• ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want thin bezels - thick left & right ones improve fall protection, while top & bottom ones are a resting place for fingers in landscape mode & allow for physical navigation buttons and a full rectangular screen without notches or rounded corners. Also a smaller screen inherently consumes less power at the same brightness.

    5" 16:9 is 110×62 mm
    6" 21:9 is 140×60 mm, not accounting for shenenigans like rounded corners that technically decrease the diagonal

    I prefer the former, and I’m thus using a 2017 5.2" Samsung Galaxy J5 I got for $50 and upgraded to Android 10.

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        1 year ago

        That’s not my point. Stop calling them compact, they are giant by not-too-old standards.

        Also… are there any new phones for me, then? Maybe the 2020 Unihertz Atom L?

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      1 year ago

      Right?

      I want bezels. And my notification bar and nav bar.

      Hell, I want capacitive buttons around the perimeter, that I can assign actions to. Or just let me use a portion of the screen edge for buttons. I miss my blackberry and treo for this kind of customization - those permitted physical button custom actions.

      Stop this immersive crap.

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        capacitive buttons around the perimeter

        Those don’t really work through cases and are too easy to press accidentally. Tactile buttons FTW

        You may be interested in Key Mapper.