• @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You are genuinely the first person I’ve seen online who understands screen size != Phone size, because bezels exist and are different sized from phone to phone.

    My current 6.3" screen phone is virtually identical in size to the 4.2" one I had in 2012.

    • bitwolf
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      03 days ago

      Bezels or not phones are still too large to be comfortable to use for many people.

      5.8" with no bezel would be a great size. Something comparable to an old 4-4.2" phone.

        • bitwolf
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          3 days ago

          Yes but that’s still 2.1" too large to be comfortable to use for many people.

          My 6" Pixel is just as uncomfortable to use as my 4" Nexus S was. 99.99% screen to body won’t change that fact.

          • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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            01 day ago

            I don’t think that’s true in the slightest. A phone 2.1" smaller in diagonal length than my current one would be smaller than a Nokia 3310.

            • bitwolf
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              23 hours ago

              Yes but the phone physically cannot be smaller than the screen.

              So if the screen itself is too large to be comfortable, it is physically impossible to make it comfortable to use without making the screen smaller.

              I measured the radius my thumb can reach, I know exactly the limits of my reach, and thus exactly the largest screen I can use without causing discomfort in my wrist.

              The point I am trying to make is that the ideal phone size is personal to the individual. There is no one size fits all. Screen to body ratio cannot change that.

              This is why, despite the screen to body ratio improving, a subset of people still ask for smaller phones.