Apple could enter the new large screen size mobile market and will inevitably enjoy success, though will also diminish its reputation for innovation.

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To preserve the iPad's aspect ratio at a relatively large screen size meant Apple had to trim the side bezels, making the appearance a bit more iPhone-like than iPad-like and, at best, a snug fit for smaller hands.

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Some customers value large screen size.

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Bringing superb picture quality to the forefront of the home, VIZIO's new, sleek E-Series HDTV holiday line-up features large screen size classes of 70", 60" (E601i), 50" (E500i), and 42" (E420i) LED Smart TVs, perfect for a living room or master bedroom upgrade, and smaller screen size classes of 39" (E390), 32" (E320), 29" (E291) and 24" (E241) LED units, ideal for the kitchen, den or office.

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With its 4.6-inch display, the Ion matches up in size to other large-screen handsets, measuring 5.24 x 2.7 x 0.46 inches (133.1 x 68.6 x 11.7mm).

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While the CPMs on mobile are significantly higher (you have to stare at the ads which are quite large relative to the screen size), we struggle to believe Facebook can continue to ramp the ad load on mobile the way they did in Q4 2012.

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He mentioned tradeoffs like battery life and color and resolution when clearly what those of us in the large-screen camp want is size.

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Should its reputation be as large as its screen, or is the Optimus G Pro using that extra size to compensate for something?

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