LOT of customization to get it to become the "Intent" device that I had wanted it to be. But by now, it makes all unwanted behavior sufficiently difficult while allowing all modern conveniences such as IM, payments, tickets, navigation etc.

I'll do a proper blogpost series about it some day.

If consuming content is how you want to spend your energy & lifetime, then the bigger & brighter & more-HDR-than-life the better. I hope you find happiness. But if you at some point tire of not-creating and cannot stand spending your time as a targeted money-sack, then tiny phones are a good way out.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Because small phones suck. Every time my parents or my other older family members hand me their old tiny phone, I wonder how the heck they can even use them? Text entry, tapping on things, etc is so damned hard when everything's so close together and my fingers are so fat.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Because fat fingers suck. Every time my parents or my other older family members use their ginormous phones, i wonder how the heck they can even use them? Text entry, tapping on things, etc is so damned hard when everything’s so close together for my fat fingers.

Jk ofc, i have a small phone, more than enough room for everything + you can scale things up/down however you want. Not ideal for playing games or watching movies, but i don’t use my phone for that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

I just want Sony to re-release the Xperia XZ1 Compact with updated internals.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I just want a dedicated headphone jack.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Then buy a device that has one. The fact that so many models dropped it just made picking a new device so much easier because there's less to choose from.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

for many it is their primary interface to the internet. I have simply come to accept that flagship phones are no longer made for me.

When my S10e finally needs to become landfill I'll be looking at e-ink phones not the latest and greatest tablet parading as a phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

My current device has more features than most flagships despite not being one. Headphone jack, microSD, dual sim, removable battery, ip67, notification led, no camera bump ...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

S10E GANG S10E GANG Greatest phone ever made I'm using it until I get my identity stolen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Well the last security update was nearly two years ago, so unless you've found a good custom ROM then that might be sooner than you think ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Joking aside I do check every once in a while, there aren't any critical vulnerabilities for the snapdragon variant yet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Good to know!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

I'm still using an iPhone mini and I haven't experienced any bad layouts, broken websites, or any difficulty like that. It has the same resolution of the biggest iPhone I've ever had (iPhone X) so things are smaller, which would make it a poor fit for someone with poor vision, but for me it's an absolutely perfect phone. It's frustrating to know that the perfect phone for me could easily exist, and yet Apple will refuse to make it for me. I'll be stuck with phones I don't like for the rest of my life, it seems.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

I can definitely recommend the kingkong mini

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Because most of us don't want to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

yeah but I want the option and I'm upset I dont have it. my pockets are too small and every time I sit down in the car my damn phone falls out. Ive almost closed it in the door 4 times now

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Lots of us are getting older so it's harder to see on small phones. I'm gonna shill for those fold phones, honestly. Who needs a tablet when you can have this phone in your pocket? Full youtube screen with comments, outlook that lets you actually read the email while still seeing your inbox, tabs in your browser, folds up to let you use it as a regular phone when you're not looking for more.

Sorry, I can't go back at this point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Motorola razr 2024 when closed is the perfect small phone. Almost all apps work on the small square screen.

[–] phanto 2 points 14 hours ago

I have a Mode 7 Retro ii from Japan. The number pad? Useless. But it folds up and fits in my pocket, and is good enough. (Writing this on my tablet, so...)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Remember. Phones didn't start increasing in size until you were able to watch porn on them.

With porn being available all the time, phones will start with huge screens.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

until you were able to watch porn

You mean you never watched 3gpp encoded 240p porn over WAP sites via a java browser on your dumb phone?

....what? Stop judging me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I stacked DVD cases on the desk to act as a tripod while filming the computer screen. To hear audio it needed to be extremely loud while recording. Also, it's quite boring having to actually sit thorough an entire porn video without skipping.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I used to watch porn on my Nintendo DS Lite.

I say "watch", but I don't think it supported videos. GIFs at best. On that glorious 256x192 TFT touchscreen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

With some custom hardware, the DS was perfectly capable to show videos, better than many phones at this time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

A magical way to view rule34 art.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

To make our dicks look small? Nice. Real nice.