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CES 2013: Huawei unveils durable smartphone with 6.1-inch screen - latimes.com


"LAS VEGAS -- Huawei said Monday that its 6.1-inch-screen Ascend Mate has the largest display of any smartphone on the planet."

I won't bother, it's just too big, won't fit in my pockets.

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Metroid Prime

Nice looking phone. I can eat off it and make phone calls, text, browse the web and check my facebook all while enjoying lunch.

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saptech

You may as well get a 7" tablet...

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Gmash

Eh, I have no interest in the phone, the size is ridiculous. I have owned two Huawei phones in the past, so I kinda pay attention to what they're doing. What is interesting to me is how Huawei is making their own processors now. I'm curious to see how they stack up against the competition and if they make it into other companies phones in the future. People like to make fun of Huawei, but they make solid products when they want to, at better prices than anybody out there.

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breadnatty08

I'd like something a little bigger than my GNex but the Note 2 is as big as I'd go.
Love the screen real estate but need it to fit in my pocket.
Also find their custom UI not terribly attractive.

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adaaaam

My 7" tablet runs Android and makes calls but I don't call it the world's biggest phone

Mehta23

Unless you think of it as a 6" tablet that can send text messages, and make phone calls.

Steven58

Yeah, i've decided my next phone will indeed be a phablet.

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damewolf13

Well, I love my Note 2, but anything larger wouldn't fit into my life that easily, much less my pocket.

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BigCiX

To big for me

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marlonmark

Its actually nice one. Even i say it on google. It has wide 6.1 inches the largest and the biggest one. Lets see how this product work.

Speed Daemon

Is Bloomberg going to ban these things in NYC?

Gmash

I thought the Note was a phablet, and its 5.5".

Rush

I remember back then when I had my Palm Pre, I thought the screen size was just a little bit too small when compared to the iPhone 3.

I would thought anything over a 3.5" screen was something I would have to really checked out before buying. Then HTC came out with the EVO 4G (screen size of 4.3") and I thought this was just too big for me. A year after, I was loving everything and everything about this phone.

A few years later... Screen sizes of 4.3" and up didn't seemed to be anything weird anymore. For instance, the Note 2 - this bad boy packing a screen size of 5.5", would you say this is just way too big? Well, many people would think so -- others might just think its a perfect size... A mini-tablet and phone pack in one unit. Totally cool.

Now - this tablet phone has been introduced to the public - the question is, are they (manufacturer) just taking this tablet/phone just a little bit too far??

Let me answer that question -- Heck Yeah! But I'm sure they'll always be someone who can't wait to get one.


Edit: I think they are trying to take us back to when Cellular phone was called, "Cellular Phone." Oh, nooooo!!!

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breadnatty08

Rush, there's always someone out there to delve into a new idea/technology.
Not that I have a bunch of time to wear "regular" clothes (basically two days a week), but most of mine have really small pockets. Yep, I'm a skinny pants type of guy.
Often, I have my wife carry my MASSIVE Gnex in her purse.

argedion

Seems counter productive that OEM's spent all those years making phones smaller and smaller have now decided to start making them bigger and bigger.

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Frisco

Yes. We have tabs.. all sizes. We need fast, robust but small smart phones.

I miss my Eris.

Oh, ... well my Note 2 is ok I guess.

jhawkkw

I can't imagine using anything that large. I have such small hands that my Gnex seems large. Just looking at/playing with display note 2s is somewhat intimidating

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Speed Daemon

As an American and a student of American cravings, I have little doubt that the trend will keep on going to the point where people consider it to be "the in thing" to carry phones that are the size of boom boxes.

I say it in jest now, but mark my words--they'll keep on getting bigger and bigger to the point of absurdity. Already we have people holding up large tablets to take photographs, and often blocking the subject from the real photographers in the process. We will one day have phones as big as televisions and tablets smaller than wristwatches.

Because we can.

Rush

I'm moving this thread to our Android Lounge...okay.

I want to hear read more discussions on this topic. Interesting.

FinancialWar

720p on a 6.1 inch? Are they serious?? Disappointing

Why don't they just put phone function into a 10 inch tablet now? You know it's going to happen eventually.

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Speed Daemon

Why not? I have 1080p on my 10" tablet.

I can see it now: hoards of phablet users with their 720p screens plastered to their faces "so they can get a full immersion experience", blindly running into people, knocking over kiosks... Like a comedy sketch, but with real injuries.

I'm going to learn agoraphobia.

Android_Chris

I have a Galaxy Note 2 (5.5" screen), and it's a great phone, but to be honest, I wish it was just a tad smaller. If it was 5" instead of 5.5", I think it would be perfect.

6.1" is just too big.

FinancialWar

I'm comparing to other smartphones. Droid DNA, Xperia Z all have 1080p on their 5 inch screen.

gtbarry

I don't know what the sizes are but they are individual to each person.

My phone is the largest screen that I can comfortably hold in one hand and operate.

A tablet is anything bigger that would more commonly require two hands to hold.

chknhwk

I have some games I LOVE that I can't play on my Rezound because the screen is too small. Honestly this phone (and the Note II and Intuition) intrigue me... I honestly think I'd like to give that phone a try simply because I've been thinking about getting a smaller tablet (my current 10" is slightly too large to be really portable).

Gmash

Next up: Otterbox backpack to carry your phone in.

moorken

does it come with a free pants with extra large pockets?

Davdi

I hate things that attempt to take the middle ground and end up not really being one thing or the other. Phones don't need big screens, Xperia U is plenty big enough for a phone. Tabs start at 7" hp to well... How big do you want. Personally I'd really like a 12"-15" tablet for movies. Plus, with a decent quad-core and 4Gb RAM I could use it for dev work. Just add a keyboard & Stand and.... It's a laptop.

h4x0rj3ff

im just gonna get a laptop and put voice and data on it it might be smaller! how big is too big anyways are they looking to add optical drive too phones now? lol nice looking phone tho

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FinancialWar

Why would you need optical drive on the phone?

h4x0rj3ff

Why would you need a 6inch screen? Lol

runekey

Can't say I understand the appeal of a 6.1 inch screen, but I said the same thing about the Note II and it's selling like hot cakes

jhawkkw

6.1 is getting awfully close to 7 which is tablet territory. I can't imagine stuffing my nexus 7 in my pocket, lol. It is what it is, and as long as people want it, they'll make it.

mikedt

So you can watch DVDs and EVDs.

rui-no-onna

There are a lot of folks who won't agree with you. Really though, no reason not to have both. The market's big enough. However, there are already plenty of nice big phones. I'd like to see more capable small phones.

alicepattinson

I think my hands can't handle a 6.1 inch screen, my fingers are too small. lol! I'll prefer a smaller one. But, everyone has different opinions. A 6.1" is already an all in one device that you can use for calls, texts, watch movies, read ebooks, FACEBOOK (of course. hihi) etc. Anyways, large screen phones are really in trend nowadays

2 Phonez

I can fit my Nexus 7 into my pocket pretty well but I wouldn't want to use it as a phone.

However! If I got a big tablet phone with one of these bundled with it, that's a different story and I might be interested.

Digital Controller

I would definitely agree that the Note 2 is about as big as I would go with a Phone...6" just seems to be getting up there around my Nexus 7

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Mayhem

Maybe they can market this towards the older crowd. I mean, with a 6.1" screen those numbers on the dialer must be HUGE. All the more easier for Grammy to see.

I've often joked about wanting a phone with a 7" screen. I wonder if anyone else would be crazy enough to make one as big as 6.1" or more..

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bob60626

Wouldn't it easier for everyone if carriers just allowed voice enabled tablets? Jeez...

Digital Controller

Technically you can do VOIP on tablets with data or wifi even. Using services like Google Voice.

Demache

Anyone remember back when it was a thing that people thought cell phones were getting too small?

In the past 10 years, we've gone the exact opposite its ridiculous!

rui-no-onna

Some carriers don't care (mostly in places where prepaid is the norm). I remember buying a 3G USB adapter when I went on vacation to the Philippines and the software included with the adapter allowed me to send text messages and make calls through the computer.

2 Phonez

This is pretty standard in most of the world. The US phone networks just operate on a backwards system where they want to totally control and brand every device they sell. It's bizarre, it's like Wal-Mart in the US selling food from Nestle but rebranding it as "Wal-Mart Chocolate Pro Mini Xtra by Nestle" and telling people they can only eat it during the morning.

Demache

Don't forget that you must eat Nestle for the next two years or get slapped with a massive fee when you back out.

boyo1991

jesus thats huge. i personally like big screens, the bigger the better, but, trouble is finding some pants for it to fit into! i love it and id almost change pants to do it! (given the phone isnt slow laggy or tacky like most of their phones are..)