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Only thing which holds me back from grabbing one of these is the 4.7" screen. It strikes me that it would be a sacrifice of comfort for screen real estate (and
by glennos 14y ago
Only thing which holds me back from grabbing one of these is the 4.7" screen. It strikes me that it would be a sacrifice of comfort for screen real estate (and space for high-end components). That said, I've never held one for more than a minute.
Anyone have a 4.7"+ (S3, One X, Optimus G, etc) who can share their assessment of Size vs Usability?
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI had the 4.65" Galaxy Nexus; it was still usable but just barely. I'd have a hard time being convinced to go any bigger (I'm now on a 4.3" Razr M; no fault of the SGN, I switched networks and can't stand TouchWiz)
- benmccann 14y agoI didn't think I would like the big screen on my Galaxy Nexus, but now I don't think I could go back to a smaller screen.
- incision 14y agoI have the 4.65" GN and have no problems one-handing it. Of course, I'm tall with big mitts - I wear XXL or XXXL in gloves, but my 5'4" wife has one as well and has no complaints. With all that said, I will say that I have to imagine the size would make things less than optimal for some folks, but I don't think it's a matter of device size so much as the way most software behaves. I'd like to see more apps consider a bit more than simply extending their basic portrait / landscape layouts. I'm disappointed I haven't seen more things along the lines of the old Xoom radial menu [1] or the split and / or off-center controls you can find in some third-party keyboards. 1: http://cdn3.jeftek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Xoom-Browser-Radial-Menu.png http://cdn3.jeftek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Xoom-Brows... (Couldn't find a more recent picture, the more recent version has several layers of buttons.)
- turing 14y agoOver the summer I moved from a 4" device (G2x) to the 4.65" Galaxy Nexus. Had no real trouble adjusting, and I can't imagine going back.