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Apple Testing Prototype iPhones With Six-Inch Screens, Not Expected This Year
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Apple Fan boys at there best. Its a crap feature until they get it then its awesome.
I imagine he had a large say. That said, one has to also factor in the state of technology at the time. Even just a few years back the displays had some technical limitations such as impact on battery life, pixel density, large bezels making the device larger as well as potentially having a cost factor too. Certainly the market wasn't flooded with 5" devices even 24 months back.Since it says apple is now more open to larger screens, does this mean Jobs stopped the enlargement of the iPhone?
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Despite what some people may think, even if Jobs was still around I doubt we'd be seeing a flagship 3.5" iPhone today given the market and technology have moved on.
I agree with the size choices being necessary... I guess I just don't share your panicked sense of urgency. I think eventually we will have three screen sizes for iPad & three screen sizes for iPhone. I don't mind them trying several (or even dozens) of screen sizes & choose the PERFECT ones.
We are all going to get new phones at least every two years forever, so I'd MUCH prefer having everything come into fruition as it is appropriate, not half-baked, cobbled together crap.. a la Android.
iPad mini? What ignorant thing to suggest. The last time I've checked iPads don't function as phones.
Btw; I do realise how big 6" is.
I have to say I agree. I think it's fair to point out that size options often preceded innovation for new products. This happened with the iPods and led to the iPhone. This happened with MacBooks and led to the iPad.
Or maybe its even more accurate to point out that once a product begins to achieve higher demand and saturation, it is logical to increase the size options (and colors) as more, different types of people embrace the category.
All that said, by the time smartphones have saturated the world market (very soon?), technology will advance enough for Apple to introduce something else. Maybe it's something on our wrist? I don't wear a watch, but I could be convinced if it were as innovative/practical/simple as the iPhone or iPad.
I'm still against an overly large phone as I have normal sized hands. Of course, I'm a fan girl.
It's apples and oranges (no pun intended), but I never realised how HUGE the Note3 looks next to the iPhone5. Dang.
Only thing I miss about my iPhone 5 is the camera. S4 Active is killer and I think Android is excellent and none of the things you listed.
Apple should have released a 5"-ish model this fall. Thankfully it looks inevitable next year.
Oh great, Apple is finally working on a phone for their American market.
In other words, the iPhone up to this point was smaller, Apple had to design it for a worldwide market where they mostly cater to Asians with smaller hands.
The iPhone 5 is perfect if you have small hands but tiny if you have hands like mine. Given, I wear size 13 XW shoes, I'm over 6ft tall, weigh over 300lb. and have huge hands.
In other words, the iPhone up to this point was smaller, Apple had to design it for a worldwide market where they mostly cater to Asians with smaller hands.
The iPhone 5 is perfect if you have small hands but tiny if you have hands like mine. Given, I wear size 13 XW shoes, I'm over 6ft tall, weigh over 300lb. and have huge hands.
Nothing funnier than watching people with their tablets over an ear.
Seriously. Always laugh when I see someone needing 2 hands to operate their phone.
Making a bigger version of a device isnt actually innovation. Why not just add call capability to the mini? Having so mny models is confusing for developers and is the reason Android apps stay phone apps and arent optimized for the hardware they are using. Unless apple plans to have responsive iOS apps id say its best to stick to two screen resolutions to make it easier for developers to come up with apps. Apples market share in the US is actully growing. It makes no sense to introduce yet another size screen.
Cook is the problem
Other options: Eating a lot of pasta and chocolate. Bigger ass - bigger trousers - bigger pockets. Or carrying a handbag.
I think, what really frustrates the people is the fact, that all innovation Tim Cook has to offer, are repainted colors, experiments with screensizes and plastic.
Other options: Eating a lot of pasta and chocolate. Bigger ass - bigger trousers - bigger pockets. Or carrying a handbag.
I think, what really frustrates the people is the fact, that all innovation Tim Cook has to offer, are repainted colors, experiments with screensizes and plastic.
I think you're confusing screen size with resolution.
If they keep the same resolution.... screen size is irrelevant.
It would be optimized to the tablet... be it 7.9", 9.7", 13", etc..
Same goes with phone... pick a resolution... keep it the same on 4" iPhone, 6" iPhone, etc.
Ignorant? You've totally missed the point he was alluding to.
Given it's size and similar functionality at which point does one become the other?
What makes one device and iPod and another an iPad? If I add a phone function to my 46" TV is it now a phone?
6" screen iPhone? How about 8" or 10"?
I can understand 4.5" or even 5" and I would probably buy one. Anything bigger I know what I could get. iPad mini.
I can understand 4.5" or even 5" and I would probably buy one. Anything bigger I know what I could get. iPad mini.