Samsung working on a 6.3-inch smartphone?

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The Samsung Galaxy Mega will make the Galaxy Notes look normal.

Samsung is not done pumping the smartphone form factor with growth hormones—a “Mega” phone with a 6.3-inch screen is reportedly in the works, according to SamMobile. A second phone in the same series would have a 5.8-inch screen, besting Samsung’s current largest smartphone offering, the Galaxy Note II.

The Galaxy Mega 5.8, codenamed GT-I9152, would be a DUO smartphone running Android and would be set for release in week 22 (late May-early June). The Galaxy Mega 6.3 has the same screen size as the rumored follow-up to the Galaxy Note II, and it may be set for release around week 25 (mid-June).

With each new phone release from Samsung, we become more convinced that the smartphone screen size race is less about what consumers want and more about seeing what the company can get away with. Not that the devices don’t sell—both iterations of the Note have sold in the millions—but as the devices become bigger and increasingly unable to fit in a pants pocket, we wonder where to draw the line.

Even 6.3 inches seems too far for a hybrid “phablet”; the size is I’m-not-touching-you close to the accepted tablet size of seven inches. We’ll be interested to see if there are yet larger hands and pockets not already sated by the Galaxy Note phone series. Technically, the Mega phones have already been bested by the Galaxy Note 8.0, which falls more squarely (rectangularly?) in the tablet category, but can also act as a phone. However ridiculous that may ultimately look.

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[sanjoa]

6.3 inches? :omg:

[DKT27]

Early indications said that this is infact, Note III.

[RadioActive]

In what world would a 6.3 inch device be considered a mere phone? *sighs*

[lyldz]

i think thats not phone.its name phaplet :lol:

[RadioActive]

i think thats not phone.its name phaplet :lol:

They need to come up with a new name for that category. Something along the lines of "sub-tablet" perhaps..