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		matt-attack 89 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone Air There’s a single and obvious reason. Bigger screen. And if you’re going to ask why a bigger screen? It’s the same reason your laptop or desktop isn’t 7” wide.

ileonichwiesz 88 days ago [–]

My laptop isn’t 7” wide because I do my work on it, and that work involves reading long text files and requires a keyboard big enough to comfortably type said long text files, not because “bigger screen = always better”. It’s all about the use case.

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