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iPhone 6 Specs Seen by Analyst as 'Locked In' with 4.8-Inch Display and 802.11ac Wi-Fi
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Good point. There were several apps on my i5 that still were not "optimized" until summer of 2013, almost a year after release!
I hope you are right. Imagine all the hipsters in their skinny jeans running around with the larger phones in their pockets. It will look obscene. "is that a phone in your pocket..."
1704x960, while not industry standard, is still a nearly 16:9 ratio. It'd be the same ratio as the 5 and 5s now. And you're getting more PPI. I don't think it's that far fetched. It'd help developers a lot with easy scaling.
You are right but I would not worry about that. I think Apple are well aware of peoples screen size preferences. See what they did with iPad mini retina. Same specs, different screen size for different peoples need. Just as it should be.
iPad Mini
As you get older, like me, the desire to do many of the things I once did on an iphone decreases. The screen is too small.
The only thing I want an iphone for is calling people (using my synced contacts), camera and a flashlight. All other apps are better suited mirroring on my car navigation screen or an iPad (pick a size).
So, I need a small, durable flip phone with my contacts that works well with an iPad.
I have no need for a "larger" iphone because it would still be smaller then the iPad mini.
As you get older, like me, the desire to do many of the things I once did on an iphone decreases. The screen is too small.
The only thing I want an iphone for is calling people (using my synced contacts), camera and a flashlight. All other apps are better suited mirroring on my car navigation screen or an iPad (pick a size).
So, I need a small, durable flip phone with my contacts that works well with an iPad.
I have no need for a "larger" iphone because it would still be smaller then the iPad mini.
That's exactly the reason why Apple silently introduced that swipe-back-gesture some time ago. Believe me, they will certainly justify the bigger screen with software tweaks like that at the coming press event.
Exactly. That single feature in iOS 7 was probably the #1 reason that convinced me Apple would do a bigger iPhone display. Even the iPhone 5 display is a little big for me and I prefer to swipe back than hit the Back button.
It has become second nature to me, it's extremely infuriating when you're in apps using the iOS 6 APIs which don't support that and you just swipe and nothing happens.
thats a good screen size. 4.8-5in is perfect.
why is the old home button in the iphone 6 mock up? lol
why is the old home button in the iphone 6 mock up? lol
Apple.
Reinventing the perfect size of a phone.
Again.
They say that with every version of the iPhone.
It is as with the Galaxy Nexus. Although my max would probably be around 5" as with the Nexus 5.
Hopefully Apple makes the phone wider.
802.11.ac isn't that huge of a deal considering most won't have an ac wireless by then and few public places have gone beyond g at this point.
If they keep making 2 sizes, I would hope the larger size would be greater than 4.8". Let's add another half an inch and just say 5.3" or something.
I want a bigger phone so bad. I was so close to switching to the Note 3 a couple months ago. I want to stay with the iPhone, but I really want a bigger phone.
I want a bigger phone so bad. I was so close to switching to the Note 3 a couple months ago. I want to stay with the iPhone, but I really want a bigger phone.
They just have to eliminate some bezel and cut the top (Touch ID is on the bottom, maybe put it a little closer to the bottom edge) and it would probably fit in a hand comfortably still.
But developers shouldn't really need much help with scaling. If you build your app correct (This of-course doesn't apply to every type of app) it should scale with almost nothing being done by the developer. This is what the auto layout is for.
no, the iphone is too much in my pocket as is, I love having my ipod touch with me almost invisible in my pocket at 88 grams around the house, that is what I would like to see iphone 6 like, I don't want a bigger screen for reading and typing, I have an ipad mini for when I want size of screen. I hope they release 2 models though, what both of us want.
ac is on almost all new routers I believe, and by the end of the year probably all. Apple knows what they are doing, they knew it would not be very wise to add to the iphone 5s due in part because the standard wasn't widely adopted yet, and because obviously they want as many new features in the iphone 6 as possible.
Maybe about time for you and a few others but even Google admits through their latest Android report for developers most people (over 80%) still use a small screen phone (4" or smaller).
