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Old 28-10-2013, 19:29
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For me, anything larger than a Nexus 4 is too big as a phone. I carry my iPad Mini around with me the vast majority of the time, so a larger phone is unnecessary for my needs.

That said, I understand that a considerable percentage of Note devices are being bought by women, and I think that might be because the "pocketable" requirement is less of an issue if you carry a handbag. I certainly know a few girls who have Note 2 or 3 and they're using them more as mini-tablets than phones!
I know - although the Note is too big for me as it won't fit in my pocket my wife is even looking at the Samsung Mega with the 6.3" screen as she does a lot of spreadsheets of her phone and the size does not matter as it will be in her handbag.
Yeah two just made my day you probably right but still funny as hell to me.
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Old 28-10-2013, 19:32
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Yeah two just made my day you probably right but still funny as hell to me.
What's funny about that?
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Old 28-10-2013, 19:33
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What's funny about that?
It just is to me might just be my twisted sense of humor. But I had never considered samsung a company for females before.
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Old 28-10-2013, 19:48
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It just is to me might just be my twisted sense of humor. But I had never considered samsung a company for females before.
Oh right. Well as with anything, it's a bit of a generalisation. I'm female and don't own any Samsung devices. It's years since I had one of their tiny pop-up java phones and it was a pain in the backside.

I also don't want a complete monolith of a phone, and I find their smaller devices are underpowered and frankly, a bit pants. It's almost like they think size = specs. The bigger the device, the higher the specs are. I don't know why they can't make a smaller top-end device as well. There must be a market for people who want something with decent specs that isn't close to the size of a house brick!
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Old 28-10-2013, 20:00
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It just is to me might just be my twisted sense of humor. But I had never considered samsung a company for females before.
I always thought the iphone 5 and now of course 5C and 5S were a bit girly looking

I did say this before and got absolutely lynched for it!!
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Old 28-10-2013, 20:09
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Oh right. Well as with anything, it's a bit of a generalisation. I'm female and don't own any Samsung devices. It's years since I had one of their tiny pop-up java phones and it was a pain in the backside.

I also don't want a complete monolith of a phone, and I find their smaller devices are underpowered and frankly, a bit pants. It's almost like they think size = specs. The bigger the device, the higher the specs are. I don't know why they can't make a smaller top-end device as well. There must be a market for people who want something with decent specs that isn't close to the size of a house brick!
Agree with you there which is why I think HTC did a good job with there HTC one Mini and HTC One and HTC One Max. All three of them are brilliant high end devices. Mini slightly less but you still getting a solid 720p display unlike on the S4 Mini plus keeping boomsound speakers.

I always thought the iphone 5 and now of course 5C and 5S were a bit girly looking

I did say this before and got absolutely lynched for it!!
I've never actually thought of that before but guess sort of they are certainly fashion statements to a lot of people.
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Old 01-11-2013, 12:53
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I got my daughter a Galaxy Note 3 for her birthday last week and she's very happy with it. I've not seen one for real (I'm away for home) but I guess it would be too big for me. That said things may be different when I get to play with one.
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