Most women - just like men - have two hands. Even the largest phones are small enough and holding them is never an issue for anybody. One handed usage is a different matter. It might be important for those who use phones while driving or riding a train/bus (and standing).
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New iPhones Score Well with 'Consumer Reports', but Display and Battery 'No Match' for Android Competitors
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Most women - just like men - have two hands. Even the largest phones are small enough and holding them is never an issue for anybody. One handed usage is a different matter. It might be important for those who use phones while driving or riding a train/bus (and standing).
I'm probably one of the few that don't want a bigger display, I struggle to use my iPhone 5 with my hands as it is. I have very small hands, yes.
Battery life, for me it's alright, it isn't the best but still I'm on Wifi networks a lot so the battery feels like it holds up quite well. When my network upgrades to 4G I guess that may help a little when I would usually have to use 3G. Although still, if I think about it, I havn't ran out of power once when I'm out 9-6pm. So I guess it wouldn't make much difference if they did upgrade it.
Battery life, for me it's alright, it isn't the best but still I'm on Wifi networks a lot so the battery feels like it holds up quite well. When my network upgrades to 4G I guess that may help a little when I would usually have to use 3G. Although still, if I think about it, I havn't ran out of power once when I'm out 9-6pm. So I guess it wouldn't make much difference if they did upgrade it.
Two options here:
1) Your might want to re-calibrate your eyes because latest AMOLED screens have better color accuracy than iPhone. Here is a quote from the DisplayMate (an authority on this subject) review of Samsung Galaxy Note 3 display:
"Color Gamut and Absolute Color Accuracy
The Note 3 Movie Mode delivers the most accurate Color and White Point calibration for the Standard sRGB/Rec.709 consumer content that is used for virtually all digital camera, HDTV, internet, and computer content, including photos and videos."
2) Most people actually prefer color saturated pictures and do not even bother switching to Movie Mode.
Apple should make an iteration of the iPhone 6 with a 6" screen and name it iPhone 6I, for idiot. That will take care of the people wanting to carry around a phablet. Marketing slogan: iPhone 6I "For the idiots.".
For 20 years cell phone manufacturers made their devices smaller and smaller, touting ease of one-handed use. Now they are getting bigger and bigger, and apologists are now saying "we have two hands." Let's face it. Apple can make the phone a little bigger (maybe 4.3 or 4.5") and still make it easy for single-handed use, but a "phablet" strikes me as too big for a phone and too small for a tablet. I think Android has gravitated there because the OS isn't optimized for tablets. Developers and even Google itself makes a "phone" version and expects it to work on devices of all sizes. That's not possible, so Android emphasizes big phones and small tablets.
iOS emphasizes small, portable 16x9 iPhones, and more expansive 4x3 iPads.
Yes, they are the 4th largest magazine in the US (behind only AARP publications and Better Homes and Gardens) and the only one in the top 25 that does not take advertisements. Highly influential.
Why worry about someone who wants a big phone? If you don't want a 6" phone, buy one sized according to your needs. Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them an idiot.
True, they are not good because they are not good. They always over reach, they aren't qualified to make the determinations they do, and they are the absolute worst place to look for technology information.
On top of their complete incompetence, their base demographic has to be creeping up to the 60-80 crowd.
I'm not worried about it at all. I just seriously doubt Apple will make one that big. I see 5" at the absolute maximum. Apple makes what the would use themselves, and I don't think they would use a 6" phone.
It doesn't actually have to work like that - although granted, a lot of devs just expand the background, leaving a small UI in the middle.
It can be done so that, for example you have profiles for font sizes, button design, images, etc so that they are reorganised and repositioned according to how much screen real estate is available.
Think of it as the equivalent to CSS Media queries, but a hell of a lot more powerful.
While I appreciate the fact that people have different tastes, I will never be comfortable with the kind of oversized phone I've seen from Sony and Samsung. I've tried holding them, but there's nothing left of my hand to reach around and type with once it's stretched around the thing. If I wanted a device that needed two hands to operate in a normal fashion, I would get a tablet. As for a phone, if I'm to press it against my ear, I prefer something that's a little less the size of a book.
There is a major flaw in your statement. For 20 years phone manufacturers made their devices smaller and smaller. That's correct. Then they stopped manufacturing phones and started manufacturing mobile computers that happen to also have phone capabilities. And in the last 20 years computer manufacturers actually were making their devices (displays) larger and larger. Saying that phablet is to small and large is like saying that 13" laptop is too small as a desktop replacement laptop and too large as a portable laptop. Each size excels at something.
Ugh, Consumer Reports is worthless.
I've owned a plethora of Android devices (most recently the S4) and have always had battery related issues at random. On a forum I recently posted on a user was complaining that Facebook was causing a huge battery drain even while the device was sleeping. He removed facebook and the issue shifted to reporting the same usage under the Android services/OS.
Android might beat Apple on display size, but I have no desire to own a massive phone again. I want something that fits in my hand and allows me to use it one handed.
I've owned a plethora of Android devices (most recently the S4) and have always had battery related issues at random. On a forum I recently posted on a user was complaining that Facebook was causing a huge battery drain even while the device was sleeping. He removed facebook and the issue shifted to reporting the same usage under the Android services/OS.
Android might beat Apple on display size, but I have no desire to own a massive phone again. I want something that fits in my hand and allows me to use it one handed.
I think you are in the majority. The minority who want an iPhablet are pretty vocal though.
Android devices are becoming too big. Flaghships are hitting 6" size if anybody here has seen one. The phone doesn't actually fit in a pocket i.e the new Sony phone.
One has to has how large will they make the phones before they stop being "mobile" and become a tablet.
Solution: Release Ipad mini with a phone for calling and texting with a 7" screen larger than any Android (jokes).
One has to has how large will they make the phones before they stop being "mobile" and become a tablet.
Solution: Release Ipad mini with a phone for calling and texting with a 7" screen larger than any Android (jokes).
The 5s battery is fine. It's iOS 7 draining the life out of them
I think the only way to validate this is to let us go back to iOS 6.
I really don't want a larger iPhone. I need my phone to fit in my pocket. If they make a larger iPhone I hope they keep the current size for people like me. I don't want or have time to watch TV and youtube on my phone. The size is perfect for me and many other people. Samsung and these other lame duck phone makers are just trying to create larger phones to say " hey our phone is bigger than yours apple" it may not work that great or be worth anything when i'm ready to sell it but its buigger"
Lame Samsung actually produces a wide range of phones in sizes that are smaller, equal and larger than that of iPhone. It's not clear what your problem with Samsung is. Apple is a different story. Because they claim that they know better than consumers what people actually need they may very well switch to larger size and tell you that that's what you actually want.
Traditional cell phones there wasn't much benefit it making it bigger, but smartphones there is a benefit to having more screen real estate.
I agree with you that phablets are too big as phone for my preference... but since they are selling well, I can't really say it's bad or good for others. I think the moral is that one size doesn't fit all, and many people prefer have options to suit their needs.
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When they are as large as tractor-trailers of course they get better battery life. Maybe they should give a measurement that indicates hours of use per cubic inch or cubic centimeter, then Apple will come out way ahead.
The battery easily gets though a full day, so that's fine, IMO. I guess a longer life would be better, but charging once at night is hardly burdensome.
As for screen size, that's a matter of preference. Who needs consumer reports to tell them that android phones have bigger screens?
As for screen size, that's a matter of preference. Who needs consumer reports to tell them that android phones have bigger screens?
I remember using my iPhone 4 when I had it and thinking the batter was just immense compared to the Android phones I had used. Flash forward to when I had the iPhone 5 and I was no longer was able to get a day out of it.
I personally don't give a hoot what a phone can do if you can't get a full day of moderate use out of it. This constant move (from all manufacturers) to shave a mm here and a mm there is just silly when battery life makes a more profound impact on usability.
Yeah, airdrop is off as I don't have any other devices that support it...
I installed as a restore over Beta 6 (or was it 5 or 7, don't really care). I don't really want to go the clean install route though...
Thanks for the suggestions, thought! Your time to answer this was appreciated!