Charlie Stross on Nostr: Thinking about it, Boomers are the reason folding phones will (eventually) catch on. ...
Thinking about it, Boomers are the reason folding phones will (eventually) catch on. Declining eyesight means they'll want a small tablet they can read messages/notificationas on, but it needs to fold in order to fit in their pockets. (It's the one valid use case for folding phones I can see, other than ostentatious display of wealth.)
I'm thinking back to anecdata about older people who don't have a phone but ♥️ their iPad Mini.
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