Not exact matches
Users continue to complain about the limited features available on their
smaller smartphone
screens, along with advertisers who don't
like the
size of their ads, Lesnick said.
Rumor:
Like the iPad Air, Apple's
smaller -
sized tablet will get a refresh, too: new processor (an A8 chip, which isn't as powerful as the iPad Air 2's rumored A8X processor but still very fast), Touch ID, a gold option and a
screen that makes it easy to see in the sunlight.
Now if they could just combine the 2... Kobo Aura Two with a bigger
screen (why not at least 9.7 ″
like the iPad or better yet 12 ″ so it resembles a full
sized piece of paper, but with a
smaller bezel
like the Aura One), more memory (min 32 GB or expandable), IMX.7 or 8 chip (whatever) and allow us to do make notes on writable PDFs
like the Sony...
I'd also
like a
small screen e-reader with the following requirements: -
screen size ranging between 6 and 8 inches; -300 DPI
screen resolution; - lightweight and with
small margins; - waterproof; - MicroSD slot; - adjustable frontlight color tone; - good pdf reading app; - web browser; - not forcefully tied to manufacturer's own e-book shop.
Won't a
small ereader,
like a six - inch, likely have a
smaller battery than its larger cousins, and won't the
smaller screen -
size and use of larger fonts increase the number of necessary page - turns and therefore drain the battery quicker than on a larger device?
The
small 6 - inch
screen size is always a limiting factor when it comes to displaying PDFs on a Kindle — a device
like the Onyx Boox M96 with 9.7 ″
screen is much better suited for the large
size of PDFs — but the Kindle Voyage has an advantage with its high resolution 300 ppi
screen that helps make
small text appear clearer and easier to read.
In the meantime, while Archos may be marketing the device as a tablet, there are many who are skeptical of it being called a tablet in the first place owing to its
small sized screen, which is even
smaller than the Dell Streak and is looking at more
like a Portable Media Player.
What I
like about this reader is the
size, it is one of the
smallest of the bunch, but packs a six inch
screen.
Not overwhelming so it looks bubbly or
like a cartoon, but you can tell they really took their time to ensure that on a
smaller screen all of the windows, menus, and fonts remained consistently a good
size.
I have not purchased an reader in part because of the
small screen size, and because many of the books I would
like to read digitally are professional / text books which are usually larger format and not as routinely created in a digital format.
Additionally, as in Apple's case, the growth of phablets, or smartphones with larger
screen sizes, may mitigate the need to have a tablet as users may not have to compromise on productivity or usability with a slightly
smaller display compared to
smaller tablets,
like the iPad mini 3.
There should be several
size categories: — 6 ″
screen for books — 13 ″ laptop replacement / technical documents —
smaller screens for the second
screen on phones (
like yotaphone)
For many, 7.7 inch
screen size is considered the best as it is neither too big to carry around, not it is too
small like smartphones.
I also
like the convenience of being able to wirelessly send ebooks and PDFs to Kindles, but ultimately the
smaller screen size and limited font choices has me leaning to the Kobo Aura One by the slightest margin.
An iPad with a
smaller screen size has been rumored for months, and the company almost certainly wants to announce the product before the holiday buying season to compete with cheaper tablets
like the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 — and of course put the hurt on Microsoft's big Surface release.
but it has touch
screen for selection, and if its similar in
size to the droid or droid 2 it could still have
like a 3 inch
screen, which is the same
size or larger than some of the
small android devices out there.
Holding back the SpringBoard, however, was its rendering of text captured from a Web page — in part because that image,
like all others, rendered in a
smaller size on the SpringBoard than on other tablets we've tested, due to the
screen's higher resolution.
Samsung claims the
smaller tablet «is ideal for people that
like to carry pocket
sized devices», and the 10.1 - inch variant «is well - suited for those that
like to carry a larger
screen or for use at home and by all the family.»
I've read books on LCD
screens and I don't
like the
small size in the case of mobile devices or the backlighting.
I'll be looking at a font that is just slightly too
small for comfortable reading, but if I choose the next
size up it's huge —
like «can't fit a full sentence on one
screen» huge.
It is growing all the time as new devices come onto the market but really you will be restricted to tablet PCs
like the iPad, Google Nexus, Kindle Fire etc. (whilst they will work on
smaller devices
like the Kindle Voyage or Paperwhite they will not look as good as the
smaller the eReader the more the layout will be shrunk to fit the
screen, unlike with the reflowable text option which can be read comfortably on any
size device).
However, considering that only gets you 16 GB of memory (on a similarly specced Wi - Fi - only basis), along with a
smaller screen size and a single - core processor, it seems
like a very steep price indeed.
However, with the latest release of three new Kindle devices one of which is a multifunctional tablet
like the iPad, but with a
smaller screen size, the question now being asked is has the iPad 2 Killer now arrived?
Personally I
like the
smaller form factor but with a high resolution
screen and the 7 ″
size if you don't have good eyesight you may struggle with the MediaPad 7.
They're not great by any means because of the
size, but if you can't afford something larger the software is a lot more advanced and usable than what you get on Kobos and Nooks, and if you use a program
like K2pdfopt you can customize PDFs for the
smaller screen size.
Distance to
screen > Screen size Like of course im going to see a massive difference on a «small» 23 inch monitor if im sitting at my desk 3 - 4 feet away from the s
screen >
Screen size Like of course im going to see a massive difference on a «small» 23 inch monitor if im sitting at my desk 3 - 4 feet away from the s
Screen size Like of course im going to see a massive difference on a «
small» 23 inch monitor if im sitting at my desk 3 - 4 feet away from the
screenscreen.
I still found the default
size of the text to be much too
small and would often get off of my couch and walk closer to the
screen on occasion before I decided to put the time in and customize it to my
liking.
As an aging person with failing eyesight I do appreciate larger
screens more often than I did in the past, but I really
liked the portability the
smaller size of the PlayBook gives you.
You might think from the large, 4.8 - inch display
size that the Discover would come off as big, but Pantech manages to pull off the same trick as Samsung and HTC: it packs a large
screen into what feels
like a
smaller phone.
The
smaller Pixel 2 looks a lot
like last year's phone, but the XL version has a new
screen size, ratio, and design.
I have a preference for
smaller phones
like the iPhone 6, so in spite of its large
screen, the Essential Phone feels
like the perfect
size to me.
It is difficult to consolidate a large
screen function
like a television with a
small -
screen device
like a tablet into a single multi-functional device and achieve significant space /
size reduction.
So if you'd
like to tweak the scale of on -
screen elements, the easiest method would be to use a root app called Texdroider to adjust your device's DPI value — just enter a bigger number to increase the
size of elements, or enter a
smaller number to shrink everything down a bit.
Like the Razr HD, the new Razr Maxx HD comes with a 4.7 - inch 720p Super AMOLED incredibly crisp and sharp display that fits in the same shell
size as the previous Razr Maxx even though that
screen was
smaller and didn't have as good a resolution.
The larger
screen size over the typical 9.7 - inch variety gives you a tad more elbow room than you'd have on a
smaller tablet, making things
like reading text - dense websites...
On my devices with
smaller screens —
like my tablet — I feel I can pack in more apps into a single view on my Start
screen with the new
small tile
sizes.
The
screen might not be the highest resolution around, but its
small size means it's still sharp, and it has advanced features
like 3D Touch and True Tone.
The sphere -
like Echo Spot is more compact than the Echo Show and provides good audio quality for its
size, but the circular
screen is
small.
There's a lot to
like about Apple's
smallest tablet, but it's getting on for three years old now, and Apple seems to have lost enthusiasm for this 7.9 - inch
screen size as its iPhones have grown bigger.
I actually wish Samsung had made the S8 even
smaller than the S7 — somewhere around the
size of an iPhone 7 — and still packed in something
like a 5.4 - inch
screen.
Small form - factor devices,
like the Dell Venue 8 Pro, that boot with rotation or virtual mode
screen size set larger than the physical
screen size will experience a bluescreen on upgrade and will roll back to the previous build.
At 5.46 inches the
screen on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium isn't exactly
small, but to truly make the most of that 4K resolution it really needs to be bigger, and with rivals
like the Samsung Galaxy S8 pushing
screen sizes ever higher it would also help the XZ Premium 2 to compete.
If this was about more space, you'd see more designs
like Essentials
small notch and LG v20's «second
screen» (its a notch) that actually maximize the
screen size while just keeping as little as possible at the top of the
screen and you would have seen this trend happen before the iPhone X launched.
You won't want to watch a movie on the phone, though, as the
smaller screen size and slightly muted colors won't do them justice, and those who
like full HD or higher resolution will be out of luck here.
The handset is with a lower spec
like 5MP camera, lower battery mAh and probably with a
smaller screen size.
Companies
like Universal Display are working hard on reducing OLED defects, allowing production to move from
small screens like smartphone displays to medium
sized screens, up to massive display
sizes.
But as LG has done with phones
like the G2 and the G3, Huawei has packed a ton of
screen into a device that feels a little
smaller than the display
size would have you believe.