if it doesn’t fit in my pocket, i won’t carry it. i do not accessorize.

would you carry an iPhone the size of a shoebox if the rest of the space was a battery?

“Yeah so our power is out, I had to plug my fridge into the ol’ iPhone to keep it running. That’s why I can’t leave yet.”

Adding a single layer of 18680 cells to my phone would increase battery capacity six times at cost of extra 300g in weight and +18mm in thickness, perhaps less if we’re removing regular battery and reorganizing internals. This would allow it to be charged every 10-15 days, perhaps more, and it’s still reasonably sized

Literal brick sized phone would increase battery capacity 30-50x which would be good for charging once per two to three months, that’s probably more than enough, and taking it abroad plane would be prohibited

Shoebox sized battery pack (33x21x13 cm) would fit 378 18680 cells, which at 18.9kg and 1200€ would be 1320Ah, which should be good for a two years or more on a single charge, and it stores more electrical energy than 4kg of TNT releases when exploded

if it becomes to heavy for 1 hand.

I mean, when Lethal Weapon came out this was a real state of the art cell phone people were thrilled to have

Has to fit in the faraday bag

Really it’s about constraints yeah?

• Needs to fit in pocket
• Needs to be convenient to hold up to your face for phone calls
• Needs to be small enough to be holdable in one hand (highly individual)
• Needs to be big enough that you can use the touchscreen effectively (highly individual)

So really you can just use the size of an average pocket and hand as a guide and go from there. Once it stops fitting in pockets and hands, it has to go in the bag, and typing becomes very difficult as you have to prop up the device, which means people won’t use it as much and get annoyed with it.

If it’s just battery life, you can get bags and such nowadays with convenient rechargable battery packs in them. You don’t need to change the device at all. If you want more screen size as a bigger person, there’s XL versions of phones. Other than that there’s no reason to get a bigger phone

has to fit in the old prison wallet.

Anything bigger than the current trend of phones is too big and there’s plenty of comedy skits like these demonstrating the ridiculousness of it all.

Happy TV from 2000:

https://youtu.be/k07Wi6NfQT8

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yktod

Edit: Adding that I would pay a premium to have a 4" iphone 1 sized phone back today more than I would to pay for a ridiculous fold model.

This was the shit in the 80s…

Tiny is the new big.

Do you know The big phone guy? About that size.

As long as it has backpack straps, I’m good.

Considering how hard it was for me to find one small enough last time, we’ve already gone past it years ago

I’m carrying an S26 Ultra and wouldn’t mind if it was 3 times thicker. I regularly carry a Tab S8+ around when I am going to the store so I can look things up or take down ideas.

I also had one of the Motorola bag phones in the mid 90’s as my emergency car phone.

Would I carry around a bag phone today… probably not. I haven’t really spoken on the phone since April and it’s been about 2 years since anyone other than my other half has called me but I was tired of the junk calls so I turned off receiving calls from any number not in my contacts list.

I just want a smallish 5-6 inch screen with a 4:3 ratio and a decent camera.