Apple will not be update the 5C's components. It selling just fine. Remember the iPad 2? IPad Mini? Apple considers budget - low end devices - end of the line.
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5.5-Inch iPhone 6's A8 Processor May Be More Powerful Than in 4.7-Inch Model
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Apple will not be update the 5C's components. It selling just fine. Remember the iPad 2? IPad Mini? Apple considers budget - low end devices - end of the line.
No worries - another junk from ANALysts - Apple does a fabulous job keeping their processors under wrap - rarely anything leaks from that part of the business.
This will be same A8 but minor frequency scaling on the 5.5 - ala - Ipad Air vs Ipap Mini.
Good thing I don't even need more power. If I one day update my iPhone, I'm not going to carry around a brick like it's 1995.
Well assuming business users (maybe not quite pro's) will want to use there phone for longer, they may want a bigger battery, and if they're reading emails on the move they may want a bigger screen
My issue is artificially making one device worse than another in an attempt to create differentiation. Screen size should be the differentiation. I know it doesn't always work that way with Macs. But Apple moved in that direction with the iPads. The differences between Air and retina mini are quite minor and nothing that was called out by Apple when the devices were announced.
128GB vs 64GB storage maximum, faster processor, more execution RAM to name a few possibilities.
The price break for the 5.5 is reasonable if you are only selling to life long iPhone users that will never leave the apple eco system.
If you want to attract and/or keep users that have screen size as the their major selling point, then that pricing break with kill the new user sales for iPhone6 5.5 since the larger Samsungs phone would be $100 less.
If Apple is realeasing the 5.5 iPhone 6 then they would be better served to price the phones as before with discounted phones being th 5s/5c models.
very few CPU's roll off the assembly line fully up to spec. so companies disable portions that don't meet spec and sell it as a lower end model. that is how the apple TV got started. it was a way to sell off CPU's apple would have had to destroy
Not if Apple can selling it for much more and still get the demand for the product. It is called product differential. Remember Samsung is coming out with the Note 4 which is suppose to have better components then then the S5 inside.
That's not the conventional/understood definition of a heatsink. In that sense, every enclosure of any processor is a heatsink in that they're not perfect insulators and some heat gradient will exist. Also, when I say chassis, I essentially mean the device in this case since iphones bodies are comprised mainly of metal in the current iterations. However, for a plastic galaxy phone from Samsung, the chassis and device enclosure would have a more meaningful difference.
My issue is artificially making one device worse than another in an attempt to create differentiation. Screen size should be the differentiation. I know it doesn't always work that way with Macs. But Apple moved in that direction with the iPads. The differences between Air and retina mini are quite minor and nothing that was called out by Apple when the devices were announced.
This just in!
iPhone 4.7" will be called "iPhone 6C"
iPhone 5.5" will be called "iPhone 6"
Haha, I'd love to see the reactions about that.
Good for you showing MacRumors who is boss! I mean after you clicked on the article AND posted a reply, you are really making your point hit them where it counts to enact change!
originally pissed off having to wait extra longer for the 5.5
but actually ill be glad if they release it 3-4 months down the road. This way i can buy the 4.7 use it for a little bit then sell and buy 5.5"
check and mate!
but actually ill be glad if they release it 3-4 months down the road. This way i can buy the 4.7 use it for a little bit then sell and buy 5.5"
check and mate!
Except Samsung isn't selling the Note as just a bigger Galaxy S and they're not released at the same time. Galaxy S in the spring, Note in the fall. IMO, with iPhone screen size should be the only differentiation. Or keep the screen size the same but make one model a "premium" model that's more expensive.
Well assuming business users (maybe not quite pro's) will want to use there phone for longer, they may want a bigger battery, and if they're reading emails on the move they may want a bigger screen
thats hardly a macbook air/macbook pro differential. pretty much every user would like better battery. Screen size is debatable.
The question still stands, why a pro model?
the macbook pro is used by pros to do some pretty intense stuff compared to the macbook air, but we are talking about a phone.
edit to say - I reckon business users use their iPhones less than consumers because business have work to do, consumers have twitter and Facebook and games and other stuff to do haha so the pro/consumer iPhone model would be the other way round
This is gonna alienate a lot of users. People will want their new phone to have maximum performance without looking like a Samsung POS.
This just in!
iPhone 4.7" will be called "iPhone 6C"
iPhone 5.5" will be called "iPhone 6"
Haha, I'd love to see the reactions about that.
What about the 4" model?