Foreign media Opinion: How big is the screen of smartphone?

"Sohu Digital News" September 2 news, in today's market, the giant screen mobile phone has gradually won the recognition and love of consumers, and gradually popular. The devices, which have oversized displays, blur the line between smartphones and tablets and create more tricks. However, the screen size of many giant screen phones is already close to or over 6 inches, and one-handed use is almost impossible. And will this increase in size continue, how big is the smartphone's screen limit? CNET, a technology web site, has been exploring the issue: Today, like Samsung Galaxy Mega (6.3 inches), Huawei Ascend Mate (6.1 inches) and Sony Xperia Z The Ultra (6.44-inch) giant screen phones are no longer just an anomaly that meets the needs of a small number of users. They have formed the complete category of oversized smartphones, and such teams will continue to grow. To understand the shift in people's perceptions of giant-screen mobile phones, we need to retrace our histories. The first iphone's 3.5-inch display was stunning, and the industry has never seen a mobile phone with such a large screen and so much space for a virtual keyboard before Apple's full touchscreen. 3 years later, in 2010, Dell dominated the headlines with 5-inch streak. The phone is the industry's first truly big screen phone, although its screen size is too advanced and suffers from functional and design flaws. Today, 4.5 inches can't be called "big Size", and 5 inches is the new standard. Obviously, these screen sizes are almost ready to catch up with the tablet smartphone that does have market space. The rise of giant screen mobile phone is able to access the market's favor, the main reasons are the following aspects. • The visual experience on top of the audio: users use smartphones for a variety of operations, rather than just making phone calls, so the viewing experience is important. Pixel power: A higher-resolution display can bring fine details and rich colors. Of course, large-scale panels have been around for a long while (TVs and even tablets), but as the viewing distance is closer, the pixel density of the display screen also needs to be increased. • Hardware support: A larger screen size means higher performance requirements, so the giant screen phones often require faster processors and larger-capacity batteries. At the same time, mobile phone design needs to be adjusted to avoid unnecessary burden on users. • Price: It is cheaper to buy a giant screen phone than to buy a tablet and a mobile phone at the same time, especially if there is a carrier subsidy. · The third dimension of the stylus: Samsung's note-series devices come with a pressure-sensitive stylus that can be clicked, painted, screenshots, or even erased. This undoubtedly further enriches the user experience. • Increased ease of use assistive technology: one hand holding a giant screen mobile phone can be very difficult, and single hands is more people to crash. But fortunately, manufacturers have introduced a lot ofAssistive technology also alleviates this difficulty, such as HTC's mini+ accessories. At the same time, software optimization can also lead to ease of use, such as scaling the keyboard and dial, better speech recognition and gesture control. Buying groups Interestingly, Samsung has found that the consumer class that buys its smartphones is broader than they originally expected. Samsung's marketing is focused on productivity and creativity, business people who need larger screen space to write and draw, and older users who need larger fonts. "The reality is," Ryan Bidan, director of Samsung mobile American product marketing, told CNET that the oversized screen was "more accepted and popular than we thought." Bidan also pointed out that the situation in various markets is also different. In some Asian countries, the stylus makes writing notes easier, and the folding antennas (such as the LG Optimus VU series) added by some models make it possible to watch TV. In other areas, devices such as Galaxy Note 2 can be popular only with display size. In other markets, Samsung has found high-end configuration and large size to be a symbol of a well-off class that shows its identity. Android only? Thanks to the openness of Google and Android, most of the big screen phones are in the Android camp. Apple insists on two sizes of slabs (7 inches and 10 inches) and an iphone that has been a bit bigger for years. The Windows phone camp's two mobile phones--Nokia Lumia 625 and HTC Titan ii----are 4.7 inches up to date. And wait until Microsoft WP8 GDR3 upgrade once launched, I believe the platform will have more giant screen mobile phone, which is the first of the first is Nokia's 6-inch Lumia 1520. Tipping point smartphones are growing in size, but even the hottest trends need to be checked and balanced. Whenever there is a giant screen phone on the writer's desk waiting for evaluation, I will tell myself: "No, this guy is too big." "Of course, I still have to have a large palm to grip, navigate and input." In addition, the giant screen mobile phone is difficult to put into the pocket, if not using Bluetooth headset to make the call, affixed to the face of the monster will make me feel smaller. But with the depth of use, the advantages of large size screens are beginning to show: Browsing the web is easier, and the experience of watching the video is much better. In meetings, I would prefer to use a stylus to record on my phone rather than using a pen and paper. Despite these conveniences, giant screen phones will never be able to provide a comfortable single hand operation experience. I do believe that these big screen devices have a space of their own, but they should have an upper limit on the size of their screens. The good news is that we may not see too many 12-inch tablets disguised as mobile phones because portability is still intelligentThe key to the phone. If you ask a professional analyst, such as the Gartner Mobile and Semiconductor research director Jon Erensen, he will tell you that 6-7 inches is a magic number. The 7-inch tablet has been shown to be small enough to be put into a handbag or even a larger pocket, and cheaper than a smartphone. "You don't have big-screen phones and small flat panels at the same time," Erensen told CNET, "the growth in screen size will slow." "This is good news for giant screen mobile enthusiasts because they will see more innovation and development in this area," he said. What about the bad news? "Giant screen mobile phone (phablet)" This awkward vocabulary will not disappear from our eyes for a short time. (Eskimo)