Comment on I miss when you could get a flagship phone that could fit in your hand
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 day agoThis 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.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ok there why didn’t you bother opening a dictionary or googling it.
He’s just saying most phones companies (of all sizes) have big phones. Get over yourself
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 day ago
More specifically, it’s typically the vessel the admiral commands from, not just their one he happens to be on.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Each fleet has its flagship lol all companies are flagships.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And no phone manufacturer has ever called their small phones their flagships, so for to OP to say they miss them, is them not actually knowing what the term is.
Can you provide an example of a phone that fits OPs definition as being sold as a “flagship”? Because OPs arguing for something that’s never been done before.
Flagships CAN be small, but it’s never been done in history before, still waiting for an example, I’ve asked twice now. Because OPs barking up the wrong tree. That’s the issue here.
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
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Does “fit in your hand” not mean small and compact?
I’m not the one using the term flagship to mean a non flagship phone. You’re trying to change established definitions and conventions.
You want a fancy small phone, no phone manufacturer has ever called a phone that fits that description as a “flagship” so to say you miss the. Is just straight up bullshit and you being an idiot and not using established definitions correctly.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 day 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.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
He is wrong.
I’m asking for small flagships.
They used to make small flagships.
Flagship doesn’t mean biggest, it means best.
If settle for a small non-flagship phone with a flagship camera pod and display tech. But they don’t make those either.