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3.5 inch lovers: Will you be boycotting the 4 inch iPhone this Fall?

Boycott a screen size change? Haha. What's next? Picketing outside an Apple store?

Honestly I'm just hoping that I can GET the iPhone 5 this fall. If it comes to US Cellular I will be figuring out a way to pick up one of them on US Cellular. I think I can use some of my belief points to upgrade early.
 
apolloa said:
I don't, I think the idiots are the ones with HDTV's in their pockets, but that's their choice.
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Nice. Just because someone has a preference that differs from yours, they are idiots.

One of the things I love as a consumer is the amount of choice out there. It lets me buy products which fit my needs. Absolutely no idiocy in that line of thinking I assure you.
 
People are not actually concerned with the screen size but with the dimensions of the phone. If Apple delivers an iPhone with a 4 inch Screen with little or no change to the length of the Phone, it's fine by me.
 
This thread makes me laugh. Boycott? Really? After bitching about it, most will be tripping over themselves trying to order one :rolleyes:

It is possible to have a bigger phone that's still comfortable to hold and use. It's not like Apple are going to give you a Galaxy Note to pocket.
 
NewbieCanada said:
And they should have a 3 inch, a no-screen and a 5-inch too.

Or maybe they should offer the products they want to.

I imagine there were people who were incensed when the Mac gave up on that 9 in, 512×342 screen too.
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Companies have to offer what the customers want or they wouldn't sell any devices. I thought this was common knowledge.
 
matttye said:
Companies have to offer what the customers want or they wouldn't sell any devices. I thought this was common knowledge.
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Apple doesn't need to know what you want. They've been telling their customers what they want for 30 years. And I, for one, am fine with it.
 
FlatlinerG said:
Apple doesn't need to know what you want. They've been telling their customers what they want for 30 years. And I, for one, am fine with it.
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Nah, they buckle to customer demand just like any other company (on some things): -

- MMS (their response used to be "who needs MMS when you have e-mail?")
- Multitasking
- Unobtrusive notifications

The one thing they haven't buckled on is Flash.
 
matttye said:
Nah, they buckle to customer demand just like any other company (on some things): -

- MMS (their response used to be "who needs MMS when you have e-mail?")
- Multitasking
- Unobtrusive notifications

The one thing they haven't buckled on is Flash.
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Not nearly as much as other companies though. And when consumer demand makes sense, usually Apple will acknowledge that. Flash is a different story, I can honestly say I don't have an issue with no Flash, it's terrible anyway.


One thing I haven't seen anyone bring up in the conversations about a 4" screen is all of the existing applications, won't they all need to be updated to allow for the larger real estate? I mean, it isn't like the iPhone to the iPad, as those can easily get the multiplier icon and readjust. 3.5" to 4" will need entirely different skins for most things.
 
FlatlinerG said:
Not nearly as much as other companies though. And when consumer demand makes sense, usually Apple will acknowledge that. Flash is a different story, I can honestly say I don't have an issue with no Flash, it's terrible anyway.
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Consumer demand for a bigger screen makes sense - people simply want bigger, brighter screens on mobile devices to enjoy videos, pictures and browsing on. If they come out with a 3.5" screen again even though there's a huge market for larger screened devices, they risk losing a lot of customers.

FlatlinerG said:
One thing I haven't seen anyone bring up in the conversations about a 4" screen is all of the existing applications, won't they all need to be updated to allow for the larger real estate? I mean, it isn't like the iPhone to the iPad, as those can easily get the multiplier icon and readjust. 3.5" to 4" will need entirely different skins for most things.
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Not if the resolution remains the same, but the screen probably won't be "retina" then.

They could add more pixels but keep the aspect ratio the same, which will mean that images and stuff can be blown up without too much of a negative affect on the quality of them.
 
When Apple will make iPhone with 4" display, then 4" will became perfect screen size :D

I will boycott iPhone 5 if it won't have at least 4" screen, because 3.5" is too small
 
-A-P-M- said:
When Apple will make iPhone with 4" display, then 4" will became perfect screen size :D

I will boycott iPhone 5 if it won't have at least 4" screen, because 3.5" is too small
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remember, no one will buy this thing called ipad.

Razr Maxx will be my phone of choice if the next iphone doesn't have a 4 inch screen.
 
Moccasin said:
Most models or most smartphones actually sold? In the US at least, iPhone apparently has 30% of the market.
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These guys, amongst quite a few others, seem to believe it's much more than that
http://www.wirelessintelligence.com/analysis/2012/05/iphone-driving-us-smartphone-sales/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/02/winning-in-neither-name-nor-spirit/

Which is not surprising. Most people simply don't want a big phone. I guess it's mostly bored teens playing games and streaming netflix all day who incessantly whine about screen sizes.
 
Calidude said:
Many of you have said that 3.5 was the ideal size and that you would never go any higher than that.

Are you going to stay true to your word and refuse to buy the 4 inch iPhone because it doesn't meet your requirements?
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Well first, you are assuming it will be 4". You do realize there were people that were certain it would be 4" last year too?

Secondly, no, I won't cause my phone is getting slow (iPhone 4). As long as there is some other benefits to it over my phone that I want (like a much faster processor for one... enough to make up for the screen size and increase the speed of the phone honestly over the 4S. If it's going to be like the 4 was where it wasn't that much of an advantage over the 3GS graphics/speed wise cause the screen took up the processing power I may just want the 4S).

Now if they make it 4.5" that will make me seriously think (They better have some seriously other drool worthy features to make for the overly big size. I can deal with 4" though I prefer the 3.5" but anything over that is way overkill).

The only problem is it will be hard to get a 4S on contract by the time I know what the new one will have to know if I would prefer a 4S or it (there will be that small window where they probably will be running out of 4S's if I want to buy a 4S on contract and get the subsidized price).

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DroidRules said:
Dumb question as who knows what options there will be in the future when the one year old 4s is "obsolete".


When there is no longer a 3.5" options all the lovers of little screens will either throw fits or buy a larger screen device. I however don't see Apple getting rid of the 3.5" option any time soon.
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Exactly. Or they'll throw fits and buy the larger screen device (which is probably what I'd end up doing... I mean when you don't have a choice of a 3.5" and you want a newer phone, what are you going to do otherwise? And don't tell me android, the only small androids are the crappy ones, all the high end ones that would compete with the iPhone have the large screens so the small screen Androids aren't really a good alternative).
 
chambone said:
These guys, amongst quite a few others, seem to believe it's much more than that
http://www.wirelessintelligence.com/analysis/2012/05/iphone-driving-us-smartphone-sales/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/02/winning-in-neither-name-nor-spirit/

Which is not surprising. Most people simply don't want a big phone. I guess it's mostly bored teens playing games and streaming netflix all day who incessantly whine about screen sizes.
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Yep - could only find 30% when I checked my facts but heard that the 4S has been out-selling other smartphones for the main carriers. Not bad for a "tiny screen". A screen which I am using without a problem at arm's length.

We'll know for sure what Apple has planned within 4-5 months. Until then, I will sadly be seeing threads daily on here telling me that my screen is too small to use, I'm a f@@@wit for not caring about a larger screen, come October I'll be "boycotting the next phone" because I happened to say that I wasn't bothered about screen size, 99% of all iPhone users ever want a 4.3"+ screen (scientifically proven of course using validated surveys) and all the other arguments we see on here.

Makes me wonder how I managed with this tiny screen for 4 years.
 
Threads like these have never and will never make sense. For one, it assumes that there are millions of iPhone users here who say "i will never get a 4 inch iPhone!!!" when in actuality on these boards it's probably less then ten people who are so adamant about something as trivial as screen size.

For two, it's like some ppl are going to get some silly satisfaction if iPhone users actually do end up buying and liking a bigger screened iPhone (again, because ten people said they wouldn't :rolleyes: )

Do we not have anything else to worry about then getting the chance to say "i told your so! Na na na" to ten people?
 
The next iPhone needs to a bigger screen to keep up with the competition. And I agree with others it will need to be wider and taller, not just taller (have you seen the mock ups? It looks rediculous!!). If they keep it the same or go taller I won't be replacing my phone with an apple product.

The iOS needs a LOT of work too, it has gotten very stale and is frankly lacking when compared to newer phones. It has much more potential.
 
matttye said:
Not if the resolution remains the same, but the screen probably won't be "retina" then.

They could add more pixels but keep the aspect ratio the same, which will mean that images and stuff can be blown up without too much of a negative affect on the quality of them.
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Exactly, I will ONLY accept a bigger screen if the phones size is the same (And I know many many people who think the same!) and the screen MUST be the same PPI as the current screen, it MUST offer the same quality and MUST be RETINA grade.
But alas the majority of shouters on here don't care about that, they just want bigger because it's the current fad. Other phones have so the iPhone MUST too...

Thankfully this is Apple, it doesn't care what people on Mac Rumors think, it does what IT wants to, and if they do go to 4" size then I can see them making the resolution equal the PPI of the 3.5" screen.

meh don't know why I'm in this thread, it's obvious it's been set up to invite flaimbate and trolls and arguments galore...
 
Calidude said:
Many of you have said that 3.5 was the ideal size and that you would never go any higher than that.

Are you going to stay true to your word and refuse to buy the 4 inch iPhone because it doesn't meet your requirements?
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It was news to me the new Iphone won't be 3.5"? Last year they said it would be a bigger screen and the 4S wasn't. :rolleyes:
 
Would finally getting a 4G/LTE connection as well as other likely improvements outweigh my disappointment at no longer having my preferred screen size? It is silly to pretend that the screen change will happen in a vacuum; there will always be other incentives encouraging people to buy.
 
ChazUK said:
Nice. Just because someone has a preference that differs from yours, they are idiots.
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Judging by the behavior of some of them on here then yes they are. And I do think you look like a total idiot holding a HTC One X to your head! But I still prefer to watch media on a TV of monitor of tablet, bigger screens adequate for the purpose, not some attempt at a crossover size screen.
 
After all the debate about what the next phone should be called after the iPhone 4S, i.e. iPhone 4G, 4GS, 5/6 etc, how about simply.....iPhone 4" :D
 
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