Mobile phones & tablets thread

I've never used a bluetooth headset before in my life until now. I guess I've gotten too paranoid after breaking my S3's screen once. The way I see it is it won't break again as long as it remains in my pocket. :D

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Originally Posted by henners88

As I said its just preference. I can squeeze a Note into my jeans pocket but its not comfortable and there's a big rectangular shape showing through my jeans on my thigh when I do. If you don't mind that, then your options are increased obviously with phones getting bigger.

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I think it's more down to what you want to do with the phone. For call taking, surfing or checking Facebook, even the (now dinky) iphone 4S screen is big enough. The reason bigger "Phablets" or flagships with 5 inch 1080p screens are getting more popular is because of handheld gaming IMO. This was more obvious to me when playing certain games on a Nexus 7 and then playing the same games on my S3. Certain games are just better on a tablet's bigger screen, so I guess these new bigger phones are providing a sort of midway alternative for people who don't want a huge tablet, but still want to enjoy certain HD games. Of course a larger screen also helps to watch videos and look at photos. I mean it's unbelievable that there are certain upcoming mobile games (one or two are out on the market already), which even the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 can't handle! :eek:

I'm a simple gamer. "unblock me" is what I sometimes play when in the subway.

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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden

I think it's more down to what you want to do with the phone. For call taking, surfing or checking Facebook, even the (now dinky) iphone 4S screen is big enough. The reason bigger "Phablets" or flagships with 5 inch 1080p screens are getting more popular is because of handheld gaming IMO. This was more obvious to me when playing certain games on a Nexus 7 and then playing the same games on my S3. Certain games are just better on a tablet's bigger screen, so I guess these new bigger phones are providing a sort of midway alternative for people who don't want a huge tablet, but still want to enjoy certain HD games. Of course a larger screen also helps to watch videos and look at photos. I mean it's unbelievable that there are certain upcoming mobile games (one or two are out on the market already), which even the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 can't handle! :eek:

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That makes a lot of sense and its not something I considered previously. I can honestly say I don't have a single game on my phone as its not really my thing. My other half plays a couple of things on her iPad but the screen is ideal if you want that sort if thing.

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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden

I think it's more down to what you want to do with the phone. For call taking, surfing or checking Facebook, even the (now dinky) iphone 4S screen is big enough. The reason bigger "Phablets" or flagships with 5 inch 1080p screens are getting more popular is because of handheld gaming IMO. This was more obvious to me when playing certain games on a Nexus 7 and then playing the same games on my S3. Certain games are just better on a tablet's bigger screen, so I guess these new bigger phones are providing a sort of midway alternative for people who don't want a huge tablet, but still want to enjoy certain HD games. Of course a larger screen also helps to watch videos and look at photos. I mean it's unbelievable that there are certain upcoming mobile games (one or two are out on the market already), which even the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 can't handle! :eek:

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Personally I just like a big screen, I take what Henners says about pocket sizes, but my phone is so slim that it makes up for it and feels less bulky than my Lumia 800 did. The web is just better with a higher res/bigger screen to view it on :)

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Originally Posted by henners88

It's very rare you see people in Britain talking on Bluetooth headsets these days when a few years ago it was very common. Most newer cars seem to have built in Bluetooth too or at least an optional extra. I saw a taxi driver using one the other day and it was something I took note of because of it being uncommon. Think I've still got one somewhere from a Motorola Pebl I had years ago. Now that was a tiny phone.

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The whole size thing with phones is funny, does anyone remember when there was a tendency towards making the tiniest phones possible? You had those silly phones which could almost fit in the palm of your hand. Then phones got bigger because they needed bigger batteries because of cameras and colour screens, now they're getting even bigger. Slider phones have all but died out and clamshell phones never really caught on either.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

The whole size thing with phones is funny, does anyone remember when there was a tendency towards making the tiniest phones possible? You had those silly phones which could almost fit in the palm of your hand. Then phones got bigger because they needed bigger batteries because of cameras and colour screens, now they're getting even bigger. Slider phones have all but died out and clamshell phones never really caught on either.

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I had the Nokia 8210 back in 2001, I still have it though I didn't use it since about 6 years, it's a really good phone but not more than that.
Two years ago I've got myself the first Galaxy Tab and used it as a phone, with earphones and bluetooth.
I am set to get a Note 2 in about 2 months when I'll have to renew my contract, unless there is a Note 3 coming soon which I would wait for.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

The whole size thing with phones is funny, does anyone remember when there was a tendency towards making the tiniest phones possible? You had those silly phones which could almost fit in the palm of your hand. Then phones got bigger because they needed bigger batteries because of cameras and colour screens, now they're getting even bigger. Slider phones have all but died out and clamshell phones never really caught on either.

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Yeah I said a few pages back that it wasn't too long ago it was the race to build the smallest phone possible. We were not surfing the internet so much on them back then though and the use for a mobile phone has changed significantly in recent years. I had the Motorola Pebl which was the smallest phone I ever had but it was only used for texting and phoning so perfect for the use. Before that I had the Motorola Razor which ended up being one of the best selling phones of all time due to its flip design and slim build. When you consider how limited they were in terms of what we used them for, its no wonder battery life was days rather than hours. I think that's why we are so fussy these days demanding better battery life because we were once used to having it so good but haven't considered the changes that came with it.

I don't mind so much having a larger phone than I once had but draw the line at having a handset that's 160mm long and 100mm wide! Give me a 4 inch screen (maybe slightly bigger I'd go) that is all I need. You won't hear it said too often but small is impressive in this case IMHO lol :)

You can still get tiny phones of course, they tend to be the really cheap and simple ones.

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Originally Posted by Mark

You can still get tiny phones of course, they tend to be the really cheap and simple ones.

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Of course.