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Chinese Source Claims iPhone 5S and 5-Inch iPhone 6 to Launch in 2013
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After being to Bangkok and Hong Kong for a week I start to understand the large phone era. In the subway soooo many people were using the Galaxy Note / Note 2 or a 5" to 6" Android KIRF, many were even using their 7" or 10" tablet for one stop. Phones aren't primarily used to call anymore and people want bigger screens for messaging, internetting and gaming (I saw sooo many people playing games there).
The need is changing. Yes, the iPhone has the perfect size for a phone, to carry around, to use with one hand and to call with. But if you want a internet device with which you call only occassionally, a larger screen size has lots of advantages. Apple would be crazy to ignore this trend (they also created the iPad Mini right, which Steve said they would never do). And carrying two devices is not the solution
The need is changing. Yes, the iPhone has the perfect size for a phone, to carry around, to use with one hand and to call with. But if you want a internet device with which you call only occassionally, a larger screen size has lots of advantages. Apple would be crazy to ignore this trend (they also created the iPad Mini right, which Steve said they would never do). And carrying two devices is not the solution
I hope Apple doesn't loose its strategy
It looks many people would like to see Apple releasing a bigger phone along with the 5S to let customers choose what they think fits best their needs.
Well this is the strategy companies like Samsung adopted to reach the widest range of users possible but don't you guys remember when Apple's strategy was designing products making decisions for customers, giving them what they really wanted?
Then it was working well: at first people were always complaining about the lack of features and options but eventually they admitted that that was probably the best choice.
And also, back in those days Apple was setting the trend, not Samsung.
It looks many people would like to see Apple releasing a bigger phone along with the 5S to let customers choose what they think fits best their needs.
Well this is the strategy companies like Samsung adopted to reach the widest range of users possible but don't you guys remember when Apple's strategy was designing products making decisions for customers, giving them what they really wanted?
Then it was working well: at first people were always complaining about the lack of features and options but eventually they admitted that that was probably the best choice.
And also, back in those days Apple was setting the trend, not Samsung.
From GIZCHINA, an accurate, well informed and known website on China:
http://www.gizchina.com/2013/02/08/next-generation-iphone-5s-photographed-in-foxconn-factory/
Next Generation iPhone 5S photographed in Foxconn factory!
More on the website...
"We're going to double down on secrecy," Cook said Tuesday. "I'm very serious about this. Double down."
http://www.gizchina.com/2013/02/08/next-generation-iphone-5s-photographed-in-foxconn-factory/
Next Generation iPhone 5S photographed in Foxconn factory!
More on the website...
"We're going to double down on secrecy," Cook said Tuesday. "I'm very serious about this. Double down."
3.5 inches was determined by exhaustive ergonomic testing to be the best screen size. That will not change until mutants with extra-long thumbs inhabit the planet.
And not that it matters or proves anything, but in 2013, many people prefer to pollute the environment instead of recycle. But that doesn't prove anything, because those are the sort of people who "prefer" 4-5 inch screens.
And the Google/Motorola X-Phone may have 4.8" screen with a resolution of 1080P
http://www.phonearena.com/news/More...battery-Sony-camera-sensor-and-Kevlar_id39368
Hello apple ??
From GIZCHINA, an accurate, well informed and known website on China:
http://www.gizchina.com/2013/02/08/next-generation-iphone-5s-photographed-in-foxconn-factory/
Next Generation iPhone 5S photographed in Foxconn factory!
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More on the website...
"We're going to double down on secrecy," Cook said Tuesday. "I'm very serious about this. Double down."
Please use common sense man. These are photos of the replica productions. You can see it when you look at the display sensors like the proximity sensor. The real Iphone models have one circle and most of the fake ones have some sort of little stripe. Its not something they would have so change for the next generation Iphone, Next to that, the internals dont look like Apple to
Samsung, The Future Of Smartphones...
Here's an example of Samsung's very clever innovation.
You know, "Innovation" the practice Apple was once famous for? Seems they are falling behind Samsung and others, at a rapidly increasing rate.
"The Future Of Smartphones: New Report Says Samsung's Next Galaxy Phone Will Have Touchless Gestures"
Once you read this article complete with illustrations of how it works, you'll see that Samsung is indeed quite the innovator.
sources:
http://goo.gl/DAjQC
http://goo.gl/0VJSY
http://goo.gl/iWsBN
http://goo.gl/4aK2R
Here's an example of Samsung's very clever innovation.
You know, "Innovation" the practice Apple was once famous for? Seems they are falling behind Samsung and others, at a rapidly increasing rate.
"The Future Of Smartphones: New Report Says Samsung's Next Galaxy Phone Will Have Touchless Gestures"
Once you read this article complete with illustrations of how it works, you'll see that Samsung is indeed quite the innovator.
sources:
http://goo.gl/DAjQC
http://goo.gl/0VJSY
http://goo.gl/iWsBN
http://goo.gl/4aK2R
Not sure how this is progressive innovation when the mobile device is sitting in one hand, within centimetres from your other hand. Seems easier, simpler to use that free hand to touch the phone instead of using hand gestures. Might be handy for a TV or computer screen when sitting some distance back but it really doesn't seem practical at all for a mobile device. At the end of day, this appears to be more of a gimmick than possessing any practical functionality.
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30 years from now kids will see the iPhone 5 and say "you have to use your hands?"
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Wow, what a massively disproportionate overreaction.
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+1 to you for the Back to the Future II reference...
and +1 for you for getting it.
Har har...
It's not the size that matters, it's the strength of the signal.
5" is fine. Right? Right?
It's not the size that matters, it's the strength of the signal.
Bigger iPhone = Pretty Please
Apple, you can charge me whatever you want if you give me a 4.5"~5" iPhone.
The 4" skinny phone you make now is not the perfect size.
Bigger really is better. Surfing the web on an iPhone is terrible. And the small fonts (in web and in applications) are getting hard on my 35 year old eyes.
I've owned 3GS, 4S, and iPhone 5.
I've briefly flirted with android, and though I hate the circus of a broken OS, I've always been jealous of the bigger screens.
A big screen iPhone would be perfect in my book.
And I won't need a stupid tablet because I'll have one I can carry in my jeans pocket.
Apple, you can charge me whatever you want if you give me a 4.5"~5" iPhone.
The 4" skinny phone you make now is not the perfect size.
Bigger really is better. Surfing the web on an iPhone is terrible. And the small fonts (in web and in applications) are getting hard on my 35 year old eyes.
I've owned 3GS, 4S, and iPhone 5.
I've briefly flirted with android, and though I hate the circus of a broken OS, I've always been jealous of the bigger screens.
A big screen iPhone would be perfect in my book.
And I won't need a stupid tablet because I'll have one I can carry in my jeans pocket.
NO need for 5 inch phones
Apple don't need to release a 5 inch phone. Just give the ipad mini the phone capacity and they'll be future proof. After all all the ANdroid manufacturers including samung will release bigger than 5 inch phones this year anyway.
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go buy samsung.
Apple don't need to release a 5 inch phone. Just give the ipad mini the phone capacity and they'll be future proof. After all all the ANdroid manufacturers including samung will release bigger than 5 inch phones this year anyway.
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go buy samsung.
Apple don't need to release a 5 inch phone. Just give the ipad mini the phone capacity and they'll be future proof. After all all the ANdroid manufacturers including samung will release bigger than 5 inch phones this year anyway.
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go buy samsung.
Oh my, you give up easily
heh heh, wait until Apple big phone start to take away sales from Samsung and other Android big phone and you will sing a different tune. Competing in business is not like watching a hero movie. Apple missed the big screen smartphone trend so they suffer the consequence now. so blast them for missing the trend. But it is bizzarre to blast them for trying to correct the mistake. What would you like Apple do?
The thing that will hurt Samsung the most is the mid-priced Iphone. It will take away a big portion of Samsung smartphone profit. The arrogance of Steve Job era is the thinking that Apple knows customer better than the customers themselves. Iphone 5 is developed under Steve Job and he did not push for the bigger screen Iphone. So we know who missed the boat.