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Apple's iPhone 6 Could Be as Thin as Current iPod Touch
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The iPad mini retina is just as thick as a iPhone 5s but it's a bigger device and yet when I hold it I think "wow it's thin and sleek". If the iphone 6 is 4.7 the thinness will add to the "wow thin and sleek" It's a bigger device so apple is treating it as a "phablet".
So I can completely see why apple made the i6 thinner than the i5s. It's bigger than the i5s but not by a whole bunch but if you make it thin, it's a whole new device which is what apple wants. A whole new device that's a bigger screen and thinner device.
And it's apple, do you honestly think they will drop the ball with battery life? Next question!
So I can completely see why apple made the i6 thinner than the i5s. It's bigger than the i5s but not by a whole bunch but if you make it thin, it's a whole new device which is what apple wants. A whole new device that's a bigger screen and thinner device.
And it's apple, do you honestly think they will drop the ball with battery life? Next question!
Sounds like it's going to be beautiful, I'm definitely a sucker for thin phones. I just hope they put some thought into iOS8 so it's not just a vapid blonde.
That would make sense, as the leaks don't have the antenna separations needed for a phone.
Nope
I don't believe it. One of these made their way around before the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5 looked nothing like it. Coincidentally, it too was pink and had the same translucent look. It might have even been the same one, though that was nearly 2 years ago.
I don't believe it. One of these made their way around before the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5 looked nothing like it. Coincidentally, it too was pink and had the same translucent look. It might have even been the same one, though that was nearly 2 years ago.
Wow I can just see the keynote verbiage now:
"Not only were we able to shave 20% off of the thickness of the phone which makes it the thinnest smartphone of it's kind but we were also able to do that all while keeping that same "great" battery life that you've come to enjoy with the current iPhone 5S AND with the bigger screen we were actually able to squeeze an extra row of icons on the screen making it the most icons offered on a flagship device. More icons on the screen than our competitors... magical! This is innovation folks" :roll eyes:
Of course iPhone 5S owners (myself included) don't actually like that same 'great' battery life because it's not great at all.. it's barely average. Oh well, here's to hoping that even though Apple usually cares more about engineering feats more than they do on what's best for customer experience, these leaks are not accurate and they will actually put things that matter to 90% of customers which is battery life and screen real estate within a tighter/smaller package.
"Not only were we able to shave 20% off of the thickness of the phone which makes it the thinnest smartphone of it's kind but we were also able to do that all while keeping that same "great" battery life that you've come to enjoy with the current iPhone 5S AND with the bigger screen we were actually able to squeeze an extra row of icons on the screen making it the most icons offered on a flagship device. More icons on the screen than our competitors... magical! This is innovation folks" :roll eyes:
Of course iPhone 5S owners (myself included) don't actually like that same 'great' battery life because it's not great at all.. it's barely average. Oh well, here's to hoping that even though Apple usually cares more about engineering feats more than they do on what's best for customer experience, these leaks are not accurate and they will actually put things that matter to 90% of customers which is battery life and screen real estate within a tighter/smaller package.
Aww someone butt hurt because of my hypothetical and exaggerated "statistic"?
Point made.
Barely average? I would say it's better than average. I normally don't have to charge my phone till I'm ready for bed.
If its the same battery life, I think that's pretty amazing given the smaller profile. We know nothing about the A8 chip, nor about any other power saving features, so I wouldn't assume the iPhone 6 won't have better battery life than the 5S. Remember the rMBPs? Thinner and has significantly better battery life.
what people don't seem to realize is that a 4.7 inch iphone that maintains the current thickness of the current iphone 5 (and s) would look absolutely gargantuan.
it would be ridiculously big.
the bezel alone in the renderings looks absurd for a phone of that display size, especially when you compare it to a moto x.
they have to reduce size in one dimension if they're going to increase it in two others.
it would be ridiculously big.
the bezel alone in the renderings looks absurd for a phone of that display size, especially when you compare it to a moto x.
they have to reduce size in one dimension if they're going to increase it in two others.
Eh I just hope apple announces the two phones at the same so I know for sure they bigger version is coming.
A Galaxy Mega is big. A Lumia 1520 is big. A 4.7" phone isn't going to look ridiculous or huge at the thickness of the current iPhone, IMO. Take a look at all the other phones out there that are bigger than the iPhone.
If it's too thin then put a case on it geez. Then bam, thicker phone. Some of you nerds put humongous cases on phones anyway.
Not sure about your point. I'm not saying that it'll be absolutely perfect, but it'll sell well, and be a commercial success regardless of whether the battery life sucks or not, whether iOS 7 looks like a pastel, whether it comes with the 17" rMBP with intel xeon and gtx titans, etc.
Really? I had the first gen iPod touch, and the iPhone 4s was still a little bit thicker. iPhone 5s is supposedly bit thinner than it (a bit: by 0.01"), but the iPhone still looks bigger to me, probably because the iPod was slightly curved.
