Ask HN: I bought a big phone, mistake, yes/no?

jebblue · 2015-09-23T16:36:41.000Z

I have one of those huge phones on the way, thought I've never get one but the temptation to have a larger viewing screen was too great. Are these things still in or on their way out?

detaro 10 years ago |

Why would you care if they are "in" or not? If you are happy with it it wasn't a mistake, if you feel it is too bulky it probably was, end of story.

GFK_of_xmaspast 10 years ago |

What are the personal consequences to you if they're "out".

angersock 10 years ago |

Why are you wasting our time with this trivial nonsnse?

Flagged.

jebblue 10 years ago | |

Considering the price of phones today, the prominance of mobile use and development, it seems like a very reasonable question. There are a lot of blog and production site articles on the topic as well. If you're not interested then why not just ignore.

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davelnewton 10 years ago | | |

Flagging was likely inappropriate, but the question itself is nonsense: "in or out"? What does it even mean? If you want a phone with a big display so you can have a phone with a big display, what does the nebulous terms "in" and "out" have to do with anything that matters? (That's an actual question, not snark.)

jebblue 10 years ago | | |

Trends are important to consumers and to hackers (I'm one of both), that's the purpose of the question and a huge one that matters.

davelnewton 10 years ago | | |

You said you wanted a phone with a big screen: it doesn't matter if they're "in" or "out" because you wanted one.

If your question was "should I bother developing for large-screen devices" (which IMO is less important than "developing for high-DPI devices", but that's a different issue) then just ask.

IIRC metrics on screen size (and more importantly, DPI) are available, but I have no idea where.

angersock 10 years ago | | |

Using Hacker News (theoretically a forum about hacking and startup business, though that's clearly not quite true anymore) as a sort of lazy-man's Consumer Report is both a waste and disrespectful.