Is it a rule imposed by the phone carriers, who want you to buy a different plan with no voice service if you have a tablet? It can’t be the phone makers since the are so many. It can’t be Android software licenses since Apple seems affected too. I’d be pretty interested in a tablet sized phone. But they seem to have maxed out in the current tall skinny format that is not really big enough for some things. Just wondering.
Edit: aha, I managed to get rid of the stupid photo. Thanks for the help.
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Because phones as in mobile phones should be pocketable, and a phone that large stops respecting the definition
I have no clue why you had to include an image, but it appears you broke rule 6 in doing so.
I haven’t owned many tablets so far, but can’t you get some tablets with SIM-slots? What would prevent one from just using such a tablet as a phone?
They don’t know how to change Voyagers default post type.
Yes, I have a tablet with a Sim. I use it frequently when I do field work and leave my phone at work. It looks stupid when I make a call though.
Basically, ~7cm width is about the limit it seems, because I assume manufacturers realised that’s where most human hands are comfortable with holding a phone.
There were a few giant phones in the past, Sony Xperia’s Ultra at 6.4 and the Xiaomi’s Mi Max at 6.44" to 6.9". If given the 19:9 to 20:9 aspect ratios of today they’d be 7" phones (so again, don’t compare phone sizes based solely on screen diagonal). As they’re no longer made I assume they just didn’t sell well enough.
ZFold5 is 7.6" when opened.