I hate to bring nagativity into the boards but...

[pwnst*r]

4.3" will be the new normal in less than a year. OEMs aren't going to put more features onto phones with small screens because it doesn't make sense. Kind of like putting a Hemi V8 into a subcompact. People aren't going to want to vidchat and use LTE/Wimax on puny screens.

4.3? No.

 

[Rigmaster]

4.3? No.

4.3" is what people are used to from GPS devices, and the screen dimensions actually fit well in the hand if the depth/thickness of the device is reasonable. HTC and others easily can make phones thinner than Evo in future releases. The only reason Evo is thick now is to accommodate the battery.

 

[nahpungnome]

4.3" will be the new normal in less than a year. OEMs aren't going to put more features onto phones with small screens because it doesn't make sense. Kind of like putting a Hemi V8 into a subcompact. People aren't going to want to vidchat and use LTE/Wimax on puny screens.

The new normal will be whatever Samsung can spit out at their factories in a timely manner

 

[MrPassion]

Did anybody else have the impression that the review used no hands on knowledge?

 

[pwnst*r]

4.3" is what people are used to from GPS devices, and the screen dimensions actually fit well in the hand if the depth/thickness of the device is reasonable. HTC and others easily can make phones thinner than Evo in future releases. The only reason Evo is thick now is to accommodate the battery.

GPS has nothing to do with it. Most people do NOT carry a strictly GPS device that's 4.3" in their pockets.

 

[mttfrog13]

4.3" will be the new normal in less than a year.

yeah right

The only reason Evo is thick now is to accommodate the battery.

Are you serious? The strength of the evo's battery is the same as in my galaxy s, and the same i had in my htc droid inc which i bought the htc touch pro 2 battery for. I would have to say that the evo is probably huge due to the 4g? I mean the iphone is way smaller and has everything the evo has hardware wise except for 4g. Its one thing for the evo to be big simply because of its screen size but the thing is also very thick.

GPS has nothing to do with it. Most people do NOT carry a strictly GPS device that's 4.3" in their pockets.

Exactly right, these are phones, not gps devices what sit in the same spot.

I gotta say though, from my own personal experience (and others too I'm sure) the size of this thing is quite comfortable and hits my sweet spot

Well of course some people are going to prefer the 4.3" or the evo and droid x wouldn't sell at all. I'm just saying that the favorite size by most people isn't going to be 4.3" and product reviewers are supposed to consider everyone's taste.

 

[dr g]

Lol the Evo was already known to non-fanboys to be better than the iPhone4 when it was running 2.1 and battery life was considered a legitimate complaint.

 

[damewolf13]

Not sure about this, but does Yahoo have some sort of partnership with AT&T?

Yes they do. My first Android phone was the Moto Backflip with AT&T, with all traces of Google removed, and replaced with Yahoo.