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Apple Suppliers Starting to Ship 4" Screens for Next iPhone?
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Not only that, it's warping your sense of time!
Suddenly 1 year and five months is in your mind "nearly 2 years". As I recall, the iPhone 4 was released in June 2010.
Well, I am crazy so +1 for that but I think your missing the point. Take Steve out of the equation and replace him with joe everybody who has spent the majority of his life thinking, designing, and creating devices. I'm probably going to put more faith in his opinion than say, people on mac rumors or yes even my own knee jerk reactions. I don't know what its like to hold a version of the iPhone in every quarter inch dimension from the nano to the iPad, but I'll bet someone does, and that someone although not perfect, has an experience to draw from that you or I can not possibly understand.
Now take that person and make him, "a person with a knack for building gizmos". I'm not trying to deify SJ, just trying to say he was a bit more than the average joe as far as this discussion goes anyway.
Phones with 4" screens are huge! Difficult to fit in your pocket! They do look cool but aren't practical unless you don't carry them in your pocket.
From a technical perspective it would work, but from a usability perspective it would be a nightmare. iPad apps are built not just for a specific resolution, but also for a specific screen size. If you put an iPad app on a 4 inch display the text and images within the app would be too small to read (at least without a magnifying glass) and the touch targets (buttons, etc) would be too small.
My this thread is filled with fear based comments. The dynamic is very interesting. Radically obsessed with one handed operation, the iFans seem to have tunnel vision. I thought that Apple users were progressive open minded people. Wow, was I wrong.
4" screen is just too big
the current screen is perfect.
fits perfect into the pocket
the S2 iv held it, played with it... to bulky to much to carry around.
the current screen is perfect.
fits perfect into the pocket
the S2 iv held it, played with it... to bulky to much to carry around.
Only thing I'm worked about would be frustration with developers, is this 4" screen going to have the same resolution and loser 'retina' standard? With a lower DPI? What about having to code apps with now 3 resolutions? Then we enter into a fragmented iOS, of loose on the retina...
Huh... Are you sure your not defining ignorance?
Its almost like people don't know their unsurpassed consumption and short attention spans are robbing our culture of its craftsmanship.
There is only one Sistine Chapel, you don't get a Sistine Chapel every time you try.
If you can't fit a 4 inch phone in your pocket, you have another issue Apple can't fix.
Exactly
LOL It would appear allot of Apple fans are very small in stature and have Cabbage Patch fingers, among other things.
(Image above off iphone user afraid of lager screen)
Buy pants that fit.
Make the package smaller and keep 3.5" screen
I'd love it if Apple actually made the phone slightly smaller and went edge to edge with the 3.5" screen, it would make it easier to stow in a pocket. I would absolutely hate to see the phone get any bigger, even by 1mm. I thought the 3G was too big when it was launched, but I was willing to live with it, because it was new technology and just so damn useful, I expect a new device to be a little bigger, but then I expect the next one to be smaller, lighter faster and cheaper to produce, the next device will be the 6th iteration of the iPhone, to my mind they should have put it on a diet by now and focused on innovating in software and reducing power usage.
The 4G and 4GS are slightly too large and too heavy because of all the metal and glass. The 3G and 3GS were lighter, even if the plastic did break really easily. It hasn't stopped me owning them and using them every day, they are great devices, but they aren't perfect and I would welcome a phone that didn't need such big pockets or require me to keep my trousers up with a belt.
The next iPhone would benefit from losing a little weight and girth, they can keep the current resolution and aspect ratio for developers and innovate by being smaller. I would even support Apple making the screen a little smaller than 3.5" and increasing the pixel density to make the handset even more svelte.
I'm still trying to work out how people forgot that when it comes to portable devices like phones, smaller is usually better. The iPhone is primarily a phone, it should fit where a phone needs to fit, the fact it does other things should be secondary to it's primary purpose, if your buying a device to primarily play video in HD, maybe you shouldn't be buying a phone.
I'm still also waiting for an iPad that is the size of a book, so that I can store it in the pocket of my bag where I usually keep a book and hold it in one hand like I can a book. I don't want to cary something extra, I want to replace something I already carry with me, with something the same size or slightly smaller, that weighs about the same or a bit less and does what the object it replaces does and more.
I could get a Kindle, but a Kindle just replicates the original function of a book in a way that is less personal, I want to feel a connection to the device and feel like it gives me something I didn't have before. You can't strike up a conversation with a stranger on a train about the book they are reading on their kindle, because you'd have to go to some lengths to see what they we're reading, it could even border on harassment, but if you see the cover of a book they are holding, you can easily and innocently start a casual conversation about a book or Author you have in common. Technology is supposed to make it easier for us to communicate and express ourselves, not harder.
I'd love it if Apple actually made the phone slightly smaller and went edge to edge with the 3.5" screen, it would make it easier to stow in a pocket. I would absolutely hate to see the phone get any bigger, even by 1mm. I thought the 3G was too big when it was launched, but I was willing to live with it, because it was new technology and just so damn useful, I expect a new device to be a little bigger, but then I expect the next one to be smaller, lighter faster and cheaper to produce, the next device will be the 6th iteration of the iPhone, to my mind they should have put it on a diet by now and focused on innovating in software and reducing power usage.
The 4G and 4GS are slightly too large and too heavy because of all the metal and glass. The 3G and 3GS were lighter, even if the plastic did break really easily. It hasn't stopped me owning them and using them every day, they are great devices, but they aren't perfect and I would welcome a phone that didn't need such big pockets or require me to keep my trousers up with a belt.
The next iPhone would benefit from losing a little weight and girth, they can keep the current resolution and aspect ratio for developers and innovate by being smaller. I would even support Apple making the screen a little smaller than 3.5" and increasing the pixel density to make the handset even more svelte.
I'm still trying to work out how people forgot that when it comes to portable devices like phones, smaller is usually better. The iPhone is primarily a phone, it should fit where a phone needs to fit, the fact it does other things should be secondary to it's primary purpose, if your buying a device to primarily play video in HD, maybe you shouldn't be buying a phone.
I'm still also waiting for an iPad that is the size of a book, so that I can store it in the pocket of my bag where I usually keep a book and hold it in one hand like I can a book. I don't want to cary something extra, I want to replace something I already carry with me, with something the same size or slightly smaller, that weighs about the same or a bit less and does what the object it replaces does and more.
I could get a Kindle, but a Kindle just replicates the original function of a book in a way that is less personal, I want to feel a connection to the device and feel like it gives me something I didn't have before. You can't strike up a conversation with a stranger on a train about the book they are reading on their kindle, because you'd have to go to some lengths to see what they we're reading, it could even border on harassment, but if you see the cover of a book they are holding, you can easily and innocently start a casual conversation about a book or Author you have in common. Technology is supposed to make it easier for us to communicate and express ourselves, not harder.
To all the people saying they want a 4" screen but the same size iphone:
It is physically impossible!
The current iPhone has a 3.5" screen that is almost edge to edge. A 4" 3:2 screen is wider than the iPhone 4 itself.
It is physically impossible!
The current iPhone has a 3.5" screen that is almost edge to edge. A 4" 3:2 screen is wider than the iPhone 4 itself.
Totally Agree lol, case in point is when iphone 4 model leaked and gizmodo got it, and people were saying "man that cant be the real iphone it looks ugly". fast forward to now, everyone loves it, the cycle will repeat mark my words.
I am flabbergasted after reading some of the comments here.
Does a quarter of an inch on all sides really make that much difference?
Someone here think they are going to have to change their wardrobe. Another one equates a larger screen to carrying around a 17" MBP. A lot of usage of the word "Lug", as in lug around. Then of course the inevitable comparison to an iPad.
Unbelievable how some people's world is going to fall apart because the iPhone will get a 4" screen. God forbid they make it bigger.
Psychiatrists are going to get an influx of new iPhone related patients which they'll diagnose as having iscreenosis - the inability to use or confront a larger iPhone screen or iscreenphobia - the fear of using a larger iPhone screen
Does a quarter of an inch on all sides really make that much difference?
Someone here think they are going to have to change their wardrobe. Another one equates a larger screen to carrying around a 17" MBP. A lot of usage of the word "Lug", as in lug around. Then of course the inevitable comparison to an iPad.
Unbelievable how some people's world is going to fall apart because the iPhone will get a 4" screen. God forbid they make it bigger.
Psychiatrists are going to get an influx of new iPhone related patients which they'll diagnose as having iscreenosis - the inability to use or confront a larger iPhone screen or iscreenphobia - the fear of using a larger iPhone screen
You're living in the past. You're bound to be disappointed. If you want to feel a connection, go to a place of worship, or hug a family member.
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With a 4 inch screen and a slight change in display ratio, going from 3:2 to 8:5, you can keep the resolution above the "retina" cutoff which I believe Apple declared as 300 (actually has little to do with reality).
This means going to a pixel count of 1024 on the longer axis, adding a depth of 64 pixels, but keeping the short axis at 640. Apps don't have to use the extra area so no rewriting is necessary for games and such that have pixel-perfect design. The extra space on the end could be used as a status bar by IOS, like what they do when you turn on wifi hotspot. Apps that easily benefit from the the extra space, like Safari and readers, could use the whole screen. Movies would also benefit from the more natural proportions.
