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New Photo of Alleged iPhone 6 Manufacturing Mold Hints at 4.7-Inch Display
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Think the writing's on the wall. There's already been some substancial evidence including this to begin drawing some firm conclusions. Time will obvously tell.
I am using a 16:9 4.7" phone right now and don't have any problems.
Yes.Just get rid of the iPhone's ugly hulking bezels and we'd be in great shape.
You don't get it, do you? The display size is fixed. It's either a particular aspect ratio, or its not, which in this case will be a 16:9 ratio. Apple's dimensions for the device enclosure will have no effect on the "length" of the display itself. By Apple keeping the device enclosure as narrow as possible, but the same length as other 4.7" devices, it will make it easier for you to stretch your thumb across the display. Notifications will be just as accessible as any other 4.7" phone. Apple isn't making the phone taller than any other 4.7" phone, they're just making it more narrow at the same height. Which means less bezels on the side of the display, not a display thats actually taller. Lol...
these 1 thumbed people will never "get it"
no disresepect to one handed individuals out there but phones are engineered with the thoughts everyone has 2 hands
I doubt this is the iPhone... The wide taper shape of the back edges is odd.. Doubt apple would waste space for battery/etc with such a design which offers no benefits and looks odd..
That was a rationale use to string you along for another two years before releasing a wider iPhone screen.
their entire marketing campaign that one year was how its a one handed phone what will they do if they dont have that going for them
You know there is no iphone in the molding right? If you read the article it said that it was a mockup to see what the mold could be making.
1-hand-use was a big thing during its time (and 3.5" was the biggest screen compared to BB at the time). So, things were perfect, no design trade off had to be made. As time goes one, people feel that 1-hang-use is not as important as a giant screen anymore (not most people). So, Apple will do the trade off of letting go of 1-hand-use for a bigger screen. Design trade-off is common when designing things with certain constraints. That's all, no big deal.
I, on the other hand, still prefer 1-hand-use iPhone. So, I'll continue to buy smaller screen iPhones.
Nonsense! Get yourself a pair of these and you're all set.
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I understand exactly what you're saying which makes it clear that either you didn't actually read my comments or maybe I explained it incorrectly...
Yes I know the display itself is fixed based on the aspect ratio... A 16:9 display at 4.7 inches has to have the same display size as all other 4.7" 16:9 aspect ratio screen. what doesn't have to be the same are the top and bottom bezels and the length of the device itself. The DISPLAY length is locked, NOT the device length. If the picture and rumors hold true and it's a 138mm length then that means that there will be more bezel at the top and bottom than even the Nexus 5 which I posted a picture of, why? Because the very reasons you laid out in your post... A 4.7" 16:9 display has a fixe length so if the device in question has the length of Nexus 5 but a smaller screen then the device in question has to have a considerable increase in both the top and bottom bezel to account for the extra room.
Now that being said... It's utility in 1 handed operation will depend on 2 factors:
1.) How much bottom bezel there is as apposed to the top since the top bezel sits above the screen and your fingers don't need to traverse it to use the display at all.
2.) How you actually hold the device... If you're a wrap around gripper with all fingers wrapped around the device then you might be ok even with a larger bottom bezel. However if you are indeed a person like myself (and many others) who wrap 3 fingers around it (or just lay 3 fingers behind it for back support), use the pinky is a sort of shelf the device sits on then use the thumb to navigate the device; then the bottom bezel matters a lot when determining whether the device can be used with one hand.
Note: the device being held in the pictures below is only 130mm and shorter than the proposed 138mm
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We have no clue about the screen size. The guy just upscaled an iPhone 5S to those dimensions. That would imply the iPhone 6 would have bigger bezels than the iPhone 5/5s, which is very, very unlikely IMO. I think bezels will be either the same or smaller. That would mean the screen would be more than 4.7", if those dimensions are correct.
With absolutely no bezel, wouldn't it be possible to break the screen by simply dropping the phone on its side?
Not the glass digitizer, but the LCD screen itself. The bezel and whatever is underneath on the sides of the screen seem to act as a buffer.
Just my thought and opinion
Not the glass digitizer, but the LCD screen itself. The bezel and whatever is underneath on the sides of the screen seem to act as a buffer.
Just my thought and opinion