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Are phablet users mentally ill?

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Ns1 said:
it makes sense for people who barely use their phones to actually talk to people.
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This. I almost never use my phone for calls and if I do I am using the microphone attached to my earbuds to talk with them. The phone fits perfectly in my hand and in the pockets of the various pants I wear. Since I essentially use it as a PC replacement while I am away from my home computer, this size of device is perfect for me.

I can't imagine ever going back to anything smaller than the phone I have now.

KT

Edit: also, this has been covered multiple times in the proper forum.
 
i got an iphone 6+ on friday and returned it monday. it's simply too big for my personal usage. ended up getting the normal iphone 6 yesterday and like it a lot more.

and i'm coming from an ip4.
 
I like smaller phones too. The iphone 6 (non-plus) is actually at very top end of what I would consider to be an acceptable phone size. I love the size of my 5s though. It's perfect for one hand use, fits easily in my shirt pocket, and doesn't look like every other android phone out there. That was one thing that disappointed me about the new iphones, they look just like samsung's galaxy line of phones.
 
SlitheryDee said:
I like smaller phones too. The iphone 6 (non-plus) is actually at very top end of what I would consider to be an acceptable phone size. I love the size of my 5s though. It's perfect for one hand use, fits easily in my shirt pocket, and doesn't look like every other android phone out there. That was one thing that disappointed me about the new iphones, they look just like samsung's galaxy line of phones.
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There's only so many ways you can design a touch screen phone :/

Other than trims to try and distinguish it.
 
More importantly are people buying $700 phones, plus $11 monthly insurance, plus $200 insurance deductibles mentally challenged?
 
I actually considered the insurance when I ordered the ip6+. Never even gave it a second thought before, but man, $850 would be a jagged fucking pill to swallow.
 
Rakehellion said:
Sure, it fits everywhere but your pocket. Or your hand.
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Just because it won't fit your hipster skinny jeans pockets you stole from your ex-girlfriend, doesn't mean it doesn't fit into proper man-pockets.
The same goes for hands.

Explain how a physically larger phone has more storage space for text.
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It's not about storage space, it's about writing surface. How on earth did you come up with the idea that storage plays any role at all?

If you have a smaller screen farther from your face, you've just eliminated all advantages of having a larger screen.
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wat??
Assuming you mean smaller/closer and larger/further, then the answer is: no. You get less eye strain, and looks less like a retard, because you can actually hold the thing at the same distance as a small paperback book.

Now stop being mentally insane and be normal again!
 
Blackjack200 said:
I actually considered the insurance when I ordered the ip6+. Never even gave it a second thought before, but man, $850 would be a jagged fucking pill to swallow.
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What does it cover? Just if the phone happens to crap the bed and stop working?

KT
 
Crono said:
The fact that you are asking confirms what I suspect: you are trolling.

I'm not angry. I am not even a phablet user, per se. I just find it funny that someone comes into OT with what's obviously an inflammatory argument and then tries to dismiss legitimate discourse as being "angry walls of text".

If you feel you don't need a phablet, that's fine. You may not. But it's ludicrous to assert that people who like them have mental issues, even if you are just being hyperbolic. That's just a cheap way to get a rise, especially considering even Apple is now in what was once considered phablet territory.

I would love to know what phone you use.
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An iPhone apparently.
 
Are people that keep posting mobile device questions in ATOT mentally ill? I think that is a more important question that has been ignored for far too long.
 
DaveStall said:
Are people that keep posting mobile device questions in ATOT mentally ill? I think that is a more important question that has been ignored for far too long.
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Anyone posting in ATOT is mentally ill. There really is no question about that.
 
SlitheryDee said:
Possibly. What specific phone do you have. Is that $40 with a contract, because that changes the math a bit.
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Lumia 521. It can regularly be had for $40 no contract.

(I also have a $5 Lumia 925. But that's from ATT stupidity and not a fair comparison.)
 
Gunbuster said:
Lumia 521. It can regularly be had for $40 no contract.

(I also have a $5 Lumia 925. But that's from ATT stupidity and not a fair comparison.)
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Paid around 500 euro for my then-new Note2.
What really infuriated me then, was that it cost more than twice as much as the groundbreaking Archos 5 IT I bought 3 years earlier.
50% more would have probably been defensible, for the higher res OLED screen and interchangeable battery, as well as the stylus and digitizer and baseband chip and camera. But then it only has half the flash storage.

So while I agree, that the markup is obscene, at the time it cost no more than a 4" smart phone of similar specifications, which is probably the very reason arbitrary prices can be asked for the hardware. Even then, the price differential is more around 10x if you're searching after the initial release price has worn off. And even then, you're not comparing a Mazda 3 with a Rolls Royce, but rather a scooter with a 7-series/S-class type limousine, to flesh out your car analogy. The Lumia has 5-year-old screen tech, lacks a number of technologies and is restricted by its memory and CPU specs.

To make a comparison in the PC world: Yes, you can get a netbook for around 200 dollar new, but there's a reason that a higher end laptop easily runs into the 4000.
 
Gunbuster said:
Lumia 521. It can regularly be had for $40 no contract.



(I also have a $5 Lumia 925. But that's from ATT stupidity and not a fair comparison.)
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It's definitely a lot slower than the new iPhones, but I hear the windows phones can do a lot with very little processing power. What would bother me is the horrific resolution. Hard to quantify the experience of a better screen though.
 
Sriracha riding my Mega.

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Gunbuster said:
Lets see, I have a $40 phone with that same access. Does a phablet do it TWENTY TWO times better?
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Iphones are ridiculously priced, no one can disagree with that.

I have no idea what my phone actually costs, I just went with the free-up-front htc one on a 2 year contract with no insurance. I'm too lazy to actually do the math.
 
Ns1 said:
it makes sense for people who barely use their phones to actually talk to people.
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It's better for talking to people too. How long do you think the distance is from your ear to your mouth? The phablet places the mic in a good spot in front of your mouth where sound pickup is good. A curved phone is even better for this.

The only downside to phablets is difficulty in fitting those things in small pockets.
 
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