Big phone Bigger phone BIGGEST phones
.jRay.
Youngling
Eg HTC one max, xperia z ultra, note3 etc these are too small for tablets and huge for phones. Phablets are cr@p. Manufacturers y u no build perfect phones
ZTR
Cyborg Agent
Mr.Kickass
In the zone
There was even an online petition on change.org(which I signed) but I don't know if it'd be successful
.jRay.
Youngling
Many people did but the companies won't because larger phones have more demand than smaller ones, and they're cheaper to manufacture and have higher profits.
Mr.Kickass
In the zone
Customer: Y U build larger phones ?
Manufacturer: Because we can. *Obama: Deal with it*
Manufacturer: Because we can. *Obama: Deal with it*
quagmire
Allllright !
Inceptionist
Journeyman
What are you talking about....
As a short guy with short pockets, I refuse to buy anything above 4-4.2 inch screen. It is very uncomfortable to carry and use.
If I wanted a mobile device with a big screen, I would have bought a tablet. (Let's not talk about idiots who use tablet as a phone, okay?)
mikael_schiffer
Padawan
Its not just the screen size, but the bezels that matter too. I man may say 4.7" is perfect size and 5" is too big. But then, HTC One is bulkier than Galaxy S4. Same can be said between Xperia Z1 and Galaxy Note 3. For a slight size bump we are getting a bonus of .7" inch and thats a LOT in mobile phone world.
I dont think we can define an ideal screensize. Human hands differ. American and Russian reviews of phones tend to show 4.7" screens to be ideal as they show how they can touch extreme corners with their thumbs. The same feat cant be accomplished by lets say, the Chinese or Philipino reviewers.
With Indian avg hand size in consideration, 4.3" is the ideal limit, but for Caucasians like Americans, 4.7" is the ideal limit. Even if we petition for compact super phones like iPhones, manufacturers will go for the demand of big handed Americans as USA is the main market for smartphones.
As a conclusions i'd like to state this--
1) Companies manufacture stuffs according to demand. As long as we keep buying huge phones, they will make more and more of it. In the end, the only ones we can blame is the consumers.
2) There is another thing called human adaptability. When we were in the Nokia s40/s60 era, i remember the Nokia n92 being criticized for its bulk. In today's age thats totally acceptable. The Noka n92 did sell well, and its owners adapted to its size. Instead of placing it in shirt pockets, they decided to let it rest in the same pocket where they keep their keys,handkerchief etc
As big phones started coming out, man has adapted to using phones with 2 hands.
One day when 6 inch phones become the norm, tailors & clothing companies may start stitching clothes with bigger pockets. That day we will open a thread saying "OMG SAmsung making a 7inch phone, 6 inch should be the standard !!! We want compact 6 inch phones!!!"
For me, 4.3" seems ideal, but when i used Xperia SP with a bulky body+heavy weight (despite a decent 4.6" screen) for a month, i got used to it,and didnt complain about the weight and size. It became MY PERFECT SIZE.
My yardstick for phone size increased, due to adaptation.. Today i use a 4" Xperia M, and i feel this is "perfect"and i know if i use the Xperia SP again, it will take me another month for it to become MY PERFECT SIZE again.
I dont think we can define an ideal screensize. Human hands differ. American and Russian reviews of phones tend to show 4.7" screens to be ideal as they show how they can touch extreme corners with their thumbs. The same feat cant be accomplished by lets say, the Chinese or Philipino reviewers.
With Indian avg hand size in consideration, 4.3" is the ideal limit, but for Caucasians like Americans, 4.7" is the ideal limit. Even if we petition for compact super phones like iPhones, manufacturers will go for the demand of big handed Americans as USA is the main market for smartphones.
As a conclusions i'd like to state this--
1) Companies manufacture stuffs according to demand. As long as we keep buying huge phones, they will make more and more of it. In the end, the only ones we can blame is the consumers.
2) There is another thing called human adaptability. When we were in the Nokia s40/s60 era, i remember the Nokia n92 being criticized for its bulk. In today's age thats totally acceptable. The Noka n92 did sell well, and its owners adapted to its size. Instead of placing it in shirt pockets, they decided to let it rest in the same pocket where they keep their keys,handkerchief etc
As big phones started coming out, man has adapted to using phones with 2 hands.
One day when 6 inch phones become the norm, tailors & clothing companies may start stitching clothes with bigger pockets. That day we will open a thread saying "OMG SAmsung making a 7inch phone, 6 inch should be the standard !!! We want compact 6 inch phones!!!"
For me, 4.3" seems ideal, but when i used Xperia SP with a bulky body+heavy weight (despite a decent 4.6" screen) for a month, i got used to it,and didnt complain about the weight and size. It became MY PERFECT SIZE.
My yardstick for phone size increased, due to adaptation.. Today i use a 4" Xperia M, and i feel this is "perfect"and i know if i use the Xperia SP again, it will take me another month for it to become MY PERFECT SIZE again.
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geek_rocker
Broken In
Well the phablet trend started in South Korea and the US is the most iPhone-loving country of all so I don't think this argument has a lot of weight. The fact of the matter is, people like big-screen phones; because owning a phone isn't about just making calls anymore. The experience of browsing, email, gaming and videos gets better with a big screen. People are willing to trade one-handed comfortable use for the aforementioned things. The proof is the pudding: Samsung has sold millions of Notes. Oh, and big screens are better for typing too.
As for my personal experience, I have a Galaxy Note II and I have big hands so I can use it single-handedly no problem. It took little time for me to adjust to my gigantic display but I can't go back to screens smaller than 5 inches now. Also, the typing experience is horrendous on smaller screens; especially 3.5-inch screens. Ugh.
edit: I agree with Mike on the human adaptability. Look at this article lol: *www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397742,00.asp "4.6 is too big for human hands."
As for my personal experience, I have a Galaxy Note II and I have big hands so I can use it single-handedly no problem. It took little time for me to adjust to my gigantic display but I can't go back to screens smaller than 5 inches now. Also, the typing experience is horrendous on smaller screens; especially 3.5-inch screens. Ugh.
edit: I agree with Mike on the human adaptability. Look at this article lol: *www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397742,00.asp "4.6 is too big for human hands."
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truegenius
UNPREDICTABLE
china made mmx canvas series
china made karbonn titanium series
china made other cheap phablet
i think people buy bigger phones because they think that bigger phone is style statement
that is why people buy canvas phones as they are big and looks galaxy phone anday give an impression of "mehenga" phone but in reality galaxy design looks like is cheap plastic design
due to galaxy like design people bought canavs and thus now people are buying 5" phones ( imo only idiotic people will buy canvas turbo for 20k instead of nexus 4 for 20k )
if they decide to do this then nexus 7c won't show mercy in this department ( price to performance ratio of nexus and updates
)
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
+1 to this. People foolishly buy MMX cr@p without even considering the likes of Huawei because they think that Huawei is cr@p being chinese.
geek_rocker
Broken In
LOL no, A phone is more than its CPU and RAM my friend. The Nexus 4 has crap camera, crap battery life and no SD card slot. These things mean more to an average person than stock android (which imho is overrated anyway), fast updates and easy modding. Different people have different priorities.
SaiyanGoku
kamehameha!!
by that analogy, an old maruti 800 which was modified to look like a ferrari and if it costs same as ferrari, should be better than a ferrari.
