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Apple Testing Screens for a Larger iPhone and a 13-Inch iPad
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NEVER. GOING. TO. HAPPEN.
Apple is not into "oragami" devices... Apple HATES moving parts or extra buttons. That is why they sacked Optical drives and standard Hard Drives and removable batteries. they'd sack internal fans but X86 chips aren't there yet.
Way to totally pick a niche product and then compare it to the iPhone. There is no reasonable logic in this argument.
And why couldn't Apple release a 4.5-4.8 inch screen with the resolution of say the iPad Mini? That would keep the number of resolutions a developer has to deal with the same. You do realize that there is no indication whatsoever that Apple would eliminate the current size iPhone all together just because they released a larger size? Just because you wouldn't want a product doesn't mean others wouldn't as well.
Let users have extra choice on the screen size.
It is surprising to see whiners justifying that 4" screen is fine!
It is surprising to see whiners justifying that 4" screen is fine!
We want the iPhone bigger and the iPad smaller. Does anyone else see a problem with that? Maybe the users don't really have it all figured out and we just want what we don't have. Maybe we should let the experts decide what's best for us (Steve's 3.5 inch screen).
Please tell me 'Johnny', that you are actually a woman. if not, get off the keyboard and start looking at the average male hands.
There are far more then 2 people with hands big enough to hold large devices. I can hold my ipad mini in one hand and my hands are not super large..
With a 13" iPad being unnecessarily large for iOS, why not make it run OSX instead. They could definitely fit the internals of a MBA inside of something that big. I would love to see OSX on a touchscreen device
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You don't know what you're talking about. 3.5 inch screens are a thing of the past, that's a 2008 paradigm. They went out of fashion, just like non-touch screen phones. Also people don't want to carry around 50 different things, maybe I don't want my ipad mini all over the place. Otherwise, why would I need a smartphone? Take a glance at the new galaxy s4, 5 inch screen its sales are through the roof. As for developers, they will only have to deal with 3 screen sizes, 3.5 (soon to be extinct as those contracts have already ended and people will be flocking towards the 5/5s), 4, 4.5+. I'd hardly call that much fragmentation.
After having used the form factor of a Samsung Galaxy S2 for 4 1/2 months, I found that although the screen size was pleasant to look at, for me, the size of the phone was just too much.
I now have the iPhone 5 (first time I've ever had an iPhone) and am so happy with its size/form.
Choice is always a good thing though, and I'm sure Apple would sell a lot of larger screened iPhones, but they'll have to seriously compete on a price level with the competition. Don't know how that will work out.
I now have the iPhone 5 (first time I've ever had an iPhone) and am so happy with its size/form.
Choice is always a good thing though, and I'm sure Apple would sell a lot of larger screened iPhones, but they'll have to seriously compete on a price level with the competition. Don't know how that will work out.
I don't see what the problem is in offering different sized products, other than the supply chain problem in being able to produce the massive quantity of Apple's product requirements. As long as it in in ADDITION TO and not in Place of, what is wrong with choice? One size fits all just doesn't work anymore. I for one would LOVE both a larger iPhone and iPad. But I understand the others might not. So why not make everybody happy. 
Unfortunately for you sir there are only twelve other people in world who desire a touch screen mac. So, I guess you won't be getting a 13" Macbook Air.
Simply put no. Os X would be horrible on a touch screen device. Not to mention what you're suggesting is putting x86 intel processors into a tablet form factor (see surface for how well that has been implemented). That means a battery life hit, fans, and extra bulk. We're not there yet.
No, this would add another resolution/dpi for devs to deal with because iPad apps would get way too small to be usable on a 4.5-4.8" screen.
That being said I do believe that Apple should and will release an iPhone with a larger screen, and the transition to iOS 7 is the perfect time for them to do this.
It would make sense for them to use 1024x768 on a 4.3-4.5" screen, but like I said it would require devs to rework their app to use the auto-layout APIs.
Bonus: a retina iPad could run four of the larger iPhone apps in split-screen multitasking.
I can do without a proper file system. I can do without a bigger screen. To go completely laptopless, I NEED more storage. 64GB just doesn't cut it. 128's getting there...but at least 256/512 would be bestest, with a thunderbolt port for all your mouse/keyboard/monitor add-ons. It would be so great.
iPad Maxi is a lousy name
ya gotta be kidding me, iPad Maxi would be an absolutely lousy name.
I know Maxi pads are a "feminine product" and one would not want their new product associated with a "feminine product" of this sort.
ya gotta be kidding me, iPad Maxi would be an absolutely lousy name.
I know Maxi pads are a "feminine product" and one would not want their new product associated with a "feminine product" of this sort.
I doubt very seriously that they will discontinue the smaller phone and iPad. I am hoping they offer these larger devices in ADDITION to what they have now. Making the iphone longer did nothing for me. a 13 inch iPad sounds fantastic!
Apple has got to attract more customers as Samsung and other larger phones as VERY popular.
Some of you diehards are SO confident that they will not make a larger iPhone but then they introduced the 5! I am betting we will have a larger iPhone and tablet after the 5S for us people with normal size hands!
Apple has got to attract more customers as Samsung and other larger phones as VERY popular.
Some of you diehards are SO confident that they will not make a larger iPhone but then they introduced the 5! I am betting we will have a larger iPhone and tablet after the 5S for us people with normal size hands!
Why this focus on musicians?
How about ANYONE that commonly looks at material the size of a single page? In my case, I have to read about 10 research articles a day, and they are in typical 2-column form with graphs containing a lot of detail and micro-print. Reading them on a current iPad, which is the size of a half of a page, is just about impossible.
In general, viewing anything more complex than a recreational novel requires a full page size - that's why full page sizes were invented.
(8.5" x 11" = 14" diagonal, so 13" is just slightly smaller than a single page.)
IMO, the portability issue is due ONLY to weight - if you could make a full page iPad as light as a Mini, you could hold it in one hand as easily as you can hold a plastic clip board.
How about ANYONE that commonly looks at material the size of a single page? In my case, I have to read about 10 research articles a day, and they are in typical 2-column form with graphs containing a lot of detail and micro-print. Reading them on a current iPad, which is the size of a half of a page, is just about impossible.
In general, viewing anything more complex than a recreational novel requires a full page size - that's why full page sizes were invented.
(8.5" x 11" = 14" diagonal, so 13" is just slightly smaller than a single page.)
IMO, the portability issue is due ONLY to weight - if you could make a full page iPad as light as a Mini, you could hold it in one hand as easily as you can hold a plastic clip board.
