alt Hacker NewsWell, it’s interesting, but who is heavily working with text, which requires a lot of typing, and only has a smartphone? Phones are mostly for consuming. For creating, it’s usually easier and more comfortable to use a device with a keyboard (PC or laptop)
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> who is heavily working with text, which requires a lot of typing, and only has a smartphone?
People reading HN on the subway, who have some insightful comment to add, but are slowed down by unergonomic input methods?
New parents. Newborns require an amount of holding and attention that smartphones are a great companion for. Unfortunately new parents don't get to hit pause on the rest of life while taking care of their newborn, so text entry into phones becomes quite important for the rest of life to keep progressing while also taking care of a new born.
1) Like 80% of the world is smartphone-only
2) In my (wealthy, Boston area) suburb most high school students do all their work - including writing multi-page papers - entirely on their phone. They think laptops are for old people.