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Apple also sells a good couple of MacBooks though.

True, that's how powerful their brand is. They can change ports or ship shitty internal keyboards, people will complain for a while, but still buy the product :D

But ignoring the second group looks wrong to me

Agreed, but the second group is not totally ignored. You can still buy desktop apps for pretty much everything. See the App Store

I guess that the tablet hype is over and they will fade into obscurity soon as "phones" grow bigger every six months and Microsoft's "tablets" are actually small convertibles.

I hope they will not forever kill "smaller" phones, there's a limit on how phones can get big. I went to the Apple Store the other day and I can't use the iPhone XS Max with one one, to me that it's already too close to an iPad mini. I would be okay with the size of one of the other new phones but I've read about people complaining because phones are getting too big.

If I were an illustrator I would buy the new iPad pro in a heartbeat for example, but I'm not so it stays on the shelf :D

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tux0r

You can still buy desktop apps for pretty much everything.

Hasn't this discussion started with @ar10642 claiming that this was to be ended because "nobody needed that"? :-)

there's a limit on how phones can get big

Hmm. My first "smart" phone had four inches, my current one has six and I still wonder how I could live with the smaller one. I guess as long as it fits into my pockets, I'm fine. Luckily, I did not need a new one this year just yet.

people complaining because phones are getting too big.

Apple has been the one company that sticked with small screens for much longer than the competitors, so I can understand their overreaction now. I don't know whether I could use a 6.5" "phone" as my daily driver. I haven't tried yet. (But I haven't had an iPhone yet either. Hmm.)

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Hasn't this discussion started with @ar10642 claiming that this was to be ended because "nobody needed that"? :-)

Well, "nobody" is probably a hyperbole but I guess in a few years he'll be right ;-)

I guess as long as it fits into my pockets, I'm fine.

That's the limit right there :-) My criteria for now is: can I use this with one hand and can I reach the top of the screen with my thumb?

But I haven't had an iPhone yet either. Hmm.

Well, there are plenty of non-iPhones with huge screens :D The new OnePlus 6T is 6.4"

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I guess in a few years he'll be right ;-)

Or I will, claiming that pure tablets will be gone by then. Ha!

can I use this with one hand

I have never used mine with one hand, except for reading the time. I probably use it wrong. :-)

there are plenty of non-iPhones with huge screens :D

My OnePlus 5T - the last good OnePlus device - has 5.99" to be precise enough and I guess my next one may be an iPhone, given that good Android devices become more limited and more expensive every year anyway. But this might be a separate discussion.

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I guess my next one may be an iPhone, given that good Android devices become more limited and more expensive every year anyway

Yeah, I think I'm going with an iPhone next. My current phone is a Nexus 5X with a 5.2" inch screen. Premium Androids are not that interesting anymore (maybe except the Google Pixel 3's camera) and I've only had bad experiences with Samsung phones.

But this might be a separate discussion.

yup