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Phones need to go back to being half their size (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by kristina@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I use one handed mode on my phone all the time because the damn thing is so fucking big. I can't even reach the toolbar with my baby hands. I had no choice but to buy this one cause it was the only one with decent battery in my price range. If I didn't have a purse it'd be impossible to carry it's like a brick in my pocket. It strains my wrist a little from it's sheer weight. Wtf is going on

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[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Even brand new it was pokey. I got my mom the GPE which was basically just debloated from the factory but it still took AGES to boot up. I think it legit takes 5 minutes to boot.

Over 1.5 minutes just to get to the android is starting screen. 103 apps total it took over 13 minutes to boot (I didn't want to wait and left for lunch). In the app drawer there were 9 apps. Android 4.4 that didn't do that was bearable, but it was only really good for the most basic of tasks, Android 5.1 made things worse, but not that much (ignoring boot).