Small tablet you can use as a phone

[Frimley111R]

I've given up looking for Android phones with screens as big as my Nexus 6 (it's not the tallest screen but it is much wider than any phones on the UK market). Rather than look for a tablet sized phone I am wondering if I look for a small tablet that works like a phone. 95% of my use as a phone is as bluetooth device so its not like I'll look like someone off Trigger Happy TV!

Does such a thing exist?

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anonymous said:

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It's too small. I had the S8+ which has the same screen size and after a 'mini tablet' experience it just felt too small. I guess its just what you get used to.

Thanks though, I'll look into tablets with SIM facility

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Not a bad idea!

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ZesPak said:

Didn't samsung have a "mega" model or something? I know in the asian market the BIG phones are in demand, and they have a number of 6" plus phones.

Edit: seems like they did...

Xiaomi seems to do a Mi Max:

https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_mi_max_2-8582.php

at 6.44", it's properly in small tablet territory.

Edited by ZesPak on Monday 22 January 12:28

Yep they did a Mk2 version of it too. Looked good but not sure if it works in the UK

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Ooo they look interesting! I'll do some digging.

The new ones are 8 inch so too big even for me but this looks like the one you mentioned http://www.pompmall.com/huawei-mediapad-x2-3gb-32g...

Edited by Frimley111R on Tuesday 13th February 21:40

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TotalControl said:

Just to help out a bit, if you click the below link, I've managed to find all the phones that would work with all 4G bands in the UK that are 6 inch plus with decent spec from the last 2 years:

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=201...

Below is the tablet section:

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?mode=tablet&...

Personally, if I wanted big but manageable, I would be picking the Mediapad M3 8.4.

HTH

Thanks. I did look at the Zenfone 3 Ultra which has a large screen and that is shown on the list and available on ebay for just £300 notes

The newer media pads are a big step above even things like the Zenfone, too big even for me.

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daemon said:

As well as the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 they did their flagship Mi Mix which can be got with 6GB RAM and 256GB storage with what was at the time the highest screen to body ratio of any phone. Full ceramic case too.

Excellent phone. No UK support and no band 20 though.

Yep, that looked very nice but iirc the sound on them was a bit odd, with the phone phone acting like a speaker. The newer one is normal sized though.