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I'll believe a 7" device is phone worthy of a ph prefix when I see people with 7" devices help up to their ears on the subway. I believe the 4.5"-5.5" definition you mentioned earlier is closer to useful to distinguish a class apart from true smartphone or tablet. I think 4.75"-6" might be better. Unless the term really is intended to refer to the superset of phones and tablets and everything in between..... Last edited by ApK; 01-03-2013 at 03:03 PM. |
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I am planning to ditch my iPhone 4 when my contract is up for a Galaxy Note II. I cannot stand reading on my iPhone; it seems like I have to turn the page every second. The larger screen sold me.
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As for the report, I really could not, from my cursory reading, understand WHAT the point was. They mention they exclude iPhone, but I am not clear on why. And in one breath the say that screen size should not be the defining characteristic, and the term should include all crossover devices (which, in my mind would include every high end Android smartphone, and the iPhone) and in the next, they talk about the defining characteristic being screen size. That's why I'm leaning on the side of "not so useful a report." For myself, until we have folding screens, even the 5" Note seems ridiculously large to carry as the primary personal communicator that phones have become. Anything larger than that is a tablet in my mind, and the ability make a phone call on one is just an incidental feature. I think "phablets" serve a niche market of folks who will always carry such a large device, but won't also carry a second much smaller device. Certainly not a game changer, as the report seems to suggest. Last edited by ApK; 01-03-2013 at 03:52 PM. |
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I wish I could be paid to be an "analyst." Only a professional con man could group every popular mobile device except for the 10" iPad into a category with an idiotic name and claim that it's slated to grow next year. Wow, big [edit] surprise there. Not only do they get paid to write this garbage, people on forums say it makes perfect sense to them. Paradise. Last edited by dreams; 01-03-2013 at 04:21 PM. Reason: mod edit for profane language |
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The report certainly does NOT group "every popular mobile device" into that category. Read it again. --Pat Last edited by dreams; 01-03-2013 at 04:22 PM. Reason: mod edit of quote to match earlier mod edit |
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Probably the area that should be considered should be the 5" to 6" range of devices that are still primarily considered to be phones and in that area I would expect that the growth might even be higher due to the simple fact that it was previously only a niche option and now more and more companies are looking at it as an obvious part of their portfolio. It is too soon to draw any real conclusions about any trends relating to that size with the only real conclusion that can be made is that there is a market for that size device and even that one is tempered by the fact that few companies are giving people the option of buying a phone with higher end components without it also have an ever bigger display. |
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And I reject that it inherently doesn't matter if you keep it in a jacket or handbag. It adds bulk and weight which some segment of that group will find objectionable. Many of those people need room in their pockets and bags for other things. Last edited by ApK; 01-03-2013 at 04:36 PM. |
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Here's hoping that this pointless race beyond about 5" on phones becomes a sizable niche rather than the only option because other than that size opening up the option of a 1080p display it just seems a waste and something in the 4.2-4.5" range that would have a 720p display while still being small enough to use comfortably one-handed by most people would seem like a better option to me.
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That's a moving goalpost. By your definition, 3 years ago 4" would have been a phablet; now 4.5"+ is the norm (most phones now come out at 4.7" and larger), and we already have phones in the 6.x" range.
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