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Jeff Martin

I spent WAAAAAY too much time making this.

A scatter plot comparing the sizes of "Smartphone Screens" to "How Far My Thumb Can Reach". From 2007-2010, the two were roughly the same size. With several years of sustained growth (roughly linear), smartphone screens in 2022 are now about 2 times bigger than they used to be. During that period, my thumb did not grow any larger.
16 Jan 2023 at 21:51 | Open on gladtech.social
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Jeff Martin

Lol, so apparently some smartphone makers just let you scale the screen image down to whatever size you want.

samsung.com/au/support/mobile-

h/t to @ticktok

Seems awkward, but I guess that could work. Except you still somehow have to manage to hold on to the massive thing with one hand.

I must be in the minority of people that doesn't want to use their phone as a home theater.

16 Jan 2023 at 23:18 | Open on gladtech.social
Ticktok

@cuchaz idk. I have average leaning towards small hands for a guy and this is how I use my samsung Note20 with a 6.9" display, and I have a wallet case on it.
but like I said, I'm the target audience for phablets though.

17 Jan 2023 at 0:14 | Open on fosstodon.org
treed

@cuchaz @ticktok iOS has a gesture that pulls the top half of the screen down to help you reach things. It’s not ideal, but it makes it basically usable.

17 Jan 2023 at 0:26 | Open on hachyderm.io
Darwin Woodka

@cuchaz @ticktok I don't think we're a minority. I think phone manufacturers just don't give a shit what we want.

17 Jan 2023 at 1:49 | Open on mastodon.social
Jeff Martin

@darwinwoodka @ticktok That seems almost paradoxical. I do wonder why the phones keep getting bigger though. Maybe the pressure to keep increasing features means they need more space for hardware?

17 Jan 2023 at 2:21 | Open on gladtech.social
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