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Size really gets to me. Don't get me wrong, I really like the Nexus 5, but I'm sick of phones that are borderline tablets. I ended up buying a Sony Xperia Z1 C

by chjj 12y ago

Size really gets to me. Don't get me wrong, I really like the Nexus 5, but I'm sick of phones that are borderline tablets. I ended up buying a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (amami). It's damn near the same specs of a Nexus 5 except it actually fits in my hand (5.0"x2.56"x0.37"). Works flawlessly with Cyanogenmod. Best purchase I ever made. I bought two of them I liked it so much. Good on Sony for making an excellent smartphone. If I have to use two hands to handle it, it's not a phone, it's a tablet.

emir_ 12y ago
I'm thinking of getting one too but it's still too expensive compared to the price of last year's Nexus 5.
- aembleton 12y ago
  Get a Moto G. You can get them unlocked for ~£150, or locked for ~£130 and then get an unlock code off eBay for £1.
  - danieldk 12y ago
    Plus, the Moto G LTE has a 4.5" screen, has the same CPU and RAM as the 2014 version, and will get all the L goodness. I have a G as a backup phone, and it is a great small phone. If I wasn't used to the performance of my X, I could definitely live with the G. Great screen, fast enough, takes an SD card, near-stock Android.
boyaka 12y ago
I'm one of those people that questioned the need for having something called a "tablet" from the day the iPad came out. I'm certainly not wealthy though so I don't have money to throw away, but if I'm browsing the net around the house, a laptop is perfectly fine for me still. I prefer having a comfortable keyboard and trackpad. I suppose there is still a market for people like me to have a single touchscreen device and not worrying about it being redundant to some other device category that I haven't even acknowledged.
- megablast 12y ago
  > a laptop is perfectly fine for me still. Tablets are fantastic, so much more useful. So much easier to carry around. Sure, a laptop is perfectly fine, so is a desktop in one room. But if you travel a lot, then they are so much better. And since you could get a reasonable tablet for $99, you don't have to be too wealthy to appreciate it.

by chjj 12y ago

emir_ 12y ago

I'm thinking of getting one too but it's still too expensive compared to the price of last year's Nexus 5.

aembleton 12y ago
Get a Moto G. You can get them unlocked for ~£150, or locked for ~£130 and then get an unlock code off eBay for £1.
- danieldk 12y ago
  Plus, the Moto G LTE has a 4.5" screen, has the same CPU and RAM as the 2014 version, and will get all the L goodness. I have a G as a backup phone, and it is a great small phone. If I wasn't used to the performance of my X, I could definitely live with the G. Great screen, fast enough, takes an SD card, near-stock Android.

boyaka 12y ago

I'm one of those people that questioned the need for having something called a "tablet" from the day the iPad came out. I'm certainly not wealthy though so I don't have money to throw away, but if I'm browsing the net around the house, a laptop is perfectly fine for me still. I prefer having a comfortable keyboard and trackpad. I suppose there is still a market for people like me to have a single touchscreen device and not worrying about it being redundant to some other device category that I haven't even acknowledged.

megablast 12y ago
> a laptop is perfectly fine for me still. Tablets are fantastic, so much more useful. So much easier to carry around. Sure, a laptop is perfectly fine, so is a desktop in one room. But if you travel a lot, then they are so much better. And since you could get a reasonable tablet for $99, you don't have to be too wealthy to appreciate it.