I'm all for options. A giant iPhone would be an excellent choice for people who want it. I'm probably fine with the smaller ones, but having bigger handsets wouldn't do Apple any harm. For some users a bigger screen could make usability much greater.
I want to be able to comfortably carry my phone in my pocket. At 16:9 and 5 inches it will be too long for that. Easier to fit a bit more width then height. Also I really think you need to try using a larger 3:2 phone for awhile before you can really make a comparison. I currently have a Galaxy S3 which I believe is 3:2 if not close enough. The extra width doesn't bother me or hinder me at all its reaching for the height. Thus a 16:9 5" phone would be far too much of a stretch even for people with large hands.
I highly doubt the rumour of a 5" iPhone anyway. It took forever for apple to take the leap to a 4"
What do you guys think of this post, it includes a video as well, on the iPhone 6 Concept.
iPhone 6 Design Concept
Hey apple, the 6" phone screen market is free for the taking.
Well they best stop ****ing about and either confirm or bring the 6 out soon, as come March I'm swapping my 4S for a new Galaxy. Lack of innovation and always late to the party .... that's apple these days!!
Apple has been doomed since the time it started following market trends, not setting them, and even worse, following Samsung. Oblivion is all they deserve.
There are reasons that only 25% of Android users are running Jelly Bean.
Even when Steve Jobs was still heading Apple, the company would still occasionally follow market trends. When laptops were hot, Apple switched to intel (like everyone else was using) and supported dual boot functionality so that Windows could be loaded onto them. Remember all the naysaying on these boards then? I do. After that, it was an arms race between Apple and Dell trying to best each other with one following the other on occasion.
Nothing wrong with Play Store. In fact it's seeing a faster increase in revenue than the App store now. The App store is still leading by far, but if that trend continues, the App store could loose it's crown.
5" iPhone 6? I would definitely wait and buy that.
as long as the apple logo on the back is larger too i'm all for it.
Have fun backpedaling on all the "this screen is the best size" marketing.
Apple switching to Intel was not due to following market trends. Unless you think obeying "reality" is following trends.
Ok, but one could also then say that "reality" dictates that a significant number of consumers want oversized smartphones.
The iphone with a 5" screen is even lighter than the 5? That would be awesome. I would buy it.
Cant the fanboys crawl back under their mom's skirts and let us have this? What are they afraid of, that the big bad ol' Tim will take away their iPhone 5 (4" of which they deemed too big just a year ago) and force them to carry around a football field sized phone (haha) in their purses?
You're a fool if you think Apple won't also keep the regular phone. It would be suicide to do anything else.
I'll buy an 4.8-5" iPhone the second it comes out. This is a huge opportunity for Apple to get out of it's stock slump and a huge untapped segment of the market for them.
I would only say they have to lose the square/brick shape they have now because all those hard edges just won't fly on a phone that big.
I also agree they should dump the 16:9 aspect ratio. Makes the phone too damn skinny and tall and what they need is more width.
I pray to Jeebus there's some truth in this rumor.