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on Wednesday April 02 2014, @05:50AM
from the if-Apple-can-claim-rounded-corners,-can-Samsung-claim-that-size dept.
from the if-Apple-can-claim-rounded-corners,-can-Samsung-claim-that-size dept.
Apparently, size does matter as Apple takes a cue from the Samsung playbook. Reuters is reporting that Apple's next iphone, slated for Q4 of 2014, will have a much bigger display than current devices. A whole 1.5" (38mm) bigger. This will bring the iPhone close to the same size as the Samsung Galaxy Note which stands around 5.7" (144mm). It seems Apple will test the waters with an initial 4.7" (119mm) sized device first with the larger version to appear much later. The question is, do all users think bigger is better?
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by zafiro17 on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:04AM
I've got a Samsung Note 3 and I love it. I even love the stylus, but I was a big Palm Pilot user back in the day, so it feels natural to me. Whenever I'm around iphone users, they come around enviously to check out what I'm using. Their 5s phones look puny by comparison.
On the other hand, it's not a comfortable phone to stick in jeans pockets, and I do feel a little ridiculous lifting it to my ear to take a phone call.
But it's worth it, because I hardly ever make phone calls, and as a pocket computer it's pretty spectacular.
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(Score: 0, Troll) by jon3k on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:56AM
Do you wear it on one of those sweet hip pouches? Why not just carry a full sized tablet in a backpack? The iPhone is the perfect size because it can be used one handed. Some people get that, some don't.
(Score: 1) by lajos on Wednesday April 02 2014, @09:45AM
"Do you wear it on one of those sweet hip pouches?"
Nah. Fits comfortably in the pocket, with the Samsung made flip cover, that perfectly protects the screen. And if I compare it to an iPhone with some crappy rubber case, it's actually less bulky.
"Some people get that, some don't."
Well, some people do get it, probably because they had a device with a big enough screen to browse the internet and do some research.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:14AM
It's awesome that you know how big my hands are!
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:38AM
Not everyone has the same size hands ya know. I can use just about any phone out there one hands no problemo, the only reason I have stuck by my smaller LG slider is I fricking LOVE having a real keyboard on my pocket computer. You ought to see the looks of envy I get when somebody is trying to look up something and I find it in a couple seconds thanks to speedtyping.
I DO have a question though...if Apple makes the next phone as large as a galaxy Note will you STILL say "its the perfect size" when it comes to the new phone? You see this strange so called "RDS" effect of Apple has really fascinated me, no other company can put out obviously contradictory statements and have their customers not only NOT call them out on the contradiction but actually EMBRACE the contradiction as gospel. For an example when Apple was on PPC all you would hear from the iFans was Altivec and how superior the PPC was to anything i86...until Apple suddenly changed their tune and went Intel then those exact same ifans started singing the praises of Intel over AMD and PPC? Fascinating, this complete acceptance as gospel anything the company does without question.
I'm not being snarky either as I find it truly fascinating how no other company gets this kind of blind acceptance, hell even through their obviously crap years they stuck with an obviously ancient System (insert number) and craptastic chips their fans kept paying crazy money for them..no other tech company that I've ever seen has THAT level of loyalty, not even close.
(Score: 2) by everdred on Wednesday April 02 2014, @11:17AM
We don't take no shit from a machine.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday April 02 2014, @03:34PM
This will actually be interesting as many iOS apps seem to charge for the "tablet" version of the app. Perhaps this will be a different app store entry as well? I think apps should resize themselves intelligently. Most Android apps do this, although I've seen a few that take the Apple approach.
(Score: 2) by zafiro17 on Wednesday April 02 2014, @11:26AM
No, the Note 3 is still a one handed phone, and it's thinner than the iphone too. Nor is it very phone. If you want really massive, try the Samsung Max. It's dangerously close to putting a Nexus 7 up against your head. On the other hand, it's dual chip.
The Note 3 fits in jeans pockets, but it's at the limit. I think the Nexus 5 is probably about the same size.
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(Score: 1) by quacking duck on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:07AM
As big as the phablets are getting, I'm surprised they don't come with detachable bluetooth headsets that are nicely integrated into the case. That way you wouldn't look ridiculous holding the whole 6"+ thing against your ear during a call.
(Score: 1) by CoolHand on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:17AM
Sorry about the small size of your phone...
Maybe someday you'll get a real big phone, like mine, the Samsung MEGA 6.3 http://www.samsung.com/latin_en/consumer/mobile-ph ones/mobile-phones/smartphone/GT-I9200ZKATTT-spec [samsung.com]
Let me know when you get a real phone like this little boy... :)
(this is all in jest of course at the ridiculous size of my phone...)
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However, I truly do find it useful, being almost as large as my Samsung 7" tablet. I can actually use it to remote in to work over our Citrix gateway and have it usable, unlike on smaller phones. You can use bluetooth for phone calls so you don't look like an 80's throwback with the huge phone to your ear.
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(Score: 1) by iwoloschin on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:52AM
I have a Note 3, and I recently switched providers and needed a new phone so I picked up a Nexus 5. The Note 3 was neat, I'm glad I got it and used it for about 9 months, but going back down in size to the Nexus 5 and I'm a lot happier. Granted, I've got small hands (like a carnie...), but the size of the Nexus 5 is just more appropriate for most uses. I also didn't use the stylus nearly as much as I expected, I never got comfortable writing on the Note 3. I'm much more of a pen & paper note taker though, so that's not all that surprising to me.
Even if Apple moved to a 5" phone that'd still be a huge jump. My wife's old iPhone 5 just feels too small and cluttered to use after using the Nexus 5. Of course, grandma might complain that it's "different" and therefore bad, and yes, my grandmother does have an iPhone, and is quite proficient in using it, though I know she was quite upset with the iOS 7 upgrade, since it was a major change which confused her for a while.
(Score: 2) by mojo chan on Wednesday April 02 2014, @01:56PM
I think 5" is the perfect size for a phone. Previously the cost and power consumption of larger displays meant that phones were small, but now they can be pretty much any size so ergonomics are what matter. Of course different people will have different opinions, but less than 5" is a bit pokey these days. 5" can be used one handed with ease*.
* That's what she said.
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