Does anyone think its TOO big?

[crzycrkr]

I think to most people height is the least important part of a phone's size. Width, thickness, and weight are what determine how big the phone feels in you hand, and in your pocket. Yes, the phone is a half inch longer than the GS2, and perhaps 1/4" longer than the Droid X. I can tell you that having my DX stretched a quarter inch wouldn't bother me at all.

For people coming from a 3.7" or a 4" phone I can see how this would seem really large (if a 4.3" phone already seems big, then I guess even a very small bit of extra size seems ridiculous) but lots of people like 4.3" phones, and for those people the GNex will be a perfectly reasonable size.

I'm not saying I completely disagree with you, but you can't deny its a huge phone. I just have a problem with the fact that the software buttons were supposed to shrink the top and bottom bezel and they've seemed to get bigger.

 

[1088933]

I'm not saying I completely disagree with you, but you can't deny its a huge phone. I just have a problem with the fact that the software buttons were supposed to shrink the top and bottom bezel and they've seemed to get bigger.

I agree with this. Although I feel that the phone is a good size, they definitely could have made the bezel smaller... or the screen bigger. The first is probably a bit more reasonable though.

 

[Snareman]

I agree with this. Although I feel that the phone is a good size, they definitely could have made the bezel smaller... or the screen bigger. The first is probably a bit more reasonable though.

I'm going to assume, or at least I sure hope, that the Samsung engineers did all they could to maximize the screen with the smallest possible bezel. I'm going to assume that if we have this idea that they certainly had it and did their best with it. I was really hoping for a true edge to edge screen, although my layman brain doesn't really know if that's possible.

There is that Steve Jobs story when they came out with the first ipod that shortened goes something like - they brought it to him and he said, no it needs to be smaller. They said, but Mr. Jobs, "it can't be any smaller. We've made it as small as we can. Look at all of these great things it does!" So Steve went over to the fish tank and threw it in saying "See those air bubbles coming out of it? There's still space in there to get rid of."

I am coming from a 4" Fascinate, so yes, this does seem gargantuan to me. I can't see me not getting it, size not withstanding and I'm sure I'll eventually get used to it, but to me at the moment, it is gargantuan.

 

[1088933]

I'm going to assume, or at least I sure hope, that the Samsung engineers did all they could to maximize the screen with the smallest possible bezel. I'm going to assume that if we have this idea that they certainly had it and did their best with it. I was really hoping for a true edge to edge screen, although my layman brain doesn't really know if that's possible.

There is that Steve Jobs story when they came out with the first ipod that shortened goes something like - they brought it to him and he said, no it needs to be smaller. They said, but Mr. Jobs, "it can't be any smaller. We've made it as small as we can. Look at all of these great things it does!" So Steve went over to the fish tank and threw it in saying "See those air bubbles coming out of it? There's still space in there to get rid of."

I am coming from a 4" Fascinate, so yes, this does seem gargantuan to me. I can't see me not getting it, size not withstanding and I'm sure I'll eventually get used to it, but to me at the moment, it is gargantuan.

You're probably right, they did it for a reason and it will probably work best for the phone. I'm not engineer, so I'll leave it up to them

 

[JtothaR]

It's suddenly too small, LOL. I want a Galaxy note with ICS!

 

[Snareman]

It's suddenly too small, LOL. I want a Galaxy note with ICS!

I'm pretty sure I don't need a phone with a 5.3" screen.

 

[yapkuen]

I'm pretty sure I don't need a phone with a 5.3" screen small tablet that happens to be able to make phone calls.

Fixed it for ya

 

[Snareman]

Fixed it for ya

That too.

 

[JtothaR]

I'm pretty sure I don't need a phone with a 5.3" screen.

I'm pretty sure i don't need lots of things, but want is a different story.

 

[Snareman]

I'm pretty sure i don't need lots of things, but want is a different story.

Ok, let me try again. I absolutely don't want or need a tabletyphoneythingamabobflopperdopper with a 5.3" screen to try putting in my pocket to carry around.

 

[1088933]

Ok, let me try again. I absolutely don't want or need a tabletyphoneythingamabobflopperdopper with a 5.3" screen to try putting in my pocket to carry around.

Oh, you wait until fanny packs make a comeback. Then you won't need a pocket for your new awesome shiny tabletyphoneythingamabobflopperdopper

 

[Adrynalyne]

Oh, you wait until fanny packs make a comeback. Then you won't need a pocket for your new awesome shiny tabletyphoneythingamabobflopperdopper

The next extended battery tech will be built into a man-purse....oops, I mean fanny pack.

 

[1088933]

The next extended battery tech will be built into a man-purse....oops, I mean fanny pack.

Portable phone generators ftw!

 

[weblos]

if anything I wish it had a bigger screen.With the buttons on the screen it makes it more of 4.3 inch screen.Is anyone else a little bummed out by this? That means that the s2 from sprint has a bigger screen when browsing the internet.

 

[crzycrkr]

if anything I wish it had a bigger screen.With the buttons on the screen it makes it more of 4.3 inch screen.Is anyone else a little bummed out by this? That means that the s2 from sprint has a bigger screen when browsing the internet.

They go any bigger, its going to end up bigger than the Note. I've always considered the Nexus to be a good all around phone, not a huge media phone. That's kinda why I'm disappointed in the size.

 

[rabaker07]

I agree with this. Although I feel that the phone is a good size, they definitely could have made the bezel smaller... or the screen bigger. The first is probably a bit more reasonable though.

Agreed, this is pretty typical of the Samsung phones I've seen. HTC and Motorola are much better at more screen/buttons less bezel.

 

[rabaker07]

Man, I'm in love with this phone, but I'd love to see what HTC comes out with next (not Vigor next, but ICS next). They seem to be supporting a range of sizes. I'd like to see a phone the size of the Inc2 (but slightly larger screen to accommodate the on-screen menu keys) with nice 1.5 dual-core Exynos with paired GPU, SuperAMOLED+ 720p or 1080p/i, HDMI out, dual-mic, MicroSD, better speaker openings, metal-body... flashed with vanilla stock ICS ROM.

 

[rabaker07]

Don't let the screen size fool you, remember that it has almost no bezel and all the buttons are integrated into the screen. Your current phone likely has a smaller screen but needs extra space for buttons.

Almost no bezel! Are you kidding? It looks like they added handles on the top and bottom for playing driving games..... sheesh.

They really could have streamlined it better, top to bottom....

 

[dj2big]

If I can't text with one hand and reach the entire keyboard with my thumb, it's too big, for me.

Just do thumb excercises you will be fine

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[phantomash]

What about everything else I said abut the razr. It's a thinner smaller phone amongst other important factors

when you're holding a phone using one hand, only the width matters, being thinner doesn't really help, especially if its only 2mm thinner. Nexus isn't "fat" to begin with.