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Photo of Possible 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell Surfaces
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Most interesting thing to me if the 5.5" does exist is Apple's justification for going that big after all the marketing around the iPhone 5 and 5s was focused on how great it is for one handed use.
Also - if I go 5.5" I'll have to seriously consider selling my iPad Air since the functionality of the two devices will be too redundant to justify owning and managing both.
Also - if I go 5.5" I'll have to seriously consider selling my iPad Air since the functionality of the two devices will be too redundant to justify owning and managing both.
It's easy to imagine Apple would have developed a few working prototypes of a 5.5 inch model just get hands on reactions from select members of the design team. Whether or not they decide to actually put it into production is a whole different matter. I, for one, think 5.5 inches is a rediculous size for a phone.
grabs popcorn.... this is going to be a interesting discussion.
WRONG!
There are no 'discussions' here on MR's-just rants and opinions.
The SJ era was one era, the post SJ era is another era. Aside from his unfortunate passing, the iPhone was the first modern day smartphone, but today for most people, its not a smartphone its a mobile PC/Mini iPad call it what you like. Its for music, apps, social media, camera, plus you can also make a call if you want to. With all due respect, I'd struggle to see what SJ would have done in this smartphone evolution era. Would we have the MANY Android features that have bene coming, and are still? 4" iPhone and now bigger?
My take is I am tired of incremental updates, I am concerned this will be a huge phone, much bigger than other 4.7/5.5, and an iPad Mini, wifi, that will soon be able to make telco calls, SMS, as well as iMessage might be quite handy. I'll take my 5S, and I could also use an iPad Mini as my full phablet if the situation warranted it.
Buy a 5.5 iPhone, or instead buy an iPad Mini? Which will be a 7.9 iPhone
Why is one handed use crap? It's high on a lot of people's list of priorities when looking for a phone for good reason... It's important and super useful.
I don't doubt that a lot of people use their phablets without problems.... With two hands. Typing with one hand is not the same as using your phone with one hand. Heck, I couldn't even delete an icon off my home screen with one hand on my HTC which is "only" 4.7 inches.
It's a trade off some people are willing to make while some people like me find the benefits of an additional .7" of screen real estate is outweighed by the increased difficulty of one handed operation, bigger footprint and increased weight.
Yep, I was shocked to hear its not a 4 and 4.7 or 4 and 5 screen but a 4.7 and 5.5.
Us that have been ranting for a bigger screen did so as we wanted a bigger screen, but we alspo oknow the many who want a true one handed phone. Plus that I believe the iPhone 4.7 will be huge compared to others, I am concerned
Okay bud. No need to sling angry exclamation points around.
It's just the internet. Not life or death. Breathe.I don't know... Your iPad Air would still be almost 4x the size. If you use productivity apps on your iPad, it's going to be like night and day... whether you're using it for spreadsheets, word processing, music creation or drawing. Even browsing the web will be a significantly better experience on the iPad.
5.5" is too small to replace a tablet if you ask me unless all you do with a tablet is consume content. And if that's the case, then technically, even the current iPhone could replace your iPad.
Seriously ugly but for screen size alone I will get it (my 4 is fading fast).
Was Ives on vacation when this was designed or is he simply so busy with watches and UI that he can't give it his full attention? Maybe the interns got a chance at design this time around?
Was Ives on vacation when this was designed or is he simply so busy with watches and UI that he can't give it his full attention? Maybe the interns got a chance at design this time around?
I had a OnePlus One for 10 days, I decided to sell it because it would hurt my hand. I loved the screen for the size, but it was ultimately too big for me. That phone was also pretty heavy though so that may have played a part. I'm 6' 1" and I have larger than average hands, it's just that I would constantly try to use the device one handed and that didn't work too well. Unless the 5.5" has better specs, and even then unless they're a lot better, I'm going for the 4.7".
It's user 1080p that would post the 5.5 doesn't exist in every thread where 5.5 was mentioned.
