Don't Super-Size My Smartphone!

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Don't Super-Size My Smartphone!

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 20, 2012 @03:34AM from the a-pox-on-anyone-uttering-the-word-phablet dept.

New submitter Steve Max writes "Editor Paul Ockenden wonders, 'Has anyone else noticed what's been happening to top-end smartphones recently? They've started to get big – really big. But do people really want that at the expense of carrying around such a huge, heavy lump of tech in their pocket?' The trend for bigger and bigger screens is clear, but is it what consumers want? Is it what you want?"

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It's not that... by Antipater · 2012-07-20 03:39 · Score: 4, Funny

It's not about consumer habits. It's just that all the people who designed "bigger and better" SUVs for the auto industry got fired during the recession, so now they've started new careers making gadgets.

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Re:Bigger != Better by dmacleod808 · 2012-07-20 03:50 · Score: 5, Funny

Perhaps your prefect phone needs a better spell check.

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Re:If consumers didn't want big phones by LurkerXXX · 2012-07-20 03:50 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah, the HP Veer was just a huge success because people are really clamoring for a smaller phone.
It's all relative by RollingThunder · 2012-07-20 03:53 · Score: 3, Funny

As somebody that sold the Motorola "book" cell phones back in the early 90's, I find it funny calling these tiny things "huge and heavy".
Re:If consumers didn't want big phones by Applekid · 2012-07-20 04:06 · Score: 3, Funny

Why yes I would like an unfolding phone, just make sure it doesn't fold up like a road map because I could never get those folds correct.

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My Dream Phone by YumYumClownMonkey · 2012-07-20 04:10 · Score: 4, Funny

Wherefore art thou, Zoolander phone?
Re:If consumers didn't want big phones by 19thNervousBreakdown · 2012-07-20 04:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh yeah? Well as one of the only people in the world who still has a pair of Jncos in his closet, who's stupid now?

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Oh-My-Gawd, Becky. Look at her phone. It's so big! by Guppy · 2012-07-20 04:39 · Score: 5, Funny

I like big phones
...and I can not lie,
You other brothers can't deny,
When Tim Cook walks in with a white plastic case,
And puts a round corner in your face --
You get sprung!
Re:Big Phones? No. Small Computers by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-20 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

I honestly do not know anyone who uses a Bluetooth headset regularly. I only make a handful of calls a day, lasting 3-4 minutes at most, so a Bluetooth headset would just be more trouble than it's worth.
But how will other people know you're a successful, important douchebag?!!
Re:There's only one solution to this... by jez9999 · 2012-07-20 05:50 · Score: 3, Funny

The possibility of using e.g mini HDMI connectors to couple them to larger monitors is one solution, but I think a much better one would be to connect them to head-mounted displays (HMDs).
But then you'll get accosted and attacked in McDonald's...

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Re:Bigger != Better by Krojack · 2012-07-20 08:18 · Score: 4, Funny

If you lost it in a TARDIS then I could understand but loosing it in a phone booth? =)