corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square196fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoBecause most people don’t buy them? It’s like asking “Man, why don’t they make slider phones anymore?” (and I loved my slider phone).
minus-squarepwalshj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere is no option to buy them. That’s the point.
minus-squareacosmichippo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoobviously they did exist. why do you think phone manufacturers would stop making them if they were as profitable as the other sizes?
minus-squarenylo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoI’m probably gonna annoy people with this but I will shout it from the rooftops Unihertz makes one.
minus-squareLad@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat’s right. The market has spoken, and unfortunately it has said it doesn’t want small phones. Personally, I still do though.
minus-squareDr. Bob@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI don’t think it’s the consumer market. It’s more expensive to manufacture with physical controls, keyboards, and moving parts. It wasn’t lack of consumer demand that killed the phono jack.
minus-squarenylo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoyou could get a Unihertz Jelly Star like me
Because most people don’t buy them?
It’s like asking “Man, why don’t they make slider phones anymore?” (and I loved my slider phone).
There is no option to buy them. That’s the point.
obviously they did exist. why do you think phone manufacturers would stop making them if they were as profitable as the other sizes?
I’m probably gonna annoy people with this but I will shout it from the rooftops
Unihertz makes one.
That’s right. The market has spoken, and unfortunately it has said it doesn’t want small phones. Personally, I still do though.
I don’t think it’s the consumer market. It’s more expensive to manufacture with physical controls, keyboards, and moving parts. It wasn’t lack of consumer demand that killed the phono jack.
you could get a Unihertz Jelly Star like me