JiaYu’s 2016 plans include the 5-inch JiaYu S4 and a phablet

“LTE, GPS, Wifi, Display, CPU/GPU all use far more battery -” – right there are the very reasons why the BATTERY should be more of a priority than the camera and not the other way round. You can surely do without a camera on your phone. Not sure you can do without a battery though. FACT!

The way I see it, if camera is a priority, then by all means get a camera. That makes perfect sense. Stating that the camera should be the core/main function/priority on a phone is a classic case of a misplaced priority.

Yeah, I get all that. My point was that I find it incomprehensible when a new phone comes out, the first comments are ALWAYS (99,9% of the time) about the camera, hence the “misplaced priority” statement. Wouldn’t it be better if phone makers can invest in making slimmer and longer lasting batteries? Not only will the phones be slim but other features can be packed unto it. But yeah to each is own and the market is huge enough to accommodate all sorts of “priorities”

FYI, I care about camera but I’m of the opinion (emphasis on MY opinion) that it shouldn’t be a top priority on a phone. Besides, I’m yet to see a phone that take amazing pictures..most are cool when viewing from your phone, put it a a big screen and most are just drab. Phone “makers” (save the Samsungs and Huawes of this world) don’t make batteries, neither do they make the processors or any other part for that matter. Give me a slim phone with lasting battery and I’m good.

Asia the demand is for bigger phones. Asia is the one who started this current trend of phones being 5.5+ inches. Another interesting thing is cars, in Asia the demand for bigger cars has never been higher (Buick is one of the top selling cars in China) whereas in Europe the demand is for smaller city cars.

My hands aren’t huge but I have no issues using a 5 inch phone comfortably. In fact I would say it is the perfect size, not too big and not too small. I prefer 5.5 though because it is much better for content (videos, games etc).

It’s basic supply and demand. The demand for phones above 4.7 inches is a lot higher than the demand for smaller phones. Some exist to fill the niche market that smaller phones is, but most consumers are watching videos and playing games on their devices and want a bigger display for that.

When was the survey conducted? Who were they surveying? Was it Android specific or did it include Apple consumers? Most Apple consumers have never used a phone bigger than 4.7 so they are more likely to say a smaller phone is the deal size. For instance Piper Jaffray did a survey of iPhone users, 31% felt 4.7 was the ideal size, 27% preferred 5.5 and the rest were divided up among various sizes smaller. That 27% didn’t exist before the 6 Plus, the number who wanted bigger would have been much smaller because they had no option for a bigger phone. Next year if this survey is conducted the 5.5 number will grow considerably as more people realize that 5.5 isn’t as big as they once feared and when they see how much more they can do on a larger screen.

An analytical firm actually did a detailed report of preferred smartphone sizes for the US and UK markets and they found that 5.3 was the ideal size and that Android users preferred bigger phones compared to Apple users. Again this is based on the users actual experience.

So the survey was limited to just one country? That’s all you can infer from that study is people in the Czech Republic may like smaller phones. It doesn’t really represent the larger landscape of phones.

I think the 5.3 was more of an average.

Yea my sister iPhone 6 has a case that makes it bigger than my 5.5 inch phone in a normal size case. But yet she says she could never use the 6 Plus because it’s too big in her hand.

We recently did a PR even at a mall for Windows Phone, and I would show people the 640 and 640 XL (which we were practically giving away for $20). At first most people said they could never use the XL, it was too massive. But once they held it and played around with it, and more importantly watched videos on it, they walked away with it.