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Both 4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Models Reportedly Launching on September 19
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You've got pedantic down pat too.
Dont be so literal. I'm kidding of course, I just thought it was clear what i meant.
Sorry, this is one of my pet peeves. Apple is frequently said to be "hyping" products, even ones they don't acknowledge exist. If the word is used anywhere close its actual meaning, this is sort of impossible. The "hype" is in reality coming from everywhere but Apple.
Well I have seen you say it around 20 times in 24 hours - that's a little bit silly, really. I mean no - it's not the end of the world, but if you want people not to think you're totally daft, I would consider forming some more meaningful sentences - make sense?
Well again, hype is short for hyperbole, and that word refers to the making of exaggerated claims. Perhaps Apple is making exaggerated claims about their upcoming event, just by acknowledging that it is coming. Maybe it isn't going to happen at all.
Well I have seen you say it around 20 times in 24 hours - that's a little bit silly, really. I mean no - it's not the end of the world, but if you want people not to think you're totally daft, I would consider forming some more meaningful sentences - make sense?
I've been on these forums for years. I'm more than capable of many things. If you perceive it as daft so be it.
In less than 17 hours my body will be ready
Crossing my fingers. I really would rather wait at home for FedEx to arrive instead of waisting a day standing in line.
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I want a large phones but I have a couple friends that want a 4" and won't by the iPhone 6 if it only has a large screen. However we have not seen any leaks of a 4" so there's a good chance 4.7" will be the smallest.
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Until I see a 5.5" iPhone on tomorrows Keynote, I won't believe on exists.
I know always the skeptic.
You could say the same for the 4.7" as well.
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I think it will come down to how many units they have ready. Perhaps the 4.7" will be available for pre-order but the 5.5" won't.
It isn't 1pm EST yet. Go take a cold shower.Someone go tell the Atheists that a God does exist.
Apple is perfect at this.....creating demand with scarcity. Last year everyone wanted the 5S (especially the gold one) and nobody wanted the 5C. This year everyone will want the large one since it it scarce! Guess what, Apple is creating demand for the higher margin devices by releasing 2 and making one seem harder to get! So glad I'm a stockholder as well as a customer!
For most of the year I declared firmly that the 5.5" would not be announced in September, that there was no way. It's not Apple's style for such a small event.
This is clearly not "such a small event" and after all this time convincing my self that it was "time" to go with and accept a larger phone (4.7"), the rumour machine has got me fever pitch so bad, that I'm not even contemplating anything aside from the 5.5. I will be there, on launch day at my nearest Telstra store lining up from a "reasonable" time prior to the store opening and enjoying the time difference between Australian and the ROTW (aside from NZ).
This is clearly not "such a small event" and after all this time convincing my self that it was "time" to go with and accept a larger phone (4.7"), the rumour machine has got me fever pitch so bad, that I'm not even contemplating anything aside from the 5.5. I will be there, on launch day at my nearest Telstra store lining up from a "reasonable" time prior to the store opening and enjoying the time difference between Australian and the ROTW (aside from NZ).
So you mean the 5s? Sure that's bigger and better. But not too big and potentially worse (like the iPhone 6 could be.)
The right size fits all. There could be more than one right size for a product. But there are wrong sizes. Steve Jobs understood this and could say "**** off the wrong sized ****". It seems few people left at Apple have the wang to do this anymore.
I'm very conflicted on which one to choose.
My first instinct is that the 5.5 is too big for a phone and my pocket. Will it really comfortably fit in my pocket? Also, will I be embarrassed to use it in some situations? It wouldn't be very discreet using such a large device for a quick second.
On the opposite side of that, Apple seems to be positioning the 5.5 as their gem, top of the line. That makes me want it.
Furthermore, my old grandfathered unlimited data would be pretty nice on the 5.5. A 5.5 device would be pretty good for consuming and some creating when away from home, with unlimited data.
The 4.7 will feel like a slightly upgraded iPhone. It would be better, but probably feel more like a bump. It would serve great as a phone, but is it enough of a jump when the 5.5 will offer much more? After all, these carrier upgrades don't happen too often! Time for me to decide!
My first instinct is that the 5.5 is too big for a phone and my pocket. Will it really comfortably fit in my pocket? Also, will I be embarrassed to use it in some situations? It wouldn't be very discreet using such a large device for a quick second.
On the opposite side of that, Apple seems to be positioning the 5.5 as their gem, top of the line. That makes me want it.
Furthermore, my old grandfathered unlimited data would be pretty nice on the 5.5. A 5.5 device would be pretty good for consuming and some creating when away from home, with unlimited data.
The 4.7 will feel like a slightly upgraded iPhone. It would be better, but probably feel more like a bump. It would serve great as a phone, but is it enough of a jump when the 5.5 will offer much more? After all, these carrier upgrades don't happen too often! Time for me to decide!
5,5" will look and feel ridiculous on any man's pocket. If you don't mind that then of course you will enjoy the device and its big screen.
4,7" hits the sweet spot for me and is my ideal size for a smartphone. Anything else above it stops being a phone, and becomes a phablet. You will have to ask yourself if you want a smartphone or a phablet, or maybe both..
I know for sure, that I want a 4,7" smartphone. That doesn't mean that I wouldn't buy a 5,5" phablet, but only as a replacement for my iPad..nothing more..
5.5" = I come back to iPhone for the first time in 2 years, after having owned every iPhone since the first.
They just kept regurgitating the same model over and over (even though the the 5 & 5S - and 5C - was a *little* taller). I didn't buy them.
Cant believe people would still like to see the regurgitation continue with ANOTHER 4".
BRING ON THE BIG BOYS!!!!!
They just kept regurgitating the same model over and over (even though the the 5 & 5S - and 5C - was a *little* taller). I didn't buy them.
Cant believe people would still like to see the regurgitation continue with ANOTHER 4".
BRING ON THE BIG BOYS!!!!!
3,5" (960x640) & 4" (1,136x640) looks and feel ridiculous on any man's/woman`s pocket or hand !!
You took their own homebrewed reasoning on phone size as the gospel. "The right size fits all" only exists now in your eccentric imagination where Jobs rides a gallant unicorn upon an Apple themed cloud to rescue us from a two iPhone size offering purgatory. It's all a grand delusion. There is no one perfect size for every single human. A larger iPhone is in no way a sign of the Apple apocalypse. Step away from your high alert status and rejoin the hive.
