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Apple Facing Production Issues with iPhone 6 as 5.5-Inch Version May Be Delayed Until 2015

Mackan said:
iPhone 6 will be launched in the future.
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Best comment today!

How can they say there are delays when the next iPhone hasn't been released yet, until Apple announces a launch date there can't be a delay until that date is not met.
 
Frisco said:
If this happens it's game over for Apple in the smartphone market. Apple is already dying a slow death in this market; this will just about put the nail in the coffin.
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Er... righto. Me cannot read graphs. Ugh.
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I'm starting to wonder if there was ever a 5.5 in the first place or just someone's wishlist than an actual rumor.
 
JoEw said:
Off note:
I have been on MacRumors 5 years and let me tell you the fanboyism has gotten significantly worse since I first started here.
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You have no idea. This community was much better in the good ol days. Things started taking a turn for the worse as the iPod became more popular
 
SMIDG3T said:
Oh my goodness!

I know people have already said but it can't be said enough times.

A product can't be delayed when it hasn't even been announced!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes it can. Companies have deadlines that are internal and external to their supply chain, separate from their public timeline, which at some point is simply an internal timeline / expectation for release (in this case). Obviously a delay in getting product made can have an impact on the public release of a product, but Apple, like most companies making product, have fluff built into their timeline to account for delays anywhere within the schedule.
 
Macist said:
Just make it a hunk of plastic like other phones and sell it it cheaper. I only care about iOS. After the 'champagne flute' fragile iPad Air I'm done with Apple's lack of durability.
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Huh? What is fragile about the iPad Air? I have one and take with me just about anywhere I go. Thing still looks as good as the day I bought it and I only use a Smart Cover for a case.

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jmgregory1 said:
Yes it can. Companies have deadlines that are internal and external to their supply chain, separate from their public timeline, which at some point is simply an internal timeline / expectation for release (in this case). Obviously a delay in getting product made can have an impact on the public release of a product, but Apple, like most companies making product, have fluff built into their timeline to account for delays anywhere within the schedule.
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We have no ideas what Apple's internal deadlines are, and I highly doubt Ming-Chi Kuo does either. So from the standpoint of a consumer unless Apple announces a release date and then can't ship its not really delayed. Ming-Chi Kuo also predicted a watch that could cost thousands of dollars. If that never happens is he going to claim it's delayed too?
 
Rogifan said:
The operative word being IF. At this point we don't even know if a 5.5" model exists.
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Exactly. The 5.5 could be one of the many prototypes made to work out which screen sizes Apple wanted to release.

Personally, I hope any internal delays don't affect the actual release. I'd love to see an 5.5" phone announced. It could be my next phone! 😀
 
jmgregory1 said:
Yes it can. Companies have deadlines that are internal and external to their supply chain, separate from their public timeline, which at some point is simply an internal timeline / expectation for release (in this case). Obviously a delay in getting product made can have an impact on the public release of a product, but Apple, like most companies making product, have fluff built into their timeline to account for delays anywhere within the schedule.
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We all have our opinions I guess.

My guess is that we won't be seeing a 5.5-inch phone at all. Not yet anyway. Just the 4.7-inch in September.
 
Frisco said:
If this happens it's game over for Apple in the smartphone market. Apple is already dying a slow death in this market; this will just about put the nail in the coffin.
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Dying slow death? You either get your sales and marketshare information from the voice inside your head or you are being facetious and forgot to add a "😉" or /sarc at the end of your post.
 
DoubleU said:
Accurate iPhone part leaks tend to start showing up two months before the new phones are announced. Assuming a September launch, If no 5.5" internals show up in July it's probably not coming this year. Abscence of 5.5" parts prior to July doesn't indicate anything as most parts showing up prior to that are usually fakes, bits of prototypes or mock ups.
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Seems like what you're saying is an adaptation of "absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence," I think.

Until we have anything in hand, let the astrophysicists keep looking for aliens, the supernaturalists keep looking for their gods, and the residents of good 'ol Macrumors keep looking for their PowerBook G5.

My money is on the aliens.
 
sully54 said:
While I can appreciate what a 5.5 iPhone can do to to apple's bottom line, especially as an apple investor, I have always maintained that people who use phablets look like they're talking to a bathroom tile.
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Interesting point, and may I ask, as you are using the physical size of the mobile phone to come to this conclusion, are you also allowing for the variation of the human that is using it?

EG: Would an 8 year old slim girl holding an iPhone to her ear, be exactly the same to you as a 6ft 8" 260lb construction worker?

Would the "it looks right" not scale up in your mind?

Perhaps a 4" iPhone is bigger in comparison to body/head/hand size to an 8 year old girl, than the same 4" device is to the 6ft 8" construction worker.

Why should everyone, From a child with a small body and hands, to the construction worker, have to (in your world) use the exact same sized device.

Can you not see how stupid this concept is?
 
SMIDG3T said:
We all have our opinions I guess.

My guess is that we won't be seeing a 5.5-inch phone at all. Not yet anyway. Just the 4.7-inch in September.
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I'm not saying that they are going to release a 5.5" iPhone, but rather that the comment that you can't have a delay in a yet unannounced product was not correct.

I think if you look at Apple's past with the iPod, it's easy to see them creating a range of iPhone sizes. Different people with different needs or wants could all be satisfied, if they had a small, medium and large size offering.

Of course the real game changer in my opinion is Continuity / Hand-off, where you can talk on your iPhone, iPad, MacBook, Mac Pro or iMac seamlessly. That's the future, in my opinion, and it's one thing I've been expecting since the iPhone launched.

The desire to pocket a huge screened iPhone still seems to be a but silly to me, but that's just because I'm generally packing my iPad and MacBook Air when I'm traveling, so needing a single device that is bigger than the traditional phone but smaller than a tablet doesn't make sense.
 
Um, wasn't the first iPad Mini also expected to be delayed until the next year, only to see it actually released just three weeks after the iPad Air?

Yeah, I'll file this "prediction" under "dart on the board guesses", with all the rest.
 
Frisco said:
If this happens it's game over for Apple in the smartphone market. Apple is already dying a slow death in this market; this will just about put the nail in the coffin.
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LOL really? You really think that not pushing out a ridiculous over-sized smart phone is going to kill Apple?


varera said:
I personally do not care. 4.7' is already big enough, no way I would go to 5.5'. Let Samsung roll that crap
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A man after my own heart.
 
This is why we all love Apple.

They never rush an unfinished product to market. New iPhones will ONLY launch when they are perfect and ready to delight every single consumer from the moment they initiate the power on button.

This is what separates Apple from the competition - you know the masses of OEMs who are happy to launch good enough products with a ton of compromises just to meet some artificial launch date. Apple doesn't do this, and it's something we should all celebrate.
 
If you want a 5.5" phone, get an iPad FFS. There's literally NO point to a tablet sized phone except looking dumb without spending a fortune on Google Glass.
 
Hasn't anyone figured out yet that there is NO iPhone 6 with a 5.5 inch screen?
There are no leaks, no parts, no photos... only rumors.
 
digi999 said:
If you want a 5.5" phone, get an iPad FFS. There's literally NO point to a tablet sized phone except looking dumb without spending a fortune on Google Glass.
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No point to YOU maybe. But 10 percent of new smartphone buyers the last year disagree. Some like the large screen because they do a lot of reading or video watching on their phones. Or some even need the larger screen due to their eyes not being what they used to be. Big screen phones are becoming more and more popular. Why do you think Apple is releasing one?
 
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