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Like waistlines in many prosperous countries, cellphones are going XXL and some of their owners are struggling to tuck them in.


像许多富裕国家居民的腰围一样,如今手机的尺寸也在逐渐增大,一些手机用户在费劲地想办法把它们塞进自己的兜里。



Jeremy Roche, 47 years old, owns a Samsung Galaxy Note II phone that is about 75% larger than the original Apple Inc. iPhone, and roughly the size and heft of an extra-large Hershey's chocolate bar, with about an inch nibbled off the end.


47岁的罗奇(Jeremy Roche)拥有一台三星(Samsung) Galaxy Note II手机,这款手机比苹果公司(Apple Inc.)推出的第一代iPhone差不多大了75%,大体和一块被啃掉一英寸左右的超大号好时(Hershey's)巧克力的体积和重量差不多。



On the streets of San Francisco, where the U.K.-based Mr. Roche frequently travels, he says iPhone users often stop him to compare their phone size with his. 'I would say most days when I'm out and about people remark on the size of my phone,' says Mr. Roche, chief executive of business-software company FinancialForce.com Inc.


罗奇是商业软件公司FinancialForce.com Inc.的首席执行长,在英国工作,经常到旧金山出差。他说,在旧金山街头,常常有iPhone用户叫住他来比较手机的大小。他表示,我得说,当我外出的时候,大部分时间里都有人会对我的手机尺寸说上点什么。



It 'did feel weird' at first to hold his big phone to his head for calls, he says, but now he loves his ample screen.


他说,最初举着巨型手机打电话确实感觉奇怪,但现在他爱上了这款手机的大屏。



After years of evolution from brick-size monstrosities into slim pocket devices, cellphones are going in reverse. South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. is credited