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I think I've figured out how to use my phone less and not carry it everywhere: getting a phone I strongly dislike (instead of mildly dislike).
I got a new phone because my old phone (6yo Pixel 4) was getting unstable, the battery life was getting absurdly bad, and Verizon offered me a $0 Pixel 10 Pro with a 3-year price contract (I'm not changing carriers, so makes no difference to me).
I strongly dislike the new phone, primarily because it's larger and heavier. The original Pixel was the perfect size. The 4 was too big but overall tolerable. This one is even worse. It is uncomfortably large and heavy in a pocket and I feel like I need a purse to haul the stupid thing around. So far it's been easy to leave it at my desk (work or home) and not take it places.
With my old phone, I would usually not take it along when doing stuff with friends, so I had plenty of the "sitting quietly while everyone else is deeply absorbed in their phone and not talking to anyone" experience. I guess I'll get to have more of that.
Does anybody know why phones keep increasing in size? I'd say 85% or more of the people that I know complain about how uncomfortable and inconvenient they are, but they keep growing. There must be some incentive on the design and production side that I don't understand. More room for batteries or something, maybe?
Back when they first started getting big, it was foreign/third world markets; people wanted the phone to be a computer since they didn't have anything else. Also, simpleminded bigger=better. A small phone might sell in the US or Europe or Japan, but nowhere else.
Now everyone has become a third-worlder in their phone habits.
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