misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSo long, small phoneswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square264fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down129cross-posted to: android@lemdro.id
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minus-squarePxtl@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·11 months agoI just want phones that are shorter. They keep getting longer, which means more risk of breaking, and means the keyboard is unusable in landscape since it blocks the textfield.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·11 months agoConspiracy part of my brain wants to say thats by design… To artificially increase sales by replacing broken ones. Same reason they sealed up the phones so you couldnt replace the batteries/repair them.
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoas far as conspiracies go I think you could probably do better
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agonot everyone is bold enough to artificially slow down the phone to frustrate you into upgrading like Apple did.
minus-squareMeganium97@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoJust saying, we need a sub called “inconspiracies” where every post is literally just a known (or assumed) fact that sounds like a conspiracy
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoJtlyk, you can use a custom keyboard, like Swift Key. Many have the option to scale according to your preferences.
I just want phones that are shorter. They keep getting longer, which means more risk of breaking, and means the keyboard is unusable in landscape since it blocks the textfield.
Conspiracy part of my brain wants to say thats by design… To artificially increase sales by replacing broken ones.
Same reason they sealed up the phones so you couldnt replace the batteries/repair them.
as far as conspiracies go I think you could probably do better
not everyone is bold enough to artificially slow down the phone to frustrate you into upgrading like Apple did.
Just saying, we need a sub called “inconspiracies” where every post is literally just a known (or assumed) fact that sounds like a conspiracy
Jtlyk, you can use a custom keyboard, like Swift Key. Many have the option to scale according to your preferences.