Get your own battery pack phone case if you do care that much about it, but, please please please don't deprive off our option of having a device COMPATIBLY fit in pockets.
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Apple's iPhone 6 Could Be as Thin as Current iPod Touch
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Get your own battery pack phone case if you do care that much about it, but, please please please don't deprive off our option of having a device COMPATIBLY fit in pockets.
The clear cut point was that volume had three dimensions, and a larger screen allowed for thinner devices with an increased volume available for the battery. How did you miss it? 2-3 others quoted that part, clearly they saw the point of the post.
You knew if wasn't true, and thus it was an exaggeration, yet rhetorically asked the question anyway. I responded in kind.
Point is above.
First wording that came to mind, and the shortest. I do consider it a primary motivating factor, not just a "major" one, but again I can't pull a companies internal records to look for the proof you want. I did think about the possibility of confusion afterwards, but felt that any reasonable person could recognize the exaggeration and artistic license used.
I wasn't using them as evidence of that claim. I was using them as evidence of my primary point regarding battery volume and backing up the statement that the first LTE phones had poor battery life. Proof of motivating factors behind screen sizes is evidence that's impossible to obtain. See above.
Is this where I ask you for your sources? (I'm kidding) A large phone was in the low 4" range at the time. Now a "normal" phone is high 4's and a large one is 5.7" to 6". The two I included were selected because they were the first two LTE enabled phones in North America, and don't have time to go beyond that. If you want to do an exhaustive inventory of screen sizes, release dates, and cellular technologies, knock yourself out. You'll probably find a spike in screen sizes (with some outliers of course) where I'm suggesting there is though.
Since this ridiculousness has continued on for so long, I'll admit "whole" was a poor word choice. I do wonder if saying "a major factor" would have changed anything though. You could still ask for a source on that, as I suspect you would on any statement that could be considered a knock against Android.
Once again, my point was volume, and the jump in Android screen sizes was an illustrative example. Not something intended for deep scrutiny.
Alleged iPhone 6 dummy molds appear online, reflecting thin design seen in previous leaks http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/29/alleg...eflecting-thin-design-seen-in-previous-leaks/
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I don't think Android phones could have jumped right from the early 3.x and low 4 inch models right up to 5 inches. Before 2011 android screen weren't 720p yet, so 5 inch screens would have looked horrendous, so in 2010 screens generally hung around 4.3. Combined with making such jumps is shocking to the public, you saw the public ridiculing the 5.3 inch Galaxy note got when it launched in late 11, now phones like the G2 are 5.2 and are happily owned by the general public and not even considered "phablet". With bezels being as big as they were many people dug their heels when phones were 4.7ish like the S3, nowadays companies have managed to fit a 5 inch display into an almost same size frame. Changes like this needed to be gradual I think.
Even large screen phones managed to have poor battery life, even without LTE, it was entirely handset dependent, the Galaxy Nexus version didn't have LTE and had an appalling battery life,, until Verizon finally coerced Google into putting LTE in much later.
Phones were shifting into more media consuming orientated devices, and bigger screens suite these functions better generally. Im still not saying it wasn't a factor, but I think a big combination of all these features pushed Android towards bigger screens. If it was just the LTE chips, phone sizes would have stopped getting bigger once the power efficient chips hit the market, but they arent, android phones continue to increase in size.
I couldn't tell you were exaggerating, I've seen people try and say it was the only reason before on Mac Rumours and were deadly serious in their belief.
I guess that explains why they're not releasing a new iPod this year. They want to be able to say "it's almost as this as the touch." 
Not only the battery, I'v already done the hairdryer thing twice to revive the WiFi. Looks like I am going to have to have it repaired as I cannot last until the Autumn. The 4S hasn't been Apple's finest moment. It's quite worrying as I intend to buy the iPhone6 un-locked form Apple and it has to last more than 18 months.
Is it the same point that had them make the iMac even thinner and now nearly impossible to work on? Because I missed that one too
Just go away.
i loved my 3.5 inch iPhone 4S, i didnt want a bigger one.
but once you use the 5S, you its very hard to go back. your brain and eyes get so used to the extra real estate, that no matter what your preference (i loved the 3.5 inch) you feel claustrophobic.
I wouldn't call the ALS indispensable, but then your use varies from mine. Now, if the proximity sensor disappeared, that would be a problem. I doubt that would be the case, but hard to tell as iPod Touch never had one.
with that thin battery, it wont last not even 18 hours
Don't forget that Apple improved battery life on the iPad Air while decreasing battery capacity and physical size...
Expect the same with the iPhone 6.
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It'll be a bit wider and taller.. which might help.
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Don't forget that Apple improved battery life on the iPad Air while decreasing battery capacity and physical size...
Expect the same with the iPhone 6.
