[gpxyz]

I remember when the first Android phones with 4-inch screens hit the market, I saw someone comment online that if a 4-inch screen was better Apple would have figured that out during R&D for the iPhone and made the original iPhone 4 inches.

[al_borland]

I still think the original iPhone was the best size. I use the iPhone mini today, and I wouldn't mind it being a bit smaller still.

It really lends itself to the phone being a tool, rather than a device for endless entertainment. It also suggests it is an accessory, with the desktop/laptop being the home base, rather than the phone being a primary device.

It really bothers me that the phone is now at the center of the ecosystem. It seems like the hub should be something that isn't as vulnerable (to theft, loss, or drops) as a phone.

[ben_w]

I hope somebody at the time replied with a picture of the original iMac's hockey puck mouse.

Apple can do amazing things, but they do also fairly regularly make terrible things.

[4ggr0]

I mean, the current Apple Magic Mouse which has its charging port on the underside is interesting as well.

[ben_w]

Sure, but wasn't cockroach charging introduced in 2015, vs. c. 2010 for 4-inch Android phones?

[4ggr0]

What's 'cockroach charging'?

[ben_w]

Upside-down, like a dead cockroach: https://www.behance.net/gallery/36272401/Dear-Apple-about-yo...

[4ggr0]

Ah, I see. I've never seen a phone which charges from the underside, though.