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iPhone 6 4.7" Too Big For Me - Returning Preorder

I am not into the bigger phones and I do like the upgrades I see in my wife's 5S over my 5. But apple got rid of the 64GB option!! WTF?

I'm sticking to my 5 64GB, it's fine....
 
LostSoul80 said:
OP, if you feel you want something new, why don't you look at a new 5s? Touch ID, faster processor and slightly better camera are awaiting for you.
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If I could pay £200 to upgrade to the 5s then I would, but I can't justify £500. I don't think I'll get more than £200 for my iPhone 5.

noobinator said:
No, they got rid of 32gb and give you 64 for the price of the old 32.
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He was talking about the iPhone 5s. There's no 64GB version now.
 
jkim3691 said:
I'm giving my 6 this week to see how I feel about it, but as of now I'm on the side of exchanging it for a 5s. It's just a burden using this thing whereas with my old 5 I could just pull it out, get what I had to get done and slip it right back in my pockets without having to be extra careful and change grips. The size of the 5/5s was perfect. I really felt the phone was an extension of me due to it being so easy to use. I would have loved apple to come out with a 4" version of the 6. It would have been so glorious.
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Totally agree! :D Maybe next year they'll have an iPhone 6S mini.
 
You need time to get used to a new iphone, we have with almost the same design since the iphone 4.

After using the iphone 6 for some days I see the iphone 5 like prehistoric.

I have my iphone 5S, but by no way I will use it again, with the iphone 6 I can type with one hand, not as easy as the 5S but who cares when you have that screen that sometimes looks like in 3D
 
lke said:
I have my iphone 5S, but by no way I will use it again, with the iphone 6 I can type with one hand, not as easy as the 5S but who care when you have that screen that sometimes looks like in 3D
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Who cares are outdoor professionals who never play games, watch movies, read Facebook and instead rely on these devices as tools that are there when we need them and safely put out of the way when not.

I have strips of grippy gaffer's tape on the sides of my iphone 5 case so I can use it one handed as I am needing to use my other hand for something else.

I am very tempted by the new phone because of the barometer feature, better processor and improved battery life. I could honestly care less about the screen size being bigger as a means to an improved product.

One of the big problems of tech now is that there is less consideration of real world use and instead, mostly focused on the babbling, blundering idiot who is permanently glued to a device, constantly living in the virtual world rather than the real one.

Apple needs to consider all of their customers and that includes the more active ones who live life to the fullest...building bigger and bigger phones is going to result in less and less customers.
 
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lyceumHQ said:
I'm really torn actually over upgrading.

I have an iPhone 5. I have had it for two years. I'm noted of it and want to upgrade.

But I'm out of options.

I don't like large phones. Having seen it in the flesh the iPhone 6 is far too big for me. So that's out.

So there's the 5s. I already have a 5. The 5s isn't an 'upgrade' and certainly not worth spending almost £500 on when I've already got the 5. It's basically the same phone with a few tweaks. Fair enough if I had a 4/4s I'd see the 5s as an upgrade, but I don't. So the 5s is a no go as I refuse to pay £500 again for a phone that's the same phone I've had for two years.
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That's very similar to how I feel. I have had my iPhone 5 since a few weeks after launch and recently received a replacement from Apple sure to a hardware fault.
The phone has served me well and feels fresh, iOS 8 run great.
I've always stuck to a two year cycle buying the phone unlocked directly from Apple then selling to fund the next phone.
I feel as though I could get another year out of the phone easily but then I don't want to miss the iPhone 7 a year later.
 
Surf Monkey said:
Your smaller screen is the Apple Watch. On iOS devices Apple seems to be going larger. Look for a larger iPad next month. I wouldn't be surprised to see the iPad mini dropped along with (eventually) the 5C and 5S as well.
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The apple watch is designed to be used with an iPhone so you'd still have to lug one of those giant phones around to use it as a smaller screen.
 
mrkramer said:
The apple watch is designed to be used with an iPhone so you'd still have to lug one of those giant phones around to use it as a smaller screen.
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Watch. The initial Apple Watch is only the opening salvo. the only thing it depends on the phone for right now is GPS. Future versions of this and other Apple wearables will have GPS built in. The chances of Apple building a smaller phone any time soon strike me as nearly nil. Your smaller screen is the watch. iOS devices are getting bigger across the board.
 
Surf Monkey said:
Watch. The initial Apple Watch is only the opening salvo. the only thing it depends on the phone for right now is GPS. Future versions of this and other Apple wearables will have GPS built in. The chances of Apple building a smaller phone any time soon strike me as nearly nil. Your smaller screen is the watch. iOS devices are getting bigger across the board.
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This makes no sense. Can't browse anything on a watch.
 
The only way I can possibly see someone having problems on the smaller iphone 6 is if they are "holding it wrong"

Are you wrapping your pinky finger on the left side of the device(wrong way) or letting the bottom of your phone rest on the pinky finger(right way)


You gain about a 1/2" of thumb length when sound the latter
 
Surf Monkey said:
You're not intended to.
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Exactly, so you can't say the watch is Apple's solution for a small screen device like the iPhone used to be.

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Frankied22 said:
If you get it through a carrier you can still get 64GB.
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And you lose the new hardware features such as NFC/Apple Pay.

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Shockwave78 said:
The only way I can possibly see someone having problems on the smaller iphone 6 is if they are "holding it wrong"

Are you wrapping your pinky finger on the left side of the device(wrong way) or letting the bottom of your phone rest on the pinky finger(right way)


You gain about a 1/2" of thumb length when sound the latter
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Either way I hold it I either A) can reach the far side of the screen with my thumb OR B) have a strong grip with my fingers around the side. I cannot have a strong grip while also reaching the far side of the device with my thumb. Single handed use has basically been eliminated for someone with average sized hands.
 
Geckotek said:
Exactly, so you can't say the watch is Apple's solution for a small screen device like the iPhone used to be.

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And you lose the new hardware features such as NFC/Apple Pay.
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The person I quoted was talking about buying a 5S In 64GB. I don't think he cares about the 6.
 
Geckotek said:
Exactly, so you can't say the watch is Apple's solution for a small screen device like the iPhone used to be.
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Well, I can say anything I want, but the point is that their marketing direction couldn't be more clear. iOS devices are getting bigger, not smaller. The 6 and 6 Plus on the phone side and the rumored iPad "Pro" on that side. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to see the iPad Mini go away altogether. On the small side there's the Apple Watch and a range of other products that Cook hinted at in the Rose interview.

So, the landscape looks like this: iPad as a potential laptop replacement picking up heavier computing tasks. iPhone for casual browsing, game playing and other more intensive on the go operations. Apple Watch for notifications, messaging, health data collection, directions and other forms of direct communication between two parties.

They want you to have all three. And a Mac Pro on your desk at work. And a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro as a local storage hub. And an AppleTV to drive your HomeKit hub.
 
Surf Monkey said:
Well, I can say anything I want, but the point is that their marketing direction couldn't be more clear. iOS devices are getting bigger, not smaller. The 6 and 6 Plus on the phone side and the rumored iPad "Pro" on that side. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to see the iPad Mini go away altogether. On the small side there's the Apple Watch and a range of other products that Cook hinted at in the Rose interview.

So, the landscape looks like this: iPad as a potential laptop replacement picking up heavier computing tasks. iPhone for casual browsing, game playing and other more intensive on the go operations. Apple Watch for notifications, messaging, health data collection, directions and other forms of direct communication between two parties.

They want you to have all three. And a Mac Pro on your desk at work. And a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro as a local storage hub. And an AppleTV to drive your HomeKit hub.
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The point is that they will be losing a large chunk of users on the iPhone side if they don't reconsider like they reconsidered when they chose to go larger.
 
Surf Monkey said:
Doubtful. Rumors of a mass Apple exodus are consistently over stated.
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It's not doubtful at all. It's a simple fact.

People wanted a larger screen. Apple didn't offer that. So a certain amount of people went over to android. Right now a certain amount of people don't want a larger screen. Apple don't offer that with their new line up. So people who want that will go to android.

Nobody is saying they're a large demographic or will make a dent in anyone's gigantic profit margins. Or even that that demographic is not the minority, they obviously are. But the simple fact is. Those who previously wanted a larger screen didn't have an option with apple so they went elsewhere. Now it's he other way around. Those who want the smaller screen have no options with apple (unless they want last years phone) so will look elsewhere.

Apple could have easily remedied this by bumping the 5s specs to match the 6. Then there truly would have been something for everyone. Those who like a small phone, those who like mid sized phones and those after a phablet would have had options. Apple chose not to do this, and that's fair enough. But the simple fact is they will lose the custom of users who don't want a large screen. In the same way they'll gain customers now they offer a bigger screen.
 
I think I've decided to just keep my 5S another year. If Apple doesn't update a 4" model next year then I'll have to deal with the 4.7". Until then my 5S will be perfectly fine.
 
That's great. Me? I wouldn't hold my breath. The 4.7 is the default iPhone size from now on IMO. They won't be making a smaller one once they end-of-cycle the 5C.

lyceumHQ said:
It's not doubtful at all. It's a simple fact.

People wanted a larger screen. Apple didn't offer that. So a certain amount of people went over to android. Right now a certain amount of people don't want a larger screen. Apple don't offer that with their new line up. So people who want that will go to android.

Nobody is saying they're a large demographic or will make a dent in anyone's gigantic profit margins. Or even that that demographic is not the minority, they obviously are. But the simple fact is. Those who previously wanted a larger screen didn't have an option with apple so they went elsewhere. Now it's he other way around. Those who want the smaller screen have no options with apple (unless they want last years phone) so will look elsewhere.

Apple could have easily remedied this by bumping the 5s specs to match the 6. Then there truly would have been something for everyone. Those who like a small phone, those who like mid sized phones and those after a phablet would have had options. Apple chose not to do this, and that's fair enough. But the simple fact is they will lose the custom of users who don't want a large screen. In the same way they'll gain customers now they offer a bigger screen.
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