So 5.4 inch will be lighter than 8? I feel my X is slightly too heavy and too large so 5.4 will be perfect for me! There were rumors of thinner bezel which would further help with size and weight.
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Kuo on 2020 iPhones: 5.4-Inch and 6.7-Inch Models With 5G, 6.1-Inch Model With LTE, All With OLED Displays
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I’ll take the 6.7 inch model. My XS Max seem too small for me at times and I would love a bigger phone with a better camera and a Qualcomm modem. I love my XS Max, so I’ll holding onto it until 2020.
I rarely have to reach the top corner of the screen and I keep my phone caseless. I don’t have an issue using it one handed for most things even the max. I use reachability a lot also. I never had issues with the x. The max is a little harder but I still use it one handled all the time.
I knew once the OnePlus 7 Pro and Note 10 got bigger screens, that the iPhone would bump the size up too.
My 7 Plus still runs perfectly fine. Sometimes I have to top off four or five times a day. But I make it work. But it's getting a little long in the tooth.
2020 sounds like it's gonna be the year to upgrade. But man oh man, that 6.7 will be a brick. I've got big hands, but Apple doesn't seem to care about ergonomics. The XS Max weighs too much as it is! And I don't even want to think about the price lol.
Hopefully there's at least a smaller notch...and more than 64gb for the base model. Either way, it'll make for countless hours of entertainment as the various YouTube channels trash Apple for still having a notch and 64gb of base storage.
My 7 Plus still runs perfectly fine. Sometimes I have to top off four or five times a day. But I make it work. But it's getting a little long in the tooth.
2020 sounds like it's gonna be the year to upgrade. But man oh man, that 6.7 will be a brick. I've got big hands, but Apple doesn't seem to care about ergonomics. The XS Max weighs too much as it is! And I don't even want to think about the price lol.
Hopefully there's at least a smaller notch...and more than 64gb for the base model. Either way, it'll make for countless hours of entertainment as the various YouTube channels trash Apple for still having a notch and 64gb of base storage.
Anyone hoping for the notch to go away/become hidden cares. Anyone waiting for 5G, even if it’s a good amount of hype at the moment, probably cares. Anyone who’s interested in a 120Hz display (ProMotion) cares. Anyone who’s interested in USB-C cares. Once all of that arrives, I think we can honestly call that iPhone, “peak iPhone”, at least when it comes to the typical, rectangular smartphone shape we’ve all become accustomed to holding in our hands since 2007. The next “ascension” of the smartphone/iPhone would be the ability (maybe) to turn a smaller phone into a larger phone (display that expands) like we’ve seen in some sci-fi movies/TV shows. The first attempt hasn’t gone too well for Samsung.
You want old people? How's this for get-off-my-lawn?
Apple will never talk about NITS for these displays. They have to be half the brightness of my 6Plus - any wonder the blacks are blacker, they're half as bright! These OLED displays were a no-go before Apple started using them, and even worse now that Apple has picked them up - colours are off, view angle is disgusting. I don't need rounded corners that don't display anything useful (looks like the 1980s - Ive, wake up!), the phones are heavier and thicker and I don't need wireless charging - When is Apple going to give me a reason to upgrade. Everything I look at is smaller on the X phones than on my 6Plus - stop offering me trade-ins, just make a phone that's in any way an improvement -- and no, I'm not paying for a faster processor when everything on the screen is smaller!!
Still waiting for a reason to upgrade… (and like the 6 design, we'll be stuck with the X design for 4 years, sheesh).
Apple will never talk about NITS for these displays. They have to be half the brightness of my 6Plus - any wonder the blacks are blacker, they're half as bright! These OLED displays were a no-go before Apple started using them, and even worse now that Apple has picked them up - colours are off, view angle is disgusting. I don't need rounded corners that don't display anything useful (looks like the 1980s - Ive, wake up!), the phones are heavier and thicker and I don't need wireless charging - When is Apple going to give me a reason to upgrade. Everything I look at is smaller on the X phones than on my 6Plus - stop offering me trade-ins, just make a phone that's in any way an improvement -- and no, I'm not paying for a faster processor when everything on the screen is smaller!!
Still waiting for a reason to upgrade… (and like the 6 design, we'll be stuck with the X design for 4 years, sheesh).
Got a XS and a Galaxy S10E but the phone I use and like the most is my SE. Small can be good.
He has a record of being right, even this far into the future. Ming is the most accurate of all the insiders.
[doublepost=1560835605][/doublepost]6.7 inches sounds good. I always want the biggest phone available.
I guess they might be able to squeeze the devices to get a 6.7" display in the old 6.5" Chassis, especially if the phone has squared edges like the SE. If that logic is maintained for the 5.4" version, this could be slap bang between an iPhone SE and iPhone 8 size. This is a compromise I might be able to accept.
... I think I'm gonna get another SE to tide me over. My current battery is 3 years old and the front facing camera doesn't work anymore.
... I think I'm gonna get another SE to tide me over. My current battery is 3 years old and the front facing camera doesn't work anymore.
5.4 inch screen:
About 0.4 inches shorter and 0.2 inch less wide than a iPhone X/xs.
So the size will be between a 5s/se and iPhone 6/7/8.
About 0.4 inches shorter and 0.2 inch less wide than a iPhone X/xs.
So the size will be between a 5s/se and iPhone 6/7/8.
6, 6s, 7, 8 all had the same design and screen size.
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Turn display zoom on. Everything is now bigger on your screen.
The USB-C possibility is increasing as we have USB-C , USB-PD 3.0, USB 3.2 as well as security features all sorted out, may be even USB4. But I doubt Apple will drop MFi. So if you are hoping for cheaper cables, I don't think that will happen.
The 5G Modem, and those mmWave Antenna are bloody expensive. ( While bring little to no actual improvement in majority of cases ). So those are only on XS Successors' Model. And my guess is that mmWave will stay that way for a bit of time before coming down to XR.
That is actually a brilliant move. I have always wonder how they are going to have a Smaller phone without hurting their ASP. The 5.4" will still be $999.
I also think it would be 5.5", and not 5.4". Reason being 5.5" 19.5 : 9 Ratio Display has the exact same width as 4.7" 16.9 Ratio Display. i.e The 5.5" iPhone will be the size as the current 4.7" iPhone.
The 6.7" is assuming the Bezel shrinks by 2mm on each side from the current 4mm. That is quite a tall order.
A 5.4” would be pretty close to the 6/7/8 (not the SE); almost the same width, and 0.22” (1/5”) less tall.
SE (4.0) 2.31 x 4.87
8 (4.7”) 2.65 x 5.45
XS (5.8”) 2.79 x 5.65
XR (6.1” ) 2.98 x 5.94
Max (6.5”) 3.05 x 6.20
With the same bezel width as the XS, the 5.4” would be:
11S (5.42”) 2.58 x 5.23
However, although the physical size of the 5.4” would be close to the 6/7/8, it would be much more difficult to use one-handed, since the 11S will require a 5.4” diagonal thumb stretch—almost the same (5.5”) as a 6/7/8 Plus—instead of the 4.0” stretch of the SE or even the 4.7” of the regular 6/7/8.
Anyone who likes the SE because it’s operable one-handed will be very disappointed with a 5.4” 11S.
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the most popular model will be the 6.1" again but if this doesn't support 5G Apple might lose more customers than they already are.
This is apple you are talking about.
I wonder what else will be different between the eXpenSive and the eXpensive lesseR models.
It will cost more as it will have 5G and be better in areas like camera that’s why
Yeah it's a shame, but to be honest the only factor I'm interested in is the width of the phone (short thumbs)
I hope people don't mind me reposting an image I created before during the original Digitimes report. This was assuming a 4mm bezel, which I really hope / expect that Apple will be able to improve upon in the 2020 devices.
Anything slimmer than the iPhone 8 is something I'm onboard with!
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No, it’s very logical. More expensive parts = more expensive selling price.
For instance, the current XS has more expensive parts than the larger XR: a more expensive screen (the XS’s OLED is more expensive than XR’s LCD, even though it’s smaller); more RAM (4GB vs. 3GB); a better rear camera; a stainless steel vs. aluminum frame; a faster cellular modem; 3D Touch; and probably some other things I’ve forgotten.
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