Manufacturers have continued to blur the line between smartphones and tablets
with screen sizes on smartphones reaching as high as 6.3-inches. Sales of phablets have
taken off since the release of Samsung’s Galaxy Note and an increasing number of companies now
have plans to release their own oversized devices.
Motorola will not be one of these companies, however. Jim Wicks, Motorola’s design chief,
revealed in an interview with PCMag that the company has adopted the philosophy that “better is better” rather than “bigger is better.” The executive noted that
Google has been spending the past eight months on next-generation Motorola phones and has “seen positive feedback and collaboration.”
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