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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So not a phone from 10 years ago, one from earlier.

Similar in size to a Nokia 3310 from 2000? H: 113, W: 48 therefore diagonal size is 123mm or 4.8/4.9 inches.

To me it seems like there'd be a severe usability penalty there, but if that's what you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I was thinking the traditional 16:10 form factor. Essentially, a touch screen phone narrow enought that you could hold without the "pinky shelf" grip.
But also short enough that you can reach all four corners of the screen without adjusting your grip.

The iPod touches achieved this with their form factor.

There was an experimental phone some time between Android 2.3 and 4.4 that had it's entire UI designed around the thumbs mobility.
It was drowned out under Android and iOS's popularity, but I insist that they had the right idea.