Samsung’s New 6.3-Inch ‘Galaxy Mega’ Phone Pushes the Limits
7:37 pm Aug 19, 2013 MOBILE
Samsung’s New 6.3-Inch ‘Galaxy Mega’ Phone Pushes the
Limits
By Thomas Gryta
There was a time when companies tried to make mobile
phones as small as they possibly could. This is not that time.
Samsung Electronics, which (literally) pushed the
boundaries of the smartphone with its Galaxy Note line, is going where no phone
maker has gone before with the Galaxy Mega.
The Galaxy Note II sports a 5.5-inch screen. The Mega,
making its U.S. debut this month, brings a 6.3-inch screen to the “phablet”
party, although you might need custom pockets if you actually want to bring it
to a party. (Find the specs of the Mega here.)
By comparison, the original iPhones had just a 3.5-inch
display, and Apple only raised that size to 4 inches last year with the latest
model. It’s been less than three years since Steve Jobs went on a rant about the
evils of devices that tried to slip in between the smartphone and tablet.
“No tablet can compete with the mobility of a smartphone,
its ease of fitting into your pocket or purse, its unobtrusiveness when used in
a crowd,” Mr. Jobs said.
Unobtrusive, the Mega is not – unless you use it to hide
your face. It’s 6.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide. But it builds on the
popularity of the Note, which found a niche in the crowded and competitive
smartphone market.
For those not quite into the cookie-sheet look, AT&T
said Monday it will begin selling the HTC One mini. The smaller version of
HTC’s flagship smartphone has a “miniature” 4.3-inch screen, still bigger than
the upsized iPhone.
The new devices continue the trend to build a phone for
every palm and pocket.
And while handset makers seem to keep pushing the limits
with bigger phones, they aren’t likely to match the original 1980s brick phone:
the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x with its 13-inch height and unwieldy 28 ounces.
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