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Best android phone with a 4" screen?

  • 19-09-2012 8:42am
    #1
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭


    Im finding the screen on my SGS3 too big to be honest, id rather something a little more one hand friendly.

    Is the HTC ONE S the only show in town, or is there anything else?


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  • #2
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Galaxy SII?


  • #3
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    draffodx wrote: »
    Galaxy SII?

    nah too old hat, had one ages ago :P


  • #4
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Cyrus wrote: »
    Im finding the screen on my SGS3 too big to be honest, id rather something a little more one hand friendly.

    Is the HTC ONE S the only show in town, or is there anything else?

    I'm in the same boat, looking for a new phone but the S3 and One X are too big.

    The One S is a good choice, though it lacks a hard Home key like the Galaxy S series. One alternative is to root it and edit your ROM to get the phone to wake on Volume Rocker press. This has worked very well for my current Desire HD. (though the option was included in my current ROM (Jelly Time V7)).

    The Galaxy S Advance has the same form factor as the original Galaxy S, but a dual core processor.

    I'm currently waiting for the Motorola RAZR i to get into shops here so I can have a feel of it. It's thinner than the S3, has a 4.3" SAMOLED screen with a very small bezel. The processor seems quite good too.

    Other than that I've been looking at Xperia phones, but they are usually pretty thick, <10mm. The SL would be the one I'd be looking at mostly.
    Also in my sights is the Orange San Degio. You'd have to import then root, but it does look quite nice, with a button on the bottom right side for camera/wake.

    And finally...
    /que dramatic music
    The iPhone 5. I want to have a feel of that one too. And have a poke around iOS 6 before I write it off completely.


  • #5
    kenyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭kenyard


    RAZR i sounds like a decent phone but theyre saying battery life might struggle a bit... they quoted it at 20 hours though, so i guess thats more than enough for a normal day since most people charge them overnight anyway...
    looks a smashing phone to me anyway, and will get the jellybeans soon too.
    nice 2ghz processor too, highest ever in a phone, and with so much optimised for only 1-2 cores, seems a good option, but fairly expensive still

    tbh the spec on the galaxy s2 is still up there with a lot of phones nowadays.. you may as well go with the new iphone for screensize suggested, if price isnt an issue
    EDIT: just realised im gonna get slated to hell for even suggesting that in the android forum :D


  • #6
    opinion guy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭opinion guy


    kenyard wrote: »
    RAZR i sounds like a decent phone but theyre saying battery life might struggle a bit... they quoted it at 20 hours though, so i guess thats more than enough for a normal day since most people charge them overnight anyway...
    looks a smashing phone to me anyway, and will get the jellybeans soon too.
    nice 2ghz processor too, highest ever in a phone, and with so much optimised for only 1-2 cores, seems a good option, but fairly expensive still

    tbh the spec on the galaxy s2 is still up there with a lot of phones nowadays.. you may as well go with the new iphone for screensize suggested, if price isnt an issue
    EDIT: just realised im gonna get slated to hell for even suggesting that in the android forum :D


    If the razr battery is not enouhg get a razr maxx :)


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  • #7
    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    I wouldn't have thought the battery would be an issue, it's only 100 mAh less than the S3 (2000 Vs 2100), and the S3 has a bigger screen to drive.


  • #8
    Nolimits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭Nolimits


    There's a new Motorola coming out soon that is all screen, 4.3 inch screen with a phone the same size as phones with a 3.7 inch screen. Some very good specs from what I can remember.

    Think hauwei (sp) have recently announced a smaller phone as well


  • #9
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Xperia S is worth considering, its a flagship phone like the OneX and GS3 but never really gets its airtime(*tips hat to Genghiz for mentioning SL*).


  • #10
    kenyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭kenyard


    Nolimits wrote: »
    There's a new Motorola coming out soon that is all screen, 4.3 inch screen with a phone the same size as phones with a 3.7 inch screen. Some very good specs from what I can remember.

    Think hauwei (sp) have recently announced a smaller phone as well

    seems lots of people are aware of the razor i and recommending it :)


  • #11
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    kenyard wrote: »
    seems lots of people are aware of the razor i and recommending it :)

    when are we expecting it guys?


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  • #12
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Cyrus wrote: »
    Im finding the screen on my SGS3 too big to be honest, id rather something a little more one hand friendly.

    Is the HTC ONE S the only show in town, or is there anything else?

    Am majorly digging the One X now than I have gotten rid of Sense. It was going to get thrown against a wall up to that point but it really comes into its own with stock jelly bean (cynogen).

    Slightly bigger screen that you specified but....


  • #13
    Cyrus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,202 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    kenyard wrote: »
    seems lots of people are aware of the razor i and recommending it :)

    just seen that its not 720p but qhd,

    any 4.3" 720p phones ?


  • #14
    kenyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭kenyard


    Cyrus wrote: »
    when are we expecting it guys?

    would be network specific i guess... its already released...
    as for screen size.. its barely off the 720p mark to be fair... dunno will there be a hugely noticeable difference, you are probably looking at the same ppi as the s3

    http://www.android.gs/motorola-razr-i-release-date-specs-and-price-announced-today/


  • #15
    Zascar
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Go with the One S. I have the X and its a great phone and the battery is very impressive - its even better on the S

    It's very thin and light


  • #16
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    +1 for the One S


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