The Downfall of the Phablet

          Today, we happen to live in the world of the phablet. It is time to hail the large 5.5”+ displays. These phones have been the holy grail of our generation, and they are going nowhere, though they seem to have settled at 5.5 inches. Samsung has supported the phablet revolution since 2011 with their Note series lineup, but it wasn’t until 2.5 years ago that Apple jumped on board as well with their iPhone 6 Plus, and currently their iPhone 6s Plus. Each are rocking a 5.5” display, but are slightly unyielding to me due to the fact that they have super fat bezels compared to phones like the slim 5.5” LG G4.
          However, prepare, because times are a-changin’! Out with the new, back in with the old, as they say! Small phones are making a comeback! Sony, for some time, has had their 4.0” Sony Xperia Z Compact line, a very small phone lineup, as the name implies. Samsung has also taken part in the mini phone lineups, with the Samsung Galaxy SIII and S5 Minis. However, Apple has joined this movement as well, now, with the its upcoming iPhone 5SE.
           In my mind, using any tiny phone would be completely distasteful and nasty! Never mind using a tiny iPhone! Just NO!!!!!!!! But I do understand that some people want tiny phones. Some people, such as the tech-god Linus Sebastian, are doomed with tiny, minuscule hands, and must bend to that will to be able to live their sad, pitiful, daily lives out with minimal joint and hand pain. It is just the fact of life. God does not bless all. But why do I think the idea of an even smaller iPhone is a suicidal mess? Well, for one, it will be a repeat epidemic of the iPhone 5C, a cheap plastic iPhone that did pack good specs, but overall, for $50-$100 more, people were better off choosing the newest, latest and greatest model, the iPhone 5s, with its complementary fingerprint scanner and metal body that didn’t chip out from one tiny drop. However, it's not just the plastic I have problem with. As screen size grows, battery size increases at an exponential rate. This is due to the fact that a motherboard and camera module, as well as other bits such as volume rockers, charger ports, 3.5mm jacks, lock buttons, and silence switches take up space! But they only take up a finite amount of space in every device, leaving the rest to the battery. But if these components take up 10cm^2 of space, and we double the size of the iPhone, we suddenly have more space available for batteries, since the logic boards still only take up 10cm^2!
          So where a super tiny iPhone will go wrong is not just plastics, but also battery life, as these phones will just be too thin and too tiny to last long on such anorexic batteries!

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