NEWS – Vote on an online petition if you want phone manufacturers to offer smaller phones again.
Not every phone user needs a glass surfboard in their pocket. Some smartphone users wish the ‘phablet’ phase would be over. The founder of The Pebble Watch is in that camp and is championing an effort to turn manufacturers’ heads.
Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble Watch, “the most-funded Kickstarter project in history” (Wikipedia), is a big dude but favors small phones for the list of reasons you can guess; One-handed ease, lighter weight devices, less chance of pocket escape and drop, etc.
Eric set up a manifesto and petition you can sign if you agree. There are various levels of ‘vote’ you can choose. I ticked ‘Yes, but the price is too high.’ The manifesto calls for a $700-800 price point and that won’t motivate me to buy if that’s the way it goes. But I support the concept and would like to see phone makers get back to at least iPhone Mini-sized devices as a choice for those who want them.
The list of specs in the manifesto are debatable but it gives a starting point for thought and discussion. I could get by with less than the proposed 8GB RAM, the specific processor recommended, and other points. But I am now counted as a supporter of the idea, and hope phone manufacturers will take notice and act.
See: https://smallandroidphone.com/
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