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Originally Posted by Tony1988
I have seen a few new cheaper 4" phones. But with media consumption on the rise with smartphones everyone wants bigger screens. I have pretty big hands and have a 6" phone. I still have to use two hands. It's a decent trade-off. Funny that about 4 or 5 years ago people laughed at fist adopters with the larger smartphones now it's pretty much becoming the norm.
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Oh, I know that 4" phones are possible (and actually the 4.6" was better in terms of screen plus usability...I don't need a 4", just want more choice in the less than 5.5 inch category), but 4" phones just don't come with the features of a bigger phone.
I finally compromised and got pretty much the phone I wanted in terms of features, but went up to 5.2 inch, which meant it has a nice screen, but otherwise is much harder for me to use.
Oh well, nothing is right for everybody, be it phones, be in ereaders. I get why some like the mini, but I hate turning the page, so a bigger ereader works better for me. But if the Aura One were as heavy for its 7.8 inches as the smaller ereaders were for their size, I wouldn't be able to use it either. I wonder if the Forma really will be easy to hold, since it is supposed to be so light, maybe the square shape won't be as much as pain, as it would be with a heavier ereader. I won't be in the market for another ereader for some time (fingers crossed), but I am glad they don't seem to be about to ditch the 7.8/8 inch screen, the colour temperature lighting or waterproofing, as those are for me, the most important.
I will be very interested to see if the landscape reading will be brought to other devices, as in theory, it should work, especially with the large size of the Aura One...I'm not 100% how much I would use it, but I would like to try it.