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Apple Predicted to Launch A9-Based 4-Inch iPhone in Early 2016, iPhone 7 Plus to Carry 3 GB of RAM
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Thats why screen size is an objective thing. Different screen sizes suit different people. I'd rather not buy an iPhone than buy a 4.7 inch iPhone, as it is useless to me. Just like for some people a 4 inch iPhone is useless to them.
Never. I expect 2GB in an iPhone until the current phone begins to slow to a crawl. And then when other phones are at 8GB, Apple will finally provide 4GB. We will be told how efficient iOS is with RAM and we don't need 8GB.
Why would you disable 3D touch? Sure I don't use it very often, but it also doesn't get in the way as far as I can tell.
Next thing you know, 4" iPhone has been "delayed" to the 3rd quarter due to "manufacturing issues."
I'm sure there will be some people who crave the smaller iphone. It's funny tho, you'd think petite women would be the main group craving a smaller iphone...and yet I notice more of them going for the current 5.5" iphone 6 plus over the smaller 4.7" iPhone 6.
After all my deliberations about wanting to keep 4" phones, I've come to the conclusion that it's not the screen size that I had a problem with, it's the physical dimensions of the phone itself.
If Apple can fit a 4.7" display into roughly the dimensions of the 5S I'd be very, very happy.
Easier to find in the handbag
If Apple can fit a 4.7" display into roughly the dimensions of the 5S I'd be very, very happy.
Easier to find in the handbag
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I wonder if it would come with 8gb as base storage option...
I hope this new 4" phones are offered with a variety of color options like 5C
I hope this new 4" phones are offered with a variety of color options like 5C
Of course you still use it, it's just two years old. But phones are about to get fast enough to be used and updated for five or more years to come. But not if they are 32-bit only. There will be a future iOS version which still supports the 5s but not 5c, despite both being released at the same day. The cost-benefit ratio of any computer depends on how long you will use it. And for how long Apple will support it with updates.
My mom for other hand need to delete content every single week(and she don't use apps, only fotos) , 16GB in a 500+ dollar product is not business, is atrocious.
I look at the source of the rumor and believe it. This guy has been correct on countless things, including outrageous claims of a smaller iPad , not one but two phones a year ago, a plastic cheaper iPhone, and an outrageous maxi iPad... oh wait... it all happened.
I agree...16gb is a paltry level of storage. However, this complaint is so worn and, honestly, irrelevant. 16gb is the minimum, and is a choice people can avoid. If you are not comfortable with only 16gb, there are 2 additional options.
Go to any car manufacturer's site and build any car. Every single one of them will show a starting MSRP, which is generally a really appealing price. "Wow, I did not know I could get a _____ for that little...I thought that they were so much more expensive!"
Then build it. Add that awesome color you really want (+$1,000). Add navigation (+$1,700). Add leather seating (+$1,200). Add the moonroof (+$1,000). Oh, and don't forget the 19" wheel/tire package (+$2,000). All of a sudden, that car is thousands upon thousands more than the starting MSRP.
You will have that same experience with virtually any purchase. New laptop, AV receiver, bicycle, whatever. Companies nearly always have multiple options, the lowest cost offering the lowest specifications. Quite simple.
Not sure about the A9 in this "small" iPhone, as the lineup will be weird with the iPhone 6 + A8 in the middle.
I think if Apple would release one, it would come with an A8 with 1GB RAM. I mean Apple already did it, i.e. the 6th gen iPod Touch. Same panel, just making it into an iPhone.
I feel the A8 is going to be the new A5. right now it is the most widely use Ax chip after the A5. It is in the iPod Touch, Apple TV, iPad mini 4, iPhone 6.
I think if Apple would release one, it would come with an A8 with 1GB RAM. I mean Apple already did it, i.e. the 6th gen iPod Touch. Same panel, just making it into an iPhone.
I feel the A8 is going to be the new A5. right now it is the most widely use Ax chip after the A5. It is in the iPod Touch, Apple TV, iPad mini 4, iPhone 6.
Me too. They all do it. Even there once beloved "regular" sized iPhone lags behind their Plus size with no OIS and an inferior pixel density.
