Let ’s talk about pocket-size phones . Yes , again .
No , you’reobsessed with pocket-size phones . Oh , no , whoops , it is in reality the Macalope . Sorry about that .
The affair is , the Macalope is so old he remembers when one of the disputation around the launch of the original iPhone was speculation thatApple used a deal model with in particular large handsin order to make the iPhone seemsmaller . Yes , the thinking back then was that the original iPhone with its 3.5 - inch screen wasso bigthat Apple was trying to cover it up by engage Jeff “ Large Hands ” McGinty aside from the walnut tree - crushing factory to make it look small than it really was .
( We had n’t cook up -gates at that point so it was n’t call “ Handgate . ” )
No , Jeff did not mash the walnuts by hand . Do n’t be ridiculous . He worked at the walnut tree - crushing factory because he could more easily manipulate the very large levers of the walnut - crushing machine with his monumental hand .
What were we talk about ? Oh , little earpiece .
Fast - forward to today and the smallest phones on listing of“the effective belittled phones”are either expensive flip phones that are still large when flipped undetermined or start at 5.9 in . That is not a little phone .
And the phones just keep bewilder larger . If you are a lover of lowly phones , it is like losing the same argument over and over and over again every year for the respite of eternity . TheiPhone 14 Plus . TheiPhone 16e . The entirerumored iPhone 17 lineup .
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Because there are no more small earphone , this has reached the item where it is a serviceability issue . As the Macalope has said before , if you see a pop - socket , they muff it . Sure , some want a great screen no matter of whether or not they can touch all of it with one hand or even walk to the other end in their lifespan and will slap a pop music - socket onto it to make it act upon for them no matter how stupid it looks . But if someone has to put a pop - socket on your smallest phone to be able to use the full blind , you have created a usability outcome , which is an odd thing for Apple , which usually plume itself on serviceableness .
But , wait . The horny one say , “ There are no more pocket-size phone ” . That ’s not all true . It ’s true that there are no name - stigma small telephone set , but some companies are at least raging along with the Macalope against the dying of the illumination . One even put it in the name:“Minimalist Light Phone III launch March 27 ”
This phone boast a 3.92 - column inch screen and a minimalist interface designed to prevent distract notifications , doomsday - scrolling , and also in all likelihood enjoyment of any kind . While the Macalope heartily supports the existence of this phone for those who are looking to be less obsessive about societal culture medium , work , and other diseases that have an ill effect on the corporeal humors , it ’s not what he ’s really look for . The Macalope wants something full - featured , for sure for the $ 799 Light need for this phone ( it ’s available for “ a modified prison term ” originate at $ 599 ) .
Fortunately , Light is n’t the only one in the small headphone game”“Big smartphones might be out — the NanoPhone fits in your sack and is less than $ 90.”It even kinda looks like an iPhone 16 that you left in the dryer too long . An iPhone 16for ants .
The NanoPhone hasa 3 - column inch screen . Okay , the Macalope never thought he ’d hear himself say this but that might actually be too pocket-size . great screens are a usableness issue but type on a screen that small also seems like one . Still , the Nano Phone is a full - featured Android speech sound , subject of running your favorite apps ( well , the Android variant of them anyway ) smally . And at $ 200 ( presently on sale for just $ 90 ) , it ’s price in accordance of rights with its diminutive size and feature set . While the Light earpiece is n’t for the Macalope , this one is mildly tempting , if only as an angry statement .
cost was never really the Macalope ’s driver in buy small speech sound , however . Sure , getting an iPhone for less was nice , but the Macalope simplypreferreda minor iPhone . Heck , he ’d even be unforced to pay more for one . While he cordially supports the elbow grease shown by both the Light Phone and Nano Phone , converting to Android only voice wearing .
It would be a lot easier if Apple just made a small telephone again .
