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iPhone 5 is big enough.
Here comes the cheaper iPhone! It's free.
Big enough? The iPhone is tiny. If it wasn't just a stretched iPhone 4 it would be better.
I can't press the buttons.... This phones busted..
(Looks like one of those things Jay Leno would do)
Apple came up with the marketing term "Retina"... At which point, and how low can it be before Apple decides its "not-Retina" ?
Being a marketing term, only by Apple, they can fudge the numbers any time, at the same time, confusing the hell out of users.
(Looks like one of those things Jay Leno would do)
Apple came up with the marketing term "Retina"... At which point, and how low can it be before Apple decides its "not-Retina" ?
Being a marketing term, only by Apple, they can fudge the numbers any time, at the same time, confusing the hell out of users.
Those "taller and wider" phone have the same wide-screen aspect ratio as the iPhone 5:
iPhone 5
1136 x 640 = ~1.78:1
Galaxy S III
1280 x 720 = ~1.78:1
Any 1920x1080 device = ~1.78:1
(1.78:1 = 16:9)
Apple simply went to the same aspect ratio, but kept the pixel width the same, which was handy (among other things), for development and app compatibility. I get wanting more screen real estate in general, but the aspect ratios are the same for most of the premium Android devices (vs. the iPhone 5).
I remember all the people that saw the stretched out iPhone 4s which became the iPhone 5 say it was bad.
These same people who probably went out and bought an iPhone 5 then said it was the best phone out. I can see the circle repeating itself here.
I agree with some of the comments here. A 4.7 or 5 inch phone is only half the equation. The iOS is stale and needs a facelift.
I like the 3 live tile sizes that Windows Phone 8 uses. Apple could easily introduce something like this to give more freedom and customisation in the iOS.
A small icon could be what it is now. A medium could be the space of 4 square icons, and a large could be 4 icons in a rectangular shape. This would give Apple the ability to display more on their icons.
As an example I'll use the clock icon. If you just want an icon then you can have the normal iOS size icon we have now. If you want a medium size icon, you could have a simple time display. If you want a big HTC like time display you can go the large size icon.
Think about it. Calendar, Weather, Stocks and many other icons could be used like this.
I know some of you may say, "Well just buy a Windows Phone", but I say to you that Apple should be looking at the competition and improving on what they started. This is why Samsung is quite comfortable where they are. They watch the competition and either copy or make it better on their phones.
Apple's innovation is like a car coasting along at 60km/h while the rest of the competition eventually overtakes them. I don't want this to happen.
These same people who probably went out and bought an iPhone 5 then said it was the best phone out. I can see the circle repeating itself here.
I agree with some of the comments here. A 4.7 or 5 inch phone is only half the equation. The iOS is stale and needs a facelift.
I like the 3 live tile sizes that Windows Phone 8 uses. Apple could easily introduce something like this to give more freedom and customisation in the iOS.
A small icon could be what it is now. A medium could be the space of 4 square icons, and a large could be 4 icons in a rectangular shape. This would give Apple the ability to display more on their icons.
As an example I'll use the clock icon. If you just want an icon then you can have the normal iOS size icon we have now. If you want a medium size icon, you could have a simple time display. If you want a big HTC like time display you can go the large size icon.
Think about it. Calendar, Weather, Stocks and many other icons could be used like this.
I know some of you may say, "Well just buy a Windows Phone", but I say to you that Apple should be looking at the competition and improving on what they started. This is why Samsung is quite comfortable where they are. They watch the competition and either copy or make it better on their phones.
Apple's innovation is like a car coasting along at 60km/h while the rest of the competition eventually overtakes them. I don't want this to happen.
I just tried to download the MacRumors app after seeing it "installed" on that 5" iPhone mockup. It doesn't exist!!! Damn you guys.
I just tried to download the MacRumors app after seeing it "installed" on that 5" iPhone mockup. It doesn't exist!!! Damn you guys.
Oh it does. Click on the export button and then "add to home screen" button.
lol, putting a screen closing to your face doesn't magically make it bigger! then people might as well stop buying TVs and just hold their smartphones up to their face
I respectfully disagree. The home button is synonymous with Apple. And personally, I think a touch button isn't feasible, as many would unintentionally tap the button during normal use.
Soon one day instead of printing up on paper, we'll be able to print the hardware up directly and start using it.
I just tried to download the MacRumors app after seeing it "installed" on that 5" iPhone mockup. It doesn't exist!!! Damn you guys.
I think that was a home screen shortcut not an app.
I printed the thing out, paying no attention to scale. When it popped out of my color printer, I looked for a ruler to check the dimensions and as none was handy, I whipped out my scissors and started cutting. After folding I held it up next to my iPhone 5 and it was... the same size! Oops. Now I decided to pay attention to scale and observed that Preview had auto-scaled it to 91 percent. So now I have two iPhone 5's, one of which has a Macrumors app!
Meanwhile, I printed the thing again, this time making sure it was set to 100%. I walked across the room and dug around for a ruler to make sure the dimensions are accurate. I haven't had a chance to cut it out just yet but I did observe that it's larger than it's misprinted little brother and my iPhone 5. It's about 3/8" taller and 3/16" wider. In fact it seems to be almost exactly the size of my friend's Galaxy S III. I really do like the look of the larger screen but I'd be willing to sacrifice 16:9 aspect ratio to get 768 or better screen resolution (for the smallest dimension) at this screen size. To me it makes no sense for Apple to release something that lowers PPI of their flagship product. It would appear to the world, as it does to me, as a panic move to stem the bleeding of users defecting to Samsung phones.
I think that was a home screen shortcut not an app.
I printed the thing out, paying no attention to scale. When it popped out of my color printer, I looked for a ruler to check the dimensions and as none was handy, I whipped out my scissors and started cutting. After folding I held it up next to my iPhone 5 and it was... the same size! Oops. Now I decided to pay attention to scale and observed that Preview had auto-scaled it to 91 percent. So now I have two iPhone 5's, one of which has a Macrumors app!
Meanwhile, I printed the thing again, this time making sure it was set to 100%. I walked across the room and dug around for a ruler to make sure the dimensions are accurate. I haven't had a chance to cut it out just yet but I did observe that it's larger than it's misprinted little brother and my iPhone 5. It's about 3/8" taller and 3/16" wider. In fact it seems to be almost exactly the size of my friend's Galaxy S III. I really do like the look of the larger screen but I'd be willing to sacrifice 16:9 aspect ratio to get 768 or better screen resolution (for the smallest dimension) at this screen size. To me it makes no sense for Apple to release something that lowers PPI of their flagship product. It would appear to the world, as it does to me, as a panic move to stem the bleeding of users defecting to Samsung phones.
Haha did the same exact same thing but I did it on cheap copy paper first. Went back and changed the scaling to 100% and printed on the other side. Then printed on some thicker semi-glossy photo paper. 3 pieces of cardboard cutout layered and taped together to fill it in works great for a solid feel.
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The same ones who make up excuses for all the shortcomings and sell them as features. I still remember all the snarky comments iPhone users used to make about 4g before they could use it. How nice it was the iPhone wasn't able to connect even if they wanted it to because it "wasn't ready yet" and would potentially drain their batteries.
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lol.... oh man,, i never laughed soo hard in my life ....lol
Great forum.
Need to get out more clearly.
They won't though, thats the best option for the consumer, not for apple. if they did that then people will buy one product instead of two. If you can release two or three devices that are all pretty nice, but none of them do everything people need/want them to, that's the best for the company. The true phone/tablet hybrid will be an android device first, of course, then followed by apple once the market shows how popular it is.
Oh it does. Click on the export button and then "add to home screen" button.
Yeah, I realized that later.
Anyway, it would nice to have a native app, like some other media outlet apps.