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Next iPhone Coming Fall 2012 with LTE, 3.5-Inch Screen
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regardless of this rumor, i still think the 5 will have a bigger screen. it just seems like the right time for apple to increase the size.
Accepting of course we all have different ways of holding the phone and different lengths of fingers, I have rather long fingers and my Galaxy S the pull down notification center requires effort to access.
Regardless of ergonomics a 5th screen size (3.5", 3.5" retina, 9.7", 9.7" retina) would be difficult to justify for developers the value add for consumers is low.
Personally I want faster response times, better oleophobic coating and thinner glass. That illusion of directly manipulating objects on the screen is far more impressive than a bigger screen.
If by outdated you mean the form factor that takes the top 3 spots in the best selling phone last year.
See Ya...
Huge Apple fan with a current 3GS phone. I skipped the 4s upgrade specifically because of the smaller screen, lack of LTE, and NFC functionality. If they do keep the smaller screen, I will absolutely jump to the Galaxy S III due to come out later this year.
Huge Apple fan with a current 3GS phone. I skipped the 4s upgrade specifically because of the smaller screen, lack of LTE, and NFC functionality. If they do keep the smaller screen, I will absolutely jump to the Galaxy S III due to come out later this year.
it's as if the rumor sites are ignoring one fact. Apple builds lots of different prototypes. they try new things all the time. they even use them to find leaks sometime. make a fake case design and see who bites, then fire them.
it was doubtless true that there was a 4" metal backed model in contention last summer. there doubtless is today. there doubtless is a model with a smaller dock and one with new hardware in the 4S case. there are LTE models in the works, finding vague text strings and saying "look what we found" amazing news is ignorant of the process.
what most people need to remember is with every option they will compare the costs savings and potential new expense of the change, look at potential sales number and the downside, such as do you need to bundle a new adaptor if forcing a sale of one would lose more customers than the profit off the adaptor.
and then there's the software ecosystem. If you go 4" do you annoy every developer by needing two app phone UI versions? how do you handle that an iphone app isn't an iphone app any more? do you sacrifice retina and keep the pixel number the same? they're all the same questions with multiple ipad sizes
it was doubtless true that there was a 4" metal backed model in contention last summer. there doubtless is today. there doubtless is a model with a smaller dock and one with new hardware in the 4S case. there are LTE models in the works, finding vague text strings and saying "look what we found" amazing news is ignorant of the process.
what most people need to remember is with every option they will compare the costs savings and potential new expense of the change, look at potential sales number and the downside, such as do you need to bundle a new adaptor if forcing a sale of one would lose more customers than the profit off the adaptor.
and then there's the software ecosystem. If you go 4" do you annoy every developer by needing two app phone UI versions? how do you handle that an iphone app isn't an iphone app any more? do you sacrifice retina and keep the pixel number the same? they're all the same questions with multiple ipad sizes
I thought LTE was one of the most amazing things ever and what made Android so great hehe. Now it's just a minor improvement, huh?
T-Mobile really deserves to get the iPhone. As much as I hate the iPhone, it should be available for those who want it.
I say that because my little sister wants it. Shes with Wind Mobile in Canada which uses the same 1700mhz/2100mhz AWS bands as T-Mobile.
I say that because my little sister wants it. Shes with Wind Mobile in Canada which uses the same 1700mhz/2100mhz AWS bands as T-Mobile.
I don't see how people think 4" screen is too big. I'd say leave it at that, 4.6" is way too much but the iPhone needs some more screen space (better gaming, viewing movies, etc.). They could actually keep the phone around the same size, it doesn't have to be humongous just to add more screen. So I think this rumor is false, they will increase the size of the screen with this years iPhone... I hope so anyway. And like most said 4G LTE is a given but I use wifi most of the time.
The issue for me is not how it fits in your hand but how it fits in your pocket. I used to be an advocate for larger screens, but then I got a BB Bold 9900 at work. Larger screens suck if they result in bulky phones.
My two cents: Any screen that increases the dimensions of the current iPhone should be avoided.
I agree. LTE doesn't even work here and the new connector will break all the accessoires you have. A new design won't win me over.
I'll hold on to my iPhone 4, or I'll switch.
I'm glad apple is sticking to the smaller form factor. Those 4.3"+ gigantor android/windows phones are big, bulky, they eat battery life and theyre nowhere near as easy on a front jeans pocket.
I used to have a Nokia e71, I wish more phones were that size. 114mm x 57mm x 10mm; lightly smaller than the iPhone. I loved it (and its QWERTY keyboard)
I say this as someone that uses an Android phone (HTC MyTouch 4G).
How exactly does a size get outdated? It's about functionality for an intended purpose. That's like saying 13" screens on laptops are outdated because 17" screen exist. Makes no sense.
Aw man!
I'm not buying an iPhone until the screen is, in fact, set into a stone frame! This metal/glass binding we have now is ridiculous.
If you haven't used stone to build the phone, you've failed.
(nothing personal, there's plenty of other people who wrote the same thing I could have picked you just had three good examples)
Obviously since it was the #1 phone with three carriers and in the US in total their decision to not support your exact needs was not business critical. The largest percentage of people in the US looking for a smartphone decided the iPhone 4S features were the best out there for their needs. Which makes Apple's decisions to be the right one.
I'll give screen size as subjective/personal.
NFC is a gimmic still. It's the future but today you can hardly find places to support it and even then you have to pick which NFC technology you want to use.
LTE is hardly on people's radar. Remember how many people called the iPhone 4 the iPhone 4G. Verizon and AT&T are pushing gibberish for the average person. Ask the average geek and besides "fast" what could they really tell about it that isn't marketing text? Even using it as a requirement can arguably be bad. It's an immature technology that sucks battery and empties data limits as the carriers have them today.
Do a little bit of research and find out the track record of "South Korean media" as a source for Apple rumors.
Yes, that article is crap.
I just use my iPad for those types of things. I'm OK with having a device too big to make calls and a device too small to edit home movies. Especially considering one of them is a phone and one of them isn't. I just want them both to work well.
This is it. If Apple can't get their heads out of sand then I'm moving on elsewhere.
How long do they think they can milk the same old boring design not to mention the severely lacking tiny screen?
Competition will leave Apple in the dust soon. Seems that innovation at Apple died the same day Steve did. Shame.
How long do they think they can milk the same old boring design not to mention the severely lacking tiny screen?
Competition will leave Apple in the dust soon. Seems that innovation at Apple died the same day Steve did. Shame.