Which?: iPhone 5 is 'slowest smartphone'

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finbaar

03-07-2013

Originally Posted by calico_pie:
“I absolutely agree its personal preference, but I still think the benefit is marginal. Its not as though there are parts of web pages that can't be read on a 4" screen. You can make the text larger on a 4" screen too. The reader view in Safari in iOS7 is excellent.”

Hoenstly browsing is one are where a bigger screen kills a smaller screen. You can fit 43% more of the page in the above example. That is more than a marginal benifit.

calico_pie

03-07-2013

Originally Posted by jonner101:
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Personally I think any phone is pretty useless for watching a film or anything longer than 5 minutes long, at least in any sort of enjoyable way.”

Is that the sort of thing you would mostly watch on a large tv or even at the cinema?

Stiggles

03-07-2013

Originally Posted by jonner101:
“I actually have a nexus 4 the perfect size for my preference, but some people prefer the smaller size phones. I have no brand loyalty I'll just get the phone I think is the best value and works best for me. The iPhones are still very good though and work smoother than most Androids imo. To me a fan boy is someone who will bash one brand and always praise the other and twist all facts to suit the agenda and you give me that impression. Why you want to do this on a phone I've no idea unless you have personal shares in Google or Samsung.

Personally I think any phone is pretty useless for watching a film or anything longer than 5 minutes long, at least in any sort of enjoyable way.

I don't know if you noticed but the emergence of Android is now giving Apple real completion and that can only be a good thing for the consumer. They have a different philosophy to Android so you pays your money and makes your choice.”

Depends really!

I watched that newish Karate Kid movie on my nexus 4 while she watched some chick crap on her ipad when we were on the plane coming home nearly 2 weeks ago. It was fine and perfectly viewable for me.

calico_pie

03-07-2013

Originally Posted by finbaar:
“Hoenstly browsing is one are where a bigger screen kills a smaller screen. You can fit 43% more of the page in the above example. That is more than a marginal benifit.”

I can fit whole web pages on the screen of my iPhone. Its not as though web pages are fixed at 5", and so any screen smaller than that is missing 43% of web pages.

If I want to zoom in on a particular section of a webpage, I can just double tap on that section.

If I want to read the content of a web page without the clutter, I can do that too using the reader view.

I have no trouble reading web pages, so there seems little benefit there, to me, in my opinion.

jonner101

03-07-2013

Originally Posted by calico_pie:
“Is that the sort of thing you would mostly watch on a large tv or even at the cinema?”

No quite happy to watch a film or TV programme on something like a 13inch laptop screen.

For a film I really want to see and it depends on the genre then the experience of seeing it on a big screen at the cinema cannot be beat.

calico_pie

03-07-2013

But not usually on your phone?

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