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Why can't we go back to small phones? (www.spacebar.news)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I haven't forgotten that.

You said people don't have a choice. I'm telling you it used to be the only choice they had. Then OEMs started offering other options and everyone wanted those. No point in making devices the market has proven time and time again that they don't want.

You may have forgotten that all phones came with swappable batteries, small screens, and headphone jacks and they sold millions of them for decades. That proves these are important features because they sold well, right?

Important to consumers, yes. Important to OEMs? No, quite the opposite. I don't think that applies to screen size.

What does that even mean?

What did you even mean if not to imply that people weren't buying specifically large phones because they didn't include these anti-features?

So identical that they were nearly the same price which could put a lot of buyers off if they feel like they're getting less value for their money

Why would they feel like they were getting lass value when it was the size they wanted, and had everything else also?

Consumers also think that 1/4lb burgers are better than 1/3lb burgers because they're bigger

So then you agree consumers want bigger phones?

You're simply cherrypicking the result you want and shaping it to fit your argument.

Pot meet kettle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Important to consumers, yes. Important to OEMs? No, quite the opposite. I don't think that applies to screen size.

If you believe this then why even argue against us with this "the market decided" BS argument in the first place? You're arguing out of both sides of your mouth and contradicting your previous comments.

What did you even mean if not to imply that people weren't buying specifically large phones because they didn't include these anti-features?

I wasn't implying anything. I stated that manufacturers put things like a headphone jack into a phone that seems like it was built by Fisher Price and then point to it's lack of sales and claim "people don't want headphone jacks"

So then you agree consumers want bigger phones?

Uh, no, I'm saying that consumers don't always act rationally and make the best decisions which is why "market trends" can't just be taken at face value. 1/4lb is actually smaller than 1/3lb if you weren't aware, but consumers saw the bigger number and thought the smaller burger was the better value even though reality says otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

You're arguing out of both sides of your mouth and contradicting your previous comments.

I'm not, and I explained exactly how I'm not in the section you quoted.

stated that manufacturers put things like a headphone jack into a phone that seems like it was built by Fisher Price and then point to it's lack of sales and claim "people don't want headphone jacks"

What does any of that have to do with small phones, though? You seem to be implying OEMs have a some sort of agenda against small phones. But why?

I'm saying that consumers don't always act rationally

Why does that matter? OEMs are not going to continue manufacturing phones that consumers aren't buying because they're irrational. That would, in itself, be irrational.