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The present obsession with "bigger is better" is perplexing to me. I know some use cases are facilitated by larger displays, and they are valuable to people wit

The present obsession with "bigger is better" is perplexing to me. I know some use cases are facilitated by larger displays, and they are valuable to people with poor eyesight, but I've never once in my life thought "boy, I wish my phone was even larger." A phone I cannot fit in my pocket is virtually useless to me. Anything larger than my (already too large) Nexus 5 is a complete non-starter for me. I can see a place for these models in a lineup that includes smaller models, but the Nexus series does not seem to operate that way. This will be the first Nexus phone I will never own.

cpncrunch 12y ago
It's the exact same width as my Galaxy Note GT-N7000, which fits nicely in my back pocket. I love the large screen, and a slightly larger screen would be awesome.
azernik 12y ago
The intended market is people who don't carry their phone in their pockets, e.g. women who don't wear pockets that can fit a standard-size phone anyway. If you're just putting it in your purse, the extra inch isn't ab problem.
- scintill76 12y ago
  But they all seem to be getting bigger. Why are all offerings moving toward exclusively serving only half the market?
  - harmegido 12y ago
    They are serving the whole market. You may be thinking, "I need a decent sized phone that can fit into my pocket, and I'll just use my laptop/desktop for the heavier lifting." The vast majority of the market is thinking: "I need a computer and I also need a phone, but I can only afford one." Obviously, this second segment wants the screen to be large, because they don't have an even larger screen sitting at home.
ludwigvan 12y ago
> but I've never once in my life thought "boy, I wish my phone was even larger." Labeling these "phones" is the wrong thing to do. These are computers that happen to have some lineage with phones. I think the ultimate aim is this: most people don't need computers, they need and want a single device. A phone with a small display is inadequate for that, but a phone with a display this big could be more than enough for a lot of people, for almost all purposes.
- cphuntington97 12y ago
  More than lineage; because of the way service contracts hide the actual price of the phone, phones get premium features over other devices.
dragonwriter 12y ago
> A phone I cannot fit in my pocket is virtually useless to me. Conversely, a pocket that wouldn't fit a Nexus 6 (or Note 3, or iPhone 6, or a decent-size wallet, or...) is virtually useless to me.

cpncrunch 12y ago

It's the exact same width as my Galaxy Note GT-N7000, which fits nicely in my back pocket. I love the large screen, and a slightly larger screen would be awesome.

azernik 12y ago

The intended market is people who don't carry their phone in their pockets, e.g. women who don't wear pockets that can fit a standard-size phone anyway. If you're just putting it in your purse, the extra inch isn't ab problem.

scintill76 12y ago
But they all seem to be getting bigger. Why are all offerings moving toward exclusively serving only half the market?
- harmegido 12y ago
  They are serving the whole market. You may be thinking, "I need a decent sized phone that can fit into my pocket, and I'll just use my laptop/desktop for the heavier lifting." The vast majority of the market is thinking: "I need a computer and I also need a phone, but I can only afford one." Obviously, this second segment wants the screen to be large, because they don't have an even larger screen sitting at home.

ludwigvan 12y ago

> but I've never once in my life thought "boy, I wish my phone was even larger." Labeling these "phones" is the wrong thing to do. These are computers that happen to have some lineage with phones. I think the ultimate aim is this: most people don't need computers, they need and want a single device. A phone with a small display is inadequate for that, but a phone with a display this big could be more than enough for a lot of people, for almost all purposes.

cphuntington97 12y ago
More than lineage; because of the way service contracts hide the actual price of the phone, phones get premium features over other devices.

dragonwriter 12y ago

> A phone I cannot fit in my pocket is virtually useless to me. Conversely, a pocket that wouldn't fit a Nexus 6 (or Note 3, or iPhone 6, or a decent-size wallet, or...) is virtually useless to me.