Naturally, the size didn't matter that much with these first phones because it was such a novel concept that just having one was cool. People didn't worry about carrying them around. So few people had them anyway that having it with you all the time wasn't that important. But as the technology improved, and demand rose, they started shrinking.
As you can see in the picture above, the phones gradually got smaller, which made carrying them around in your pocket that much easier. In fact some flip phones were downright tiny.
The biggest selling point for many phones was how small they were. The status symbol went from having a phone to having the smallest phone. And then smart phones started popping up. With the smart phone craze came touch screens and video capability. Suddenly, small wasn't good anymore because it's hard to watch a video on a small screen. So now, the bigger the screen the better, which means phones are getting bigger and bigger.
I think that picture sums up our attitudes over the years better than anything else. I find it really funny that people are back to carrying around bigger phones just so they can see pictures and videos on a bigger screen. Personally, I don't want to carry around anything bigger than an iPhone with me. Even that seems big at times. But I'm really curious as to how big we might actually get with these things. I guess only time will tell.
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