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Speaking for myself, no, my smartphone does not replace my tablet. The amount of screen realestate lost when going from 11" to 5" is just too much. It makes reading hard (particularly with less than perfect eyesight), movies too small, and all of the real time communication that comes with a phone is vying for my attention all the time.

Now then, if I could make calls over a bluetooth headset connected to my iPad, I'd drop my phone in a heartbeat...



> Now then, if I could make calls over a bluetooth headset connected to my iPad, I'd drop my phone in a heartbeat...

What's stopping you? I do this from Hangouts (which can make calls, at least in the US.)


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I'm pretty sure android doesn't run on the iPad, which is what the person I was responding to said they use.

(That said, yes, you can do this on android, with skype and a skype-in number.)


I'm with you on that. Though actually my thinking is increasingly "dumbphone + tablet". Where the phone gets carried when I absolutely, positively, must be in contact (and the less that happens the better).


My HTC One (4.7") has more or less obliterated my Nexus 7 usage.


I can do that with google voice.




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