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Here is why the iPhone is 3.5" according to Giz
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I do! The Mitsubishi 82" DLP is on my Xmas wish list...
The point is choice is good, and Apple is not exactly all about choices. And that's ok. You either buy into it or you don't. Or like some of us, you buy into it under protest...
Lol. Ok, fair enough about the TV. I'm a New Yorker so you couldn't fit a 70" TV in most apartments. So yes, it comes down to personal wants/needs and being able to accept what's on the market.
My problem was this person's hostile post insulting people and making disparaging remarks about people with disabilities.
Not really. If you want a bigger screen then go get an Android phone. Nothing is stopping you from having a mobile device with a bigger screen than the iPhones.
Yeah, I went back and read them. It's sad people can't discuss a topic with more civility.
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True. Unfortunately resistance is futile (Star Trek reference for the uninitiated). I have been assimilated. We are Apple...
Almost reach the other side? I'm an average sized person and without even stretching my thumb, I reach past the edge of the iPhone screen, no problem.
I prefer the 3.5" size. I think it strikes the perfect blend between portability/usability/viewability. The 4"+ Android screens are very nice but I'm sometimes shocked when girls whip Androids out of their bags. They look like little cricket bats. I currently have a 3.2" Android that I find a little cramped. But my iPod touch screen I find perfect.
Who said anything about being able to afford it or not? Again with these immature replies. Why do people feel the need to insult?
If you read my other posts, you'll see the point I'm making about 70" TVs. a 70" TV is a WANT not a NEED. Just as a 4" screen is a WANT not a NEED. And the iPhone is a WANT not a NEED.
Not just the other side, but the other corner. I'm 6' and have fairly large hands, and it's true, without repositioning the phone or stretching the farthest I reach comfortably is the top opposite corner.
People with the want for larger screens shouldn't be disparaging those who are fine w/ the smaller one. It's not the size that counts, but what you do with it
Who the hell needs a 70" TV?
If you have anything smaller than 70" that is a real shame.
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Basically when you hold the iPhone in your left hand and articulate your thumb, you can reach almost exactly to the other side of the screen while in a bigger screen you can't unless you are very tall.
Gizmodo article
Also, if you hold it on your left hand. You'll see the following..
Hmm good reason. Probably main reason we will not see a large screen iphone. I know I tried an android with 4.5 in it was difficulty trying to touch the icons on the far top/right!!!
me too, I just paraphrased the article and found it interesting enough to post it here in MR and see what everybody though on this!
As for my opinion on the subject, I could care less if it was 3.5 or 4 as long as they don't release it smaller than 3.5 or huge like 5. I'm happy w/ 3.5, and I pre-ordered the 4S w/ no hesitation since it's still the best phone while you study/work in the medical field.
I think 3.5 inch screen is perfect I have used my friends Galaxy S and the four inches is just too big for me 3.5 is perfect to use with one hands which is helpful in a lot of situations and the phone just doesn't feel as big and bulky as the iPhone, if i needed a bigger screen, which i did, i just got an iPad
Oh look, another stupid article on gizmodo. Surprise, surprise.
Thats why I haven't gone there in over 7 months.
Oh, and I have a 4.3'' screen and my thumb can touch all 4.3 inches of the screen
I'm not tall.
Thats why I haven't gone there in over 7 months.
Oh, and I have a 4.3'' screen and my thumb can touch all 4.3 inches of the screen
I'm not tall.
It's all relative!
These arguments are so absurd and pointless. Different size fit for different people. There is no such thing as "the perfect" size--not even 3.5". It's whatever's perfect for you.
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These arguments are so absurd and pointless. Different size fit for different people. There is no such thing as "the perfect" size--not even 3.5". It's whatever's perfect for you.
This message was brought to you by the Reading Rainbow.