![]() (As a side note, the HTC Evo is so big that it comes with a kickstand). Sony Ericsson is rumored, according to the blog Engadget, to be working on another 5-inch smartphone, the same size as the Dell Streak. The HTC Evo and the Motoroloa Droid X, for example, both have 4.3-inch screens. Several Android phones - which run on an operating system developed by Google, as opposed to those by Microsoft or Apple - have come out with screens that are larger than 4 inches diagonally. Mobile phone makers are trying to "push the boundaries of what is acceptable in a pocket," said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis for consumer technology at the NPD Group. "But I think we're seeing the pendulum swinging back in favor of larger phones." Is a phone just any device that can make calls? Or does it have to be portable enough to carry with you, regardless of how baggy your pants are?Īs mobile phone technology improved, "there definitely was a trend for smaller and there definitely was a trend for thinner," said Ramon Llamas, a senior research analyst who covers mobile technology for IDC. The Streak's mondo screen has become the focus of much debate on the internet, with tech bloggers arguing about what kinds of pants you'd have to wear to carry it around in your pocket how big your hands have to be to hold it whether or not people will stare at you when you're using it and, perhaps most significantly, what exactly constitutes a phone these days. When held up to a person's ear, the Dell phone looks like a book. ![]() The screen of the iPhone 4, by comparison, measures only 3.5 inches diagonally. later this summer, is the biggest of the big-daddy phones so far, with a 5-inch screen. The Dell Streak, which is set to be released in the U.S. ![]() ![]() So big, in fact, that some won't fit in jeans pockets anymore. ![]() (CNN) - Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again. ![]()
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