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> they're primarily more productive. But why are we needing a phone to be productive? And they were already a distraction from the world around us when they fi
by jermaustin1 11mo ago
> they're primarily more productive.
But why are we needing a phone to be productive? And they were already a distraction from the world around us when they fit in a single hand.
I know I'm probably abnormal, but my phone is a phone first, camera second, and "work" device fifth.
As a society, our boundaries around communication and instant contact to anyone have collapsed. Now if you don't respond to a message within a few minutes, you get multiple follow ups. If you don't pick up the phone when a friend calls you, they don't leave a message, they text, then call again, then text again.
We've gone from being able to leave the house, and no one can contact us for a few hours, to no matter where we are people are trying to contact us. So they may be more "productive" with larger screens, but we never asked whether they SHOULD be more productive.
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoWhy do you need phones to not be productive? Being able to instantly communicate via photo and video makes a lot of people’s lives easier. For example, getting quotes for a house repair to save on travel time and energy getting estimates, showing before and after pictures to document performed work, and myriad more examples. If someone is contacting you too much, that’s a problem solved by asking them not to harass you, not by putting limits on the device for everyone else.
- hamburglar 11mo agoHow did you translate “I want a smaller phone available” to “putting limits on the device for everyone else?”
- lotsofpulp 11mo agoI didn’t. I use a 13 mini, and will for as long as I can because it was the smallest phone that was sufficiently productive for me. My response was to these statements: > But why are we needing a phone to be productive? > So they may be more "productive" with larger screens, but we never asked whether they SHOULD be more productive.
- hamburglar 11mo agoAnd somehow you inferred that because one person doesn’t need their phone to be productive in that way, that they want to limit everyone? I use my phone for web browsing 99% of the time. I don’t need it to have AI processors or loads of brand new tech. I want it to be cheap, functional, and expendable. So I definitely question whether a phone needs to be super “productive” in that sense too. But people who want their aircraft carrier phones that don’t fit in their pockets and cost over $1000 can have that too.
- victorbjorklund 11mo agoWhy do you need an iPhone for that? Wouldn’t any old phone work then?