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Well, 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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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.

I found 2) amazing. Then I realized I'm an old person...

It means future job security.

> Like 80% of the world is smartphone-only

Ok, but you still can't get actual work done on a smartphone with any efficiency.

> 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.

Kids are stupid. We were stupid when we were their age too. They will learn eventually that to get serious work done, you need an actual computer.

I know multiple successful business owners who don't have laptops and run everything off their phone, or at most an iPad. I personally need a laptop to be useful, but it's a mistake to think that just because that's true for you, it extends to everyone else.

People are used to it, yes, but I’m still not sure about the efficiency. Even screen size makes a real difference when you want to see more data on one screen or switch between windows quickly to compare sources

Are they typing or dictating? Voice is an underrated input method

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.

> 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?

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