Android phones seem to be releasing miniature versions of their phones, usually with less power options, but some with the same power options. What if Apple released an iPhone mini, like the 6 but 4.3 inches slightly less powerful, or just as powerful, would you buy it?
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Apple should make the iPhone Mini
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They will. If not next year, the year after.
I already told my husband that after we got our 6 and 6+.
Not everyone wants a large phone.
They are fine now because they still sell the 5s and it runs iOS 8 as well as the 6 family do. After that, who knows?
Ok, I am happy with my 6 BUT I agree with you - I know enough people who want a smaller form factor. Will they do it? I doubt it but it would make a small(?) portion of the buyers happy. The 5S fills that hole right now.
I rather Apple utilize their resources on better things.
I would venture to guess that a larger portion of people who get the iPhone 5s/5c get it because of price, not form factor (a small percentage may still be clinging to a 4" device, but price is usually the deciding factor).
My brother just got the HTC One M8 (upgrade from iPhone 4s), not because he wanted an Android phone but because it was $20 on contract rather than the $199 for the iPhone 6.
I would venture to guess that a larger portion of people who get the iPhone 5s/5c get it because of price, not form factor (a small percentage may still be clinging to a 4" device, but price is usually the deciding factor).
My brother just got the HTC One M8 (upgrade from iPhone 4s), not because he wanted an Android phone but because it was $20 on contract rather than the $199 for the iPhone 6.
They've sold 100 million 3.5/4 inch phones. If you like the 3.5 generally you'll like the 4, going to 4.7 and 5.5 is a leap.
Logic would dictate their portable (handheld) offering have 3 options -
iPhone 4, 4.7, 5.5
iPad 7.9, 9.7, 12 (rumoured ?)
That covers every imaginable use case. Do they need to keep the same design aesthetic? No, in time it will be interesting how they refresh models, it has to be different to previous years.
Logic would dictate their portable (handheld) offering have 3 options -
iPhone 4, 4.7, 5.5
iPad 7.9, 9.7, 12 (rumoured ?)
That covers every imaginable use case. Do they need to keep the same design aesthetic? No, in time it will be interesting how they refresh models, it has to be different to previous years.
Should definitely be 3 sizes (small, Medium, LARGE) to cover all customer needs. Hell, it would have been easy since Apple already makes the 5s body and wouldn't have to do much R&D on it. Simply slap the current 6/6+ internals in there (A8, GPU, camera sensor) and call it a day.
Apple got us comfortable with compact phones for 7 years now... then just drops them for much larger devices. Not everyone wants a large, or even medium, sized device. Some customers prefer compactness and portability instead (exp: 11' MBA)
I'm sticking with my jailbroken 5s as long as it will hold up. I like being able to easily reach the URL bar at the top of Safari, and reachability is not an ideal solution as having to do it everytime would get old fast.
And before anyone says "Oh but they still have the year old 5s on sale!"... No. We are talking about Apple making a compact phone with current specs, not year old specs.
Apple got us comfortable with compact phones for 7 years now... then just drops them for much larger devices. Not everyone wants a large, or even medium, sized device. Some customers prefer compactness and portability instead (exp: 11' MBA)
I'm sticking with my jailbroken 5s as long as it will hold up. I like being able to easily reach the URL bar at the top of Safari, and reachability is not an ideal solution as having to do it everytime would get old fast.
And before anyone says "Oh but they still have the year old 5s on sale!"... No. We are talking about Apple making a compact phone with current specs, not year old specs.
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Um Apple offers 4", 4.7", 5.5" model iPhones. Not sure why you think there has to be a 4.3" in there?
Hope so. 4" is the perfect size for me. Still not completely sold on the large iPhones. I'm eligible for an upgrade in 2016 so I'll have until then to decide.
In March. I don't care much for the bigger screens, so it looks like I wasn't missing out on a lot. It's slightly faster, the screen looks a big bigger, but that's basically it. Apple Pay would be nice, but I'll get the watch for that.
They have. It's called the iPhone 5S.
No, I am not joking. Yes, it's last year's model, but it runs the same software, is only slightly less powerful in real world usage, and has TouchID. The only "killer app" it's missing out on is Apple Pay. It wouldn't make sense for Apple to come out with a whole new iPhone that's the same size as the 5S that is slightly weaker, because that would be a poor use of company resources.
Maybe in a year it will be a possibility, but it doesn't make sense from either a consumer or corporate standpoint to release one at this point when the 5S is good enough, and is much cheaper to obtain now.
You mean like the 5S?
Its smaller, has a little slower cpu, still premium construction and good battery life, and even TouchID.
They've done it... They did it...
*facepalm*
Before we had threads that looked like this word for word but about bigger iPhone
This is a bad idea. Then Apple will make me pay more the iPhone 6 4.7 inch. See how that works?
St*pidest idea ever...
(w/ contract)
iPhone 6, 16GB, 4" - $199
iPhone 6, 16GB, 4.7" - $299
iPhone 6, 16GB, 5.5" - $399
Holy crap, DO U WANT ME TO PAY
iPhone 6, 64GB, 4.7" at $399?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
[PS: not directed at OP, directed at the idea itself]
(w/ contract)
iPhone 6, 16GB, 4" - $199
iPhone 6, 16GB, 4.7" - $299
iPhone 6, 16GB, 5.5" - $399
Holy crap, DO U WANT ME TO PAY
iPhone 6, 64GB, 4.7" at $399?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?
[PS: not directed at OP, directed at the idea itself]
Fixed your pricing for you, and no... it's not a stupid idea.
I know I would gladly pay $199 for a 4-inch iPhone 6 even IF the 4.7' bigger phone was the same price.
