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iPhone 6 - 5.5 inch Is A Must
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:facepalm: I have managed to survive for 4 years pulling out a 3.5" phone without feeling embarrassed.
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I don't think you need to reserve judgement to find out that a 5.5 foot and 4.7 foot devices are too big. I also think your pants will break if you have a 5.5 foot device jammed in the pocket.
iPhones have always been a bit 'female' and the fact that all the Android devices are now man-sized makes this i5/5S seem even more girlie to me now. I feel a bit embarrassed pulling my i5 out I must admit. It's small and all the women have them...
Same here, but it needs to man-up and enlarge to masculine sizes rrrreal quick. The i5 was the last iPhone that should have been tiny. The 5S took it 12 months too far.
I am excited about the larger size for the 6, but I was still going to get it if it stayed at 4 inches. When the iPhone 5 came out, my security professor was happy about the iPhone 5 being larger, and asked if I was getting it. I said not for another couple years when my contract is up.
You... you can't be serious. Are you serious?
I'm kinda on the wind up...but iPhones are a bit girlie.
But that sounds a bit misogynistic, and, frankly, it makes you sound a bit insecure in your masculinity. But whatever floats yer boat.
It's funny. But bigger (screen size) is not necessarily better when it comes to mobile.
Even in the PC industry. Everyone thought 17 inch laptops were the bomb. That those big screens could replace a desktop screen.
Now the best selling "portable" laptop is still the 13 inch MacBook Air.
Same thing will happy in mobile phones. You just get to a point where it's too big. The Galaxy mega is way too big. Even Samsung didn't put much effort and gave it an inferior processor.
4.7-4.8 inch is great if done in the form factor of the Motorola Moto X. Or the Nexus 4. Those designs can still make it easy to hold a phone.
Even in the PC industry. Everyone thought 17 inch laptops were the bomb. That those big screens could replace a desktop screen.
Now the best selling "portable" laptop is still the 13 inch MacBook Air.
Same thing will happy in mobile phones. You just get to a point where it's too big. The Galaxy mega is way too big. Even Samsung didn't put much effort and gave it an inferior processor.
4.7-4.8 inch is great if done in the form factor of the Motorola Moto X. Or the Nexus 4. Those designs can still make it easy to hold a phone.
I have to wonder: What are you trying to compensate for?
There's nothing "embarrassing" about pulling out a phone, any phone, any size. My phone works for me. I may even keep my 5S if I find the 4.7 inch is too big for me.
Besides, my iPad air has a 9 inch screen and I regularly whip that out when I need something big. Does that mean I win the size contest?
I have to wonder: What are you trying to compensate for?
There's nothing "embarrassing" about pulling out a phone, any phone, any size. My phone works for me. I may even keep my 5S if I find the 4.7 inch is too big for me.
Besides, my iPad air has a 9 inch screen. Does that mean I win the size contest?
My HP Touchpad says no.
If I'm insecure in my masculinity, why would I own an iPhone - and a white one at that?
I'm just saying that in the UK at least, women tend to own tiny iPhones and men favour larger phones. I often get ribbed for my 'poncey' and 'gay' phone. As an iPhone owner for over four years, this obviously doesn't bother me greatly. However, now that every single phone on the market is much bigger than the iPhone, its reputation as being a bit 'girlie' is somewhat substantiated. I am sick of the small size now, quite frankly. Not only because of the iPhone feminine image, but mainly because my eyes are easily fatigued now with the small screen.
BTW, why the heck is it misogynistic?? :-/
Something can be feminine, high heeled court shoes for instance, or a dress, and that doesn't make me hate women! Saying that something is feminine isn't derogatory towards women
Huge phones are SO 1990's...
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And yet, not every single phone on the market IS bigger than the iPhone because, well, the iPhone itself is still on the market.
Hello! McFly! Are you thinking?!
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And yet, not every single phone on the market IS bigger than the iPhone because, well, the iPhone itself is still on the market.
Hello! McFly! Are you thinking?!
If I was presenting a phone that was bigger, I actually wouldn't mention that it was bigger. It just would be.
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44% of smartphones have 5 inch screens or above, but more importantly if we study the rate at which the screen size is increasing on devices being adopted, we this 44% is a lot bigger, as 5 inch and above phones have come out somewhat recently but yet have captured such a large share (even without apple having a single phone above 5 inch). Which ultimately proves 5 inches or above is the screen size to have.
Apple is on record for saying 3.5 inch or 4 inch is apparently the perfect size, numerous times.
So by apple releasing a iphone 6 model with a 4.7 inch screen, it is already, even before release, is not the product the market is demanding. Of course products are subjective to each person however the market and sales of other phones have clearly without doubt dictated 5 inch or above is the benchmark.
By apple releasing a phone below the 5 inch screen size, it is simply counter productive.
But of course I do not care because I will exclusively buy the 5.5 inch.
You can get android phones with quad core processors and 5 inch screens for like £70, a tenth of the price. Why should I buy the 4.7 inch version for £700?
And people who are complaining about the bezel, yes Apple will without doubt release a slim/no bezel iphone one day, but their hardware development team will only allow a number of desirable changes per term, basically the iphone 7, releasing in 2016 will be thinner, with less bezel and we WILL again go and buy it.
I have to wonder: What are you trying to compensate for?
There's nothing "embarrassing" about pulling out a phone, any phone, any size. My phone works for me. I may even keep my 5S if I find the 4.7 inch is too big for me.
Besides, my iPad air has a 9 inch screen and I regularly whip that out when I need something big. Does that mean I win the size contest?
My 3rd gen iPad has a 9.7 inch screen. I win
Less so than the white one for sure, but it's the tiny size and the fact it's an iPhone which makes it girly. iOS is considered 'simple to use' and 'restricted', which makes it desirable for old people and - sexism alert - women. Men pick larger phones and use Android. That's not my personal opinion, but it is the opinion of many who speak to me.
Then you need to find new people to "speak with," plain and simple. People who aren't acting like schoolchildren, judging people's manliness by the clumps of metal and glass they carry in their pockets.