On the other hand, just because you have giant King Kong hands doesn't mean everyone else has...
They would be way better off with a couple options...Kind of like the iPad and iPad mini for different needs...
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On the other hand, just because you have giant King Kong hands doesn't mean everyone else has...
They would be way better off with a couple options...Kind of like the iPad and iPad mini for different needs...
I would hope Apple does begin to offer two sizes of iPhones considering how popular iPhones have been. If I didn't utilize iCloud as much as I do, I would have definitely gotten myself a Galaxy Note. As much as I dislike Android, the screen size would sell me on it alone. The only 2 complaints I really have about the iPhone is the battery life and screen size. So I'm hoping we'll see the bigger iPhone soon.
Do not want
I use my phone all day and love how I can reach all the corners of the screen with my thumb while never having to move my hand. It's a huge part of the mobile experience to not have to constantly clutch the phone with two hands. If the phone gets any bigger it'll suffer from the same problem as the galaxy series, they're far too big to use one handed. Apple is smart enough to know this I'm sure.
I use my phone all day and love how I can reach all the corners of the screen with my thumb while never having to move my hand. It's a huge part of the mobile experience to not have to constantly clutch the phone with two hands. If the phone gets any bigger it'll suffer from the same problem as the galaxy series, they're far too big to use one handed. Apple is smart enough to know this I'm sure.
I love that large screensize. If Apple would come out with a redesign and a larger screen I would consider them again for a phone.
If true, 4.9" is to big (thats what she said). 4.7" is the max. I have smaller hands and the SGS3 was a pain to use one handed, so if Apple wants to cater for the mass markets, 4.9" is going to be too much.
This is why i missed the S, I am happy with my 5 and the fact that the 6 will definitely have a larger screen. As for the size, shape and form yet the rumours begin.
As a creative this size is much needed for practical reasons. Sometimes you need a larger display to present media/work and you don't always want carry an extra iPad on site and the iPad mini can't be used as a regular mobile phone so this serves both purposes. If they could put a mobile chip in the iPad mini that would be great too.
No thank you.
This stupid obsession with these mini cutting board phones is ridiculous.
I don't want a phone any bigger than the 5S.
This stupid obsession with these mini cutting board phones is ridiculous.
I don't want a phone any bigger than the 5S.
Keep the 5C and add A7, new cameras and TouchID
Release iPhone 6 with 4.5" screen or greater screen, A8 and whatever else.
You now have options for small screen consumers and larger screen consumers.
Release iPhone 6 with 4.5" screen or greater screen, A8 and whatever else.
You now have options for small screen consumers and larger screen consumers.
People read what they want to read. Who are you and I to judge?
If you don't like the content of an article, why are you reading it? If you don't like the discussions on a thread, why are you posting in it? If you don't like how a forum is being used, why do you keep coming back to it?
If your computer is in fact functioning properly, you have every ability to to skip an article, a thread and even, an entire forum. If you are reading an article or participating in a thread that you find distasteful, its not everyone else's fault.
Right, funny.
No, they are same specs but with different market points. The iPad mini fills in the cheaper iPad with Airness. More to the point, it fills in quite nicely the portable area which Apple had problems with.
A phone is not a GPS unit. If you need a phone as a GPS unit, then buy a standalone GPS unit. You'll get a bigger screen, far more accurate maps, better speaker volume and a cheaper alternative factoring lower data consumption (assuming you have a metered plan).
If it does happen, then it means Apple can't innovate with actual features but is just selling you a bigger screen, kinda the thing that Samsung does. So, the way of the dodo is something Apple will suffer if they do fail to deliver anything but a bigger screen. Bigger screen is becoming the new camera MP marketing scheme.
Exactly, you said yourself, Apple knows you don't need it. Steve knew people didn't need a bigger screen. People don't know what they want. Steve knew and understood that. Cook doesn't. Increasing the size of the screen just mean giving into market madness and what the competition says. Apple leads the competition, doesn't follow them.
Exactly, our phones are basically turning into iPad Minis... what's the point? None. It looks ridiculous to see people with tablet on their ear.
So long then.
Yes sure, a simple "lol" contains so much logic I cant refute your point.
The 3.5" screen on the original iPhone was criticized and yet it sold millions before it was ditched. It means, it worked, Apple made a mistake by making it bigger. See above on this argument.
Where would the ear piece go? The proximity sensor? Where would the home button go as well? Bigger phones are uncomfortable to use and that is a fact. Heavier, can't hold with one hand, and it pretty much looks like you have a tablet, not a phone, on your ear.
This is a phone, not a tablet. Need a tablet? Get an iPad or Nexus Tab.
Choice is never bad. Need a bigger screen in the iOS world? iPad. Android? Several Nexus, Kindle and Galaxy options. You have options.
For you. However, you fail to see the real picture. See above for all different arguments against bigger screen.
Couldn't have said it better myself. Kuddos to you good sir.
Jony Ive: "Two years ago, we thought we had introduced the perfect screen size. Letting your finger move from here, to here. And we were right- oh... And we were wrong."
How about no? all the screen sizes and resolutions are already making it difficult, especially without having a vector renderer. stop chasing Faildroid and innovate
iPhone (as well as all other smartphones that have come since) was never just a phone. To start, the iPhone was meant to be a wide screen ipod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet communications device. Since then, Apple have added many native features to the iPhone including a navigation app.
If people should not be using iPhones as a navigation device, someone should tell Apple. Apple have spent tens of millions of dollars building their own native maps application.
The problem with 3:2 is you get a very wide display very fast as you up the size, and that will be uncomfortable as hell quick fast if you try to go to a 4.5" display
This is the reason why phones like the GS4 are still pretty usable despite being 5". A 16:9 1080P display gives you a large canvas for displaying content, but are narrow enough in portrait orientation to maintain usability with very small bezels and the front of the device being 90% screen.
