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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (5 children)

And not one of them is a small option.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Sorry, all we've got are Huge, American, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That not Kareem Abdul Jabbar, that's Roger Murdock. He's the copilot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Thanks, saved me a click

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well, the "pro" is a 6.1 inch screen, which is the size of the previous "a" series, which was the small size. So it kind of does. And the pixel base model has a 6.03, which is pretty small by today's standards.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The a series is really not small. I've had them for years

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

And I was almost excited for half a second there…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

6.1 inches while still too large is actually usable.

I returned the Pixel 7 stating to Google it was too large. I could not reach the settings button.

On the slightly smaller Pixel 8 I can however it's hard to reach the Firefox settings button one handed. It also hurts my wrists to use.

If they could pack this screen to body ratio of the 9 Pro closer to 5 inches that'd be so much more ideal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

6.1 inches while still too large is actually usable.

That's what she said.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

On Firefox there's a setting to have the tool bar at the bottom.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This is with the toolbar in the bottom (left-handed user).

What I am finding ridiculous is that we started out with every corner of the screen in reach.

Then everyone spent all this time adding one handed mode because the top two corners are not reachable.

Now we're looking at phones where only one corner is reachable.

If bezels weren't getting smaller we probably wouldn't be able to reach the middle of the screen at this point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I still miss mine 😭 The USB port died

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I thought mine had but turned out a sharpened toothpick jammed around in there removed about a kilo of dust and problem solved 😉

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I wish there was a setting where it didn't show 1/4 loaded for 4 seconds every time you try to open a link.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Same, also the front facing camera was shot compared to Samsung 22. Hoping the Pixel Fold 2 has flagship everything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One handed mode + gestures navigation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That fixes vertical reachability, but not horizontal reachability which is now also a problem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I had a Nexus 7 back in the day. It's a little funny to think that a device with. 6.7inch display, 3/10ths of an inch smaller isn't considered to be in the tablet category as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Give me "Derek Zoolander" and "Original Xbox Controller" sizes, please.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I'll wait for the 9a