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Kind of disappointing it's not Tegra 3, but at least I hope it's the dual core Qualcomm Krait at 1.5 Ghz built on 28nm process and Adreno 300, rather than OMAP 4.

Everything else about it is exactly what I've been hoping for: HD resolution, 4.5" screen, no buttons, 4G.

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4.5" seems a tad excessive to me. I'll follow you to 4.0", and you can probably talk me into 4.3... but 4.5? Getting a little to close to Dell Streak territory in my opinion.

If they follow the HTC Evo design (basically non-existant borders) and drop the dedicated button area I could see them being able to squeeze a 4.5" screen into an almost the same sized package. It's thicker than an iPhone but the surface area really isn't much more.

I am with you. These super-sized phones just seem awkward to me. 3.7-4.0" seem to be the sweet spot for me. If am looking at something that needs a bigger screen than that, an 0.5 inches probably isn't going to solve my problem and I would rather just use a laptop or tablet.

If you measure out one of the O'Reilly Pocket References, you get the feeling that a manufacture could build a phone that still fits in the pocket and has a bigger than 4.5" screen

Curious, any reason you're against the Qualcomm part? Just that you prefer OpenGL on Imagination Technology GPU and not the Adreno or something else?

What's wrong with the OMAP 4?

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