As smartphones evolve, and by evolve I mean get bigger, these new devices continue to entice me. One of the devices that I am most looking forward to is the Galaxy Note 2. RIght now I own an HTC One S which has a 4.3" screen, but the more I see it the more this huge 5.5" screen seems to captivate me.
The specs of the Note only further my desire for it; those would be a 5.5" HD display, a 1.6ghz quad-core Exynos processor which WILL support LTE, 2gb of ram, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean(with TouchWiz), a 3100mAh battery, and of course, the S-Pen, which is essentially a stylus. It also happens to be launching on all 4 major carriers.
The one thing that deters me from all Samsung devices is TouchWiz.
While it has numerous additional features that aren't present in stock Android, I can't get past the very cartoon-ish style of this UI. If anything, I would opt for installing a stock Jelly Bean rom.
The more I think about owning this guy, the more I like it. I just feel that having such a large screen would be incredibly enjoyable. Watching videos, text messaging, browsing the web, and even calling sound like they would be more fun on a Phablet.
But there is another Phablet that I'm considering....
This is the(rumored) One X5 by HTC. This guy would have a 5" screen, which isn't as large as the Note or Note 2, but it is still quite larger than my current device. I won't go into the specs since this is just a rumor, but you can read them here. But what I want to see out of this most is a battery that can accommodate the large screen. I know I rant about battery life quite a bit, but what's the point of buying a super cool new phone, when you can't use it because it's dead?
I would like to see at least a 2500mAh battery.
Either way it goes, I think I'm going to take the Phablet route for my next device. But what about you guys? Do you enjoy the growing Phablet market as well? If so, would you go for the Note 2 or the One X5?
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