I know I have small hands but c’mon. Flagship phones these days are strait up small tablets, not even what we’d have called on phablets 15 years ago.

I know it’s what people buy, but I’m still sad that if I want a phone that small then I have to deal with camera and display a couple gens old

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Because they have better camera sensors and optics by far, and I take a lot of photos.
A few gens was being generous

Why would what people think of you factor into this at all? Who gives a fuck what phone people have?

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My main reason to get a new phone the last 20 years have been “oh shit, phone’s broken, I need a phone”

But I understand people who buy from shit companies with shit support and 5 days of updates. They didn’t take updates into account and suddenly they find themselves vulnerable…

But flagship phones? GTFO! There’s an order to what stuff should cost ie. a home > a car > a months rent/mortgage > a months groceries > a phone

When phones jumped groceries I shook my head, and now where flagship phones are in the rent/beater car territory… Wtf?!? How are people getting this kind of spending money?

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Or, alternatively, my phone needs replaced and I buy a flagship because they have much better cameras, I take a lot of photos and don’t want to carry a second device. I also intend to keep it until it’s unusable. Sent from my 5 year old flagship absolutely nobody thinks is a fancy phone and I doubt ever did.

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Flagship means the best of the best, of course it’s gonna be large and fancy lmfao.

There’s plenty of phones that fit your niche, but it’s like expecting a cigar boat to be the flagship of the navy dude lol. Gotta temper yourself to realistic expectations, especially when the term “flagship” is thrown out.

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Best doesn’t have to mean biggest.

I want all the fanciest best shit, and I want it to actually fit in my hand

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So you don’t want a flagship, you want a small compact phone with all the fixings. That would no longer be the flagship anymore by using established conventions.

Flagship has specific meanings and you’re ignoring them to bitch and moan.

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Lol everyone disagrees with you about what the conventional meaning is. It sounds a lot like you’re the one who is ignoring definitions to bitch and moan 👋

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This makes no sense. Large doesn’t mean fancy. Back in the day, making the phone smaller was fancy.

The minimal company’s flagship phone is a minimal phone. It’s their signature phone. The flagship was the ship that had the ranking officer/admiral on it, representing the fleet. Apple, google etc all decided their flagship phone would be huge.

OP wants more flagship phones, that is the type of phone the company markets as its main phone, to be smaller. It has little to do with the best but how phones are used. So tell him “tough luck because most people use their phones as a TV so they will remain big”. It’s not because that’s a better phone.

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This makes no sense. Large doesn’t mean fancy. Back in the day, making the phone smaller was fancy.

Which has nothing to do with the the historical term and already established convention of the term “flagship”, no one has ever called their compact phone a flagship, got any proof to back that asinine claim up?

The minimal company’s flagship phone is a minimal phone. It’s their signature phone. The flagship was the ship that had the ranking officer/admiral on it, representing the fleet. Apple, google etc all decided their flagship phone would be huge.

If it’s not the fanciest and most expensive, then by definition and original convention, it’s no longer a flagship phone.

Terms have specific uses, let’s not dilute them to make ourselves feel better. Language IS fluid, but when people are obstinate to already preestablished conventions… a small phone will never by definition eve be considered a flagship, but bloviate if you want.

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Terms have specific uses, let’s not dilute them to make ourselves feel better. Language IS fluid, but when people are obstinate to already preestablished conventions

Ok there why didn’t you bother opening a dictionary or googling it.

noun

the ship in a fleet which carries the commanding admiral.

the best or most important thing owned or produced by a particular organization.

He’s just saying most phones companies (of all sizes) are making are big phones. Get over yourself

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You have some duolingo to finish up buddy

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It’s true. Idk why people are down voting you

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Dunno either it was just a joke, we all have duo to do!

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I miss that you can’t get them, but I also don’t miss having one.

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You can literally get them. Buy used

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No no no, just wear headphones at all times and also a smart watch and keep the smartphone in your bum bag /s Conversational interfaces definitely understand what you are saying and asking for.

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