Apple to Add Force Touch and Pink Color Option to Next iPhones, Screen Size to Stay the Same

[Crosscreek]

My iPhone 6's Touch ID works 98-99% of the time. Even when I've just climbed out of the pool after an hour of swimming.

I must have a bad sensor. I can put mine in and it works fine for a while and then it stops.

 

[CIA]

Really? You still want a 4" iphone? wow...

I have a difficult time using my 6 with one hand. I liked being able to reach all the icons with my thumb. While stretching to reach corners on my 6 with one hand I've actually dropped the phone several times. I thought I had big hands too... I accept that a 4" phone is not what some people want, but there are people who want one still. I have an iPad, and a computer, so I don't use my phone 24/7 as my primary screen. Therefore a smaller screen that's easier to use one handed is more a priority for me then a larger screen.

I do like the speed and camera of my 6 though.

 

[the8thark]

So iPads have to wait as usual?
Always a year behind the phones they are tech wise.

 

[bobenhaus]

Many, many people still want a rugged 4 inch iPhone. Please, Apple, just take the 16GB iPhone 5s, add Touch ID, and switch over to the iPhone 5c cases (plus a black one, please). That's your iPhone 6c, and it should be introduced now, before the 6s models. Then, a year later, simply bump up the processor to A8 (underclocked a bit compared to the iPhone 6) to refresh the product, and you have the iPhone 6cs for April, 2016.

There's strong merit in having a mid-range iPhone "tock" about 7 or 8 months after the flagship iPhone "tick" in September, to keep iPhone momentum going throughout the year.

And how about an iPod touch 6th generation -- an iPhone 6c minus the cellular section?

Rugged??? Glass in the front back isn't so rugged

 

[Four oF NINE]

Rose Gold with white front and accents and then the current Gold with black fronts and accents would be great. I like the gold color but hate the white face.

Not everyone that likes the white face wants rose gold. I like my gold and white combination.

 

[majkom]

Untill apple returns to 4inch phone thay wont get my money, period. I will be in market for 2 iphones this fall, if no 4 incher, me and my wife will have to stay on the old ones.

 

[bearboy]

Can't comment on touch ID on the iPhone , but on my iPad Air 2 touch ID works great.

 

[Janichsan]

Maybe a (RED) version?

It's not Pink, it's Light (RED).

 

[Max(IT)]

Apples touch ID works sometimes but really needs improvement.

In my case, it works like 99% of the times

 

[teragon]

The touch ID on my 6+ works even a bit too well : sometimes I just want to check the time but clicking even briefly on the home button to wake the phone actually unlocks it and takes me to the spring board, where it's harder to see the time

Rose gold I can see, not for me though, but it could work. Pure pink ? Personally it looks just plain tacky, but to each his own.

 

[Brien]

If they make pink, presumably with a white front, I hope they switch gold to a black front. I like gold, but I don't want a white bezel around my screen.

Makes sense to me. 2 black models, 2 white models.

 

[anomie]

Many, many people still want a rugged 4 inch iPhone. Please, Apple, just take the 16GB iPhone 5s, add Touch ID, and switch over to the iPhone 5c cases (plus a black one, please). That's your iPhone 6c, and it should be introduced now, before the 6s models. Then, a year later, simply bump up the processor to A8 (underclocked a bit compared to the iPhone 6) to refresh the product, and you have the iPhone 6cs for April, 2016.

There's strong merit in having a mid-range iPhone "tock" about 7 or 8 months after the flagship iPhone "tick" in September, to keep iPhone momentum going throughout the year.

And how about an iPod touch 6th generation -- an iPhone 6c minus the cellular section?

Sure. Apple is breaking their profit records even in times nobody expected them to do so, but you figured out how they could do better (cannibalization by a mid range iPhone nobody really wants, good thing you aren't a decider in a big company..)

 

[patent10021]

If this pink is like the same type of finish as the gold it will sell huge numbers. This would be huge in Japan.

 

[rekhyt]

I'd argue that it is still not solved at all. At least not compared to what you get on an Iphone. A late Android model still feels slower than a 3GS.

I've tried a number of relatively modern (2013/14) Android phones, and although the lag has improved...

The feeling isn't just the same as it was with the first iPhone (and the first iPod Touch), back when it was a single core sub-1 ghz CPU.

Dunno why.

 

[tresmith]

I have a difficult time using my 6 with one hand. I liked being able to reach all the icons with my thumb. While stretching to reach corners on my 6 with one hand I've actually dropped the phone several times. I thought I had big hands too... I accept that a 4" phone is not what some people want, but there are people who want one still. I have an iPad, and a computer, so I don't use my phone 24/7 as my primary screen. Therefore a smaller screen that's easier to use one handed is more a priority for me then a larger screen.

I do like the speed and camera of my 6 though.

I'm also in that camp. I really want future gen iphones to have a 4 inch option. I believe that there is still a market for it...that there are still plenty of people, mostly women and small handed guys that want a smaller phone.

 

[AFDoc]

Pass. For two reasons:

1. There's no way I'm upgrading from my iPhone 6 Plus just for force touch and a pink option.
2. I upgrade every two years, and my iPhone 6 Plus will only be a year old.

Full disclosure: Only the second reason means anything. The first is total nonsense. For those currently carrying an iPhone 5S, and waiting anxiously for the 6S models to be released, I'm going to be so happy for you, and a little jealous for about 12 months until the iPhone 7 comes out in 2016.

Upgrade yearly....problem solved.

 

[tongxinshe]

No, the world is moving farther and farther away from the things you want. While you don't see it, you're like those people who insisted the iPhone needed a physical keyboard to compete.

Are you trying to say that no more people care about their carry devices’ bulk, neither their prices?

 

[CmdrLaForge]

As Long as the the feature can be turned off...

 

[bakron1]

I would like to see a pink version for the women who support breast cancer research and the survivors. It would sell like hot cakes here in the USA.

 

[theelysium]

PInk?

No

It should be Bronze, Bronze is in right now.

Plus, Bronze would match well with the gold. As the Spacegray is the dark silver, so the Bronze will be the dark gold.

 

[Fattytail]

Untill apple returns to 4inch phone thay wont get my money, period. I will be in market for 2 iphones this fall, if no 4 incher, me and my wife will have to stay on the old ones.

Great, I'll let Tim Cook know so they can start making that 4 incher for you.

 

[HarryWild]

I'm also in that camp. I really want future gen iphones to have a 4 inch option. I believe that there is still a market for it...that there are still plenty of people, mostly women and small handed guys that want a smaller phone.

I don't think there are too many ladies that are interest in an iPhone less then 5" model since most of the ladies are using 5.5" 6+. I am afraid the 4" is history. Some guys may want a 4,7" version but only kids would use a 4" model.

 

[tresmith]

I don't think there are too many ladies that are interest in an iPhone less then 5" model since most of the ladies are using 5.5" 6+. I am afraid the 4" is history. Some guys may want a 4,7" version but only kids would use a 4" model.

really? where did you get those stats?

 

[Digital Skunk]

yours must be broken -- on the 6 it works almost flawlessly every time.

You can't say that it doesn't need improvement, then say that it works 'almost' every time.

You're saying exactly what the OP is saying, that it need it needs improvement.

Also, I'd love a (RED) version of the iPhone but I'd still stick it in a case.

 

[Wanted797]

No, they need more colours if anything. Purple/Orange/Black would be good as additions if they do a 6C, and the rose gold does look nice in the metals.

Like with the watch, its better if we don't all have the same looking phone.

It makes them look cheap and tacky, but colour is subjective.