Anybody else have zero interest in a 4.5" device

Once again... 4.5" does not always mean the form factor will be bigger. People seem to ignore this despite the fact that a few people on here are basically waiving there hands up and down jumping and screaming about the fact that the phones physically might not get any bigger.

People don't like change. My ex-girlfriend worked in tele-sales for a local cable company in my county. She would call people to offer them additional cable packages that were less, sometimes by almost $50, than what they were currently paying. You would not believe how many people apparently didn't want extra services for almost $50 less than they were paying simply because they didn't want the company to change anything on their bill.
 
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Once again... 4.5" does not always mean the form factor will be bigger. People seem to ignore this despite the fact that a few people on here are basically waiving there hands up and down jumping and screaming about the fact that the phones physically might not get any bigger.

And, once again...a lot of people on here are basically waiving there hands up and down jumping and screaming about the fact that they don't even want a Nexus with a form factor of a current 4.3" screen, which everyone is comparing the possible size to. If the phone is any larger than the last Nexus then it is a fail imo. I see the Nexus as a sleek, well rounded phone, not a huge monster like the current 4.3
 
When I first got my Evo 4g I thought it was "so big!" but now that I've had it a year, I really don't think it's that big anymore. I could go a little bigger and be fine. I dug out my old T-Mobile G1 last month and was like "My God, how did I use this tiny screen?"

What I don't get is the folks who want little to no bezel. Are they going to use tweezers to pick up their phones? The Evo is so sensitive, I've hurt it's feelings without even trying. But seriously, I have to be careful because I often either hit the home or search button, or an on screen menu. It's sensitive enough that I don't even have to actually make contact with the screen or capactive buttons most of the time.
 
The savings comes when playing a game, streaming video, etc. You get more real estate for viewing....
See that's what I like about having physical buttons. They're always there. It drives me nuts when I'm in the browser and I have to hit "menu" to see the notification bar. I wish they had the option to turn off full-screen view in the browser and every other program. I need to see the time, and sometimes see why I suddenly have a connection issue, or what that alert was that just vibrated my phone when I'm on DND. Sometimes I miss my physical keyboard, touchscreen keyboards are "okay" but they just don't stack up to physical keys.
 
When I first got my Evo 4g I thought it was "so big!" but now that I've had it a year, I really don't think it's that big anymore. I could go a little bigger and be fine. I dug out my old T-Mobile G1 last month and was like "My God, how did I use this tiny screen?"

What I don't get is the folks who want little to no bezel. Are they going to use tweezers to pick up their phones? The Evo is so sensitive, I've hurt it's feelings without even trying. But seriously, I have to be careful because I often either hit the home or search button, or an on screen menu. It's sensitive enough that I don't even have to actually make contact with the screen or capactive buttons most of the time.

This is a really good point. You do want a decent size bezel so the phones should get bigger with screen size. It is also a good point that ICS will most likely use on screen buttons like honeycomb thus helping to eliminate the quarter inch usually reserved for capacitive buttons. I still think these things are gonna be very wide even if they are thin and not too long.
 
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Quite frankly 4.5+ screen size for a phone is ridiculous. Might as well walk around with a Galaxy tab up to your ear at this rate. Personally I feel 4 is perfect, but 4.3 is doable. To each his own though.

This makes me chuckle when I remember my childhood and teen years when we had landline phones you'd think were monsters, and yet we didn't complain that our phones were too big. And that was just the handset, just for talking, and it still was the entire distance from ear to mouth, way bigger than any phone out there right now.
 
If the screen were extended only vertically, so that you replaced the capacitive buttons with software buttons, it would no longer be a 16:9 aspect ratio. The HD resolutions that have been proposed in these 4.5" or 4.65" screen are all 16:9 (1280x720). That means the screen will necessarily be even wider than those of the current qHD 4.3" phones, like the EVO 3D, Droid X2 etc. And some of us think those phones are already too wide.
 
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I would accept it if the phone didn't get wider than the current Evo, Inspire, etc. type phones. It can get a little longer. The important thing is it has to fit in a pocket smoothly.
 
Once again... 4.5" does not always mean the form factor will be bigger. People seem to ignore this despite the fact that a few people on here are basically waiving there hands up and down jumping and screaming about the fact that the phones physically might not get any bigger.

The perfect phone would be made of rubber. It would compact down to fit in your pocket, and stretch out to make the screen whatever size you wanted.

There's not a ton of bezel on current phones. Those buttons don't take much vertical space, and take no horizontal space. The 4.3" phones are already too large to fit comfortably on my hands and my pockets.

This phone is plenty big enough for forums and email and solitaire. I don't play many games or watch many movies.

I'd be happy to replace my photon with something a bit smaller. I have no interest in getting a yet larger screen.
 
I have the Dell Streak. 5"

I couldn't imagine using a smaller phone. This thing renders websites brilliantly. As a total consumer of data (websites, streaming movies, games, etc), having 5" is just so much better. I answer my wife's 3.7 phone sometimes and it seem so small. I can't believe how small iPhones are, too.

Having a big phone means I don't have to squint my eyes to read; I can see more information at a glance, and replying to emails is so much easier.


And, no, I'm not some old geezer with bad eyes. I'm a 30-year-old tech junkie.
 
My boys went from iPhone's to the Infuse 4G (4.5"). Comparing these to my iPhone 3GS, I'm now convinced that the 4.3-4.5 or larger screen is for me - especially considering the thinness and weight of the Samsung phones. So it's either the S II or Nexus Prime for me!
 
Its going to come down to the overall size of the phone. If you played with the Infuse and felt it was to big for you then you are probably not going to like the majority of the new phones coming out or your just have to adapt. I personally think when they start hitting 5.5 inches then iy might be a bit much lol . Sammy has a 5+ inch screen that suppose to come out by the end of this year. (Rumor) it would be great for the N3 imo to have this screen for ICS ...
 
It seems like most (Moto Droid HD, Samsung Hercules, HTC Holiday, Samsung Celox etc.) of the recent specification leaks and rumors for upcoming devices include a 4.5" screen. I've used the Droid X and the Thunderbolt and I've found both to be uncomfortably large (insert joke here :p) with a 4.3" screen. I'm excited about the hardware improvements we are seeing in android handsets, but I would like to see something sized closer to my beloved Droid Incredible. I'm just not at all interested in buying a gigantic phone even if they are thinner than a lot of today's Hummer phones. I guess I'm in the minority. Anybody else like to see a high end phone released in the 3.7" to 4" range?
Just came to the dark side from WebOS and a Pre. :) Just got a Moto Photon 4.3, pretty big change from the Pre. At first I was thinking of waiting for Sammy Galaxy S2 which I heard may be 4.5. After HP & Google made the big announcements, the Photon was it. Was told by Sprint Oct for S2, they were waiting on Ice Cream Sandwich. Right now I don't need or want another .2 bigger screen. Getting used to Android has been interesting, but then same with Win95, Vista, Win 7, Palm, WebOS, etc. I do miss the WebOS open windows scheme, but love all the stuff available for the Droid. I stopped reading PreCentral a long time ago, hate to read about the prolonged funeral, sad what HP did, but its like NFL football players and teams, its all about the business. :)
 
I think I could do as large as 4.7 with a small bezel and no capacitive or hardware buttons (edge to edge screen). Its not about the size of the screen, its about the size of the phone itself.
 
I'm fine with the Captivates screen size. If the phone's screen 4.3' the phone it self would have to be the same size as my Captivate just a bigger screen.
Being a active 15 year old, it's kinda hard to keep a big fun in skinny jeans or such when riding bikes or walking around for long period of times.
 
I'm fine with the Captivates screen size. If the phone's screen 4.3' the phone it self would have to be the same size as my Captivate just a bigger screen.
Being a active 15 year old, it's kinda hard to keep a big fun in skinny jeans or such when riding bikes or walking around for long period of times.

Simple solution for that one...STOP WEARING GIRL'S JEANS!

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I agree thse larger screens are putting a strain on pockets and palms, but the re higher resolutions do compensate by giving a better viewing area and sharpness. My 2 cents. I think 4" is pretty much ideal.
 
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And, once again...a lot of people on here are basically waiving there hands up and down jumping and screaming about the fact that they don't even want a Nexus with a form factor of a current 4.3" screen, which everyone is comparing the possible size to. If the phone is any larger than the last Nexus then it is a fail imo. I see the Nexus as a sleek, well rounded phone, not a huge monster like the current 4.3

Fair enough, Screen size is a personal preference, no doubt. If you don't want a 4.3" that's fine. My point was simply that saying something may have a 4.5" screen in the future isn't necessarily going to make it a larger phone.
 
A 4.5" edge-to-edge screen could fit into the original Incredible case.

The Ancdroid Central Readers Choice surveys show that 4.3" Displays are Now the Sweet Spot. 8% of readers prefer a 3.5" - 3.7" screen.

Note that the coming displays will be edge-to-edge. With the bezel reduced to almost nothing,

Specs: The Incredible is 4.63" x 2.3" x 0.47" = 4.99 in?. The Atrix is a 4" display but with nearly identicle specs: 4.64" x 2.50" x 0.43" = 4.99 in?

If all the bezel on the Incredible were used as screen the Incredible case could have a 5.1" screen = SQRT(4.63^2+2.3^2)

Even leaving room for a bottom row of buttons a 4.5" edge-to-edge screen will fit into the Incredible case. And it would be thinner.

Here are the new Android Phones discussed so far this month on the Android Central front page:
4.5" Samsung Celox
4.5" Samsung Hercules
4.5" Motorola Droid HD
4.5" HTC Holiday
4.5" LG Revolution 2
4.3 Motorola Droid Bionic
4.3" HTC Amaze
4.3" LG Thrill
4.3" Motorola Photon
4.3" Samsung Attain
4.3" Samsung Epic Touch
4.3" Samsung Function
4.3" Samsung Gravity Smart
4.3" LG Optimus 3D
4.3" HTC Vigor 720p
4.3" Samsung Stratosphere
4.1" Motorola Triumph
3.5" Samsung Conquer
3.2" HTC Bliss
3.2" HTC Wildfire S
3.2" Motorola Pax

17 out of 21 are 4.1" or larger.
 
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