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Re: Are Android phones too big?

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Tim Watts wrote:
> On 25/02/14 09:52, RS Wood wrote:
>> From the "I can't sit down" department:

> I wouldn't touch Apple with a bargepole - based on 2 things:
>
> 1) My old (4.5 year old iPhone 3G) works perfectly at the hardware
> level. However, it is not impossible to install any (practically) apps
> on it as the apps all demand a later version of iOS which is not available.
>
> 2) Samsung IME make some top rate phones. My old Galaxy S2 was nice but
> battery life was not good. However, the Note 3 I have now does well in
> the battery dept and is so overpowered in terms of CPU and RAM that it
> never chokes up even with several apps on the go. The missus who wants a
> small form will go for the G4 or maybe hang out for the G5.

I'm amazed that something like icon choices would ruin this guy's day, 
but whatever - different people have different ideas of aesthetics.  I 
decided not to go with an iphone because I find it boring that so many 
Americans all have the exact f*cking phone.  Androids are at least 
different.  Once in the ecosystem I found I liked it, except for that 
persistent, nagging doubt that getting that tied into Google's little 
sphere is actually a bad idea.  But until there's an alternative - Got 
my eyes on Jolla at the moment, and I was sad when WebOS died at the 
merciless/stupid hands of HP - I'll stay Android.

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.

Nowhere are the tradeoffs of engineering more evident to the pedestrian 
than in mobile tech - you can't have it all, and I want it all.

I've settled on Nexus 7 for reading books or writing stuff (using a 
bluetooth keyboard), Note III for work when I can stick it in a suit 
pocket, and the Samsung Pocket for weekends when I don't need that much 
screen real estate.

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Are Android phones too big? RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 09:52 +0000
  Re: Are Android phones too big? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-02-25 10:00 +0000
    Re: Are Android phones too big? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-02-25 05:58 -0800
      Re: Are Android phones too big? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-02-25 14:47 +0000
        Re: Are Android phones too big? Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-02-26 10:43 +0000
          Re: Are Android phones too big? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-02-26 06:26 -0800
            Re: Are Android phones too big? Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-02-27 10:11 +0000
              Re: Are Android phones too big? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-02-27 06:35 -0800
                Re: Are Android phones too big? Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-02-28 09:56 +0000
          Re: Are Android phones too big? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-02-26 15:59 +0000
          Re: Are Android phones too big? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-02-27 06:38 -0800
    Re: Are Android phones too big? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 14:55 +0000
      Re: Are Android phones too big? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-02-25 17:13 +0000
        Re: Are Android phones too big? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-25 20:12 +0000
          Re: Are Android phones too big? Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-02-25 22:43 +0000
            Re: Are Android phones too big? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-26 19:28 +0000
  Re: Are Android phones too big? cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-25 20:22 +0000
  Re: Are Android phones too big? "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 23:33 +0100

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