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Remember a time when we used to call devices with 7-inch screens tablets? Does your memory go back to the era of phablets — phones with a “large” 5.5-inch display? Screen sizes have gone up so much that almost 7 inches is now considered a standard phone size, while we call 6 inches mini. I fall in the former category: I used the iPhone 16 Pro Max, a massive brick of a phone, for the majority of the last year. And if my wrist had vocal cords, you could hear it scream — though not anymore, as it’s feeling much better with the Pixel 10.
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The crying wrist
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It may give you the image of Voldemort’s creepy little face screaming from the back of Professor Quirinus Quirrell’s head, but I’d say that wouldn’t be too far from reality. I have this wrist condition called cubital tunnel syndrome, affecting the ring and pinky fingers. So not only is resting the phone on the pinky a tough job, the strain phones put on my wrist also gets unbearable sometimes — a counterproductive ailment for someone whose very job is to review phones.
I reviewed the iPhone 16 Pro Max last year and stuck with it for the novelty of it, having known Android inside out for so many years. While I can narrate my love-hate relationship with the iPhone in lengthy, breathless takes, one way it affected me the most was with all of its 227 grams of titanium-laden weight (plus the case’s weight).
The syndrome that sparingly bothered me started spurring up a couple of times a month. Sure, spending hours in my work chair is a reason, but the only major change in this period was the phone I used.
They have perks that I’ll ignore
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