I know it's not going to happen but I'm hoping the first big shock of the Tim Cook era is skipping the iPhone 5s and going straight to the iPhone 6 with a 4.5-5" screen. Then keep selling the current iPhone 5 for those who don't want the larger screen.
5 inches or more. Then I will be a happy camper.
5 inches or more. Then I will be a happy camper.
Mine list:
1. Improved rear camera, 13-Megapixel sensor like the Samsung galaxy s4 , plus the aforementioned flash upgrade
2. Fingerprint sensor, integrated fingerprint sensor to replace the need for usernames and passwords on the phone.
3. New design, bigger screen than the iPhone 5. In my eyes, 4.5 inch is perfect.
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For most of people, I think 5 inch is too large to handle . So may be 4.5inch-4.7inch is perfect.
Not quite the same but I've been considering the following possibility for the next iPhone event:
Two (2) iPhone models announced:
1. iPhone 5S = new lower-cost model, new form factor
2. iPhone 6 = new flagship model, same form factor as iPhone 5
I don't know that it's not going to happen and I wouldn't be surprised in the least bit if it didn't...but I can see at least some logic in doing this, such as increased sales of the flagship to the anti-S crowd.
1. Stability to come in iOS7 that ships with it. iOS6 breaks so easily, needs restarts more often than my old Win98 computers did.
Interesting idea, but I'm kinda confused as to why Apple would put any R&D into changing the "budget" model. Why not keep selling the previous model at a larger discount as you have already recouped your expenses in developing it. It just seems contrary to what Apple typically does to cater to the low end version.
Maybe Apple would be best served to copy how they handle the iPad, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and iMac and have a 4" and 5" version of the iPhone each year. Why not? They apparently thought having two size options for all the above products was a good idea, this would make both the "I want to operate my iPhone with 1 hand" and the "I want a bigger screen or I'm going to seriously look at Android" camps happy and spending their money on Apple products. Or maybe that just makes too much sense.