Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-10-16 11:32 (#2TDN) I hear you about the 'big screen.' I too used to laugh at people who had to take their phone out of their pants pockets to sit down. Then I bought a Samsung Note 3 and I love it. It's a bit big on weekends - doesn't fit well in shorts and t-shirts, etc. But during the week it fits right into a suit jacket pocket and does miracles. It's an awesome PDA (remember that word?) that just happens to also have a cellphone chip in it. I make the occasional call with it but mostly it's a tablet that's HDMA enabled, so I can do data stuff from anywhere there's a network connection. I even posted a Pipedot article from this place using it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podor That's pretty far off the beaten track by anyone's standards. Don't knock it til you try it. Re: Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-10-16 14:27 (#2TDR) I was willing to try it, but not for that price. The draw of the nexus for me was that is was a great phone for a middle of the line price. There's too much competition at the $600 point and nothing to really make it stand out. Re: Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-10-16 14:43 (#2TDS) Not even the stylus? Just kidding, but I loved my old Palm Treo, so maybe it's nostalgia. To be fair, you could go down one notch to a Galaxy 5 or even Galaxy 4, saving a couple hundred bucks and getting a phone that fits better in the pocket. I think the 5 is just about perfect in size.I do miss my old flip phone though, since it fit so well in pants pockets I lost it on more than one occasion. Not enough to give up this gadget though - endless fun, and I'm just getting started.
Re: Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-10-16 14:27 (#2TDR) I was willing to try it, but not for that price. The draw of the nexus for me was that is was a great phone for a middle of the line price. There's too much competition at the $600 point and nothing to really make it stand out. Re: Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-10-16 14:43 (#2TDS) Not even the stylus? Just kidding, but I loved my old Palm Treo, so maybe it's nostalgia. To be fair, you could go down one notch to a Galaxy 5 or even Galaxy 4, saving a couple hundred bucks and getting a phone that fits better in the pocket. I think the 5 is just about perfect in size.I do miss my old flip phone though, since it fit so well in pants pockets I lost it on more than one occasion. Not enough to give up this gadget though - endless fun, and I'm just getting started.
Re: Meh ... Samsung Note 3 (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-10-16 14:43 (#2TDS) Not even the stylus? Just kidding, but I loved my old Palm Treo, so maybe it's nostalgia. To be fair, you could go down one notch to a Galaxy 5 or even Galaxy 4, saving a couple hundred bucks and getting a phone that fits better in the pocket. I think the 5 is just about perfect in size.I do miss my old flip phone though, since it fit so well in pants pockets I lost it on more than one occasion. Not enough to give up this gadget though - endless fun, and I'm just getting started.