Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
Looking forward to having a 5.5" phone and not caring even 0.01% about the social backlash.
Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
5.5" really isn't as big as it sounds. Go into any BestBuy and hold a Galaxy Note 3. It's really not that big and that one is a 5.7"
A part of me is hoping that the 5.5" falls under the "iPad" category and can run iPad apps from the App Store rather than the iPhone version but who knows. Probably not.
Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
Ooh now this is pretty exciting if true. Having a bigger phone is nice, but having multiple panes on-screen would really set it apart and I can see it being very useful on a 5.5". Even more exciting is the prospect of running multiple apps in different panes, like a Twitter feed on one and Mail in the other.
Things like this start moving you from "a phone that can do other things" to more of a true "computer in your pocket".
Xcode on my iPhone? Yes please.
Poor iPad Mini. Prepared to be canibalized.
Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
This is good for me, as I'm dropping the 5S and the iPad mini for a 5.5". The only loss I really considered is covered by this.
Brian X. Chen:
To deal with concerns that a bigger phone will make typing with one hand difficult (the current iPhone has a four-inch screen), some changes to the design of the iPhones’ user interface will allow people to type or use apps with just one hand; there will be a one-handed mode that can be switched on and off, two employees said.
Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
Man, this seems almost too big and unnecessary, especially for your pocket. Seems like the size difference between this and the iPad mini are encroaching too close to each other.
That is actually something that has me most excited. With this, I won't need/want two products.
Will definitely be tighter in my pocket based on other phones I have used, but not unusable. Pros would outweigh the cons for me.
Poor iPad Mini. Prepared to be canibalized.
Yeah, the fantasy 5.5 looks better than the real 4.7 every day.So another advantage of the 5.5 vs 4.7... bummer
Guys... a 5.5" smartphone and a nearly 8" tablet aren't as close as you think...
I really don't see how one can replace the other.
Yeah you might not feel like spending $400 on a small tablet when you have a large phone... but it's pretty clear to see that they each can offer a different experience.
Even if the iPad Mini never left my home... I'd still prefer to use it when I was at home.
A 5.5" phone is nice... but a 8" tablet is nicer. I'll take both!
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Try this image instead - shows more accurately the rumoured sizes.
Something tells me the iPhone bezels will be a lot larger and in addition the aspect ratio is different. But I see your point.