For people in developing countries
Oh its not just developing countries. My parents in the USA have their phone as their only device
Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones?
twocupsofsugar@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
people like larger phones because they like social media. For people in developing countries a cell phone is their only personal computer so for them having larger screen more preferable. People just like larger phones. I loath them because I don’t have pockets. I could probably live with a dumb phone, but mobile banking, and maps are too useful of a feature for me to live without out. tbh unless your a power user or gamer there really isn’t much of a reason to upgrade your cellphone anyway
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
tal@lemmy.today 48 minutes ago
This is especially an issue for women, who often have more form-fitting clothing that either doesn’t have pockets or have very small ones that don’t work for phones.
I think that the usual solution for “women carrying things” is that many are gonna carry a purse – if someone’s pre-menopause, they’re gonna need pads or tampons anyway, so can put it in there. Problem is that the phone breaks this. Even if women have a purse, women don’t always carry their purse all around the office or house or whatever, but don’t want to miss calls.
My mother got a fanny pack just for her phone (which isn’t even all that large).
pieceworkmagazine.com/a-brief-history-of-the-pock…
At one point in the past, it used to be common for women to wear a bag on a belt accessible through a slit in their dress.
I think that the solution is gonna be some women’s clothier figuring out how to make an appealing way of carrying a phone.
Lara Croft runs around with thigh holsters. That doesn’t mess with the body silhouette, which I assume is why women don’t want male-style large pocket, non-form-fitting clothing. So maybe something like that would work. Dunno how much of a chafing issue that is.