Comment by stevewillows | Hacker News Reader

Comment by stevewillows | Hacker News Reader

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For me, I barely physically use my phone. I use iMessage from my mbp and get most notifications on my Pebble.

I do use the phone itself for audiobooks and podcasts, but otherwise its basically a server (not the best term for that.. but you get what I mean.)

What I don't get about the larger phones is how people comfortably carry them around. Maybe its because I wear skinny jeans / pants, but there's absolutely no way I could fit a larger phone in the pockets of my pants, and I rarely have a jacket on.

But the love of the SE form-factor is not isolated to HN. I know a lot of people who love a smaller phone for various reasons.

As the tech gets thinner, I'm longing for the day when we get something similar to the folding phone from HER, but with a few modifications (e.g. memory LCD / eink for other side..)

>What I don't get about the larger phones is how people comfortably carry them around. Maybe its because I wear skinny jeans / pants, but there's absolutely no way I could fit a larger phone in the pockets of my pants, and I rarely have a jacket on.

Aside from a cellphone, I also carry a kindle all the time. I literally wear special pants so I can carry my kindle without a bag.

I mean, they aren't custom made or anything, but I do limit myself to baggy pants with giant cargo pockets. I keep saying I'm going to take all my electronics to a tailor and ask for less ridiculous pants that can carry all my stuff, but I haven't.

(that said, if apple released a new phone with new screen and network quality that was the size of the SE, I would buy it, just 'cause it's a lot easier to use with just one hand, and when I want to use both hands, I have bigger devices.)

Women put them in purses. Most men are too heavy to wear skinny jeans. I’m not a particularly large guy, but a 6s plus fits fine in my Levi’s jeans’ pocket (regular cut).

Some of us don’t want to carry a purse all the time even when we go outside. Let alone having to schlep one around inside the office just to have our phones with us.

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