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I was unprepared for how tiny the phone is and that it weighs next to nothing. Well, shit, baby. All through the 1990s, and the mid-part of the 2000s we went f
by simonblack 2y ago
I was unprepared for how tiny the phone is and that it weighs next to nothing.
Well, shit, baby. All through the 1990s, and the mid-part of the 2000s we went from having huge, heavy, black blocks like the 450 Gram(=1 pound !) NEC P3 that needed a cradle fitted to your car, plus hefty muscles to carry them in your hands, slowly but surely down to the small 90 G(!) Nokia 6300 'chocolate bars' that could comfortably fit in your shirt pocket. Nirvana.
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https://www.mobileciti.com.au/brand-new-sealed-in-box-vintage-stock-2g-only-nokia-6300-black https://www.mobileciti.com.au/brand-new-sealed-in-box-vintag...
But then came the opposite trend. From those slim little feature-phones of the mid-2000s we have come full-circle to those huge, heavy, hulking great monstrosities that are today's smart-phones. The iPhone 15 Pro (190 G) weighs more than two Nokia 6300s (180 G)!
Where do you put them? They're too large for the normal pocket. They CERTAINLY won't fit in a shirt-pocket due their weight and size. I know, we'll carry them around in our hands, meaning that we have one less hand to use in normal everyday life.
It's called regression. It's the complete opposite of 'evolution'.
Know what my biggest problem when replacing a phone is today? Getting one that is SMALL ENOUGH.