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Apple Testing Screens for a Larger iPhone and a 13-Inch iPad

gnasher729 said:
MacOS X has a touch device - either the trackpad, or the magic mouse. So the OS can handle it easily. It's the users who can't handle it long term, because the human arms are not built for that. You can do a simple experiment: Open your laptop, then point your finger at each of the four corners in sequence. Repeat this until you think your arm is falling off. Tell us how long you could do it.
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"touch" on a trackpad is very different from direct manipulation with you fingers on screen. the touch pad is basically a turned around mouse with your finger being the "mouseball". well not quite that. but basically.

I do a gree that a touch-only solution would suck on a notebook, however there are situations where being able to manipulate directly on the screen comes in handy. I think it will come one day on a macbook. But only as an option. Like quickly zooming into something via a pinch gesture or quickly swapping through albums or something like that.
 
We won't see size increases in the next iPhone. It has supposedly already gone into mass production, and no evidence pointing to a screen larger than 4" has surfaced. It's therefore safe to assume the iPhone 5S will have a 4" screen size, just like the cheaper plastic iPhone.
 
iMikeT said:
Apple testing larger iPhone and iPad displays and form factors, yeah no **** Sherlock. :rolleyes: Apple releasing these things is another story.
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No kidding. I'm sure there's tons of stuff they're testing that may or may not become products for sale. Not sure why the WSJ thinks this is news.
 
gnasher729 said:
MacOS X has a touch device - either the trackpad, or the magic mouse. So the OS can handle it easily. It's the users who can't handle it long term, because the human arms are not built for that. You can do a simple experiment: Open your laptop, then point your finger at each of the four corners in sequence. Repeat this until you think your arm is falling off. Tell us how long you could do it.
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Bingo!

Somebody who gets that the human body will always be the weakest link in how we'll use technology.
 
Expee said:
"touch" on a trackpad is very different from direct manipulation with you fingers on screen. the touch pad is basically a turned around mouse with your finger being the "mouseball". well not quite that. but basically.
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What? The touchpad on my MBP is multitouch; it has all the functionality of the iPad touchscreen. The only difference is that there's an indication on the screen where my finger is (the mouse cursor), and that my big fat fingers don't hide what's on the screen. Everything else is the same.
 
A 13" iPad seems totally unnecessary seeing as I think the iPad mini is the perfect size. I find 9" too big and bulky. Can't imagine what 13" would look like!
 
as long as they keep the 4" (or go back to the 3.5"), i'll have no complaints.
 
hello12 said:
Just because YOU don't want a bigger screen does not mean other people do.
Here's what apple should do next year...
....Have a selection of iphones:

-The low cost version
-The current size (5S)
-Bigger size (5S, with the bigger option)
......... Kind of like choosing between a 13 inch and a 15 inch MACBOOK.... Why restrict everyone to one size?
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Hey I'm not saying they shouldn't make a bigger phone. Just that I won't be drolling over the option.
I could see them standardizing on 326 dpi and doing 2inch gaps between each device. Any smaller does really change the use mode of the device.
 
I can see a slightly bigger iPhone, maybe even a slightly bigger iPad, but 13" seems a bit too big of a leap for the iPad. Are we sure the screens aren't just for a future MacBook Air?

I really can't think of much reason why I would want an iPad in such a large size; I'd much rather have an Air (unless the iPad was a lot cheaper I suppose). Unless the plan is for the Air to become more of a hybrid; e.g - 13" touch screen with removable or reversible keyboard?

I dunno, I just don't see the utility for a less portable iPad. Of course the fact that Apple is experimenting with something isn't really a big indicator of what will eventually come of it; just take a look at some of the original iPhone prototypes.
 
TennisandMusic said:
This is really interesting, but it's kind of strange Apple has backed themselves into this corner of apparently "hard coded" graphics. Needing to do everything in exact multiples and such. Android scales to any res, same with the new Windows stuff I believe. Just kind of strange.
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Have you looked at IOS 7?

IOS 7 eliminates non-scaleable bitmap graphics for buttons and other UI elements to make applications scalable to any resolution. The transition to a vector-based, scale-to-any-size OS should be complete by IOS 7.1 early next year.
 
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A 13-inch iPad would have enormous appeal in the medical field. And you woulnd't even have to increase the resolution - the thing that makes it hard to use in medical right now is the large amount of data requiring small buttons and menus. Larger items would allow easier touch manipulation. I'd replace my 13-inch laptop with a 13-inch iPad in a heartbeat. Similar advantages could be seen in the art/photo/design world. Whether this niche market would be enough to warrant an additional product is a different story.

I, for one, am hoping they don't move to a world where there are multiple different screen resolutions (that don't linearly correlate like the current products). I think the advent of different monitor sizes is really what led to the bloatware and bugginess you see in today's computer applications, and same thing would happen to iOS apps.
 
10 years ago, people were crazy for smaller and smaller tech gadgets. Now they want bigger and bigger.
 
Many of us wanted a two-button mouse. Apple held out.

Many of us want a larger screen on the iPhone. Apple is holding out.

Let's hope Apple doesn't hold out so long on this issue.
 
themachugger said:
I seriously doubt they would make a 13 inch iPad. What I am really hoping is that they are testing a 13 inch touchscreen for a MacBook Air. I won't buy one until it gets touch. As it is now, I'm so used to using my iPad with a logitech keyboard, every time I go back to using my 17 inch MacBookPro, I constantly find myself reaching for the screen to move something around only to quickly be reminded it isn't a touchscreen.
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It's bound to happen sooner rather than later especially with so many ultrabooks having touch and having touch on a comp screen is surprisingly useful especially when working with or displaying work to one or two others. Also ios should come together with osx which would make touch essential.
 
themachugger said:
I seriously doubt they would make a 13 inch iPad. What I am really hoping is that they are testing a 13 inch touchscreen for a MacBook Air. I won't buy one until it gets touch. As it is now, I'm so used to using my iPad with a logitech keyboard, every time I go back to using my 17 inch MacBookPro, I constantly find myself reaching for the screen to move something around only to quickly be reminded it isn't a touchscreen.
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Wait until you get older. At 60 years old I know why they would make a 13" iPad. I've known why since my mid 40s.
 
I personally think that the iPhone 5 is the perfect size. When it first came out I was a bit skeptical about the bigger size, but after using an iPhone 3G and then 4 over 4 years, the 5 was a nice change. I have co workers that have the Galaxy and larger android phones and to me they are just to big. All Apple has to do is add the phone capabilities to the iPad mini and they could call it the iPhone Max and it would sell like crazy for those that want a tablet sized phone. If you have an iPad mini or kindle, practice by holding that up to your face as though it were a phone.

The biggest complaint from my co workers with the larger Galaxy phones is that they are finding it hard to put in pockets. I must admit some of them look silly with this huge boxy outline in their pockets, even more so when it lights up for a phone call or an alert. Many of the guys have resorted to always carrying a backpack, messenger, map bag. Are these phone companies working with bag manufacturers to promote the use of men's bags, aka Murses?

I remember, not long ago - like 5-10 years ago, the idea was to make phones, smaller and thinner. Now everyone thinks bigger is better.
 
20"+ iPad....

I'd love a 20"+ iPad which I could watch video on a stand in the bedroom or take and put on a desk and use, or place on a table and play multi-user games on with the family.

It doesn't need to be portable as such just transportable.
 
irDigital0l said:
Larger screen iPhone?

Yes please.

Apple finally gets it. Multiple displays sizes for MacBook, for iPad...one sizes does not fit all.

Hopefully it'll happen this year.
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Well said. I believe most android users like myself would actually consider making the last pilgrimage over to iOS if this could come to fruition in such a timely manner.

Unfortunately I seriously doubt it :apple:
 
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