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Living with a phablet
Can a 6in phablet replace a smartphone and tablet?
here was a time when it was fashionable to have the smallest
possible mobile phone. Back in 1999, Nokia released the iconic
8210. It was absolutely miniscule – you could almost fit two of
them in the palm of your hand, and it weighed a feather-like 79g.
The five-line monochrome screen may have been tiny, but it was the
keypad that caused the real problem as you had to press the buttons with
your nail to avoid hitting more than one at a time.
Since then, phones have grown bigger and bigger: the original iPhone’s
3.5in screen seemed huge at the time but compared with the raft of today’s
massive Android and Windows Phone handsets, it looks and feels like a toy.
I’ve been using a Nokia Lumia 1320 for the past couple of months and,
as regular readers will know, it’s been a dual-purpose test. One reason for
ditching my usual iPhone was to try and live with the limited selection of
Windows Phone apps and find out how they compared to the equivalents
from Apple’s App Store. The other was to discover whether a phablet
offered the best of both worlds or not. With its 6in screen, the 1320 sits
somewhat unevenly between my 4in iPhone 5 and 9.7in iPad Air and – in
theory – could replace both.
Initially, the big screen felt enormous – just as you’d expect – and
the extra screen real estate meant there was either more content on
the screen (web pages, for example) or everything was just a lot bigger
(Windows Phone’s menus). Even though the screen’s 1280x720 resolution
is lower than the 1520’s full-HD display, you don’t really notice the lower
pixel density in Windows Phone 8.
It’s surprising how quickly you get used to making phone calls with
such a big device – it doesn’t take long to stop feeling self-conscious as
there are so many other people carrying big phones now.
Comparing the 1320 with an iPhone 5 proved trickier than expected
as Windows Phone is so different from iOS. Had the comparison been
between the iPhone 5 and a theoretical 6in iPhone, I’m sure I’d have come
to a different conclusion. As it was, I couldn’t wait to put my SIM back in
the iPhone and go back to having both an iPhone and iPad. Partly that
was because I still preferred iOS to Windows Phone, and partly because I
wanted to be able to use the apps that I couldn’t get on the 1320.
The main reason, however, was because a 6in screen just wasn’t big
enough to replace the near-10in screen of the iPad Air. Those more used to
using a 7- or 8in tablet might find the compromise acceptable, but I prefer
to have the choice of a much larger screen for web browsing and a small
screen for use on the move rather than being stuck with only a phablet.
For me, then, the trial has proved that a phablet can’t replace my
smartphone and tablet, but I miss the Nokia’s large screen now I’m back to
squinting at desktop-style web pages on the iPhone 5. By the time you read
this, the iPhone 6 will have been announced: hopefully the rumours are true
and I’ll be able to upgrade to a big-screen iPhone before the year is out.
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Gateway to your kingdom
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Open source
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ARM core wars
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Motorola is back
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Samsung’s ailing fortunes
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LTE in Wi-Fi spectrum
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