Posts by Chuck2a

New claim: iPhone 5 was a goer until Jobs bottled it

So, while the IT industry as a whole have been seamlessly dealing with different size screens for decades, that concept somehow seems a novelty to Apple.

"...The iPhone is big enough shoved in a pocket, I can't imagine trying to heft around some of the droid phones..."

Except that these droid phones are not that much bigger than the iPhone in total size. The iPhone bezel wastes such a large surface that even at 3.5" screen it is surprisingly large of a phone. For example, one version of the Samsung S2 in the US gives you 30% more screen size, while the phone is only 13% larger (it is even thinner than iPhone). I would take that tradeoff any time.

"The difference between 3.5" and 4" is so little that I don't think it's worth the fragmentation ..."

No. You just don't get it. Try USING 3.5" vs. 4". The difference is NIGHT and DAY, both on your eyes and your fingers. 4.3" and 4.5" are even better.

I went from 3.5" (iPhone) to 4.3"(Evo) to 4.5"(Galaxy S2) the last 3 years, and I will never go back.