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iPhone 6 Could See Sleep/Wake Button Move, 401 ppi in 5.5" Model, Sapphire Display in High-End Phones

I for one hope that Kuo is wrong about the 1GB RAM - Ideally, I'd like to see 2GB of Microns new lower power but considerably faster than DDR3, DDR4 RAM.

I also don't care for the alleged iPhone 4.7" resolution - I hope Apple goes with something more standard.

iOSBry
 
I hope the 5.5 releases at the same time as the 4.7. Assuming they'll even make both sizes.
 
I never realized it but the point about using sapphire screens for Touch ID over the entire screen is really smart.
 
HiRez said:
I wonder if Apple can implement RAM compression in the iPhone
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Kernel RAM/Memory compression is already built in to iOS 7 - https://mobile.twitter.com/SquiffyPwn/status/394296053345705985

iOSBry
 
For the 4.7", 1440x810 or 1600x900 seem like better choices than 1334x750. If you are going to bother creating a new resolution for developers to deal with anyway, you might as well future-proof yourself. With PPIs approaching or exceeding 400, it's a lot easier to implement effective resolution scaling, as we have on desktop/laptop retina displays. I assume that's where this is all going eventually. Just make the resolution high enough that developers make everything scalable for any resolution at a certain aspect ration, and let the phone scale down your assets and antialias so it looks good.

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iOSBry said:
Kernel RAM/Memory compression is already built in to iOS 7 - https://mobile.twitter.com/SquiffyPwn/status/394296053345705985y
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Ah, interesting! First time I've seen that. Probably a good reason why iOS performs as well as it does with less RAM than its competition. Still, 1 GB seems a little iffy for the next 2+ year lifecycle.

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thejadedmonkey said:
Welp, it looks like Apple's doing the same thing as everyone else and linking screen size to high/low end devices. bummer :(
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I assume this is only temporary, until they can ramp up sapphire production to the necessary levels to reduce costs and meet demand. Don't think they could even make enough screens for every iPhone right now even if they wanted to as they are still building out that production capacity, and there are bound to be issues getting it up to full bore.
 
re: iOS device RAM

Apple could do 2GB in the next devices, but split into 1GB primary and 1GB secondary.

So apps execute and are targeted to the 1MB primary, for backwards compatibility, and the secondary 1GB could be used for “dynamic overflow”. So the 2GB could do things like hold more Safari tabs in memory without refreshing, or be used to maintain more background processes, but lack of the extra GB wouldn’t reduce any core app functionality. I could see a pretty straight forward set of SDK methods to allow allocating to the extra RAM if available.
 
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In line with previous rumors, Kuo believes the new 4.7-inch model will come with a 1334x750 Retina display at 326 pixels per inch, while the 5.5" will see a 1920x1080 screen at 401 ppi. Both devices will have the same aspect ratio to the iPhone 5, meaning apps will not need to be redesigned for the second time in three years.
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Aspect ratio is not the only consideration, which means these rumors are bunk.

They'd need to also be even-multiples of 320 wide, otherwise current apps wouldn't land on pixel boundaries and would look less crisp. Why wouldn't the 4.7" screen (assuming there is one) be 1704 x 960? That's 417ppi

And at 5.5 (getting really ridiculous), the same 1704 x 960 is still a respectable 356ppi.

Far more likely, assuming something ridiculous like this rumor of two sizes of iPhone in one year.

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samcraig said:
NFC. Really? Doubtful.
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No kidding, right?
 
HiRez said:
For the 4.7", 1440x810 or 1600x900 seem like better choices than 1334x750. If you are going to bother creating a new resolution for developers to deal with anyway, you might as well future-proof yourself. .
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Do Apple care about so called "standard resolution"? I guess not. For retina display devices, let me see: 640×960 for iPhone 4/4s, 1136 x 640 iPhone 5/5s, 2,048 x 1,536 for iPad/iPad mini and none of them is "standard" resolution. I don't see them doing that this time either.
 
samcraig said:
I'm also not sure I would want a 5.5" phone that was thinner. First - I don't mind a thicker phone and use that space for more battery juice. Second - there's a point where the phone is of a certain size that it might/could feel "brittle" for being too thin.
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They WON'T do the "lump" that other makers do for the camera. Just pack the thing with extra massive battery!!
 
iOSBry said:
I for one hope that Kuo is wrong about the 1GB RAM - Ideally, I'd like to see 2GB of Microns new lower power but considerably faster than DDR3, DDR4 RAM.

I also don't care for the alleged iPhone 4.7" resolution - I hope Apple goes with something more standard.

iOSBry
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iPhone RAM is built into the processor package. Its not a separate chip. When they can die shrink to cram 2GB and an A8 then you'll see it.
 
God of Biscuits said:
They'd need to also be even-multiples of 320 wide, otherwise current apps wouldn't land on pixel boundaries and would look less crisp.
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They don't really have to be in even-multiples of 320 wide. Apple could just letter box like they did with the iPhone 5. But 750 px wide seems really odd.
 
If I'm going to get an iPhone 6 and it's going to have to last me until the end of 2016, it better have more than 1GB of ram! Pathetic. 64-bit processors use more ram.
 
fallenjt said:
Do Apple care about so called "standard resolution"? I guess not. For retina display devices, let me see: 640×960 for iPhone 4/4s, 1136 x 640 iPhone 5/5s, 2,048 x 1,536 for iPad/iPad mini and none of them is "standard" resolution. I don't see them doing that this time either.
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3GS was a standard 320x480. So 4 was double in both directions.that made apps scale up and down. 5 was 4 made 16:9 with the same width. So apps just had to be taller. iPad was a standard 1027x768. The new one was double in both directions...

With iOS 7 all 320x480 devices fell off. With iOS 8 most likely all iPhone 4 screens will depreciate. ipad mini is the only low res ipad left as well. So Apple has made room for another new screen size without taxing devs too hard.
 
Parts...

All this rumor stuff will be ignored until parts start leaking....

Double down on security all you want, someone will sneak out the parts.
 
I have no problem with Apple offering 5.5 inch iPhone, I think they need to, lots of people want it. I personally don't, but I will be pretty bummed if the 5.5 inch phone in any way is "premium" to the 4.7 inch phone. I hope it is similar to the iPad's, where the screen size is the only difference.
 
I always thought my ipod touch 5 gen, looks and feels better than the iphone 5s and it looks like that is the form factor Apple will adopt. If so then it will be a stupendous hit.
 
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