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Originally Posted by lesterm
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Originally Posted by piperpilot
My question: Why is HP continuing to build devices with QVGA screens? Now that I have an Axim X51v, I don't think I can ever go back to QVGA.
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I think that with (as HP says) non-converged devices getting less popular VGA screens will become rarer.
VGA screens will suck more juice from the battery and all those (4x) pixels need more processing power. Faster processors doing more work means shorter battery life. As you can understand, battery life is a prime consideration for a phone, so I thnk VGA will be quite rare.
I have a hx4700 and would love a k-jam or simialr, but not sure I could go back to a QVGA screen too, so I'm in the same boat as you. I know the JasJar is VGA but it's just a bit too big (I carry mine around all day) and would feel daft down the pub making a phone call with it! |
Maybe, but it is much easier for a salesman to sell a VGA phone than a QVGA phone to the average customer. All he basically has to do is turn it on. Battery life is not obvious by first glance at a device, and is often grossly mistated by the manufacturer.
Therefore, to me, it makes more sense for HP, or any manufacturer for that matter, to produce VGA devices since the QVGA market is so saturated the VGA devices would really stand out at your Cingular/Verizon strore.