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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by zmmmmm on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @08:43PM (#41653365)
I was an early adopter of the Galaxy Note which looked outlandishly large and goofy, back when people still spoke in awe of how Jobs made the 3.5" iPhone to fit the human hand naturally and no other form factor could possibly be right.

Fast forward today and nearly every phone looks like a galaxy note. Turns out when the utility is there, people will adapt.

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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by al_borland on Thursday September 26, 2024 @12:10AM (#41654469)
> to fit the human hand naturally and no other form factor could possibly be right.

I still thing this is correct. "Features" like Reachability, and even Screen Time, are software solutions to hardware problems.

I don't think people would be as addicted to their smartphones if they stayed small. At that size, they were more of a tool, and a means to get something done when away from a proper computer. As the size increase, it became mobile-first, doom scrolling entered the picture, and people started asking if phones were bad of our mental health.

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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by iury-sza on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:07AM (#41655757)
Sure, but if a phone is your primary computing device, as it is for more than half the world's population, it makes sense for it to get bigger as well.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by OccamsMirror on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:27PM (#41653921)
Personally I miss the smaller devices. I wish Apple still made a premium spec small phone.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by jahlove on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @11:42PM (#41654332)
I'd settle for any small iphone in their lineup.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by vincnetas on Thursday September 26, 2024 @01:44AM (#41654903)
Go buy stash of iPhone mini 13 until stocks last.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by ErigmolCt on Thursday September 26, 2024 @04:56AM (#41656097)
Same here! Really enjoyed 12 mini.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by shiroiushi on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:56PM (#41654087)
Those of us with larger hands are happy with larger phones with bigger screens.

But even people I know with smaller hands generally prefer larger phones, probably for the same reason most PC computer users prefer larger monitors rather than the 14" monitors of yesteryear.

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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by cubefox on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @08:59PM (#41653451)
Or the Dell Streak with its "huge" 5 inch screen in 2010. A "phablet". Today it would be considered on the smaller side.
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Re:Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses by wiseowise on Thursday September 26, 2024 @03:23AM (#41655448)
People wear phones on their faces?
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