The 5 is a great phone but I would buy the bigger one if it had a better battery life. Else I'm not sure I could justify the inconveniences of the larger screen.
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Apple Rumored to Debut 4.8-Inch 'iPhone Math' in June
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The galaxy s was NOT an established brand. Sure it sold but it was by no means a popular brand like iphone. Even in the US the galaxy brand was almost close to nil because of the carriers' naming of the device. In Australia there was no impression of the galaxy brand at all until the s3. The iphone brand, on the other hand, was very popular and established. So when the s3 came out and was popularized by carriers and tech reviewers, it became an anti-iphone device, one which was good enough for the people who disliked APple to resort to. DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT?
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Do you also want Apple to grab the millions of people who buy cheap sub $100 Android phones that can't even run Angry birds? Because I'm sure those ANdroid manufacturers aint making any money on them.
I would buy a 4.5 inch iPhone in a heartbeat!
I would like to see more info on the lock screen like what is shown here: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2012/05/22/iphone-5-nope-meet-the-iphone-plus/index.html
I was expecting the iPhone 5 to be bigger but all they did was go longer so I dumped my iPhone 4 and went with a Nokia Lumia 920.
If Apple can make a 4.5 inch screen with a home button similar to the Lumia 920 instead of the mechanical one that breaks, they will have a winner!
A 4.5 inch screen would be good in conjunction to a refresh (overhaul) in the iOS
I would like to see more info on the lock screen like what is shown here: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2012/05/22/iphone-5-nope-meet-the-iphone-plus/index.html
I was expecting the iPhone 5 to be bigger but all they did was go longer so I dumped my iPhone 4 and went with a Nokia Lumia 920.
If Apple can make a 4.5 inch screen with a home button similar to the Lumia 920 instead of the mechanical one that breaks, they will have a winner!
A 4.5 inch screen would be good in conjunction to a refresh (overhaul) in the iOS
I'd expect that such a high resolution in such a small form factor would bring some kinds of problems with it (e.g. brightness, battery life, performance etc.). And the benefit over "traditional" (hm - funny term for such a young technology) Retina ppi numbers is small at best.
Thus i'd rather expect them to go for an already established resolution like the iPad 1/2/min's 1024x768, which may even be produced on the 9.7" Retina production lines...
I have been an iPhone user since the first launch and would love to upgrade my 4S, but if this new iOS does not bring something new to the table
. I will be out. My wife was going to upgrade to the 5 and decided she also just wanted something different and picked up the S3. I dont care how big the screen is
I want a revamp in the interface or a least the introduction of Themes that would give the user some ability to customize the home interface. I dont want to mess with Jailbreaking and all that crap
I simply want the ability to do more than move a few icons around. That was the major reason I did not upgrade to the iPhone 5
ITS THE SAME FACE!!!!
There is going to be a point where people just want to look at something different I feel like that time is now for a large amount iPhone users that are on the fence. I hope they mix it up and give the user something else to look at with that big screen. At least the ability to try something different as in a "Theme" or something.
There is going to be a point where people just want to look at something different I feel like that time is now for a large amount iPhone users that are on the fence. I hope they mix it up and give the user something else to look at with that big screen. At least the ability to try something different as in a "Theme" or something.
From all the iPhones i owned or know in my circle of friends and family - i can't remember one single home button breaking. Don't questioning it happens, but doubt it's a real problem...
Entirely different scenario, which they do anyway considering they still offer the 3GS-4 for the low end crowd who wants cheap phones.
Apple mostly caters to the high end. A goodly amount of the high end tech crowd wants larger phones for various reasons. It might not be as large, but it's still a healthy amount. Would you rather Apple give up that demographic entirely so they can keep riding the "one size fits all" paradigm they've been going on with for the past 6 years? What Apple doesn't sell, someone else will. Which in turns equals a lost sale for Apple.
Amy Chua approves, but only if you make A+.
Anything else is a disgrace to the household.
So you're saying they abandon the 16:9 aspect ratio right after they introduced it and even though most every other high end smartphone currently sports a 16:9 screen?
I think 16:9 is what stays - and given IGZO's properties of allowing super dense pixels, very low power output and high efficiency, I'd argue the "small benefit" of the higher ppi over traditional retina would win out over more fragmentation.
Nice misinterpretation. So because Apple thinks a product should be done a different way, this means they are thinking for you? Oh, right because you're forced to buy their product?
Please stop it with the cynical sarcasm.
this right here, that's false. I am not saying apple can't or apple won't enter this market of phones. I am saying where apple is standing now, they simply do not need to.
You people keep saying "Apple needs to do this, and apple needs to do that" No they don't they don't need to do anything that catters to a specific group of people. Which is why I hope - instead of claiming apple "needs" to - that apple keeps the current screen size.
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If it were a misinterpretation, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Most people argued against the Mini because "Steve said anything smaller than 10 inches was stupid". Now they're arguing against larger iPhones for the exact same reason. "It's too big. You can't use it comfortably with one hand. It doesn't work".
Some people do take the "I don't know what I want until Apple shows me" line a little too literally.
iPhone Mini? Uhh... no. It's the previous generation, it's nothing new to Apple. It would be a joke if they made it.
But you forget that doubling the resolution in both X and Y means the GPU has to push four times as many pixels. There goes the power savings you got from switching to IGZO...
Apple should simply make an iPhone with a bigger screen but keep the iPhone 5 resolution. Everybody will be happy, no more fragmentation, still quite high DPI, etc. If it's supposed to be a "low-end" iPhone, it makes sense.
Given that Apple has been and continues to be far ahead of anyone as far as GPU goes, I'd bet they could figure it out.
Heck, the iP5 doesn't even have quad core graphics yet....in 2013 they'll be ramping up IGZO, switching to TSMC's 20nm process....a company like Apple doesn't just decide to make a 4.8" iPhone.....if it actually happens this year, its more than likely been in the works for the last two years.