Yep no way to know unless you try but i have a feeling you'll love the big screen.
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Apple Preparing Between 70 and 80 Million 4.7 and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Units to Meet High Consumer Demand
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Yep no way to know unless you try but i have a feeling you'll love the big screen.
Yep, I think that's right. I was trying to find phones that were similar proportionally to the iPhone 5 I have as far as bezel, etc., and while obviously not perfect the 4.7" just felt and looked better.
We shall see!
There hasn't been any 4.7 part leaks either. Everything we've seen has been either mockups or Wico phones.
Sorry to be redundant with that, but, you know...
I very much doubt TC personally projected 5c sales. that would be marketing or sales. Supply chain management would just be making the things.
Though, FWIW, though it gets a bad rap for some reason, it is IIRC, the 5th biggest selling phone in the USA at the moment, outsellling the flagship Samsung 5. Not too shabby for a phone with "poorly projected sales".
I think its more that they underestimated 5s sales, its only poor by comparison with the number one phone.
Mine will be a 4.7 anyway, thank you.
Easier to see by people who need reading glasses, or almost so, a not-insignificant portion of the consumer population. Which phone do you want your grandma to buy.
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And so continues the transition of Apple from leading with innovative, disruptive, and game changing products that challenge paradigms to a company that chases the lead of others. Apple, sadly you've lost your soul.
And so continues the transition of Apple from leading with innovative, disruptive, and game changing products that challenge paradigms to a company that chases the lead of others. Apple, sadly you've lost your soul.
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What? There have been several. There is one on the front page of MacRumors right now. There was that front panel initially thought to be sapphire glass but is probably a composite. There have also been SIM trays, etc: see here.
The Moto X really had the 4.7" form factor right. With the Home/Touch ID button, I don't see how the iPhone could match it. Which is too bad!!
resolution of 5.5" will be same as 4.7, so what is the point?
lol...is all you care about is 'resolution'? You won't even notice a difference in actual use.
......or are you so afraid that your old 4 inch iphone 5/5S will be obsolete in a few months?
The other person wasn't saying anything about being "against" a larger iPhone, just pointing out flaws in the dummies. Flaws that make sense, at that - why would Apple want the 5.5 to have an unbalanced frame around the screen, unlike every other device? Nothing wrong with pointing out things like this, I'm still very uncertain that we're going to get a 5.5 because there have been 0 leaks other than a sketchy looking screen. I'm just wondering why Apple's supply chain can leak the 4.7 but not the 5.5.
This is what depresses to you? My choice in phone size?
Wow. I won't tell you what depresses me. You'll probably fall over dead.
You are making the faulty assumption all Android users care about the OS. That is certainly a large subset, but not all users. Some do buy Android phones because of size. Others because of price/features.
I don't think you understand what supply chain management is. It's how company's forecast how many units they think they can sell in a given period of time so they don't have excess sitting in a warehouse. Typically Apple likes to keep a 4 week inventory.
Market is what sells the product after they are made, but supply chain management is what is used to project how many to make in the first place.
Specifically to the iPhone 5C, yes Tim Cook is on the record admitting he over projected 5C sales, and the phone turned out to be less popular than he believed it would be. Take a look at the 2014 Q1 Conference Call transcript. Here is a starter: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/01/28/tim-cook-iphone-5c-not-popular/
I'm having obsessive compulsive urges to yell, "Get those iPhones off of the ground! This is just disgusting; they're all going to be filthy now!"
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Whew, I was almost too late, but now everything is okay </OCD>
Let's fix a little for bezels.
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She doesn't care in the least about using her phone with one hand. If 4.7" or 5.5" is too large for you to use with BOTH hands, you might have a hand problem. lol.
I know they weren't... They were making aesthetic complaints from mock-ups...... how can one complain about something (as if it's the final product) when those were made by some guy in his garage (ok maybe not but you get the gist)? He wasn't speaking about these as if they were "dummies" but actual products. THAT was the point of my post.
I'm really really really hoping this is the case. It seems ridiculous to make the top bezel that large simply to make it match with the bottom bezel (the bottom bezel size is understandable due to Touch ID). ******* bezel symmetry. I don't want a device that's needlessly tall. I'm hoping (but not being unrealistic) that these mockups are a bit off and the top bezel is actually smaller than that.
I've never noticed that before. I would assume should a 5.5" model exists the bezels would not be larger than the one on the 4.7" model (except width, obviously) because there is absolutely no reason to. I'd guess that actual 5.5" model (if it ever releases) won't be that much taller than the 4.7" variant.
I've already told my boss not to expect to show up around preorder day.
Me too...Last year I lined up about 9pm, stayed up all night, got my 5S about 8:30 and was in work at 9:30. And I was beat!! This year everything will be about the same minus the coming into work part.
You seriously want that answered? Ill say Antennagate and leave it there. There are other examples.
What you mean where they admitted to a problem with signal and provided free cases to every everyone that had issues? Now had they denied the problem and offered nothing, that would be BS.
But you have other examples right?
And like I said, all companies are going to back their offerings. Nothing unique to Apple.
Remember, there are consequences to philosophies. So if you believe in what you just said, then put up with it when the U.S. becomes a basket-case swimming in debt of, what's it now?, 18 trillion dollars. This is the philosophy of short-term returns with no long term foresight. Most people are short-sighted. The majority of people think they are big picture people.