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And yes.. This could go on but I think I've made the point
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I don't know what's worse! Repetitive whining about repetitive posts? Or repetitive whining about repetitive whining about repetitive posts...
And yes.. This could go on but I think I've made the point
Why is 4.7" a waste?????It would be a HUGE mistake not to release the larger 5.7 inch iPhone 6 at the same time as the iPhone 4.7 inch model (which is a waste). People are clamoring for the larger screen so don't screw with them.
The 5.5 mockup is way too big. I have a Samsung Mega 5.8 with the dimensions 162.6 x 82.4 x 9 mm. This makes it only 5mm taller and about 1.4mm wider than the shown iPhone 5.5. This means that there's lots of wasted bezel space around the screen and this just doesn't make sense. I call this bluff.
I'm soooo glad there was a daily mock up, comparison, and or case example of the new iPhone 6. I would of had problems getting through the rest of my day without it. Now all I need is a new beats rumor to top it off.
Now all I need is a new beats rumor to top it off. Screen Resolution
I am more interested in the screen resolution of these new models. What is the point of increasing screen size if there is no increase in screen resolution?
Perhaps the 5.5" iPhone will get LG's new 5.5 Quad HD (QHD) panel. According to DailyTech, this panel "is aimed directly at the smartphone market. The new display, which is a mere 1.2mm thick with a 1.1mm bezel, offers a screen resolution of 2560x1440 (1.8 times greater than a Full HD panel). For those keeping score, this works out to 538 pixels per inch (PPI) compared to 432 PPI for the Samsung Galaxy S5. The first smartphone to launch with the new QHD display will be LG G3, which is set to launch in this quarter."
Personally, I would rather see a 720P resolution on the 4.7" and a 1080p resolution on the 5.5" iPhone (than a "retina" 720p screen (1440/2=720)), but we shall see.
I am more interested in the screen resolution of these new models. What is the point of increasing screen size if there is no increase in screen resolution?
Perhaps the 5.5" iPhone will get LG's new 5.5 Quad HD (QHD) panel. According to DailyTech, this panel "is aimed directly at the smartphone market. The new display, which is a mere 1.2mm thick with a 1.1mm bezel, offers a screen resolution of 2560x1440 (1.8 times greater than a Full HD panel). For those keeping score, this works out to 538 pixels per inch (PPI) compared to 432 PPI for the Samsung Galaxy S5. The first smartphone to launch with the new QHD display will be LG G3, which is set to launch in this quarter."
Personally, I would rather see a 720P resolution on the 4.7" and a 1080p resolution on the 5.5" iPhone (than a "retina" 720p screen (1440/2=720)), but we shall see.
The 5.5" barely fits in my shirt pocket. I wouldn't even consider it. May be more appropriate for women who will carry them in a handbag (or men who carry murses). Way too big for a pocket, though. The good news is, if the bigger one is released later, it may be easier to get the 4.7" when it comes out because many will be holding out for the bigger one. I think it's still 50/50 whether Apple will even release one that size.
You are not. Well I think it might happen, but not this year and only next or the year after if the current demand for larger screen phones continues. Phones get bigger, phones get smaller, flip phones are in, flip phones go out again. Tastes change all the time. They'll sell plenty slightly larger phones and make obscene profits, 5.5 not needed in the lineup.
I think ~4.7" is on the way along with Apple trying to make more of the screen you have as usable as possible, which they started last year with the iOS7 edge-to-edge theme.
I can't wait to see previous arguments against large phone screens flip, at which point all the fanbois will be praising Apple for the larger screen "innovation" and claiming that small screen smartphones are stupid, and then go on to claim that Samsung was just copying Apple.
I'd go back to the iPhone if Apple were to include a MicroSD slot and make the battery user-replaceable. Based on what I've seen so far, it's taking a huge leap backward - it was very quick and easy to replace in the iPhone4 (mine is on its second battery) and even the iPhone 5, while not as straightforward, is relatively easy - but typical users would not be able to or would be too afraid to attempt swapping it out.
The iPhone 6 looks like it is heading back to iPhone 3GS-style construction with the battery located underneath everything else (based on appearance of leaked backs/chassis). I hope I'm wrong about that though, and that the battery ends up above the logic board.
What keeps me away from the iPhone: no MicroSD slot, no user-replaceable/user-expandable battery. What keeps me with the Galaxy: user-replaceable/upgradable battery (I have a 7500mAh battery in mine) and MicroSD slot (I currently have a 64GB card - will be getting a 128GB card soon then I can have my entire CD collection on it, re-ripped at high bit rates), plus I have full access to the filesystem rather than the very limited, abstracted view Apple provides (why CAN'T I have apps share data if understand the risk and I WANT it to? It's MY phone, I want control over file management!).
Oh, and I LIKE iTunes. Samsung's Kies sucks. Lots of technical people (techs, sysadmins, developers, etc.) despise iTunes but I think that it does what it is intended to do very well. I don't like the back end (flat file structure IIRC) but the front end is very good for managing the iPhone, whereas Kies does a middling job of it.
I'd go back to the iPhone if Apple were to include a MicroSD slot and make the battery user-replaceable. Based on what I've seen so far, it's taking a huge leap backward - it was very quick and easy to replace in the iPhone4 (mine is on its second battery) and even the iPhone 5, while not as straightforward, is relatively easy - but typical users would not be able to or would be too afraid to attempt swapping it out.
The iPhone 6 looks like it is heading back to iPhone 3GS-style construction with the battery located underneath everything else (based on appearance of leaked backs/chassis). I hope I'm wrong about that though, and that the battery ends up above the logic board.
What keeps me away from the iPhone: no MicroSD slot, no user-replaceable/user-expandable battery. What keeps me with the Galaxy: user-replaceable/upgradable battery (I have a 7500mAh battery in mine) and MicroSD slot (I currently have a 64GB card - will be getting a 128GB card soon then I can have my entire CD collection on it, re-ripped at high bit rates), plus I have full access to the filesystem rather than the very limited, abstracted view Apple provides (why CAN'T I have apps share data if understand the risk and I WANT it to? It's MY phone, I want control over file management!).
Oh, and I LIKE iTunes. Samsung's Kies sucks. Lots of technical people (techs, sysadmins, developers, etc.) despise iTunes but I think that it does what it is intended to do very well. I don't like the back end (flat file structure IIRC) but the front end is very good for managing the iPhone, whereas Kies does a middling job of it.
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No s***t - I like this quote "This model is slightly larger than the 4.7-inch model, which measures 138x67 mm and is 7.0 mm thick"
Really that might be bigger than the Note because of the home button.
I have zero interest for this mythical 5.5. model.
These new large sizes might be fine for some, but for active people, the current size is optimal. I will migrate to another brand before I supersize.
5.5 doesn't seem that large to me...
Here are the dimensions of my Icon's Otterbox case:
Dimensions (with holster): 6.00 in (152.40 mm) x 3.43 in (87.12 mm) x 1.20 in (30.48 mm)
Dimensions (w/o holster): 5.72 in (145.29 mm) x 3.16 in (80.26 mm) x 0.69 in (17.53 mm)
So there wouldn't be much of a difference between the bare iPhone 6 (5.5") and what I am carrying now...I would just need to avoid the Otterbox with the new iPhone (which is something I was going to do anyway)
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Here are the dimensions of my Icon's Otterbox case:
Dimensions (with holster): 6.00 in (152.40 mm) x 3.43 in (87.12 mm) x 1.20 in (30.48 mm)
Dimensions (w/o holster): 5.72 in (145.29 mm) x 3.16 in (80.26 mm) x 0.69 in (17.53 mm)
So there wouldn't be much of a difference between the bare iPhone 6 (5.5") and what I am carrying now...I would just need to avoid the Otterbox with the new iPhone (which is something I was going to do anyway)
GL
Exactly the same with me. I really want my next phone to be at least an 1" bigger than my current 5s and I don't plan to move to Android anytime soon...
4.7" just doesn't cut it enough for me. It's not different enough. That being said, if 4.7" is the only iPhone 6 released then I will simply go for that one (and be quietly disappointed).
I don't agree with characterizing it as "slightly larger" when it's 13% longer and almost 21% wider. That's going to feel like a very big difference in the hand, as I think the pictures make pretty clear.
The size difference is tremendous but those of us with larger 1080p phones love them. I watch Netflix a lot more on my Galaxy than I did on my iPhone, and I play a lot more games.
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I walked into a shirt shop today and noticed that they had a bunch of other sizes than the size that perfectly fit my own needs. How dare they!
Then, I stopped by the burger shop for lunch and they had 1-patty, 2-patty and 3-patty options for burgers. I think the 1-patty is the one and only perfect burger so how dare they offer the 2 and 3-patty versions. Who's stomach is that big? Who's hands & mouth are big enough to deal with all that in single bites?
However, now that I've seen there is a 2-patty burger, the idea of trying it is starting to grow on me. But I think that 3-patty burger is a complete abomination that makes no sense for anyone. Complete lunacy.
Next stop the shoe store. Guess what: once again, they had sizes other than MY shoe size. What could possibly be the point of having shoes bigger than my own perfection? Who would wear such monstrosities around? I think they would look like idiots wearing shoe sizes an inch or three larger than the right shoe size for me personally. Who shops for shoes there? Bigfoot?
Lastly, my woman dragged me into Victoria's Secret. She was shopping for bras. Want to know the secret? It turns out they had the same kind of cup-size varieties. She purchased one of the bigger cup sizes there instead of the smaller cup options that would easily be fully reached if held in one hand. No complaints.
But for all those other situations, why does anyone need bigger or smaller sizes than the size that I find perfect for me right now? Everything should be made in just a single size that I deem perfect for me.
Then, I stopped by the burger shop for lunch and they had 1-patty, 2-patty and 3-patty options for burgers. I think the 1-patty is the one and only perfect burger so how dare they offer the 2 and 3-patty versions. Who's stomach is that big? Who's hands & mouth are big enough to deal with all that in single bites?
However, now that I've seen there is a 2-patty burger, the idea of trying it is starting to grow on me. But I think that 3-patty burger is a complete abomination that makes no sense for anyone. Complete lunacy.
Next stop the shoe store. Guess what: once again, they had sizes other than MY shoe size. What could possibly be the point of having shoes bigger than my own perfection? Who would wear such monstrosities around? I think they would look like idiots wearing shoe sizes an inch or three larger than the right shoe size for me personally. Who shops for shoes there? Bigfoot?
Lastly, my woman dragged me into Victoria's Secret. She was shopping for bras. Want to know the secret? It turns out they had the same kind of cup-size varieties. She purchased one of the bigger cup sizes there instead of the smaller cup options that would easily be fully reached if held in one hand. No complaints.
But for all those other situations, why does anyone need bigger or smaller sizes than the size that I find perfect for me right now? Everything should be made in just a single size that I deem perfect for me.
On the other hand Victoria's Secret is like Apple in that they tend to offer primarily the smaller cup sizes in nice styles. They usually have only two or three larger-than-D-cup bras which are full-coverage - no demi- or balconette-style larger breasts. For those of us who are well-endowed but not fat, Victoria's isn't much of an option. Why make the nicer bras for women with nothing to show off, but leave give us with nice breasts only the option of completely hiding them?
Finding well-fitting tops in most stores is equally difficult - there is of course the option of XL or XXL tops, but then the tops are super loose around the arms and waist to accommodate the chest. To choose a top which otherwise fit, they pucker between and below the breasts. :-(
We can hope for a 5.5" iPhone, but please cut back on those ugly top and bottom bezels!