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Apple Considering 4.7" and 5.7" Screens for 2014 iPhone Models, iPhone 5S and Low-Cost iPhone Due in September
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I'm not going to say I have Samsung envy. I find the android OS to be horribly forked, ugly and unintuitive. It's as if the worst aspects of IOS and BB were merged.
I do however have pretty lame eyesight, so I am jealous of Samsung users who have the larger screens.
Also there are a few apps that are iPad only that may become available on iphone if they had enough screen real estate.
I do however have pretty lame eyesight, so I am jealous of Samsung users who have the larger screens.
Also there are a few apps that are iPad only that may become available on iphone if they had enough screen real estate.
Then why not buy a mini iPad??It's even bigger... (and cheaper)
And with iOS 7 will have VoIP via FaceTime audio only.
Your username is like the finishing touch on this reply
(We just had some Duff at the new Simpsons area at Universal
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$99 for a cheap iphone???
Gold????
4.7"????
Ha ha, I thought so too.
That would be pretty cool though, I'd buy one right away
Don't tell other people how big of a phone they want/need. That's even more ridiculous.
This is great information, yet irrelevant to our debate
. Which was, you are saying the Galaxy S4 is not a phone and the rest of the world knows that it is.Surely you are not trying to lure me in with strawman tactics...? I am too long in the tooth for that one.
Not many people wear stupid small pocketed girl pants.
And for the majority who do not, any company that makes products solely for such a niche loses our business. Have you reviewed Apple's market share lately? The trendline is going in the wrong direction.
For you. But for others the answer will be different.
Personally I don't want to see them to bigger. I don't want to see plastic etc.
I wouldn't mind,although I don't demand, for them to make a low feature phone. What I mean by that is an iPhone that is basically a phone. Some of us use our iPads so much now that we don't need our iPhone to be that smart. And our grannies etc don't need it to be that smart.
So why not a reduced feature phone that makes calls, sends texts, etc. only uses cell data for pulling voicemails and sending MMS so there's no need for huge plans. It would have the camera, contacts, perhaps calendar and reminders. Wifi for syncing to iCloud and backing up. But no App Store. Music only iPod maybe. Price run perhaps $149 no contract.
THAT kind of plan is a 'cheap' phone that might make sense to include. Rather than this rumor of a plastic based one.
Ya, but you can't fit that iMac into your pocket or jacket - or even under your arm.....
At any rate, I was simply making a statement - don't know why I get a "So?" response....
I'm not as concerned about screen size as I am:
- Battery Life
- Durability
But that's just me...
Why can't we have all 3?
I don't even know what to say.
I guess not everyone can get it. Somebody has to be clueless.
Because, you appeared to interject into a debate which 'Mr-Strawman-argument' is morphing into something else, other than his original and bizarre claim that the S4 is not a phone, but a tablet.
Apologies, if I mis-read the intention of your post.
I think 5.7" is way too big. 4.7" might be too big, but the point is Apple will give you the OPTION. Just because you hate the idea doesn't mean someone else will find it useful.
I think I'd pick up a 4.7" if Apple ever released one.
I think I'd pick up a 4.7" if Apple ever released one.
If they price it right and offer a pre-paid non-contract version for parents who don't want an expensive contract phone for their kids I can see the cheaper colour iPhone being a roaring success this Christmas.
I'd like to see a little colour in the iPhone 5s to. Ditch the two tone and go all black like the iPad mini, all white and a few other more tasteful colours. Not keen on gold but metalic blue would look nice.
I'd like to see a little colour in the iPhone 5s to. Ditch the two tone and go all black like the iPad mini, all white and a few other more tasteful colours. Not keen on gold but metalic blue would look nice.
Haha, ya I was just agreeing the VOIP-comments that were coming out. With FaceTime audio, this whole "use your iPad as a "phone"" thing is becoming more of a reality.
Just interesting to see how carriers react as people move to data plans and use tools like this and Google Voice on both smartphones and tablets. Maybe we get gouged more on data?
Your username is like the finishing touch on this reply
(We just had some Duff at the new Simpsons area at Universal
Nevermind Dots Per Inch, I need more Duff Per Inch!
A vast majority of girls wear those pants. (Seriously, I challenge you to find a pair of pants made for girls with a pocket that could hold a GS4 and not have it stick out of the pocket/ be a huge lump on their leg) I'm just saying that if a phone company made a well performing android phone that was smaller, it would do very well. I'd say as well as any other flagship phone. I just think it funny that with all the choice of android phones out there, there isn't a high end small one.
And the iPhone easily outsells any other single phone 2:1. If apple had 15 different phone models, it would own the market. But that isn't their strategy.
And, there will be a video where somebody demonstrates that you can reach anyplace on the screen with just 2 thumbs.