The Onion: Uncle Ben's joining the smartphone race with own 5.3-inch handset

0. phoneArena posted on 24 Jul 2012, 22:31

Straight from America's finest news source comes a humorous story involving two things that aren't easy to put together within the same context – smartphones and rice. Uncle Ben's, of all familiar brand names, intends to go head to head with Apple by introducing a smartphone of its own, The Onion reports...

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1. Yummy posted on 24 Jul 2012, 22:40 1 0

I wouldn't mind having one, lol.

2. DownHer posted on 24 Jul 2012, 22:42 0 0

And the market goes wild

3. Sparhawk posted on 24 Jul 2012, 22:53 2 0

Just don't put it in the microwave.

4. blowfish posted on 24 Jul 2012, 22:56 3 0

Will it blend?

5. SonyFTW2020 posted on 25 Jul 2012, 00:12 2 1

hahah had me going for a second, but I agree how companys are gettin out of hand with the size of smartphones....any phone beyond the 4.5 inch mark is really not necessary....seriously

6. g2a5b0e posted on 25 Jul 2012, 00:22 2 0

Says you. Just because you don't want a phone larger than 4.5 inches doesn't mean no one else does. I'm 6'4" 225 lbs. & I was a wide receiver in college. In other words, I have very large hands. I've held the 5.3" Note & it doesn't feel unwieldy at all in my hand. I could even see myself with a slightly larger phone. Everyone I know so far with the 4.8" SIII swears by the size & say they would never go back to anything smaller & they are all average size people. No need to go applying what works for you to everyone else. To each, his or her own.

8. serious9010 posted on 25 Jul 2012, 04:49 0 1

My thoughts exactly, when fandroids bitch about iPhones 3,5" display. To each, his or her own.

7. Bluesky02 posted on 25 Jul 2012, 01:20 2 0

This Joke need to become a reality

9. downphoenix posted on 25 Jul 2012, 13:58 2 0

Im gonna hold out until Rice-a-Roni enters the market, I dont want to buy the Uncle Ben's phone just to find out that Rice-a-Roni's is better.

10. dirtydirty00 posted on 26 Jul 2012, 14:49 0 1

I had to make sure it wasnt april 1st again...

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