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View Poll Results: Your ideal tablet (preferably 4:3 ratio) + phone screen sizes?
[Combo #1.1] Small tablet (9.7") + small phone (4") 2 5.00%
[Combo #1.2] Small tablet (9.7") + small phone (4.7") 3 7.50%
[Combo #2] Big tablet (12.9") + big phone (5.5") 7 17.50%
[Combo #1.1] Big tablet (12.9") + small phone (4") 3 7.50%
[Combo #1.2] Big tablet (12.9") + small phone (4.7") 5 12.50%
[Combo #2] Small tablet (9.7") + big phone (5.5") 13 32.50%
Other, comments 7 17.50%
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Old 04-20-2016, 08:41 PM   #16
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I have an iPad Mini and an LG v10 (5.7" screen). I use my iPad as a laptop replacement sometimes but I also use my phone to do light web browsing/searching, check email, look at social media, etc.

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I have an iPad Mini and an LG v10 (5.7" screen). I use my iPad as a laptop replacement sometimes but I also use my phone to do light web browsing/searching, check email, look at social media, etc.

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Yes, it would seem that this poll is like the political polls, shaded by the pollsters bias in coming up with the questions.

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I'm not sure how those combinations "make sense" or "are weird". If you believe a phone is meant to be portable and a tablet is meant to be used at home, you'll likely pick up the big tablet and the small phone. If you make a lot of consumption of media on the phone and your tablet is more or less secondary, you may not want to lug a big thing around so you'll pick up a big phone and a small tablet.

Besides, you're only taking into account one operative system (the screen sizes mentioned are only what Apple is offering today) which unnecessarily narrows the selection. Maybe I love my iPhone but I prefer to read lots of PDF's I can easily sideload on a cheap Android tablet with a nice screen instead of having to deal with the nerve-wracking file management of iOS and the price premium. Maybe I love my Android phone of, say, 5'' but I simply understand the iOS tablet app ecosystem to be vastly superior and get an iPad.

Even more, there's the matter of screens. AMOLED screens are great for reading (especially at night), so if I'm looking for AMOLED tablets it's Samsung flagships or go home.
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Old 04-22-2016, 12:27 AM   #19
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I'm not sure how those combinations "make sense" or "are weird".
I'm really sorry to try to 'drive' the poll by these words, but this is truly how I felt at the time of putting it online: I literally can't decide between "makes sense" combos #1 and #2. (1.1 and 1.2 are only minor differences, I can handle that.) Of course, I'm unable to edit the wording later. Besides, all your answers given are still useful for me!

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Of course, we don't have to talk about Apple devices only, but let's say these screen sizes, and especially the 4:3 aspect ratios for tablets make sense.
Clearly, I did not take into account only one OS. But if you make a poll, you can't add screen sizes in the increments of every 0.1", especially I polled about your phone + tablet combos, that would be nearly unlimited choices. As 5" is closer to 4.7" than 5.5", tick 4.7".

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Even more, there's the matter of screens..
Screen technology is again, a separate topic. I only asked about screen size.

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Old 04-22-2016, 12:33 AM   #20
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When I out and about I read on my Amazon Fire Phone. At home I read on my Fire 10" Tablet. Not sure what the Ratio on the Poll means so I didn't vote.
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When I out and about I read on my Amazon Fire Phone. At home I read on my Fire 10" Tablet. Not sure what the Ratio on the Poll means so I didn't vote.
Edited to add to the first post: As I polled about a phone + tablet combo, I could not add increments in screen sizes of every 0.1", that would make for unlimited combinations. So, if your ideal phone size is 5", as 5" is closer to 4.7" than to 5.5", tick 4.7". If your ideal tablet screen is 10.1" and 16:10, tick 9.7" (4:3), etc. Notice I'm asking about your ideal device sizes, not the size you somehow end up buying years ago, and "having to" live with, but in your heart, you would exchange it to a more preferable size.

The Fire Phone? You are old school!

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First about screensize, you did say "small phone (4-4.7")", so, I'd say

Small tablet (7-8"), Medium tablet (9-10"), Large tablet (12" and larger)
Small phone (4-4.7"), Large phone (5" and larger)

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Screen technology is again, a separate topic. I only asked about screen size.
Technology, I agree, but resolution I think is another matter. For instance, I have an 8" tablet 1280x800 resolution. For me, it works perfectly. My 10" tablet is 1920x1080. And I think it's too small for that resolution (and I'd have prefered 16:10 too, but that's a whole other story).

The only reason I got the 10", was because I wanted a SP2 and the price I paid for it compensated for the screen estate. I don't think I'd buy another 9 to 10" tablet again. It's too small for real work and too large for portability.
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Technology, I agree, but resolution I think is another matter.
And I didn't ask about resolution either, for the simple reason I assume your ideal device in 2016 has adequate, "retina" resolution for its size, whatever size it is. I'm not asking about that old or cheap first generation device you have as a backup in your drawer.

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And I didn't ask about resolution either, for the simple reason I assume your ideal device in 2016 has adequate resolution for its size, whatever size it is. I'm not asking about that old or cheap first generation device you have as a backup in your drawer.
Sadly, that's not true... You can still find new (and new is from 2015 and newer) that have between 9 and 10" size and a 1024x768 or 1280x800 resolution. And I'm not talking about some cheap first generation device, but about Lenovos, HP's, Samsungs and Asus's.
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Sadly, that's not true... You can still find new (and new is from 2015 and newer) that have between 9 and 10" size and a 1024x768 or 1280x800 resolution. And I'm not talking about some cheap first generation device, but about Lenovos, HP's, Samsungs and Asus's.
I'm really not sure where do you want to get to. Sure, all these brands have budget models in their lineup.

I don't follow this market closely, but I can 100% confirm that Samsung both has, recently had a 1024x768 9.7" budget model, but also much better specced 9.7" with twice the pixels each way, 4-times-the-resolution "retina" tablet.
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I'm really not sure where do you want to get to. Sure, all these brands have budget models in their lineup.

I don't follow this market closely, but I can 100% confirm that Samsung both has, recently had a 1024x768 9.7" budget model, but also much better specced 9.7" with twice the pixels each way, 4-times-the-resolution "retina" tablet.
Sorry, I don't find €200+ a budget tablet... Budget for me is between €50 and €100.
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Sorry, I don't find €200+ a budget tablet... Budget for me is between €50 and €100.
Can you buy a device with a 9.7" screen for that price range? Larger screens generally push the price up considerably.
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Apparently yes. You should think about brands like Archos then.
If I look at the range between €200 and €350, it's a mixed bag, (between 1280x800 and 1920x1200).

If I look above the €350, I still find a few with 1280x800, but the most will have full hd or above.
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Sorry, I don't find €200+ a budget tablet...
Budget for a Samsung branded tablet. Budget for a 9.7" sized tablet. Some marketing principles apply. YMMW.
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No idea what YMMW means, but €200+ I still don't find budget, no matter the brand. But that's my view on it, yours can differ. In the end it's all: what am I willing to pay for it and what specs do I expect for that money.
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