Is bigger better?
Between the onslaught of large-screen smartphones and the emergence of tablets, we're being asked as consumers to answer a question the manufacturers themselves seem unable to answer definitively: how big do we want our mobile screens? Dell has answered that question with a 5-inch display on the Dell Streak and brought it into the CNET Australia office to let us see for ourselves.
The Streak has just been launched in the UK and will soon see the inside of phone stores in the US. Dell can't yet commit to a release date in Australia, though we got the distinct impression that several Aussie telcos could be interested in the Streak and we could see it down under sooner rather than later.
With a 5-inch diagonal screen measure, the Dell Streak appears enormous at first glance. Next to other smatphones, the Streak seems much bigger than it actually is, but if this seems like a problem as you weigh it up in your hands or test it out in your pocket, the trouble fades as soon as you start playing with the screen and navigating through the menus or browsing the web.
