Who would of thought, People prefer bigger screens

[Technarchy]

The largest screen device I owned for any extended period of time was the Sprint GSII at 4.5"...

Changed to AT&T and got a 4.3" GSII

Dumped it for a 3.5" iPhone.

Screen size is only part of the equation for some buyers.

 

[VSMacOne]

There are a few phones that I'd say are in the verge of tablet territory (Dell Streak, Galaxy Note, LG Intuition e.t.c) but it does mistyfy me when people say the likes of the Galaxy S III, HTC Titan and Galaxy Nexus are like tablets.

To me they are just phones with screens larger than the iPhone and there is no "ligging" involved.

How hard is it to identify a tablet and a phone?

I have normal sized hands.The iPhone is the best feeling phone to navigate and hold up to the ear. Any phone wider than that feels awkward to me (and i'm sure others). That's just my opinion. But I guess people who don't do a lot of "talking" on the phone don't mind trying to fit a phone like the Note in their pockets.

A larger screen doesn't automatically mean extra screen real estate. A 4.3 screen with 800x480 resolution has LESS screen real estate than the 3.5 iphone 4. I expected people on a tech forum to know this. I would definitely have simply said larger screen talking to my non-techie sister. But I guess these days one must accommodate the lowest common demoninator.

From what I've read about the matter, larger screens were introduced to help manufacturers squeeze more battery in the phones and if I remember correctly they were cheaper to cut. I think they've taken off mainly because so many Android phones have them, and most of those phones are pushed more than iPhones by carriers.

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The largest screen device I owned for any extended period of time was the Sprint GSII at 4.5"...

Changed to AT&T and got a 4.3" GSII

Dumped it for a 3.5" iPhone.

Screen size is only part of the equation for some buyers.

Agreed.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

The s3 has better battery life than the 4s especially when comparing the CDMA variants. Not sure why you thought otherwise.

Experience, that's why.

I may be one of those weird birds that still uses a crapton of talk time on my mobile phone but I'd get about 3-4 hours per day use out of my S3, but 6-7 hours of use out of my 4S. I can only attribute the difference to either a) bigger screen = more power or b) S3 radio wasn't optimized for voice. I doubt its the latter.

 

[Vegastouch]

And please fix the solecism in the title; "would of" drives me crazy.

Oh Whaaaa.....Geez, didnt realize there are so any teachers in this forum who are all so proper. So i didnt write "who would have thought" or "who would've thought". Who cares, you all know what it meant. If it drives you nuts, dont post in it

There are plenty of other things in here that should/will drive you more bonkers than that.

 

[Mac.World]

Experience, that's why.

I may be one of those weird birds that still uses a crapton of talk time on my mobile phone but I'd get about 3-4 hours per day use out of my S3, but 6-7 hours of use out of my 4S. I can only attribute the difference to either a) bigger screen = more power or b) S3 radio wasn't optimized for voice. I doubt its the latter.

Neither your first or second point would be the reason. If you really had an S3, you would know the screen shuts off within a second of the phone going to your ear and turns back on when you pull it away. Experience would tell me that you had more info pushing to your S3 than the iphone, or you were running another task in the background (you know, real multitasking), or you were running the int'l version S3 that had the drain value improperly set to 34mA, instead of 3.4mA. Easily fixed. The 4s battery life is a joke in comparison to the S3. I give you Apple's own words from 10 months ago:

Apple issued a statement to The Loop's Jim Dalrymple about customer complaints of poor battery life with the new iPhone 4S and iOS 5:
A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices. We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.”
There have been a litany of complaints about iPhone 4S and iOS 5 battery life ever since their release last month. A number of solutions have been proposed by the community for this problem, including turning off Time Zone detection, Bluetooth and others.

 

[zbarvian]

Oh Whaaaa.....Geez, didnt realize there are so any teachers in this forum who are all so proper. So i didnt write "who would have thought" or "who would've thought". Who cares, you all know what it meant. If it drives you nuts, dont post in it

There are plenty of other things in here that should/will drive you more bonkers than that.

It's just a pet peeve...some basic grammar never hurt anyone.

 

[Vegastouch]

It's just a pet peeve...some basic grammar never hurt anyone.

True enough but its not like it was unreadable. I posted it in a bit of a hurry,.... so i misused a word. It isnt the end of the world. "Crapton" isnt one of those good grammer words to use but i knew what the guy meant.

 

[ReallyBigFeet]

Neither your first or second point would be the reason. If you really had an S3, you would know the screen shuts off within a second of the phone going to your ear and turns back on when you pull it away. Experience would tell me that you had more info pushing to your S3 than the iphone, or you were running another task in the background (you know, real multitasking), or you were running the int'l version S3 that had the drain value improperly set to 34mA, instead of 3.4mA. Easily fixed. The 4s battery life is a joke in comparison to the S3. I give you Apple's own words from 10 months ago:

The 4S works the same way, the screen shuts off when I put it to my ear. But I never use either phone that way. I use a BT Plantronics Voyager with both.

As for multitasking...possible. I don't take the time to shut down apps on either device. I didn't realize that the S3 keeps burning power for apps not in current focus, however. But even then, I'm only running web browser, email and maps.

Shrug....don't know what to tell you. My experience is that I get far less power out of my S3 than I do equivalent use out of the 4S, and I'm essentially using them the same way, just on alternating days. Well that's not true any more....I've gone back to my 4S for most of my weekday use since I need the battery power for business calls. I do still use the S3 on weekends, however.

If I've the time, I'll set up a side by side test where I set both phones up to call each other starting on a full charge, no apps running other than email and browser, and just let them burn down. I'll even run a stereo by the phone on either side to simulate speech, enable two Voyager BT headsets and let them burn down the battery in a race to dead. Then, guess I'll know for sure.

 

[dukeblue91]

No surprise to me as this was the reason I switched to Android, it was not for the OS as I was happy with iOS for the most part but I really disliked the little screen and only going to a 4" screen was not enough of a jump for me.

When ever I hold my son's iPhone next to my HTC 4.7" screen I just smile.

I'm now waiting on the Note 2 to come here to the US and hope this will fix my craving for a bigger screen

 

[iosuser]

I recently sold my 4S and bought an S3. Add me to the list of those who think the S3's battery life sucks.

I have the same amount of push services setup on my S3 as my 4S. I'm not a heavy user at all, typically 1.5-2 hours of total screen time (love that detailed battery usage report in Android), maybe 10-15 minutes of talk on an average day. At the end of the day my battery is at ~35% from a full charge. On the 4S I'll typically be at ~60% with my same usage scenario. I haven't found a suitable replacement app on Android to track my workouts (using it on my iPad now), which would add 90 minutes of constant on on the iPhone on my workout days and I'll still be at 50% on the 4S. On days I'm in NYC with LTE coverage on the S3, forget it. It'll be at <20%. Also my S3 gets uncomfortably hot if I play a certain game for 10-15 minutes, I've never seen the iPhone get that hot. The iphone definitely does more with less compared to Android in general. My S3 is completely stock, with only a handful of apps I installed, FAR less than what I had installed on my iPhone and it was jailbroken. I am still dumbfounded as to how the Engadget test showed 9hrs of usage on LTE..

PS on few occasions where I had 30-60 minutes phone calls, that will be the highest battery drainer for that day, so I agree that the S3's radio is not optimized for voice.

Experience, that's why.

I may be one of those weird birds that still uses a crapton of talk time on my mobile phone but I'd get about 3-4 hours per day use out of my S3, but 6-7 hours of use out of my 4S. I can only attribute the difference to either a) bigger screen = more power or b) S3 radio wasn't optimized for voice. I doubt its the latter.

Neither your first or second point would be the reason. If you really had an S3, you would know the screen shuts off within a second of the phone going to your ear and turns back on when you pull it away. Experience would tell me that you had more info pushing to your S3 than the iphone, or you were running another task in the background (you know, real multitasking), or you were running the int'l version S3 that had the drain value improperly set to 34mA, instead of 3.4mA. Easily fixed. The 4s battery life is a joke in comparison to the S3. I give you Apple's own words from 10 months ago:

 

[nickchallis92]

I recently sold my 4S and bought an S3. Add me to the list of those who think the S3's battery life sucks.

I have the same amount of push services setup on my S3 as my 4S. I'm not a heavy user at all, typically 1.5-2 hours of total screen time (love that detailed battery usage report in Android), maybe 10-15 minutes of talk on an average day. At the end of the day my battery is at ~35% from a full charge. On the 4S I'll typically be at ~60% with my same usage scenario. I haven't found a suitable replacement app on Android to track my workouts (using it on my iPad now), which would add 90 minutes of constant on on the iPhone on my workout days and I'll still be at 50% on the 4S. On days I'm in NYC with LTE coverage on the S3, forget it. It'll be at <20%. Also my S3 gets uncomfortably hot if I play a certain game for 10-15 minutes, I've never seen the iPhone get that hot. The iphone definitely does more with less compared to Android in general. My S3 is completely stock, with only a handful of apps I installed, FAR less than what I had installed on my iPhone and it was jailbroken. I am still dumbfounded as to how the Engadget test showed 9hrs of usage on LTE..

PS on few occasions where I had 30-60 minutes phone calls, that will be the highest battery drainer for that day, so I agree that the S3's radio is not optimized for voice.

Liar, The SGS3's battery is rather brilliant for a modern day smartphone and easily outdoes a iphone 4s. I don't know what you're trying to prove