Presbyopia the driving force behind the Phablet

Not too long ago, phones shrunk.
And the real deal was having a phone that was so small it had to be a super luxury product.
Then came the iPhone and suddenly there was a standard. All other smartphones with touch screens were measured against the benchmark that that iPhone had become.
When phone makers like Samsung gave their audience whatever they wanted, larger screens, dual sim, anything you could dream of, the iPhone was resolute in being a device that could be, and would be used one-handed.
No stylus, no huge phablet version for them. With Apple it was, you want it, buy it, or move along.

Then Steve checked out and suddenly there was a plastic iPhone that flopped and a huge phablet and a stylus. He must be turning in his grave.

The point is that this entire evolution suited me fine as the phones got smaller for a bit and then as my presbyopia kicked in, the trend turned around and everything got bigger. And bigger.

It's almost like the phones were designed and made for me. For somebody, my age who's needed for a bigger screen kicked in at a specific moment in time.

Think about it.

What if it were all about the failing near vision of a specific person.

And that's the trend that drove this horse and pony show.

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