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Am I the only one that thinks 5 inches is far too big for a phone? I'm not sure how I feel about the 4 inch iPhone 5, but I'm certain I don't want anything that

Am I the only one that thinks 5 inches is far too big for a phone? I'm not sure how I feel about the 4 inch iPhone 5, but I'm certain I don't want anything that is 5 inches.

Trezoid 14y ago
I want to know how people are fitting them in pockets. 5 inches IS far too big for a phone. That's a tiny tablet, and apparently is quite good at that...
- ok_craig 14y ago
  Depends on the kind of pants you wear. My Nexus 7 fits in the pockets of my shorts and they're average size. (I tested just to see once. I don't carry it that way. :)
mike_esspe 14y ago
I worried about 4.7 inch display being too big too, but it turned up to be a perfect size for me.
EwanToo 14y ago
A colleague moved from the HTC Desire to Galaxy S3, and was worried 4.8" would be too large, but very rapidly adjusted to it. He's now fairly sure 5" wouldn't feel any different
netcan 14y ago
I think it's hard to determine before you let some people own one & see. I remember when iphones first came out and there was a lot of attention on the size of the phone. Mobile phones started big & awkward & for a long time (10-15 years) size was the number one feature & differentiator. There were no inherent advantages to size. It fits in your car, it fits in your bag, it fits in your pocket, its comfortable in your pocket... It became a habit to think of smaller sleeker phones as advanced. But, they got a lot smaller then they needed to be for us to carry them everywhere. There was just no tradeoff to size (other than price) so we kept going. We (or at least I) carried around walkmans that were much bigger. It would be interesting if the standard size becomes >5". That implies it took us a fairly long time to figure out the optimal size.
archangel_one 14y ago
Depends what the overall size of the phone is like. If the screen increased by 0.2" and that extra size came out of the bezel, that'd be okay.
- Ineffable 14y ago
  I'm not sure there's much room in the S3's bezel, unless they're just increasing it vertically and replacing the physical buttons with on-screen ones.
molmalo 14y ago
From 4.8 (Galaxy S3) to 5 inches, the phone most probably will have the same size, but the screen may be closer to the edges (specially top and bottom), just like Motorola is doing now with its new devices.
mark_l_watson 14y ago
I have a Galaxy S3 and I wish it were a little larger. With 1280x720 pixels I use it a lot now instead of my iPad and laptops. A 5" device would cut even more into pad and laptop use time. BTW, the 1280x720 pixel display is so very useful. That should be the minimum for a smart phone.

Am I the only one that thinks 5 inches is far too big for a phone? I'm not sure how I feel about the 4 inch iPhone 5, but I'm certain I don't want anything that is 5 inches.

Trezoid 14y ago

I want to know how people are fitting them in pockets. 5 inches IS far too big for a phone. That's a tiny tablet, and apparently is quite good at that...

ok_craig 14y ago
Depends on the kind of pants you wear. My Nexus 7 fits in the pockets of my shorts and they're average size. (I tested just to see once. I don't carry it that way. :)

mike_esspe 14y ago

I worried about 4.7 inch display being too big too, but it turned up to be a perfect size for me.

EwanToo 14y ago

A colleague moved from the HTC Desire to Galaxy S3, and was worried 4.8" would be too large, but very rapidly adjusted to it. He's now fairly sure 5" wouldn't feel any different

netcan 14y ago

I think it's hard to determine before you let some people own one & see. I remember when iphones first came out and there was a lot of attention on the size of the phone. Mobile phones started big & awkward & for a long time (10-15 years) size was the number one feature & differentiator. There were no inherent advantages to size. It fits in your car, it fits in your bag, it fits in your pocket, its comfortable in your pocket... It became a habit to think of smaller sleeker phones as advanced. But, they got a lot smaller then they needed to be for us to carry them everywhere. There was just no tradeoff to size (other than price) so we kept going. We (or at least I) carried around walkmans that were much bigger. It would be interesting if the standard size becomes >5". That implies it took us a fairly long time to figure out the optimal size.

archangel_one 14y ago

Depends what the overall size of the phone is like. If the screen increased by 0.2" and that extra size came out of the bezel, that'd be okay.

Ineffable 14y ago
I'm not sure there's much room in the S3's bezel, unless they're just increasing it vertically and replacing the physical buttons with on-screen ones.

molmalo 14y ago

From 4.8 (Galaxy S3) to 5 inches, the phone most probably will have the same size, but the screen may be closer to the edges (specially top and bottom), just like Motorola is doing now with its new devices.

mark_l_watson 14y ago

I have a Galaxy S3 and I wish it were a little larger. With 1280x720 pixels I use it a lot now instead of my iPad and laptops. A 5" device would cut even more into pad and laptop use time. BTW, the 1280x720 pixel display is so very useful. That should be the minimum for a smart phone.