iPhone 5 Cases Suggest a Much Larger Device with a 4" Screen

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REALLY! Wow, sign me up for an iPhone sized Phone with a 36" screen! Woot.

Your hyperbole does not defeat my argument. You can have a bigger screen in the iPhone's casing by reducing the bezel around it.

I was simply making fun of the holes in your original statement.

I agree though that the case is bigger than the screen. Thank you captain obvious

 

[ChrisTX]

There is a reason why is moving towards wireless activation and syncing, as they are trying to eliminate the dock connector for some mag safe connector that is smaller and looks cleaner. will also have a greater deal of flexibility on designing form factors. Tapered or wedged batteries are not a concern, as this is why they decided to bring R&D in-house. Here is the only guarantees, A5 chip, BlueTooth 4.0, and more GPU Memory. Everything else is speculation at this point.

Apple is moving towards wireless activation, and OTA updates because people would like to own an iPhone, and iPad without also having to own a computer as well. This was mentioned in the keynote, and it makes the most sense.

 

[anberlinairlift]

He needs to check his email more often.

 

[pgiguere1]

I think that iPhone 5 will have a 4in screen with 1024x768 resolution to match the iPad. This way they still get to keep the retina display label while avoiding fragmentation with multiple screen resolutions. It would actually be even better for the consumer since all apps can then be universal.

1024x768 is a 4:3 ratio. All iPhones typically had a 3:2 screen. I doubt they would redo the whole OS for a 4:3 iPhone screen, and all apps would need to be updated if you didn't want them to be letterboxed.That would actually create more fragmentation.

I think the easiest thing to do is keep the current resolution. It's good enough already. It wouldn't technically still be "Retina" anymore, but meh. As someone pointed out, it could still be used as a marketing name, Cinema Displays aren't actual cinemas, and there are no fire or thunderbolts involved in Apple's connectivity either. I bet the lowered pixel density wouldn't be that noticeable, and all iPhone 4 apps / optimized websites would stay compatible at their native resolution.

 

[Gjwilly]

The iPhone is Apple's flagship product, not the iPod Touch, Apple wants to make iPod Touch owners buy an iPhone, not the other way around. It makes no sense for iPhone owners to buy an iPod Touch.

Making the Touch an iPhone junior has not really helped Apple.
Compared to the iPhone, the touch sales are in the toilet.
I can definitely see Apple trying to revolutionize the touch to get it back in the news.

 

[haticK]

I give it a couple more years until the phone is so thin you can snap it in half by sitting down with it in your pocket.

 

[Pez555]

This is the most excited I have been about any Apple product. Just so many rumours, nobody knows what to think!

 

[BreuerEditor]

Looks like a Samsung Galaxy S II

Looks like it, but the hole for the mute button on the right side is too high. The Galaxy S II's is lower and longer

 

[Darlo770]

You know what's gonna happen next don't you?

Samsung will sue Apple over it's iPhone 5 design infringing on things like the Samsung Galaxy Note.
Nice work Samsung (not), they foresaw the obvious design of the iPhone 5, got there first, then they'll call it theirs. You watch.

How exactly is Samsung going to be able to sue someone for infringing on a design they ripped off in the first place?

Well i was thinking that Samsung got to the market first with devices like the the Galaxy Note (iPhone 5 design), so technically anything that comes out after that, Samsung are gonna shout copycats. But true, yea, having already infringed on the iPhone's design, i doubt they'd have much ground to stand on.

 

[Gjwilly]

And to those thinking these cases are for a newer iPod touch rather than an iPhone 5 keep in mind theres a hole up top for the second microphone.

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The device might finally be stereo and that hole at the top could be the only microphone.
We won't really know til we know.

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

i didn't get that memo! ho is yore source

Did you not receive your pink slip?

Apple is moving towards wireless activation, and OTA updates because people would like to own an iPhone, and iPad without also having to own a computer as well. This was mentioned in the keynote, and it makes the most sense.

An iPhone and iPad (which I own both) will not be a replacement for a laptop or desktop anytime soon. Though I would like the industry to prove right on this claim, even though there are a few that believe they can get away without a full computer. Must be consumers of content only and short-sighted. There are quite a number of tasks that I cannot accomplish on my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 and some just take longer than usual. I do appreciate the web browsing that the iPad offers and smart functions that the iPhone offers for mobility.

If is trying to spin its iOS and mobile division, it has to cut the cord with iTunes, Mac for greater flexibility and this also includes OTA updates, nothing more.

 

[Gjwilly]

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Ugh. Hope these cases aren't for the iPhone 5. I don't want a huge phone that goes lopsided in landscape mode.

The taper is from to back not side to side.
It won't be lopsided.
Have you ever held a camera?
Almost every camera is held in landscape and hundreds of them have a slight bulge at one side or the other. It actually increases holdability.

 

[theperipheral]

To anybody saying they think a tapered design wouldn't work because if you lay it on a table, it's gonna tilt, maybe you should think for a second. It's not like the phone is 12 inches thick on one side, and 3 on the other. You're talking about 100ths of an inch thinner.

The taper will be only slightly noticeable when put on a table, I'm assuming.

And I'm starting to think that this is for the Touch, as well. I don't think there's anything about it that anybody could say is DEFINITIVELY iPhone. You can definitely see the similarity in shape to the Touch, though.

 

[divinox]

Making the Touch an iPhone junior has not really helped Apple.
Compared to the iPhone, the touch sales are in the toilet.
I can definitely see Apple trying to revolutionize the touch to get it back in the news.

Name one thing that would be great to have in the ipod, that wouldnt be equally great to have in the iphone.

Addendum: OK, as a gimmick they could add flip-out speakers/stand or something like that, mimicking devices of others. I guess that would be sacrificable in the iphone while making the ipod a wee bit cooler. But thats about it.

 

[GorgonPhone]

im sick and tired of all this speculation and BS..

simply is all we get is a 4s or the iphone 5 looks like the 4 i will happpily skip it like i skipped the ipad 2..... the iphone 4 value will a atually go up if iphone 5 looks the same as it..

 

[divinox]

Looks like it, but the hole for the mute button on the right side is too high. The Galaxy S II's is lower and longer

I bet theyre not only going to use a larger screen, but also a faster processor. Such blatant copying.

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The taper is from to back not side to side.
It won't be lopsided.
Have you ever held a camera?
Almost every camera is held in landscape and hundreds of them have a slight bulge at one side or the other. It actually increases holdability.

true, but non-comparable. a wedge is harder to operate than a brick.

 

[Gjwilly]

and specifically how much bigger do you think the screen COULD be just from removing the bezel?

10 pixels on each side?

4" diagonal. The math is simple to do.

 

[divinox]

Well i was thinking that Samsung got to the market first with devices like the the Galaxy Note (iPhone 5 design), so technically anything that comes out after that, Samsung are gonna shout copycats. But true, yea, having already infringed on the iPhone's design, i doubt they'd have much ground to stand on.

What? Samsung creates a device looking like X, and they're somehow copying a rumored, yet to be seen, Apple device? Wow.

 

[Leo9]

I think there is enough space for a 4.3-inch display, or maybe even bigger.

 

[MacAddict1978]

Please release the g-d thing already so i can be spared from these awful rumors. It's a revolving door rumor.

It's 4" It's 3.7 It's 4" It's 3.7
It's curved Its Flat Its Curved It's A Teardrop It's a bird.... it's a plane... its...
It's months of the same crap.

The cases have been good indicators, but the last ipad tricked a lot of people too and there were millions of cases that were made that turned out to be useless.

And then there's the rumor that a downgraded budget iPhone 4 could be coming too... which could or could not be why this rumor flip flops. Who knows?
I just want them to announce a media event, show us the goods, so I can reset my patience level for the iPhone 6 rumors (that already have begun.)

 

[Michael Scrip]

Making the Touch an iPhone junior has not really helped Apple.
Compared to the iPhone, the touch sales are in the toilet.
I can definitely see Apple trying to revolutionize the touch to get it back in the news.

Exactly. Apple sold 7.5 million iPods last quarter... and that's all iPods including the Nano.

During the same time, Apple sold 20 million iPhones... at $500-$600 a piece.

A new iPod Touch would be cool... but not as valuable as the next iPhone.

 

[divinox]

I give it a couple more years until the phone is so thin you can snap it in half by sitting down with it in your pocket.

Thin doesnt necessarily equate to breakable. Concern should be way it feels to hold more than whether or not it'll break (which truly is a non-issue here).

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Very true. But you also know the expression: never change a winning team. A company like Apple won't change dramatically. But again, never say never.

Gadget-freaks like us (?) likes to see lots of changes. But normal consumers don't, and that's even scientifically proven.

Nokia was winning. Are you saying they shouldn't have changed? Not changing is deadly in a rapidly changing environment. So much so that the ability to change (and change in the right direction) may be the most important firm capability of them all.

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

A wedge is harder to operate than a brick.

Can you imagine taking out a photo or a video in portrait view with a wedge shaped iPhone X. A tapered boarder is what makes the most sense. Unless the wedge is on both top and bottom of the phone creating a rocker/cradle form. That would be a camera/video nightmare given its thin form factor.

Take the iPad 2, rear plate, shriek it to the size of the iPhone and that is what then next iPhone X will fashion. seemed quite pleased with the iPad 2 thinness and form factor that with the R&D invested it will port it to the iPhone X. Why reinvent something when they have already tried and tested it with another product.

 

[Gjwilly]

Name one thing that would be great to have in the ipod, that wouldnt be equally great to have in the iphone.

A huge screen.
Do you even read this forum?
People have already been crying that a 4" screen would be too big and would drive them away from the iPhone.
The phone people get the marginally bigger screen and the gamers get the Touch with the huge screen and the larger memory to store all the games.
Seems like a natural to me.

 

[praterkeith]

A couple of years ago I switched to Ubuntu from OS X, it suits my needs well. I also switched from my iPhone 1 to an Android device. THAT was a mistake. I'm on Sprint and if we get a 4s instead of a 5, I'm all in! If I can get a 4" iPhone 5, even better. I'm also tired of the speculation.