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Arrrgh! That Nexus 4 looks delicious, absolutely awesome. But why does it have to be such a monster! With their flagship product, can't they shoot for a happy middle ground and not for monster sizes?



Is there a size guide for these phones? What does "4.7" diagonal" mean anyway? How big is the damn thing in real-world terms? As big a Penguin book? Smaller than an iPad-mini? It would be nice if they could put a hand in the photo.

I am holding onto my older LG Android because it's small and fits in my purse. I just want fast, awesomely small Google-brand phone that doesn't look like I've dragged a mobile brick from the 80s while hauling around an unnecessarily large purse to contain it.


With their new naming convention, it seems to me that there's a very nice slot for a "Nexus 3". Hopefully such a device wouldn't feature inferior specs like the s3 mini.


I don't necessarily want a really small phone. Just a bit smaller, that would be nice.

I really do not want a non-Nexus phone, and it just annoys me a bit when Google is able to pick all the right trade-offs for me, except that one.


Stick CyanogenMod on <whatever android phone is the right size>


Sure, but are there any "flagship" Android phones with a screen smaller than 4.6 inches? Even with Cyanogen you're still making compromises at the smaller sizes.


I don't think that's worth the hassle. I do not want to fumble around with that stuff.


Alas, the iPad Mini is definitely inferior to the full size, as well. It's more like an iPod Touch 5 Maxi.




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