Balmuda Phone unveiled with 4.9” display, pebble-shaped design
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- LG Superfan
- sUv
- 17 Nov 2021
Reading the specs I thought this is it the smartphone for those tiny handed cry babies but they lost me on the price
- SuuperBaka
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- 17 Nov 2021
Nick Tegrataker, 16 Nov 2021How about 16:9 display (presumably the quality isn't v... moreI agree with you that the price is definitely high, but having a single camera doesn't mean it's a disadvantage. I'm assuming they don't plan on selling that many so they jacked up the price.
The punch-hole does not need to be there when they can work with the bezels, but that's what they decided. It's definitely an extremely niche device.
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- 17 Nov 2021
they are new for this phone market, yet put it on overprice category right away. too confident.
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- Anonymous
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- 17 Nov 2021
AM Bunny, 16 Nov 2021Balmuda, sounds funny but they might have found a "nic... moreSamsung user here. I use samsung not because it comes with Android. It's more likely because of the phone design, its simple innovative One UI and also great ecosystem.
- SuuperBaka
- q}I
- 17 Nov 2021
AnonD-731363, 16 Nov 2021Knew Sony is insanely overpriced as always and now other Ja... moreI love to see you mentioning Sony when the article isn't even about them and nobody brought it up.
- SuuperBaka
- q}I
- 17 Nov 2021
This phone is pretty overpriced ngl, why is there a punch-hole when they don't need it. The design is interesting tho
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- Hi from Canada
- Isb
- 17 Nov 2021
Bring any REAL decent android compact smartphone here A.S.A.P. !
Sub 5 inch. Almost no bezel. 135 cm max.
There's a market for it.
Come on. No competition for the time being.
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- Anonymous
- 7k0
- 17 Nov 2021
Reminds me of palm pre.
It was such a fascinating phone
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- Irham
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- 17 Nov 2021
using punch hole for selfie camera, while the bezel is still big. so weird...
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- AnonD-909757
- pZV
- 17 Nov 2021
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2021Mini phones that will lack:
- larger cam sensors becaus... moreThat's some big typical anonymous user BS you are saying right here.
-Samsung S10e vs S10 & S10 Plus = Same main camera sensor.
Same story with iPhone 12/13 Mini vs base.
And the phone could simply be made thicker.
-Is it really needed anyway?
People wanting smaller phones are probably willing to accept the sacrifices, and the phones could simply be made thicker.
-Not everybody is obsessed with 120Hz, I couldn't care less about it, and it can still be done, again, the phones could simply be made thicker.
-The S10e doesn't seem to have particularly more overheating issues compared to its bigger brothers, but again, the phones could simply be made thicker.
-Well, simple : The phones could simply be made thicker.
-Duh! People wanting smaller phones won't complain that the display is too small, it is what they want.
Yeah, I know, making the phone thicker won't change the display size...
The smaller something is, mainly is width, the thicker it needs to be in order to stay comfortable, that's why despite having a really simple slim PCB, smartphone remotes are much thicker than smartphones, same story apply for basically everything, and thickness isn't what make the phone harder to put in a pocket, wide + tall + thick, yes, but short + narrow + thick isn't an issue.
The reason why thicker phones aren't more available isn't because people don't like them, it is because the anti-thick and/or slim smartphone obsessed have killed it, the same way they killed small phones, 3.5mm Jack, pop up camera, real zoom camera, and many other nice and useful things.
Why it is so hard to just accept that other phones than those you like could exist in the market without having to fight against them?
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- sohail shafayat
- X{X
- 17 Nov 2021
Nick Tegrataker, 16 Nov 2021How about 16:9 display (presumably the quality isn't v... moreNeither 16:9 nor 21:9 is good, 18:9 is the best solution
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- AnonD-909757
- pZV
- 17 Nov 2021
Anonymous, 16 Nov 2021Thats some weird request when there is nothing below 6 inch... moreThe iPhone 12/13 mini can both run PUBG without any issues, and they are both under 6" with their 5.4" display size.
In fact, the iPhone SE 2020 who have a 4.7" display can run PUBG.
On the Android side, the 5.87" Pixel 4a can run smoothly PUBG, the popular 5.8" Galaxy S10e easily run it, and the 5.9" Zenfone 8 with its SD888 obviously can (I haven't checked, but I don't need to, it is a no-brainer that it can).
And if there wasn't this small smartphone hate, there would be more of the smaller phones and some would definitely be high-end performances.
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- GBh
- 17 Nov 2021
They are out of their mind if they charge 916$. By that price, they better give at least 5 years of update, since it's only 1 device
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- Anonymous
- fFA
- 17 Nov 2021
Look cute & dumb at same time....
Have sizable bezel but still want to use punch hole.. Its hard for them to disrupt iphone market share in Japanese market.
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- AnonD-909757
- pZV
- 17 Nov 2021
IpsDisplay, 16 Nov 2021High prices have never stopped iPhone sales beforeIf for the same price you can either have a regular base iPhone 13 and an iPhone 13 Pro Max, both new, why on earth would you take the regular one?
Same story here, people buy for few reasons :
1: The product have been advertised (I've never seen a single iPhone mini ad).
2: The product is available, not all shops do sell the mini.
3: The price need to be attractive, it isn't, many mobile providers sell it for the same monthly cost as the base or the Pro.
4: The base specs people look for will be the number of camera and how big is a battery compared to other, the mini just get wasted to its bigger brothers.
With a nickname such as "IPSDisplay", are you sure you want to say that "if it is a niche, then it shouldn't exist"?
Because IPS displays on non-entry-level smartphones are a niche nowadays.
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- AnonD-909757
- pZV
- 17 Nov 2021
hmm, 16 Nov 2021I hate this only for 2 reasons. The absurd high price and p... moreExact, the price to features and specs is awful, and the bezels are too thick to justify a punch hole.
And yeah, people would complain if it was thicker even though they don't realize that the smaller something is, the thicker it NEED to be in order to have a good handling.
- vodny
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- 17 Nov 2021
Looks like a HTC Wildfire. The price should be $300, like the toaster. Well, maybe the phone itself is a small toaster...