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Well, than thanks god it doesnt depend on you. Split screen on a phone is no sense. You cant possably achive useful user interface on a screen than small. iOS already have multitasking and it works fine. You can do many things at the same time, but you only see one app on the screen. Even on the iPad is no sense. Splitscreen and multiscreen is nice when you are working in your office, and you have all your documents open at the same time and that is the only time when it is actually useful, because the extra screen space is allwoing you to make fast reference and information checks. You can overlook various proceses at the same time. It let you have faster workflow. Splitscreen is desktop feature that is useful only when you sufficient screen side. On a phone or tablet, there is not space, not for my eyes at least.
I know that you will say that its just me, and everybody else are multitasking ans splitscreening all the time, but the real world use shows the opposite. While people are texting they normaly pause their video player and dont watch it side by side. While people a typing email, they dont watch slideshow of their photos on the other side of the screen.
Improve cross-app data sharing, faster swtich between apps, improve interface of the apps, thats what is needed, not the stupid split screen.
Just my opinion....
It makes sense because the 4.7" iPhone 6 is thin, and if you ask Jony Ive thin is the only thing that matters in a product nowadays, even an iMac which sits on a 6" deep stand must be thin, who needs battery life!
But the 5C was just the 5 in a new dress apple were always going to keep around the 5 as a cheaper entry point into the iOS world.
The 5S was the top of the line premium all singing all dancing iPhone and when I upgrade and am locked into a 2 year contract I want the top of the range all singing all dancing iPhone but I don't wanna invest in a handbag just to carry it around.
People knew what to expect with the 5C and the 5S hence why the 5C had disappointing sales. So its not the same as having 2 phones both claiming to be this years tech but with one being held back in specs just because it has a smaller screen.
Let's hope that they pull some sort of efficiency tricks from their sleeve as well as increasing battery capacity, which would give us a two-fold boost in battery life.
Not because of the practicality of it, but purely so we can wipe that "wall-hugger" smug grin off Samsung's face haha
I dunno... Samsung ran those "wall-hugger" commercials for a couple weeks... the post on MacRumors got 1,000 comments... and no one cares anymore. People have a short-term memory.
Remember the Kindle vs iPad discussion from four years ago? Does anyone talk about that "problem" anymore?
These hot-button issues are short lived. One minute it's e-ink vs LCD... the next minute it's Apple battery life vs Samsung battery life.
Yet Apple prevails. People like their Apple products.
Would I like longer battery life? Sure... but it's not as big a problem as Samsung is suggesting.
Because it fits in the larger but does not fit in the smaller? Because Apple can't get enough of them for both models? Because they want something to differentiate the models further?
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It's a complete non-issue as long as you can comfortably bring it along anywhere you go. And as hundreds of millions of customers tell us, a large screened phone comes along just fine.
"iPhone 6" is a lot easier to remember and to use than "iPhone 8th generation" or "iPhone late 2014 model". Even more so if there's 2 sizes available.
How many regular consumers (non-tech people) remember this stuff?
But that is the point why do they need to differentiate the models further? Why after all the years of claiming the 3.5" is the best size of phone do they then put all the eggs in the 5.5" basket?
The 5.5" is only going to appeal to the people who want a massive phone who have the baggy MC Hammer pants with pockets big enough top carry it.
If you look at Samsung I see more people carrying Galaxy's around than Notes so why would Apple put their best tech in the phone that won't sell as much?
Of course I can. Just having the email that I'm typing open next to the website/email/spreadsheet/document that I'm referring to would be a massive win over the current usage. Especially when the document or website decides to reload itself when jumping between apps and it loses my position.
An iPad mini fits in my pocket .-.
It sticks out a little, and I wouldn't attempt to sit down with it in there, but walking around with it isn't an issue.
you want your big screen with you all the time, I only want it with me on rare occasions and to not be burdened with it other times. Most of the time i am don't have my ipad with me, and don't do anything that makes me want the bigger screen. I just don't use my phone in a way that makes me want to carry something as big as I can fit in my pocket.
Sorry mate - it's actually for the Samsung Note 5 - You know the one where it has a 10 inch screen to kick start a new and even bigger phablet market
Look what apple needs to hurry up an invent is the iPhone Origami.
It starts off as a 4" phone but through the magic of folding screen tech you can unfold it into a 9.7" iPad and all the size combinations in between.
They need to equip it with a Uranium battery which will last 99 years between charges, a 1 gigapixel camera with OIS and truetone flash, a 1TB flash drive for lots of storage, and a 50 core A100 processor with 64GB ram.
All of this at a price of $199 on a 2 year contract.
Then everyone will be happy lol.
It makes sense because the 4.7" iPhone 6 is thin, and if you ask Jony Ive thin is the only thing that matters in a product nowadays, even an iMac which sits on a 6" deep stand must be thin, who needs battery life!
But the 5,5" will also be thin, I guess.
Or the 4,7" battery capacity is not correct, or the 5,5" will be thicker.
I also hope the 5.5 is true. My tired eyes need a larger screen. 4.7 is certainly better, but a 5.5 at any price will make me a buyer.
Hey no need for that, I didn't say I use it all the time just a feature that nice to know you have.
Apple aren't stupid they know they can't just make it a bigger version of the 4.7 iPhone. They know they need extra features on it that they know works on a bigger device.
Not everyone has the same opinion on what size is comfortable to carry. Hence why there are 4-5 different screen sizes for laptops.
