Smartphones, devices we use everyday, decreasingly being used for calling people on,like phones are actually for, now because they arent being used for calling, the screens are ballooning in size for things like web browsing and media consumption.
Devices like the Samsung Galaxy Mega and Sony Xperia Z Ultra are the extreme versions of this, offering up 6.3" and 6.44" screens respectively, and they are whole heartedly designed for media consumption over anything else, the Mega offering a 720p screen and the Z Ultra offering a 1080p behemoth of a screen, these things are designed to let you enjoy Netflix or browse the web or play games on a bigger canvas than ever before.
But it wasn't always like this,smartphones were designed to be comfortable to hold, and pocketable as well as having a big enough canvas to do your stuff on, back in 2007 Steve Jobs came on stage for the Original iPhone announcement and said that they have put in a massive 3.5" screen into it, which was enough to do everything you could want, fast forward 6 years and we are nearing phones with almost litterally double the diagonal screen size, its just crazy.
We are kind of seeing OEMs back away from this with the Mini versions of their Flagships, HTC with the One Mini, Samsung with the S4 Mini, Sony might be getting in it with the Honami Mini (basically the Z Mini) ,now these are still cut down versions of the Flagships,but they are still usable phones, but if the rumours are correct, Sony with the Honami Mini might be trying to reverse this to see how a high end "mini" phone can get, seeing as they will be packing in a Snapdragon 800 (yes,800) a 4.3" 720p screen and a 8 or 13mp camera in a device not much physically larger than the iPhone 5 (apart from thickness) so we'll see how that pans out.
But how much larger can we get? it's already a well established fact that the Mega and Z Ultra are just too big, with Pocketnow's Taylor Martin saying its too big for his pocket and his dash that he had to put it in the passenger seat for his car, yet for many people, devices like the iPhone 5 are just too miniscule, while a 4" screen a few years ago was absolutely monstrous, but the problem with the iPhone 5 is that it just isnt wide enough.
So for me, i personally hope we dont settle on devices much larger than 5", thats the absolute extreme for me and even that is uncomfortable, my personal favourite is 4.7" with enough space to do stuff but also, as devices suchas the Moto X has proved, can be "small" as well, taking up the footprint of a 4.3" device. so i really hope we dont go larger than 5" for "normal" phones, and i think phablets should stay between the 5.5" and 6", but those are a niche anyway.
What do you guys think? are my teeny tiny hands clouding my judgement? are the current crop of phones no way near the largest we should go? leave your comments down below and tell me what you think.
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But it wasn't always like this,smartphones were designed to be comfortable to hold, and pocketable as well as having a big enough canvas to do your stuff on, back in 2007 Steve Jobs came on stage for the Original iPhone announcement and said that they have put in a massive 3.5" screen into it, which was enough to do everything you could want, fast forward 6 years and we are nearing phones with almost litterally double the diagonal screen size, its just crazy.
We are kind of seeing OEMs back away from this with the Mini versions of their Flagships, HTC with the One Mini, Samsung with the S4 Mini, Sony might be getting in it with the Honami Mini (basically the Z Mini) ,now these are still cut down versions of the Flagships,but they are still usable phones, but if the rumours are correct, Sony with the Honami Mini might be trying to reverse this to see how a high end "mini" phone can get, seeing as they will be packing in a Snapdragon 800 (yes,800) a 4.3" 720p screen and a 8 or 13mp camera in a device not much physically larger than the iPhone 5 (apart from thickness) so we'll see how that pans out.
But how much larger can we get? it's already a well established fact that the Mega and Z Ultra are just too big, with Pocketnow's Taylor Martin saying its too big for his pocket and his dash that he had to put it in the passenger seat for his car, yet for many people, devices like the iPhone 5 are just too miniscule, while a 4" screen a few years ago was absolutely monstrous, but the problem with the iPhone 5 is that it just isnt wide enough.
So for me, i personally hope we dont settle on devices much larger than 5", thats the absolute extreme for me and even that is uncomfortable, my personal favourite is 4.7" with enough space to do stuff but also, as devices suchas the Moto X has proved, can be "small" as well, taking up the footprint of a 4.3" device. so i really hope we dont go larger than 5" for "normal" phones, and i think phablets should stay between the 5.5" and 6", but those are a niche anyway.
What do you guys think? are my teeny tiny hands clouding my judgement? are the current crop of phones no way near the largest we should go? leave your comments down below and tell me what you think.
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