Samsung says 'yes' to iPhone 5-sized Galaxy S III
Samsung has confirmed that it’ll launch a 4in version of its Android-based popular Galaxy S III smartphone in Germany tomorrow. The scaled down device is being pitched at Europeans unhappy with the existing, 4.8in S III and would prefer something a little easier to hold and use in one hand and fits in pockets better. Something …
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Re: Think for yourself naughty Samsung
Utter drivel. If Apple understood the customer so well then please explain why
a) The iPhone 5 has a screen size increase now, and
b) The millions of 4+ inch Androids that have been sold the world over.
Samsung is clearly hedging their bets by negating the "I don't want a big screen" punter argument, but don't for one second think there is no market for larger phones. That would imbecilic.
Galaxy Y
My kid just got a Samsung Galaxy Y: 3'' QVGA screen, Android 2.3. Of course, it's too small for big hands, but for occasional SMS-ing, music and photos, and call the Mum when he gets home, it's the obvious choice.
Why the heck didn't Apple do with the iPhone what they did with the iPod: do a mini-iPhone (3''), an iPhone (4'') and an iNewton (5'' with stylus).
Re: Think for yourself naughty Samsung
"this action just confirms that our fruit company understands its customers"
Except for those that were complaining the iPhone 5's screen is in fact too small? Samsung are offering a choice to it's customers, that's is a good thing. Who knows, with Apple bringing an iPad Mini to the table, they may be realising this too and might say 'yes' to an SIII sized iPhone 5.
They should just refresh the SGS2 with the SGS3's hardware (except the screen of course)
I really love my SGS2, I can't imagine a better design. Perhaps the inclusion of a status LED
If they do put the guts of an SGS3 in an SGS2, it might even convince me to upgrade when my contract permits.
@b166er
"Perhaps the inclusion of a status LED"
Try the NoLED app - might do what you want.
@b166er
I just wonder if SS are working on that right now....
Yey, hope it comes out in the UK, i have been looking for a top end 4" Android phone to replace my SGS i9000. the 4" form is perfect for me. Only thing that lets my phone down is that it is getting a little slow.
I was even considering Iphone. Now I can potentially have an amazing 4" phone without breaking the bank.
4" ....
.... exactly like the Samsung Nexus S.
An updated Nexus S, now that would be very nice :)
Re: 4" ....
I was thinking that, the Galaxy Nexus (4.6") is too big. I don't really want to go over 4" on a phone.
Just stupid.
4.8" is too big and 4" too small.
I've measured my hand and 4.37" is the best size of phone. Why, oh why, oh why won't manufacturers realise this?
Re: Just stupid.
Is it because the manufacturers realise that your hand is not the only one that will use their phones?
It must be quite tricky for them when one maker gets slammed for only having one size of phone and another gets slammed for having a choice? Samsung must be gutted that they lost a sale because the S2 screen is 0.07" too small for you. Its all beginning to sound like Goldilocks...
Ooh this phone is just a bit too big.... now this phone is a bit too small... oh this phone is just about right. So Goldilocks then rings her Grandma but because she is in a bear's cottage out in the country, there's no bloody signal anyway.
Paris because she needs a lot more than 4 inches.
Re: Just stupid. FYI:
Xperia T is 4,6in
Xperia S is 4,3in
and great camera/media functions.
I want the T...
Re: Re: Just stupid.
Sarcasm detection fail me thinks..
Re: Just stupid. FYI:
Yes but it's made by Sony, only bad things can happen.
Get a Samsung.
Re: Just stupid. FYI:
Xperia P is 4". Fits in the pocket fine. A touch too small to want to watch a movie on it, but fine for getting your latest fix of The Thick Of It on iPlayer. Even very small text is readable (minimising zoom/pan web browsing) though long-sighted people might want to look elsewhere. Thumb easily reaches most of the screen. ICS update has improved the battery life considerably the RegHardware review. Micro HDMI cable included in the box (but has now disappeared, presumably shacked up in the snakes' nest of other cables). Very bright screen (though do put a one-touch toggle short-cut on your home-screen, because it canes the battery). Doesn't have a quad-core processor, but I haven't found it slow (I don't know what these quad-cores and tegras are used for...)
I'm a geek and I can't think of anything else I might want it to do. Anything more ambitious would be better done on a 7" tablet or small notebook. Would appreciate a Reg Review of (small) Bluetooth keyboards though, ta.
I would prefer it to have real 'clicky' buttons than capacitive ones (too easy to accidentally press, but really only an issue in games), and the anodised aluminium case can be a bit slippery in the hand (easily fixed with some self-adhesive nylon textile I had kicking around).
Included earphones sound decent enough and are comfy (if you don't mind 'in the ear' types) but are fragile- one cable pulled right out of the microphone.
No annoying cover to the microUSB port (a plus, in my book).
Whilst a bigger screen is all fine and dandy, I'm a clumsy bugger and a bigger screen is easier to break if dropped (it presents a larger target for some bit of grit to act as a stress-riser).
Re: Just stupid.
Are you implying that other people have different needs to me, and that if they do they're not automatically retarted morons, with either more money than sense or are tight-arsed Lidl-shoppers?
Hmmm, can't see it myself...
Re: Just stupid. FYI:
I'm being hopeful and waiting to see of the Xperia V gets released in the UK. Same spec as Xperia T, but 4.3" screen (same resolution) and water/dust resistant. Perfect...
Bet it never makes it though!
Re: Just stupid.
> I've measured my hand and 4.37" is the best size of phone. Why, oh why, oh why won't manufacturers realise this?
As mass-produced smartphones move from being status symbols to mere commodities, and as British politicians bemoan the lack of high-tech innovation in this country, surely the time has come for Savile Row to branch out from bespoke tailoring and begin producing bespoke mobiles specifically crafted to the shape and size of individual customers' hands?
"4.37 inch visual aperture, sir? Centre charging vent? Notched stereophonic acoustic interface? Volume rocker dressed to the right? Oooh, suit you, sir!"
Admittedly the fabrication costs might be a little high, but hey...
Re: 4.8" is too big and 4" too small.
Luckily God has you covered with what he endowed you with.
iPhone has JUST caught up with the competition!
So why bother even thinking about it, pssssh!
According to Engadget this is the 4" S3 phone :
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/10/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-mini/
The specs are nothing like the big brother S3 though. Specs have been compromised by it size.
The obvious comparison for a 4" Samsung would be the Nexus S rather than the iP5. But 4" is just the new budget-to-midrange size right now: HTC started selling the 4" Desire X this week, for example, though sounds like Sammy are claiming this one will be higher spec (not yet checked that Engadget link).
Target audience...
"but the first person I know who got one is tiny, female and Japanese".
Yup, exactly the target audience for these huge phones, women who carry them around in handbags rather than in their pockets. Sorry but any man who carrys an S3 is looking for folk to ask him if thats a phone in his pocket.....
Re: Target audience...
my S3 when in pocket, just evens up the profile ;-)
Copy, copy, copy…. LOL
Do they make copiers, too? Could be a growth area for shamstung...
Re: Copy, copy, copy…. LOL
Suckered by the headline?
Samsung Nexus S - 4" screen, released December 2010. So one could argue that Apple are copying, however that would be ludicrous.
Re: Copy, copy, copy…. LOL
This is exactly why I ripped the headline, pure nonsense for people who think Samsung copy Apple on everything.
Neglecting that Apple only just caught up with the larger screen idea they only make one version of the iPhone so they can't go any larger, instead they try to make everyone believe 4" is perfect, because of course everyone's hands are the same size. Of course 3.5" used to be perfect, Gizmodo has two articles, one on why 3.5" was perfect and one on why Apple would never put a 16:9 ratio on the thing. Both now forgotten of course.
Am I the only person left on the planet who uses a mobile phone for making phone calls and talking to people, rather than texting, surfing the web, using twitter and facebook?
No, just the only serial killer. Although I don't think the reader-base of El'Reg make for a very unbiased group. We're mostly nerds.
Personally I much prefer IM over voice because I don't have to drop what I'm doing and react immediately when someone says something. I can finish the function I'm writing and then respond etc.
Been working on a couple of devices
Just over 4" and a 5", and I prefer the 5. Really nice bit of kit. Large, but very usable running JB.
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