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Not everyone has the necessity or ability to carry around a laptop with them everywhere. The convenience of a 6.5"+ screen is great if you are away from a lapto
by wyre 7y ago
Not everyone has the necessity or ability to carry around a laptop with them everywhere. The convenience of a 6.5"+ screen is great if you are away from a laptop.
- goatlover 7y agoTrue, but for watching video? Is the need that common away from home/office/workspace? I get YT videos, which often don't need as big a screen, but movies and tv shows on a phone?
- scarface74 7y agoHave you actually compared the view of a phone that is inches away from you face to a Tv that is a few yards away from you? Besides that, have you thought that everyone’s lifestyle may not be just like yours?
- goatlover 7y agoI don't watch tv a few yards away, but point taken people have different lifestyles and needs. I should have rephrased the context to be my surprise that the big phones came to totally dominate the market, when it makes them harder to handle and more cumbersome to keep on your person. I didn't think consuming content would completely trump that, not with the simultaneous rise of tablets. Choice is good.
- scarface74 7y agoYour TV isn’t at least 9 feet away from you?
- goatlover 7y agoOnly if I'm at someone else's place. I watch on a monitor two feet away.
- scarface74 7y agoYou do realize how atypical that is, don’t you?
- TeMPOraL 7y agoWhat? Watching things on your computer is atypical? These days, I'd argue owning a TV is atypical.
- scarface74 7y ago96% of households in the US own a TV https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/nielsen-estimates-that-119-9-million-u-s-homes-have-tvs-for-the-upcoming-season/ https://www.adweek.com/tv-video/nielsen-estimates-that-119-9... Are we really going to do the whole Slashdot meme “Do people still watch TV? I haven’t owned a TV in 10 years”.
- rorykoehler 7y agoGo to any public transport commuter city and the buses and trains are rammed with people watching tv in their phones
- eugeniub 7y agoMovies, no. Casual TV shows, yes.
- anonymfus 7y agoBefore quarantine many people watched videos only during commute as they were too busy working at work and housekeeping at home.
- rsynnott 7y agoI often end up watching TV on a phone when I'm on a bus/train. Though I'm not too bothered about the size.