Who is To Blame for giant phones?

[MikeLip]

Ok, maybe I was too brash but I forgot, when you get an iPhone you use Apples ecosystem, which I have no interest in. So I am back at square one. If Android can't do one device with good internals in a smaller form factor, maybe I'll see if a BlackBerry or Windows Phone may do one.

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I'd seriously wait for the Alpha. It looks to be an extremely nice phone despite what the spec nerds are complaining about. Know what's sitting next to me right now? Razr MaxxHD. Awesome. By todays standards it's boring. But it plays games, does netflix, talks, emails, navigates and does it all day. The screen while not up to QHD standards is very good. The Alpha is going to smoke this guy except perhaps in battery life. And still be in the size ballpark I like. So despite my increasing wariness of Android, I think I'm going to hang tight and see if it comes to Verizon. The Alpha might be the only phone that will sway me from my bullheaded and possibly insane lust for the Passport

I also keep looking at used Droid 4s because hey - big lightup keyboard

 

[unstoppablekem]

The Moto x+1 and Xperia Z Compact series are high speced yet powerful.


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[Calla lily]

I have small hands and my GS5 really is too big. I can type one handed if I have to but it's slow and I feel like I'm about to drop it reaching for the left side and it requires some careful tilting to get there. I cannot take one handed photos with the phone horizontal at all and it won't fit in most of my pockets. I like the screen size for reading and looking at photos though. I just have to deal because I'm going to have the phone for a long time.

 

[Calla lily]

I forgot about the one handed operation mode. That helps with typing.

 

[A895]

I'd seriously wait for the Alpha. It looks to be an extremely nice phone despite what the spec nerds are complaining about. Know what's sitting next to me right now? Razr MaxxHD. Awesome. By todays standards it's boring. But it plays games, does netflix, talks, emails, navigates and does it all day. The screen while not up to QHD standards is very good. The Alpha is going to smoke this guy except perhaps in battery life. And still be in the size ballpark I like. So despite my increasing wariness of Android, I think I'm going to hang tight and see if it comes to Verizon. The Alpha might be the only phone that will sway me from my bullheaded and possibly insane lust for the Passport

I also keep looking at used Droid 4s because hey - big lightup keyboard

Haha, I was looking at crackberry and N4BB earlier and the PassPort and Classic look good, I may take a serious look at the classic myself because of the small form factor and I miss having a keyboard, my biggest gripe with modern smart phones is that virtual keyboards ain't nothing like the real thing. I had maybe 4 phones since 2008 that had keyboards before I jumped in Android in 2011 and I miss keyboards dearly.

You can type super fast and the muscle memory with keyboards makes it a breeze to be a texting champ. I actually was going to get a BlackBerry back in December for my upgrade but I wussed out and got a Moto X instead. I even told my coworkers I was going to get one ,but I changed my mind when I got into the store, true story.

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[A895]

The Moto x+1 and Xperia Z Compact series are high speced yet powerful.


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That they are, but they ate also one existent on Verizon right now, but I'll keep my eye out for either one when they come out. I hope at least the Moto X+1 isn't a phablet.

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[MikeLip]

That they are, but they ate also one existent on Verizon right now, but I'll keep my eye out for either one when they come out. I hope at least the Moto X+1 isn't a phablet.

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I was disappointed when I saw the size of the X+1. Its about the size of the Droid Maxx. The Moto X was a good size. The touch keyboard of the Z30 is about the best one on the market. I can go faster on that than on Swype or the 9930 keyboard. But it does have a learning curve. And it's just a plain awesome phone.

 

[A895]

I was disappointed when I saw the size of the X+1. Its about the size of the Droid Maxx. The Moto X was a good size. The touch keyboard of the Z30 is about the best one on the market. I can go faster on that than on Swype or the 9930 keyboard. But it does have a learning curve. And it's just a plain awesome phone.

I wish the Classic had the GPU of the Z30 and 3GB of RAM, that would be awesome.

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[z33dev33l]

Well, at least the Galaxy Alpha isn't a phablet:

Motorola Moto X vs Samsung Galaxy Alpha - Phone specs comparison


At least Samsung figured out a powerful device on this range is worth it.

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That battery life is not going to be pretty...

 

[z33dev33l]

I blame HTC. The Aria was so bad that the small smartphone was forever shunned.

 

[MikeLip]

That battery life is not going to be pretty...

Well, it won't be in the league of something like a Maxx, no. But the SoC is probably going to be pretty efficient, they are being conservative with the display, and Android battery management is finally getting as good as iOS and WP. So maybe it will be OK. I would wish for more milliamp/hours, but that means more volume to the phone and thin was pretty obviously a driver for this thing. Someone in marketing said hey, make this thinner than an iPhone and lo, it was so. But something had to give. Hopefully engineering did what engineers love to do, and made what they wanted to make work well, despite marketing.

 

[A895]

That battery life is not going to be pretty...

We don't know that yet, need to wait for reviews.

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[Aquila]

We don't know that yet, need to wait for reviews.

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lol you're clearly new to this game. /s

 

[codyoehl]

I blame HTC. The Aria was so bad that the small smartphone was forever shunned.

That phone came out 4 years ago, of course it wasn't that good compared to what we have today

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[A895]

That phone came out 4 years ago, of course it wasn't that good compared to what we have today

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Lol, I didn't even realize he mentioned an old phone.

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[z33dev33l]

I'm not trolling... That battery capacity is way low and the aria was pretty much the last major attempt at a small premium smartphone and it was an awful device.

 

[A895]

I'm not trolling... That battery capacity is way low and the aria was pretty much the last major attempt at a small premium smartphone and it was an awful device.

The battery capacity does not tell the whole story, cmon even you know that.

Also, the HTC Aria, should not even been mentioned there have been quite a few premium devices at small form factors, just not many recently.

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[z33dev33l]

The battery capacity does not tell the whole story, cmon even you know that.

Also, the HTC Aria, should not even been mentioned there have been quite a few premium devices at small form factors, just not many recently.

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Ever since about that time, people have been constantly pushing the bar on what is large yet realistic for a phone. Have there been 4.1 inch phones that are high end? Yes but that's because 4.1 was thought to be a strong size for a phone. The Aria was the last flagship-esque phone I can think of with a generally small form factor though I guess that depends on what you consider small.

Also, is that not the same octa course chipset Samsung used on the s4 international? If so, it's battery hungry. If not,mayhaps it could retreating done interest.

 

[codyoehl]

Ever since about that time, people have been constantly pushing the bar on what is large yet realistic for a phone. Have there been 4.1 inch phones that are high end? Yes but that's because 4.1 was thought to be a strong size for a phone. The Aria was the last flagship-esque phone I can think of with a generally small form factor though I guess that depends on what you consider small.

Also, is that not the same octa course chipset Samsung used on the s4 international? If so, it's battery hungry. If not,mayhaps it could retreating done interest.

I doubt that one smartphone caused the whole market to shift

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[A895]

Ever since about that time, people have been constantly pushing the bar on what is large yet realistic for a phone. Have there been 4.1 inch phones that are high end? Yes but that's because 4.1 was thought to be a strong size for a phone. The Aria was the last flagship-esque phone I can think of with a generally small form factor though I guess that depends on what you consider small.

Also, is that not the same octa course chipset Samsung used on the s4 international? If so, it's battery hungry. If not,mayhaps it could retreating done interest.

Ok you contradicted yourself. You concede that there have been high ends devices in that same category since then but you still want to consider it the only one.

Then you say the Alpha has the same processor as the S4 international when it does not. Then you say it may not so it could be interesting. I am confused on your posts.

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