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

• 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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      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Each fleet has its flagship lol all companies are flagships.

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      • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Lol who said I wanted “the smallest and most compact”

        You’ve lost the plot here, take the L

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      • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You aren’t wrong, and I’m not sure why the other person is arguing with you. Seems like that Monty Python sketch about arguing.

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