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I don't think this is trolling. It's reminding everyone that the man who is seen like a god by many people on these forums, clearly got it wrong.
I think it's worth not believing everything a multi-billion dollar company says - all they want is your money and they'll tell you anything they can get away with to keep you handing over your cash.
Thats a very weak argument. If 3.5 was the definitive Size why did they change it to 4"?
They don't seem to be embarresed.....maybe because there are millions around them that have phones the same size?
I don't really think I'm whining nor complaining, but whatever. I think that most people are just holding Steve on a pedestal, and taking his words as gospel. If there was never a 3.5" iPhone, and we directly started at 4", there would maybe 1 person who ever brought up have a phone that is <4" would be "perfect" and anything bigger is stupid.
I think the problem is saying or thinking the size of the screen could ever be perfect. There are always trade-offs. Perfect for what? Making phone calls? Perfect for surfing the web? Perfect for looking at porn? Perfect for playing games? Perfect for watching videos? Perfect for typing a quick note? Perfect for using the calendar? The whole decision of the screen being setup for your thumb to reach the entire surface is fine, but that is only one aspect of usability.
Also, just to point out, no one really cares what you look like when you are talking on the phone.
OMG this phone has bezels. Where is the anti-bezel ripping this phone to shreds?
I think there will be no bezel, it will be a glass wrap around in line with patent applications that came out in the last year. In addition their pixel bending patent allows them to gain back altogether 3/8" (.375"). So they would only ned to expand diagonally .325". So without a bezel, this would be even less of an increase than the minor one shown earlier in the comments by the overlay with a bezel. It will be a beautiful sapphire glass enclosure all around, or according to another patent, shaped to snap into possibly a metallic back, probably aluminum.
It can be an amazing piece if Apple's patents are able to be implemented in this next upgrade. I would think it would take years for competitors to match. Can't imagine Apple investing so heavily in the sapphire plants if they weren't gearing up for manufacturing.
But, that being said, why the assumption that there won't be now 3 iPhones in the lineup.
- iPhone 5C replaces the 4 and 4S and is priced at the 4 level. ($0 with contract)
- iPhone 5S stays as the high-end 4" (16GB $99, 32GB $199)
- iPhone 6 becomes the luxury market piece for an additional $100. (Sapphire, A8, longer battery life, higher memory) (32GB $299, 64GB $399, 128GB $499)
I think the 5.5" rumored device will actually be called an iPad Touch with built in LTE option so it can also be used as a phone or just with a data plan. Maybe replacing the iPod Touch (Or, the iPod touch with an upgrade simply becoming the iPod.) Starting price without LTE would be 299.
It can be an amazing piece if Apple's patents are able to be implemented in this next upgrade. I would think it would take years for competitors to match. Can't imagine Apple investing so heavily in the sapphire plants if they weren't gearing up for manufacturing.
But, that being said, why the assumption that there won't be now 3 iPhones in the lineup.
- iPhone 5C replaces the 4 and 4S and is priced at the 4 level. ($0 with contract)
- iPhone 5S stays as the high-end 4" (16GB $99, 32GB $199)
- iPhone 6 becomes the luxury market piece for an additional $100. (Sapphire, A8, longer battery life, higher memory) (32GB $299, 64GB $399, 128GB $499)
I think the 5.5" rumored device will actually be called an iPad Touch with built in LTE option so it can also be used as a phone or just with a data plan. Maybe replacing the iPod Touch (Or, the iPod touch with an upgrade simply becoming the iPod.) Starting price without LTE would be 299.
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Perhaps 4.7 is the best for you?
I have been in a similar situation: I thought my iPhone 5 screen (4") was too small for text input and for reading text on several apps on the one hand, and on the other hand, I thought my Xperia Z screen (5") lead to a too big phone to get a good handy grip of - it was just a little bit too big (wide) to hold in one hand in a good manner.
The solution at present for me is an Xperia ZR with a 4.7" screen, which is a for me ideal screen size and also an ideal size for the phone itself to hold in the hand.
I will be very interested in a coming iPhone with a 4.7" screen, for that may just be very very fitting!
I have been in a similar situation: I thought my iPhone 5 screen (4") was too small for text input and for reading text on several apps on the one hand, and on the other hand, I thought my Xperia Z screen (5") lead to a too big phone to get a good handy grip of - it was just a little bit too big (wide) to hold in one hand in a good manner.
The solution at present for me is an Xperia ZR with a 4.7" screen, which is a for me ideal screen size and also an ideal size for the phone itself to hold in the hand.
I will be very interested in a coming iPhone with a 4.7" screen, for that may just be very very fitting!
why do people think the 5.5" phone is anywhere close to an iPad in terms of size. have you ever seen two side by side? it will still be a called a phone.
It's a rectangular device, like 100% of smartphones.
People need to look beyond the hardware and start to realise it's about SOFTWARE SOFTWARE SOFTWARE! This is where Apple is lightyears ahead of its rivals such as Google & Microsoft.
Funny how some are saying the rumored larger version of iPhone 6 looks similar to a Samsung S5. I don't hear copying as would be applied to Sammy. Could it be some features are generic to a device and it is okay to use those generic features without being accused of stealing them as Apple and it supporters like to do? Just saying.....
I've yet to see a smart watch in the wild ... I don't know if they really have a future
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They don't, it doesn't matter how hard you try, phablets don't fit in the pockets fine.
They barely fit, and they are just awkward to take there ....
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I'm with you.
If Apple will fail to deliver a truly pocketable smartphone (and 5+" droids AREN'T !) at a reasonable price (729 is my limit), I'll jump ship and Sony Z1 compact is very interesting (or maybe Z2 Compact in the future).
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It is not about me.
It is about you ... If you like to be ridiculous holding a pan to your hear during a phone call, feel free.
At the end of the '80/ start of '90 mobile phones were huge .... Today the situation is different
While the 6 look incredible, I'm just kinda bored of Apple's phones costing such a huge amount of money.
I'm an iOS power user on iPad but on iPhone just use the stock apps and a few obvious ones like Google Maps and Twitter. For £249 or less I can just go get a Nexus 5 and it's fast and does obvious stuff well enough.
I think the Smartphone market is maturing. The first CD players cost a bomb but after a while only a small % of the market bought high end expensive units and most of the market use mid-range and cheapie models as they were good enough.
I'm an iOS power user on iPad but on iPhone just use the stock apps and a few obvious ones like Google Maps and Twitter. For £249 or less I can just go get a Nexus 5 and it's fast and does obvious stuff well enough.
I think the Smartphone market is maturing. The first CD players cost a bomb but after a while only a small % of the market bought high end expensive units and most of the market use mid-range and cheapie models as they were good enough.
You are right. We are debating about form factor, but the price is a real problem here ...
But I don't think the nexus is a fair term of comparison ... They are selling it at a very low price on purpose
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I don't really think I'm whining nor complaining, but whatever. I think that most people are just holding Steve on a pedestal, and taking his words as gospel. If there was never a 3.5" iPhone, and we directly started at 4", there would maybe 1 person who ever brought up have a phone that is <4" would be "perfect" and anything bigger is stupid.
I think the problem is saying or thinking the size of the screen could ever be perfect. There are always trade-offs. Perfect for what? Making phone calls? Perfect for surfing the web? Perfect for looking at porn? Perfect for playing games? Perfect for watching videos? Perfect for typing a quick note? Perfect for using the calendar? The whole decision of the screen being setup for your thumb to reach the entire surface is fine, but that is only one aspect of usability.
Also, just to point out, no one really cares what you look like when you are talking on the phone.
One of the subjects of the photo wrote an article where he said it was embarrassing to make a phone call with a device so huge.
Maybe you don't care, like many people out there don't care about having a crest over the head, but surely I do. And it's not about the look, is about the comfort and the practicality of a device supposed to be carried around almost all the time.
You are, right, there isn't a perfect size and different users have different needs, but surely 5.5-6" is not the right size for a smartPHONE.
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Maybe he is referring to Ive ?
These renderings are pretty ugly... I wouldn't go quite that far though.
No, you don't. Nobody needs "the big one" or any of them to be honest. I want an upgrade really badly, but my iPhone 5 is already a lot better than a lot of people can get for various reasons. Even in today's world, you still should try not to be so ignorant and entitled.
Not to mention the most commonly broken! In all seriousness though, the iPhone 5 and 5s have the best design of all iPhones to date (and better than the designs presented here for sure) After owning my iPhone 5 since pre-orders shipped in Fall '12, I can't believe I ever liked the design of the iPhone 4 I had previously.
How so? Most iPhone users I know, including myself, won't upgrade if they make the phone too big to fit in their pocket. If they make a huge version -- which I still think they shouldn't, like I said they shouldn't make the iPad mini -- then they had better keep a smaller one around or they will alienate a ton of loyal users.
Steve Jobs was a human like the rest of us, he was imperfect and therefore was occasionally wrong. I recall him being excited about iTunes Ping, saying people will love it. He was a great man in most respects, but Apple fans still need to keep him off a pedestal; most of the hardware, software, and services you know and love from Apple during Steve's lifetime would exist even without him, especially toward the end of his life. He took the credit for a lot of things that were really the genius of others working at Apple under his lead.
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That's what I'm thinking all the time. Intelligent software design can compensate a lot for the one-hand-useage problems. Spreading frequently used functions in all directions to the far top, bottom and corners is contraproductive in this regard. Move all the navigation within the thumb's reach and it might be enough for 80/20. Making large screens significantly easier to use with one hand would be a competitive apple-like feature.
And as it turns out, most people don't actually have a problem using two hands to use a mobile phone.