Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This makes no sense. Large doesn’t mean fancy. Back in the day, making the phone smaller was fancy.

  The minimal company’s flagship phone is a minimal phone. It’s their signature phone. The flagship was the ship that had the ranking officer/admiral on it, representing the fleet. Apple, google etc all decided their flagship phone would be huge.

  OP wants more flagship phone, that is the type of phone the company markets as its main phone, to be smaller. It has little to do with how powerful it is (most of the phones are batteries for the screen).

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This makes no sense. Large doesn’t mean fancy. Back in the day, making the phone smaller was fancy.

    Which has nothing to do with the the historical term “flagship”.

    The minimal company’s flagship phone is a minimal phone. It’s their signature phone. The flagship was the ship that had the ranking officer/admiral on it, representing the fleet. Apple, google etc all decided their flagship phone would be huge.

    If it’s not the fanciest and most expensive, then by definition and original convention, it’s no longer a flagship phone.

    Terms have specific uses, let’s not dilute them to make ourselves feel better. Language IS fluid, but. It when people are obstinate to already preestablished conventions… a small phone will never by definition every be considered a flagship, but bloviate of you want.

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    • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Terms have specific uses, let’s not dilute them to make ourselves feel better. Language IS fluid, but when people are obstinate to already preestablished conventions

      Ok there why didn’t you bother opening a dictionary or googling it.

      noun the ship in a fleet which carries the commanding admiral. the best or most important thing owned or produced by a particular organization.

      He’s just saying most phones companies (of all sizes) have big phones. Get over yourself

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        More specifically, it’s typically the vessel the admiral commands from, not just their one he happens to be on.

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So the smallest and worst ship would be the flagship, that’s the defence? Lmfao that makes total sense dude.

        How does that mean the smallest and most compact? As my original comment stated, that’s like claiming a cigar boat in the flagship, which no navy would doc even if they were making smaller boats. Their largest and fanciest, would STILL be the flagship of the fleet….

        I did read a dictionary, which is why I’m speaking up for OP fucking up what a flagship is meant to be.

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• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Best doesn’t have to mean biggest.

  I want all the fanciest best shit, and I want it to actually fit in my hand

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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So you don’t want a flagship, you want a small compact phone with all the fixings. That would no longer be the flagship anymore by using established conventions.

    Flagship has specific meanings and you’re ignoring them to bitch and moan.

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    • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Lol everyone disagrees with you about what the conventional meaning is. It sounds a lot like you’re the one who is ignoring definitions to bitch and moan 👋

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      • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        ??? Multiple people have told you the same thing……

        Sounds like you don’t want to admit that you fucked up.

        It sounds a lot like you’re the one who is ignoring definitions to bitch and moan 👋

        Well sounds is a lot different than being factually incorrect and obtuse like you….

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