My gf just recently got her Samsung Galaxy Note II. I love the screen size, the phone still fits in my jeans pocket... The only drawback is that I look funny when using it for phone calling. Other than that, it's really pleasant to use the device for entertainment and reading files. I am so jealous!!!! Apple, we want a 5-inch phone... BRING IT!!!!!
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iPhone 5 is definitely too small...
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You mean the iPhone size selection is definitely non-existent 
A lot of people like the iPhone's current size. If Apple is to make a larger iPhone, it won't be at the expense of the current model imho. They'll prolly expand the selection a bit like the iPods.
A lot of people like the iPhone's current size. If Apple is to make a larger iPhone, it won't be at the expense of the current model imho. They'll prolly expand the selection a bit like the iPods.
Went iPhone 4 -> HTC One X -> Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Loving the size of the Note 2. Going back to HTC One X wouldn't be too insufferable. But can't do the size of the iPhone 5.
I was willing to test Note 2 in an Orange shop, which I did and enjoyed.
iPhone 5 was close so it was an easy comparison size wise, also compared to SG3 iP5 screen looks like a dwarf...
I was expecting Note 2 to feel heavier than it actually is, quite acceptable and exciting device for dual Pro/casual usages.
iPhone 5 was close so it was an easy comparison size wise, also compared to SG3 iP5 screen looks like a dwarf...
I was expecting Note 2 to feel heavier than it actually is, quite acceptable and exciting device for dual Pro/casual usages.
There's not a shred of doubt in my mind you will buy an iPhone regardless of size. How many here have said 3.5 inch is perfect. Now you all sing a different tune. Funny how that works. Remember how PPI was everything, but now you have android phone beating the iPhone in ppi, and all of a sudden its no big deal. You Apple followers take anything apple gives you. I'm guessing you also agree with Apple that the iPad mini can be used with one hand.
No Ty I don't want to lug around a humongous cell phone just cause I was a 20" screen those Samsung phones are rediculous.
Well, you're wrong. Try to make me sound like a blind follower some more though, or just group me into the extreme follower cult. All iPhone owners are like that, right?
No, not all but you definitely are.
Anyone who has read this subforum for any length of time recognises your blind zealotry and it must take an extraordinary lack of self perception for you not to be able to see this.
Blind zealotry? Accusations, accusations. I'm not a blind follower. It's funny you think that, though.
OP - you want it a larger iPhone, but find a larger phone than the current one odd to use as a phone?
I am loving the increased size and feel they have got it just right for all uses, including that of a phone.
I am loving the increased size and feel they have got it just right for all uses, including that of a phone.
It's uproarious when you claim to know something of me when you so obviously don't. I laud Apple for their quality, but they're not perfect. Far from it. I much like what Google is doing in mobile, and I genuinely don't want my next phone to be an iPhone. Sooooo.........
After using the RAZR-M a bit, I'm convinced Apple could go up to 4.3" inches without impacting the ergonomics people enjoy about the iPhone.
4.3" is my limit for a phone, but I don't especially have a problem with the 4" screen either.
4.3" is my limit for a phone, but I don't especially have a problem with the 4" screen either.
You mean the iPhone size selection is definitely non-existent
This.
Some people want a phone that they can occasionally use for web, movies, ebooks and email on the move. Maybe they also carry an iPad or an Air. Other people want a web/email/movie/ebook reader that they can occasionally use as a phone. Maybe they have a larger device, but don't want the hassle and expense of two cellular contracts or tethering. Some people habitually wear clothes with decent pockets, others wear spray-on jeans.
The problem with the iPhone is not that it is the "wrong" size, it is that one size doesn't fit all. The non-iPhone world offers phones of all sizes. Samsung alone offer 3", 4.8" and 5.5" in their "Galaxy" range, and there are many more options if you look beyond Samsung. Phones with large screens are selling like hotcakes. Apple could get some of that action if it produced the "iPhone mini" and "iPhone wide" alongside the current model. They've had a great opportunity - with the introduction of retina displays and the iPad mini - to move developers over to a resolution-independent model so Apps support different screen sizes and shapes.
Apple are, instead, running ads about the iPhone 5 screen size being "common sense" (...which it may be for scrolling contacts lists or using mobile versions of websites, but it's certainly not common sense for accessing full-sized websites, maps/GPS or reading ebooks).
We're not talking about the product-line bloat that some other manufacturers - lots of competing models with exciting names like XTC700B/EC - just a choice of 2 or 3 form factors, just like MacBooks, iMacs, iPods, iPad...