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Originally Posted by Marty1781
Also, while these new HTC devices may not have a physically larger screen, they are higher resolution than the iPhone (480x320 vs 640x480). People always talk about how big and beautiful the iPhone's screen is but personally I think Apple is really getting a free pass here because to have a 3.5" screen and only make it 480x320 I think is unexcusable. If HTC did that, they'd never hear the end of it. The 2.8" VGA screen, TV out, faster processor, WM6.1, and proper amount of RAM I think makes the Raphael a nice update to HTC's current lineup
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I disagree with the part about the physically larger screen part of your post,
What is the point of having higher resolution on a smaller screen, it makes no sense, they might as well have stuck with the QVGA resolution if it's going to be on a 2.8" screen.
Have you ever really used a 3.5" VGA display device? Once you do you can never go back. I DO agree that the iPhone could have done better with the resolution but the graphics on the device seem unaffected by the lack of resolution, so maybe they his a sweet spot (And no I'm not an iPhone fanboy, I"m actually a WM enthusiast and think the iPhone is a WM knock-off with improvements, but I guess every device has inherent characteristics from a previous one.)
My Point is:
Most people are partial to larger screens, just ask them. And HTC is no stranger to that, my first device was a PPC 6600, every major US carrier at the time, and it had a 3.5 inch screen and the battery life was the best I've experienced.
So for HTC to manufacture a device which such specs would not be an iPhone clone, it would be more like them going back to the basics which proved to be successful.