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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[-] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

What is this? A phone for ants?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 38 points 2 years ago

I remember a time when all of the companies were striving to make cell phones as small as possible. But as soon as touch screens came out that trend reversed.

[-] Pea666@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

When we realized we could watch porn on them.

[-] JenIsBringingTheDrugs@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

The nexus 5 was peak size for a phone imo, it's a nightmare trying to find a decent 5" phone nowadays.

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Iphone mini apparently is pretty good.

[-] TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.net 15 points 2 years ago

decent 5" android phone

[-] CasualWindVane@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That size is discontinued

[-] Graphine@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nexus 5 was just peak EVERYTHING for that time. Badass hardware, badass display, size, design, everything about it was amazing even if it had no fingerprint sensor until the Nexus 5X and 6P.

God I miss when they made phones with love.

[-] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

I got a oneplus one, that was good too

I want to see something like this but without the bezels

[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

People have been praising some smallish Asus thing lately

[-] june@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Reminds me of the original 3.5” iPhone. Absolutely tiny by todays standards.

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