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I'm actually thinking of getting a basic flip phone next. My iPad does 150% of what I wish a smart phone to do. I have it with me more than my current smartph

I'm actually thinking of getting a basic flip phone next. My iPad does 150% of what I wish a smart phone to do. I have it with me more than my current smartphone. It's a waste of money.

hollerith 15y ago
I tentatively agree that a tablet is better than a smart phone even on the road although a device with a 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures". I tend to expect Apple to eventually sell tablets with 7-inch screens (and 15-inch screens) as well as the current 10.3-inch screens.
- njharman 15y ago
  > 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures" I disagree, must have bigger/stronger hands? 7" is too small to be usable and too big to be handy and is utterly worthless (to me).
  - hollerith 15y ago
    By "hold securely in one hand", I meant with the thumb on one side of the tablet and 3 finger on the other side. You must have very big and strong hands if you can hold an iPad that way without quickly getting tired. P.S. video of a chick holding an iPad and a 7-inch Galaxy Tab: at 0:50 in http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/ http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/
    - njharman 15y ago
      If I had to do it for more than 5min (which is never since I'm near table/desk/bed/armrest/carseat/horizontal plane of some sort 90% of my life) I'd hold it resting on my palm/forearm with my fingers curled around it's top. Thumb and 3 finger on one side is not secure nor sustainable.
- hollerith 15y ago
  Actually, the iPad's screen is 9.7 inches.
jentulman 15y ago
Although the call functionality would be missing in that case, doesn't that leave you still relatively on point for the poll. Perhaps the poll would work just as well, with the same answers, but the question being "Which platform will you be on after your next upgrade?" I'd be willing to bet that the results would still be very similar in that case.

I'm actually thinking of getting a basic flip phone next. My iPad does 150% of what I wish a smart phone to do. I have it with me more than my current smartphone. It's a waste of money.

hollerith 15y ago

I tentatively agree that a tablet is better than a smart phone even on the road although a device with a 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures". I tend to expect Apple to eventually sell tablets with 7-inch screens (and 15-inch screens) as well as the current 10.3-inch screens.

njharman 15y ago
> 10.3-inch screen is too big to hold securely in one hand while using the other hand to input "gestures" I disagree, must have bigger/stronger hands? 7" is too small to be usable and too big to be handy and is utterly worthless (to me).
- hollerith 15y ago
  By "hold securely in one hand", I meant with the thumb on one side of the tablet and 3 finger on the other side. You must have very big and strong hands if you can hold an iPad that way without quickly getting tired. P.S. video of a chick holding an iPad and a 7-inch Galaxy Tab: at 0:50 in http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/ http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50269/Samsung-Galaxy-Tab-Review/
  - njharman 15y ago
    If I had to do it for more than 5min (which is never since I'm near table/desk/bed/armrest/carseat/horizontal plane of some sort 90% of my life) I'd hold it resting on my palm/forearm with my fingers curled around it's top. Thumb and 3 finger on one side is not secure nor sustainable.
hollerith 15y ago
Actually, the iPad's screen is 9.7 inches.

jentulman 15y ago

Although the call functionality would be missing in that case, doesn't that leave you still relatively on point for the poll. Perhaps the poll would work just as well, with the same answers, but the question being "Which platform will you be on after your next upgrade?" I'd be willing to bet that the results would still be very similar in that case.