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[Horse Armour]

What's the point of the Galaxy Note then?

 

[def sim]

Would increase durability by reducing rigidity?

what good is a phone that doesn't shatter on the first drop

 

[Emily Chu]

I think thats what they are going to do. Though you will lost effective pixel.

solved this problem day zero on my Galaxy Nexus

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
and used a rom that allows the bottom nav bar to be hidden
full screen 720x1280 master race

 

[Emily Chu]

What's the point of the Galaxy Note then?

6-7" Note 3 incoming baby

 

[Darkkn]

If they can squeeze the .2 inches screen size increase into the same size body i'm all for it, but i don't want any larger phone. GS3 is within the limits of being still good to use and not too big.

GS3 is so good that i have no desire to upgrade anytime soon, maybe for GS5.

 

[LeleSocho]

5 inches? ahahah that's ridiculous 4.7 or whatever the S3 display is it's already too much 4.3 is the sweet spot (and also the maximum size for a phone to be confortable in your pocket)

 

[BFIB]

The GS3 is the sweet spot for me. Phones need to expand, other than "Here's more specs, here's more screen real estate!"

 

[bedlamite]

Is Samsung still keeping the retarded half-height home button? A phone that bloody big with all that space at the bottom, and the home button somehow gets scrunched down till you can barely hit the damn thing using it with one hand.

 

[def sim]

Samsung used to make media players at five inches and those weren't so far off from the S3. I think they could convince their current customers it's a good standard if they keep it at that size. Shrinking the bezel some more couldn't hurt.

I agree 4.3 is the best size for a smart phone, though.

 

[ep85]

Make it look like Sailor Moon's Compaq and you have a required buy for every woman in america.

 

[ponpo]

5" screen, shudder. Calm down Samsung.

 

[jobber]

I love my new Samsung Gloss!

 

[MarkMclovin]

Fuuuu

And it just feels like yesterday when I got the S3.

DAT WAITING FOR JELLYBEAN

 

[AAequal]

While those are horrible it was nice time when there was more then one desing to choose from.

 

[dark10x]

6-7" Note 3 incoming baby

Would be hilarious.

I'm sure there are people who would justify carrying a 6 or 7" phone in their pockets.

 

[Hoo-doo]

solved this problem day zero on my Galaxy Nexus

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
and used a rom that allows the bottom nav bar to be hidden
full screen 720x1280 master race

Porn, 4Chan, GAF and Reddit.

You're living the life, I see.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

I love my S3, but I actually don't want a bigger screen size. I prefer 4.5 actually, something I can use easily with just one hand.

 

[metalslimer]

Would be hilarious.

I'm sure there are people who would justify carrying a 6 or 7" phone in their pockets.

I don't think even Shaq could fit this in his pocket

 

[Emily Chu]

Porn, 4Chan, GAF and Reddit.

You're living the life, I see.

Quadfecta

what else is there ?

Gmail and (facebook) (ugh) are apps

 

[ponpo]

Make it look like Sailor Moon's Compaq and you have a required buy for every woman in america.

Just buy the new Docobmo Fujitsu Girls Popteen!

 

[aparisi2274]

Screen Size is said to be increasing from 4.8 inches to 5 inches

At what point do we just say, "Ok, enough with the screen size increases... I think we are good!"

 

[Cipherr]

Onscreen buttons samsung. Time to let go of the capacitive and hardkey nonsense. Embrace it! if they do that, they can fit the 5" screen on the same sized device as the S3 and not have to increase the dimensions at all. We shall see. But Im alot more interested in the HTC Two X. That sweet sweet LCD2.

Just buy the new Docobmo Fujitsu Girls Popteen!

Even Popteens like double clocks! Hai Hai Hai Hai Hai Hai

 

[Bgamer90]

Why not just replace the S4 with the Note if they're going to get a 5 inch screen.

Exactly what I was thinking. A bit ridiculous IMO.

Next year we will see 7" screens on phones lol.

 

[tino]

At what point do we just say, "Ok, enough with the screen size increases... I think we are good!"

Honestly? Probably when SUV stop being popular.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

big screen is big.

 

[justjohn]

WTF, i just bought the S3 a few days ago. this is getting ridiculous now.

 

[LeleSocho]

While those are horrible it was nice time when there was more then one desing to choose from.

The Nokia 7600 is wonderful the only thing that kept me to buying it at the time was the lack of memory expansion and it had something like 32MB of storage.

 

[shinobi602]

http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2012/09/17/samsung-galaxy-s4-leak-iphone-5/
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/tech/mobile/samsung-galaxy-s-4/index.html

Summary:

Samsung will unveil the S4 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in February 2013

Galaxy S4 will be released in March of 2013

Screen Size is said to be increasing from 4.8 inches to 5 inches

the new device “will see some external changes but [will] retain its rectangular shape with rounded corner concept”



This is all from Korean Times. So take that as you will. CNN is also reporting it now

Glad I waited and didn't jump on the S3, even though I really want to. March 2013 is when I can renew my contract.

 

[kehs]

WTF, i just bought the S3 a few days ago. this is getting ridiculous now.

This thing won't be in people's hands until march of next year internationally, and probably june for the US.

 

[Zeppu]

Samsung will once again miss the MWC deadline and announce it in a separate event on their own.

 

[LeleSocho]

Samsung will once again miss the MWC deadline and announce it in a separate event on their own.

I thought the same thing, relax people in US it will not arrive before June.

 

[buhdeh]

5"? SMH

 

[Technosteve]

the new device “will see some external changes but [will] retain its rectangular shape with rounded corner concept”

our lawyers tells us, that this design is bullet proof.

 

[snack]

Will it keep the same width dimensions? God, anything bigger than the S3 in terms of width is buzz kill.

 

[NekoFever]

As someone who didn't want a bigger iPhone screen, these screen size wars are getting stupid.

I miss the days when high-tech meant smaller.

Reminds me of this.

"Fuck everything. We're doing five inches."

 

[AppleSmack]

Lol they are making one this soon and making a bigger screen as well?

DO NOT WANT.

 

[Cipherr]

WTF, i just bought the S3 a few days ago. this is getting ridiculous now.

All major manufacturers refresh flagship devices once per year. The S3 was rumored for March of this year also, then slipped to May/June.

 

[MarkusRJR]

I'm still using a phone with a 3.7" screen and new flagship phones are 5" big? Gross. The largest screen I could handle is a 4.3" at most.

 

[SamuraiX-]

Yo, wtf Samsung.

At least let the S3 be on the market for a solid year first.

This industry is turning into a circus.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Bigger is not always better. Not a big fan of phablets.

 

[Vyer]

Why do negative about the bigger screen? Samsung's only giving the people what it was told they want.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Good. I'm sick of only upgrading every 12 months.

Nonsense, numb-nuts. Being released to the public is what makes technology obsolete. The only way to stay ahead of the curve is to invest in products that don't exist, and hopefully never will. Like the iPlunger, or the Nintendonut.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Yo, wtf Samsung.

At least let the S3 be on the market for a solid year first.

This industry is turning into a circus.

*The Android market.

The iPhone and WinPho markets seem to be pretty stable as far as major revisions go. The iPhone market for sure.

 

[AppleSmack]

Why do negative about the bigger screen? Samsung's only giving the people what it was told they want.

Who exactly wanted a 5" screen? It sounds to me that Samsung just thinks bigger = better.

 

[pxleyes]

5" screen? AHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Because this was SO successful.

 

[-PXG-]

6 inch phones by 2014? Awwwwww yeah.

 

[shinobi602]

Yo, wtf Samsung.

At least let the S3 be on the market for a solid year first.

This industry is turning into a circus.

They come out in 1 year increments. Why would it be any different this time?

 

[tino]

5" screen? AHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Because this was SO successful.

Tell that to the 10 million Galaxy Note customers.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

A phone is coming out and it's a new one.

 

[kehs]

I'm always blown away by people offended at tech progress, the very same people that tend to be blown away with refinement of said tech.

A five inch edge to edge screen will be glorious, and feasible by next year, all with a form factor the same size as the current GS3, possibly slightly smaller.