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minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 days agoReminds me of my old N-Gage Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agohttps://sidetalking.com/original/
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoHow have I not seen this before lmao
minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoThe N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions. The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone. The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days ago You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoBroadly yeah, pinched between my thumb and fingers, though of course I don’t eat it vertically lol 🤌🥪
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Reminds me of my old N-Gage
Taking phone calls on that thing was so strange. You had to hold it like you’d hold a sandwich.
https://sidetalking.com/original/
How have I not seen this before lmao
The N-Gage had a bunch of bizarre design decisions.
The game cartridge slot was behind the battery - swapping games required disassembling the phone.
The revised QD version fixed a lot of the mistakes but it was too little too late by then.
You hold your sandwiches like this? Weirdo…
Broadly yeah, pinched between my thumb and fingers, though of course I don’t eat it vertically lol
🤌🥪
We called it “Sidetalkin’”.