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Totally agree. I bought a Galaxy S3 recently and my only major regret is that the thing is freakin' huge. I don't understand at all why this is desirable. Even in the rare instance where I want to watch a video on my phone, the slightly large screen doesn't really noticeably improve the experience.



The killer use case for large screens: make sure you're using Google Chrome as your browser. Then select "request desktop site".


Sure, that's nice enough but I doubt it's a make or break for many people. Having a phone that fits comfortably in my pocket is a much bigger deal.

Anyway, I think it would be a lot more interesting to use that bigger form factor to give a phone amazing battery life or to make it super rugged.


How about someone invents a flip-out screen already? Then I can have a slim touch-phone and 1080p screen for those rare times I want to use a browser when I'm away from my laptop.

We could use robotic pixels, to flip around when you need them on the edges (it would also mean you could embed a camera in the middle of a screen for better eye-communication)


my top two uses for my smartphone are as an ebook reader and to browse the web. large screens are superb for both of those.


Well, if you don't care as much about portability, I think an iPad is far superior at both of those tasks than any smartphone I've encountered.


An iPad doesn't fit in your jeans pocket.


my galaxy nexus is perfectly portable.




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