Here's why I hate today's smartphones and decided to buy a 6-month-old smartphone instead:
How does that answer my question? Are peoples smartphone choices based on *reality* or the opinions of people on this forum?
well arguably "we" don't have a real high-end 4 inch offering and nothing anywhere near as compact as the iphone; the Z1 compact certainly doesn't come close. as apple expands the size range of smartphones it offers I think the table is being turned on us. It'll be apple where you have a choice between good devices in several different sizes and android where you can only say "yes please" and "yes thank you" to something 5+ inch if you want top specs.
of course this could change if some OEM made something like the motorola Razr M without sacrifices to the internal hardware and camera, but is that gonna happen, idk.
A valid point, I think. Apple releasing phones in 3 sizes may force other manufacturers' hands.
OTOH, it would be surprising to me if Apple's larger device didn't have better hardware in it, just because it can. If the iP6 5.5" gets 20 hours of screen-on time with a higher clocked SoC while the 4" is only around 4-8 hours, will people start pitching a fit that Apple should cripple the bigger phones so the smaller ones aren't a compromise?
I bought the one on the left as well.I bought the one on the left myself, it's perfect. The one on the right is absolutely too big for me, but my brother-in-law has the LG equivalent and he loves it. To each their own, and be glad we have choices in the Android world, unlike a certain other smartphone platform.
Indeed, the rumor mill says any 4" phones Apple sells after the new iPhone comes out will be to serve the "low-cost" market ($0 on contract phones).But there's also been no indication that Apple is going to keep it's 4" form factor updated.
I bought the one on the left as well.
Curious, what do you mean by the LG equivalent of the one on the right (S5)?
They just launched the G Pro 2 recently. 5.9" screen with a super thin bezel like the G2.Oh that looked more like one of the Note series in comparison. Wow LG really did manage to make things compact, didn't they? He's got an Optimus G Pro.
A valid point, I think. Apple releasing phones in 3 sizes may force other manufacturers' hands.
OTOH, it would be surprising to me if Apple's larger device didn't have better hardware in it, just because it can. If the iP6 5.5" gets 20 hours of screen-on time with a higher clocked SoC while the 4" is only around 4-8 hours, will people start pitching a fit that Apple should cripple the bigger phones so the smaller ones aren't a compromise?
I think the iphone still has plenty of room to get thinner.
Why would you want it to get any thinner though, that's the question.
Why would you want it to get any thinner though, that's the question.
Bigger IS better. A bigger phone has more space to put all the fancy hardware in. It doesn't necessarily mean more RAM, a better camera and more sensors, but a lot of times it does. With a smaller phone, it's more for a challenge for the devs to cram all this stuff in there, and more often than not, they will have to sacrifice something that otherwise would be there if not for the small size.
My Note 3 only seemed large at first, but then I realized that it fits in my pocket just fine. Jeans pocket, or cargo pants - not the dress pants you wear to work or wedding. Oh, and if you have a job that requires wearing tight pants, get another job. It sucks when someone tells you what you can or cannot wear, unless it's a uniform, in which case you should be concentrating on your job, not on your fancy smartphone.
The only issue with large phones is that the devs focus on fancy hardware, not in-call quality, so I cant hear shit during calls. : (
No, bigger isn't necessarily better!
You say that it sucks when someone tells you what you can or cannot wear... so why is it okay if your smartphone manufacturer dictates what you have to wear? It's not just guys wearing dress pants, shorts or skinny jeans, either. Ask a lot of women and they'll tell you that a big phone like the Note 3 is out of the question unless they either ditch conventional fashion or carry the device in a handbag (and not every woman wants to have one of those).
Take a look at this Find 7a pocket test from tech reviewer Erica Griffin as an example:
http://youtu.be/EcyOMJSpHAA?t=10m14s
She's fairly short, but that just compounds the problem: odds are that she'd never fit a phone that big in her pockets unless she went for cargo pants... and well, that's a compromise. I don't think it's right to suggest that some people (especially a good chunk of an entire gender) don't 'deserve' a high-end phone because they didn't win the genetic lottery.
If the only thing you consider "decent" is the flagship, then it's probably not overpriced, you're just under-funded.
I don't think he meant that bigger should be what we want, but bigger undoubtedly allows for higher end hardware.
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I would be uncomfortable walking around with an iPhone poking out of my pocket as in the review you linked, for fear it would fall out. I don't think it really fits either.
I think every 4 inch iPhone will seem ancient come October...
I doubt it. No way would I want the 4.7 or the 5.5 monstrousity in my pants pocket.
Even the iPhone5 is pushing the size boundaries. The iPhone4 in a waterproof case was much more manageable than the 5 is.
How would you feel if the 6 were waterproof and had much greater shock/scratch resistance, to the point that it didn't really need a case? (hypothetically)
I don't use a case on my iPhone5....waterproof would be awesome though....if they can make it so a direct face landing on an object didn't break the face, that would be epic.
I'd still want nothing bigger than the iPhone5...that size is really pushing it IMHO.