I really dont think many people would complain of losing a "physical" home button. A capacitive replacement would be quite sleek and flow with the solid lines of the phone.
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Apple Not Planning to Launch a Smaller iPhone
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I really dont think many people would complain of losing a "physical" home button. A capacitive replacement would be quite sleek and flow with the solid lines of the phone.
if I was an Apple engineer I would spill like crazy, I mean I would probably be fired too, but I would not be able to resist
Android phones are a joke. If they weren't do you think that Verizon would even bother with the iPhone today.
Speaking of Verizon. I was talking to my sister today, who is a Verizon customer and in the middle of the call she dropped off. She called me a few minutes later and told me that here in MA she has been dropping more and more calls lately. I wonder if this caused by the increase traffic caused by the iPhone on Verizon's network.
Speaking of Verizon. I was talking to my sister today, who is a Verizon customer and in the middle of the call she dropped off. She called me a few minutes later and told me that here in MA she has been dropping more and more calls lately. I wonder if this caused by the increase traffic caused by the iPhone on Verizon's network.
And why couldn't the home button be moved to the side or top of the iPhone. Could the power button become the home button?
honestly i never once thought they would consider making a smaller phone. Apple will stay with there same business plan.
Dear Apple,
In light of the recent information of a Free Mobile Me for the masses, I am officially requesting a pro-rated refund of the remaining balance of my Paid 1 year Mobile Me subscription. Not that any future portion there-of pertains to any less of a service I have already been privy to in the past.
Only in the foresight of the upcoming announcement am I hereby retaining any and all rights to what would be respective as my service as a Mobile Me (beta tester) for all these years and that I would gratefully remain a customer while maintaining my status as a daily pun-dent of such a smoothly operated service.
I would attach a photo of my huge smile from hearing of this recent rumor, however I couldn't find on my iPhone where to share the belated smile using my Paid Mobile Me account.
Respectively,
Paying Customer
In light of the recent information of a Free Mobile Me for the masses, I am officially requesting a pro-rated refund of the remaining balance of my Paid 1 year Mobile Me subscription. Not that any future portion there-of pertains to any less of a service I have already been privy to in the past.
Only in the foresight of the upcoming announcement am I hereby retaining any and all rights to what would be respective as my service as a Mobile Me (beta tester) for all these years and that I would gratefully remain a customer while maintaining my status as a daily pun-dent of such a smoothly operated service.
I would attach a photo of my huge smile from hearing of this recent rumor, however I couldn't find on my iPhone where to share the belated smile using my Paid Mobile Me account.
Respectively,
Paying Customer
I can understand that principle on a personal level. Years (and years) ago, I did some sign painting and my customers always had a problem with charging the same amount for a smaller sign than a large one. Obviously I cut the materials in half if the sign was half, but if the sign had just as many letters and art, it was the same for the painting. They never could get their heads wrapped around the idea that it was actually the same work (and harder to make smaller letters.)
I know... not quite the same thing, but... hey,... this is macrumors.
I'm surprised at how many people want bigger/smaller iPhones. I feel that Apple is one of the few companies that hit the sweet spot with the size of a smart phone. Its compact enough to fit in my pocket but big enough to be easily navigated.
I would be interested in seeing a smaller version, but would not buy one.
I would be interested in seeing a smaller version, but would not buy one.
Trust me androids no joke, I may not like it but that's the truth. I just got my ViPhone and service is great in Northern Virginia.
100 buck iphone 4? yes please!
see no need to have iphone 5 unless the screen will be bigger. But don't know if that would be a deal breaker for me
see no need to have iphone 5 unless the screen will be bigger. But don't know if that would be a deal breaker for me
Apple will not re-release the 3GS. They want developers (myself included) to take advantage of the new hardware, such as the faster processor and the gyroscope. By re-releasing the 3GS, their "new product" would not be able to run the latest and greatest software, unless they put an A4 (makes sense, cost savings) and a gyroscope (okay, also feasible) in it, but if they did that, it would be practically an iPhone 4.
Basically what you're looking at is Apple keeping the current iP4 around and reducing the price. Wait...
Basically what you're looking at is Apple keeping the current iP4 around and reducing the price. Wait...
I agree - Apple always tends to find very cool ways of implementing things like this. Even when people say "That would be terrible!", they do a good job of finding a clever way of going about it.
It's not a deal-breaker for me, but it certainly would be nice to have that larger screen.
Then you'd get to spill only once.
Oh, and you'd be sued, and possibly prosecuted, for misappropriation of trade secrets.
Consider televisions, computer screens, cars, tools, boob jobs... In all of these cases it is normal to pay less for a smaller model. This is due to the reduced cost of the smaller screen, smaller engine, smaller motor etc. A smaller iPhone could be cheaper if it had less memory and a smaller screen.
This is simply not true. Yes, if they messed around with the pixel dimensions, then they'd create a developer issue. But they could change physical dimensions as much as they want. They could easily, for example, create a display that was a 2.5" screen, but had a pixel dimension of 480 x 320, and all standard iPhone apps would work on it just fine (except, perhaps, for the fat-finger issue).
I also wanted to say that I've never really been a fan of the size of any smart phone, including the iPhone. So, to me, the idea of a smaller iPhone, that might fit into my hand better and more comfortably, was quite attractive...
Keeping the 3G resolution would be sufficient i guess, i don't know why this would be a problem.