I'm talking about having two personal phones. That's what you were talking about.
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I'm talking about having two personal phones. That's what you were talking about.
you can set the LED flash to flash notifications in Accessibility, just saying.....
Yes! I love my 5c. Something similar with the internals that are rumored in this story would be ideal!
1. Large amount of people still on 5s or below.
2. Continued uptick in defecting Android customers.
3. As you said, aspirational buyers in developing countries.
4. 2gigs of ram, A9 chip, better camera, faster Touch ID, better screen & glass, force touch. Modest updates.
I own two phones simple as that.
Not everyone needs two phones but it's not like Apple was suffering too bad when 3.5 was their only phone. People liked them well enough. They sold quite well and iPhone owners were very happy with them.
Choice is a wonderful thing.
Doesn't matter. Look at disney. Espn lists 3% of subscribers and the stock drops. Arguably it should drop more but the iPhone accounts for more of apples profit than Espn does of Disney's
I think he is referring to colored led light for notifications, like Android has. Different colors, different light frequency, customized notifications per App or Contacts or Both
I still don't think Apple is doing this but if they are then let us hope they do better than they did with the 5C. 
Unfortunately, we can't use our phones with your hands.
Apple is researching all the time. This is Apple marketing at its best. And that's all that can be said about the current state of affairs at the moment.
Apple made the decision to compete with Android, despite years of ridiculing their "phablet" phones and mini tablets. So now Apple jumps into the market, while at the same time introducing a brand new product designed to be used with the iPhone, which would make having a larger iPhone even easier -- the Watch. Moreover, Apple needs to guarantee they will sell phones to cover the R&D and manufacture startup of the iPhone 6 -- what better way than to force customers to buy them by only offering the new phone and features in one of two new sizes. Guarantees that only diehard smaller phone users will not upgrade, and that alone gives Apple some very important real world data they didn't have before. Then they wait to introduce the smaller form factor as soon as their other major priorities are behind them: Watch, Force Touch, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, ATV 4. Then upgraded 4" iPhone. In much the same way as the iPad mini 3 wasn't much more than a facelift from the previous generation, and there is no iPad Air 3 this year. Regardless, the rumored phone seems unlikely to be as crippled as the 5C, and the 5S is still holding its own. Only once Apple gets this phone on the market will they know how many current 6 users will drop down to a smaller phone when they upgrade, but I suspect they already have a pretty good idea, as you suggest. Depending on how that plays out in the real world will determine their course of action going forward.
This sweeping generalization that the world has changed and everybody wants to carry a giant screen in their bag, or stuffed somehow in their pants, is a bit of a stretch. The specious reasoning that Android stopped making a premium 4 inch phone seems pretty typical of their behavior ... if Apple isn't doing it, they don't need to do it. They're making a fine living off selling giant phones which they pioneered. Give them time, if Apple doesn't release a 4" phone, Android may just see the same opportunity to differentiate themselves from Apple as they did with Phablets and mini-tablets, and now round watches, and edgeless phones. It's not like Phablets appeared overnight after the original iPhone launched. It took a while, first copying, then throwing every concept they could at the wall, until they found one that stuck.
The pendulum aways swings two ways, and it's only a matter of time before general use patterns change, and Apple catches Android off guard yet again.
Yes Yes Yes the iPod is the perfect form, don't change a thing except reduced bezel...perfect one hand operation etc...5s form? not...
This is totally true. The problem is the "more is better" mentality. A larger screen be it a TV or laptop or phone usually looks superior or dominant when compared to a smaller screen - especially when playing video side by side. However IMO the use case Apple had for the iPhone 5 in terms of screen size was absolutely perfect.
Android users generally don't have the self restraint to stay with the use case - they'll always want the big screens with the big resolution and big open software but can't see the nuances and benefits of actually just staying small.
4" phone, retina resolution (not OTT), and a curated/restricted App Store. Freakin' bliss.
That is awesome. I thought Apple and rest of the smartphone makers will kill smaller phones forever. But, now there is a hope for many to ultimately ditch few years old and still using 4S and 5/5S and get latest tech like VOLTE, ApplePay, VOWiFi, more LTE bands. faster processor and possibly more RAM, better camera..etc..etc
If it has force touch, I'm in. And if it doesn't have force touch, I'm in. I'm tired of holding my iPhone ON my hand instead of IN my hand.
I'm totally perplexed by the number of people who seem to be annoyed that Apple is considering making a smaller phone again. We get it, you like your big ole phone/tablet. After all the reviews of the 6, 6+, 6s saying that they are too big, and all the countless comments we've seen on this site from people who are waiting for Apple to make an iphone again that isn't an ipad mini, you'd think you all would realize that this is a real want/need. I see people everywhere trying to jam 6's into their back pockets (which is where most people still carry their phones believe it or not) and they are hanging halfway out of their pockets. Sorry, not trying to live like that. I don't need to be sticking a digital trapper keeper into my pocket. I'd rather have something that fits. And I am in media, and view media constantly, and even the iphone 4 was just fine size wise. If I want to view it large, I'd look on an actual computer.
I've held onto my 5s for a good while, and will continue to until something closer to that size, yet more powerful comes out.
I've held onto my 5s for a good while, and will continue to until something closer to that size, yet more powerful comes out.
I like my small car with a high power engine not a small car with a anemic engine...
Same idea here, smaller size phone shall not be limited to old phone internals...
News Flash...
There's a massive Canyon between rumor and momentum.
Returning to little phones may be far less exciting than Apple would have you believe.
The Thrill Is Gone...
I strongly doubt that the case since everything is becoming smaller each year. Compare the size of the A7 to that of the A9! Apple can fit everything inside of a 4" case that is in the 4.7"!
The iTouch is A8 and so is the just release Apple TV! Not sure about the iPads that are still selling. Current release Air are A9 but there are a low cost version too.
Yep!
The extra space filled up in a 4.7" is for the battery needed for that extra 0.7" of screen.
No issue fitting the modern guts into a 4" form factor.
Agreed. This report confirms Apple is listening to a signficant number of fans of the 4 inch form factor. The screen on the 6 will fit inside the dimensions of the 5S.