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Gurman Corroborates iPhone 16 Pro Display Size Increase Rumor
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5.8" & 6.3" iPhone and 6.3" and 6.9" iPhone Pro seems like a nicely balanced lineup.
Thanks Mark, but 9-5 reported this 2 WEEKS ago!
Why do you get the recognition for simply emailing about it?
Why do you get the recognition for simply emailing about it?
Yep, that's what Apple do. Keep increasing the size incrementaly so that you get used to it and don't complain. This way they can claim larger battery, bigger screen. Hiw much larger do they want the phone, it's getting rediculous. There's a poont where it stops being portable and won't even fit comfortably in your pocket.
Just carry a @$%^$%ing iPad at this point.
We’ve already long since passed that point…three years ago.
Gurman sure has perfected the spoiler. Would hate to go to a movie with this guy.
Any guesses about weight? The 14 Pro is nearly 1/2 pound already and noticeably heavier than my wife's 14; I take my phone when I run, and even with a wide, well-fitting armband around my upper arm the band works its way towards my elbow.
Larger and lighter. I can imagine Apple saying we made it larger and the weight stayed the same...this is not good 🧐
Don't pull a Samsung and water-down the name "Ultra". Reserve "Ultra" for a rugged Watch Ultra companion.
Don't pull a Samsung and water-down the name "Ultra". Reserve "Ultra" for a rugged Watch Ultra companion.
It just better not get any thicker...seems like with added space provided by enlarging the screen, there should be more room for the battery and other components and they could avoid increasing the thickness or, dare I say it, make it thinner. 
Oh well, I guess they also have to make room for that plastic spacer...
Oh well, I guess they also have to make room for that plastic spacer...
Going by the leaked CAD drawings, the aspect ratio will be 20:9 instead of the current 19.5:9. This will recover the vertical space that was lost in the notch-to-pill transition (see picture below) and re-enable 18:9 videos to play unobstructed by the pill, as was possible pre-pill with the notch models.
(To be precise, I'm only measuring 17.9:9 "pill-less" in the leaked CAD drawing, but I guess that's close enough.)
I still mourn the loss of light-weight iPhones every time I pick up my old 113 g 1st-gen SE.
getting on the train before it leaves the station Gurman ...
Fact of the matter Is far more people prefer larger phones, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with preferring a more compact phone, but at this point we've seen pretty definitively through the relative popularity of the 12 and 13 mimi as opposed to the larger phones that the vast majority of the market prefers big phones.
Giving customers what they want isn't a bad thing
Actually, I do carry around an iPad mini 6 quite often, thank you.
Back when they were getting left in the dust for screen size. If big phones weren't popular they wouldn't sell but they are still selling extremely well so the market has clearly spoken, the majority don't want miniature phones that could fit in a Christmas cracker. People want to take photos, view photos/videos and browse the web, this is not enjoyable on a tiny screen.
I do all of those things just fine on my 13 mini. And it’s small and light enough to fit in my pocket and actually be a mobile phone.
If and when I need a bigger screen, I’ll use an iPad, Mac, or TV — a device appropriately sized for its purpose.
Yeah, that seems to be overdue. Unless they feel the UI doesn’t need a major overhaul.
because people won't buy it, at least in numbers large enough to make it a worthwhile business decision, the price difference would be negligible at most if there isn't one at all and people perceive it as getting less for their money.
After we saw the sales the mini 12 and 13 be much smaller than their larger counterparts idk why we are still having this discussion. We can ask why do people prefer larger phones, sure but to ask why is apple not making smaller phones? well that's a question we already have the answer to
that's fine, that's your personal preference, but many more people prefer a larger phone.
So how do you carry around these big phones? Do the fit in your pocket? What about when you sit down and the phone is in your pocket. Or does everyone just keep in the their hand all day?
Jobs is gone, Ive is fired. Who should be designing these products, the ones who approved Mac Studio?!
i’ve had a blackberry pearl, iPhone 4, iPhone 6, iPhone X, iPhone XS Max, and now iPhone 13 Pro Max and i haven’t changed anything how I use my phone.
still fits perfectly into my pockets. I even bring it in my pocket to workout with wired headphones. I’m still able to use it one handed on a subway if I want. No issue at all for me.
i never use cases so maybe that helps idk
A year and a half away and everybody has a rumor for the iPhone 16. Apple hasn’t even decided what they’re going to do yet
But it all sounds good
But it all sounds good
The minis weren't popular, and were discontinued for that reason, idk why we are talking about this. You like a smaller phone that's fine. Larger phones are more popular and Apple is a business