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iPhone 6 Information Leak Sourced from Foxconn Details Dimensions of 4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch Versions
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This is also a BS reason to justify making a bigger phone for the mainstream.
Don't get me wrong, we can't just have phones for the techsavy people.
But as a techsavy person it frustrates me when the following happens:
Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Omfg your screen is so small, why don't you have one with a bigger screen?
Me: Because I like iOS and I don't have big hands?
Samsung Galaxy S5 user: What's iOS?
Me: the operating system that my phone is running, like android is running on yours.
Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Well I don't know anything about operating systems and all I know is that I wanted a new phone and this 1 had a bigger screen + it was cheaper, and the guy at the store said it was the latest one.!
Me: What do you use it for then?
Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Oh just, whatsapp mostly a little browsing sometimes.
Which results in me shaking my head in disappointment
These are the people who Apple is making phones for? it's all becoming a cluttered vast sea of phones that meet standards of people who are not smart enough to understand what a smartphone can actually do. MOST people aren't even aware of what an android phone is capable of, all they hear is BIGGER screen and CHEAPER, and their minds are made up. I don't think you should be making phones for those kinds of people.
Oh, so like the person that came in yesterday to buy the $1 iPhone 5C because it was cheap. Asked them to put in their Apple ID and they asked what that was. I told them it's required to be able to download apps. They said they just wanted to make calls and maybe text. That's all. Didn't even really know how the phone worked at all. So it goes both ways. Stop spreading lies as I see it everyday on both ends. Just like I see tech savvy people who dislike iOS because it's too simple and they want a bigger better phone in their eyes.
And that's why all major phone manufacturers continue to make 3.5" smartphones.
Or not.
Not questioning the authenticity of the report, seems the iPhone 6L a total disaster, notwithstanding it's slimmer, it's much taller than a Galaxy Note (1,2,3,4) while having a smaller screen and also heavier than some Note (183g n2) with smaller battery too (the note 2 has one with 3100mah and newer have much bigger while weighting less than the iPhone 6L...
I hope this nonsense being just Vaporware.
I hope this nonsense being just Vaporware.
....ok. So you put your phone on a desk, fine. As do i at work and also generally face up. How does a lens that sticks out mere millimeters prevent you from using it like you do.
Are you serious?
you must be from a different planet,because design and how a phone looks is a VERY important and crucial aspect.SPECIALLY with Apple.
That's why there is so much emphasis on design in first place.
So you saying because some people put their phone in a case,it doesn't matter how it looks or how the design looks like! lmao.
so the iPhone keeps getting taller and barely grows in width... do i just not see enough androids in person (99% of friends use iPhone, praise jesus) or does it seem that the iPhone is a much longer, thinner device than all androids?
to be honest, i was hoping the 6 was going to grow in width more than in height. the iPhone 7 might be 7" tall and 2" wide
to be honest, i was hoping the 6 was going to grow in width more than in height. the iPhone 7 might be 7" tall and 2" wide
Hopefully we will see the official invite going out next week. I'm starting to get excited. I hope Apple has a couple tricks up it sleeves that haven't been revealed about the phones yet.
The note 3 weights 168g measures 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm has a scree size of 5.7 and 3200mah battery, the iPhone 6L born loser.
But it says Foxconn on top of the screen, it must be real.
But yeah, the whole thing screams fake to me. Maybe I'm just too cynical.
Look at the date...
If I am not mistaken, these schematics are dated February 12 (look at the date in the bottom left of the computer screen). Furthermore, they show at least 2 prototypes per model -- who knows how many prototypes or models have been subsequently iterated.
I have a growing suspicion that most of the photo leaks of late are photos of knockoffs of an early design and we will see something a little different on Sept 9.
If I am not mistaken, these schematics are dated February 12 (look at the date in the bottom left of the computer screen). Furthermore, they show at least 2 prototypes per model -- who knows how many prototypes or models have been subsequently iterated.
I have a growing suspicion that most of the photo leaks of late are photos of knockoffs of an early design and we will see something a little different on Sept 9.
Apple doesn't make their own cameras, they usually outsource them to people like Sony. So either Sony missed the mark and apple didn't want to reduce the quality of the "most used camera in the world," or my guess would be optical image stabilization was voted as a good trade off for the protrusion. Either way, look for that to be the first revision with the 6s.
Well eventually the progress of design will allow for bigger screens in smaller form factors.
Old dumb phones were big obviously because of the tech available. The newer slimmer dumb phones weren't really that much more useful, just smaller.
Smartphones on the other hand are more useful with these bigger screens.
No, they won't. They are probably using these exact schematics to manufacture the Goophone i6 or whatever the KIRF is called two assembly lines over...
If this is the real deal, my mockup from back in april comes pretty close in the size department
More comparisons: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1727302/
More comparisons: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1727302/
As for the bands and camera ring, I don't really care. 99% of everyone that buys this phone will end up putting the iphone 6 in a case and won't see them. My biggest disappointment is in the size, especially the 5.5 in model. That is just huge for the 5.5 in model, bigger than most of the comparable phablets. I was debating between the two models and if this is accurate, I will definitely be getting the 4.7 in model.
Agree.
If they were from Foxconn they would be in Chinese and why would they need product comparisons like this at Foxconn??
I presume that you have two hands, just as I do? I use my current phone with two hands most of the time (such as right now), a bigger screen will only make it easier.
As I postet before: I very much like the white band.
Anyway, after looking closer I think the story is fake and someone is making his fun.
Nice mock up! Hopefully Apple reduces the bezels a little. The comparisons you list are all last gen phones except for the Nexus 5. But the Nexus 6 is right around the corner. Smaller bezels would be nice.....If this is the real deal, my mockup from back in april comes pretty close in the size department
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More comparisons: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1727302/
Since day 1 people have wanted a better camera on the iPhone. Protruding lens means they aren't compressing the camera for the sake of thinness. People complaining about a less than 1mm protruding camera lens as the end of the world are fairy princesses.
Also, anyone who says they should make the phone 1mm thicker so the camera doesn't protrude is incredibly stupid.
You haven't seen the phone, and making this call based on a 3d render is ridiculous hyperbole.
Also, anyone who says they should make the phone 1mm thicker so the camera doesn't protrude is incredibly stupid.
And thats by far one of the ugliest smartphone I ever seen... That makes it the ugliest iPhone ever.
You haven't seen the phone, and making this call based on a 3d render is ridiculous hyperbole.
You'd like Apple to continue to make a 4" phone. I get it. Fact is, when the larger phones are introduced there will still be ample inventory of 4" iPhones and they will be updated for some time to come. Now if you're they type who has to have the latest and greatest, that's a first world problem with little sympathy from me. Heck, we're posting in a tech forum about an upcoming phone. All of this is a first world problem.
The crux of my issue with your quote is the insistence that larger phones are for the less tech savvy people. Forgive me, but that premise is stupid. Not you, but the premise. What empirical data suggests that a person with a smaller phone is somehow more technically inclined? Forget empirical, I'd settle for anecdotal in this case. There is no correlation. It's like you're looking for an excuse as to why people like larger phones. There is no excuse or single reason. People like what they like for myriad reasons. MR is one of the more technically savvy forums and there are a crap ton of people here with larger phones and a boatload more wanting them. Are they less savvy than those who want the status quo? Sometimes I think we can resort to high drama to get our point across when it's not really necessary.
It's totally okay to express preference without denigrating the alternative.