Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Are Android phones too big? Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:43:07 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ea8225101a828ce9b4323b1250493908"; logging-data="31838"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/treZjdtDO/gFhtpmaadKxOIFMBYDOaQc=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:ud/pl7lxQz4r9vfW0U0yzH2oV9E= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:937 On 25/02/14 20:12, RS Wood wrote: > On 2014-02-25, Tim Watts wrote: >> On 25/02/14 14:55, RS Wood wrote: >> >>> But I've got two phones - a Samsung Note III and a Samsung Pocket. >>> The first is too big, the second is too small. The first is >>> overpowered and the second is underpowered. >> >> Galaxy S4/5 ? >> >> > Yeah, that's probably the sweet spot. What seduced me about the Note 3 > was the pen - maybe it's just nostalgia for my Palm Treo that I used > exclusively until about late 2012 :) And actually, no regrets - the > Note 3 with pen is pretty cool. Just too big for a pocket on the > weekends. Yes - I like the pen too. It's even clunkier with a protective skin like this one: http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/armourdillo-hybrid-protective-case-for-samsung-galaxy-note-3-blue-p41319.htm However it still fits my shirt pocket (just). Bit lumpy in trouser pockets. But overall I like the larger screen. But if I had to go smaller, the S4 would do the job - pity it only has 2GB RAM not 3GB - Loads of RAM seems to make a massive difference to the operation. > > The Register (register.co.uk) has some funny phablet reviews, like the > one for the Samsung Max, where they show a guy with a thing almost the > size of a nexus 7 lifted to his ear, making a call. He looks foolish, > as would I. > Luckily I don't talk much on mine - for me it's a mobile utility computer (maps, camera, video, data tether, car GPS, mouldymedia player etc).