Obviously, but that is personal preference. Just because I wouldn't get anything bigger than a 13" laptop doesn't mean that I think that a 15" laptop isn't portable. Whereas for some reason a lot of people here seem to think that you need a U-Haul trailer to carry a 5.5" phone with you.
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Obviously, but that is personal preference. Just because I wouldn't get anything bigger than a 13" laptop doesn't mean that I think that a 15" laptop isn't portable. Whereas for some reason a lot of people here seem to think that you need a U-Haul trailer to carry a 5.5" phone with you.
Screen size real estate (area) is much more when increasing a larger phone than a smaller phone, percentage wise
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
There is a 10" Note already, and yes, you can use it as a phone if you get the 4G version. And yes, some people use them as phones.
Apple are getting big into the fitness/activity stuff at the moment and I wonder how these bigger phones fit into this. The iPhone is already too big for some to take out on a run and these new phones will be simply too big to workout with.
I am thinking that unless the iWatch can work autonomously then it is useless for much of its intended market.
I am thinking that unless the iWatch can work autonomously then it is useless for much of its intended market.
Phones last for about a day regardless of the size I find. iPhone last a bit longer because Apple's good at optimising things. IMO that's all we can expect until we hit a new gen of batteries, CPUs and optimisation.
Yeah but where do they stop, iPhone 27?
Now is as good a time as any to drop the number and just call it iPhone and the larger one iPhone Pro.
Then people can just refer to them by the year they came out so 2014 iPhone etc.
This would work well for Apple as they only release once a year, the problem and confusion comes if they do a samsung and release a new phone every couple of months.
Fingers crossed! I know my iPhone 5 drains rapidly if I'm web surfing or even sending long WhatsApp messages - now I know the messages aren't processor intensive so it can only be the screen lighting that's causing the drain, that's why I'm a little concerned about the 4.7" iPhone 6 only (apparently) having a slightly larger battery than the 5 (technically about the same % increase as the screen size increase). We'll see when it arrives I guess... I rarely run out of battery in a normal day but I can often get very close if I'm using the phone a fair amount.
If that big battery is true, then they are going for well more than a full day of heavy usage. They are trying to reach iPad level battery life. And at that size, with the various efficiencies that are no doubt built into this phone, this will be a phone that some folks can take away for the weekend and not bring a charger. And heavy users will still be getting full day usage even two years into ownership.
A battery that size will basically end the battery life issue on an iPhone.
But then we will have our battery life issues with our iWatch.
A battery that size will basically end the battery life issue on an iPhone.
But then we will have our battery life issues with our iWatch.
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I can't what! Does anyone know if there will be a spoiler-free thread this year? And if so, when will it be put up?
I can't what! Does anyone know if there will be a spoiler-free thread this year? And if so, when will it be put up?
The iphone 4.7" is bigger and needs more power, so I guess the larger battery will not change much in daily battery life?
I don't have my mini with me at all times. My wifi mini can't make calls.
I'll gladly use my mini at home or a place with free wifi. For all else and on the go, I use my phone that's always connected to the internet. And I'd rather carry one gadget with me than two.
If now is as good a time as any, then next year will also be as good a time as any. And so will the year after that.
I started my old 3GS yesterday... kind of a small screen...
I'm keeping it for when my son (now 8) asks for a cell phone (and not before 12-ish)... Either that or even older Motorola RAZR... he'll regret asking...
Massive battery sounds great, but if it's another iPad 3 situation, it's not so good. That thing was a pig. The new retina screen required the battery, but it was still as slow as a year old iPad 2, had constant low memory crashes, was heavy, and took forever to charge the battery. Let's hope we're not looking at the same thing here.
Same for me. I don't mind Apple releasing a bigger iPhone and I understand that some people don't mind sacrificing portability for screen estate (5.5" is totally portable but it doesn't fit in any of my pants pockets). If I was carrying my laptop around a lot instead of mostly around my house I'd probably have bought a 11-inch MacBook Air instead of my 15-inch MacBook Pro.
2015: iPhone 6S
2016: iPhone 7
2017: iPhone 7S
2018: iPhone 8
2019: iPhone 8S
2020: iPhone 9
2021: iPhone 9S
2022: iPhone X
2023: iPhone X2
2023: iPhone X2S
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Enough time to come up with new names!
And about Samsung: Samsung just has more different models - they don't introduce a new Galaxy S model every few months.
Most people I know have absolutely no idea what year their phone was released, unless they're really into tech. I can't tell off the top of my head what year my washer or my fridge was released.
This is nothing new for Apple, the first iMac was released over 15 years ago after all, but this has always seemed to me as going against keeping things simple and not adding to the confusion.
You don't need a spoiler free thread.
What you need to do is to watch the keynote live on your AppleTV. : )
I'll be in Japan for the announcement, with the iPhone 5S currently being sold unlocked over there. I'm merely assuming that a lot users here are living in the US, so just wondering, was it possible for you to buy the 5S without a contract on release-day, or do the telecom companies have exclusive rights for the first couple of months? PS. Does anyone else believe that the iPhone 6 could actually end up looking completely different than all the leaks we've seen? Since there hasn't been a single component leak on the supposed iWatch..
Sorry, but thats moronic. 99,99% of the email I send and receive from mobile devices are three lines top! No need for a webpage or spreadsheet open by side to make refference, when there is a copy/paste function.
If you want even more nosense example of split screen usage, please reffer to Surface Pro ads where they are mocking the iPad for not having split screen functionality. The producers who actually dedicated serious time and effort to find any useful aplication of the split screen gimmick for this ad actually came with something that is beyond laughable.
I understand your primitive desire to have this funcionality on your iOS device but if you only check your mail outbox you will see that my observations and conclusions are beyond rational.
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There is no "normal" size. People are buying all kinds of sizes. Only the iPhone owners think something close to 4" is normal but that's mostly because Apple has clung to that size for too long. Even Apple recognizes it's time to shift so they are abandoning what was previously spun as "perfect" which, by the way, replaced 3.5" which was also previously spun as perfect.
As soon as Apple formally endorses these 2 new sizes, "we" will quickly shift our thinking about "normal" to these 2 sizes. I suspect we're only days now from more than few posts starting to refer to the current "normal" as "puny" and similar: "how did we every get by with such tiny screens?", etc
For the Android crowd who have models with screens bigger than 6", 5.5" may seem small and 4.7" may seem "too small". What is "normal" is very subjective.
Did they alienate a lot of customers with the original iPad Mini vs. iPad? How about the laptop lines? iMacs? It's "normal" for Apple to have differing specs in different-sized screens in most of what they make that have screens. Sure this is the first tangible model split for iPhone but it's simply following the lead of just about everything else Apple makes.
All these gripers will gripe right up until Apple rolls them out. Then, they'll jump on whichever one they want. A lot of this perceived alienation, etc will evaporate as soon as rumor is transformed into reality by Apple formally launching the products.
Have you gone out and actually seen bigger-screen smart phones or are you just basing this on your imagination? Some of the Android crowd own phones with 6" and bigger screens and aren't wearing "baggy MC Hammer" pants so they can pocket their phones.
You've sold yourself on 4.7" already. Per rumored size specs, the 5.5" is only 12mm wider (barely more than 1cm) and 20mm taller (2 centimeters, less than 1 inch taller). I made a relative sizing graphic a week or so ago to better illustrate the sizes of 5s vs. 4.7" vs. 5.5" vs. iPad Mini. Download & print it. Cut out the size you want and the 5.5" and lay one on top of the other to see how much real difference there is between the two. Here's the link to the PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lv2phny3oiytrf/iPhone6RelSizesWiPadMini.pdf?dl=0 What should be obvious is that the physical difference between 4.7" and 5.5" is not great, and- I think- once people can actually see both screens, the pre-launch decision that 4.7" is the ONLY way to go will shift for a lot of people.
$$$$$. People want bigger screens so bad they are choosing to forgo iOS for Android on bigger screens. Apple likes $$$$$ more than they like marketing spin. They simply use marketing spin to sell whatever they are offering as a current "perfect" to try to maximize $$$$$. 3.5" was the perfect size until they launched 4". Then, 4" was the perfect size until they launch these new ones.
Marketing spin is about selling what they have now. Changing is about going where the money is. Apple has a long history of flip flopping from very passionate, very public stances. See this article for some examples: http://www.techlicious.com/blog/5-big-flip-flops-from-apple/
I don't think so. At least for me, if the 5.5" ONLY differentiating feature was bigger screen, that would still be the one for me. Me aside, a lot of people are choosing Android over iOS because they want a bigger screen. An opportunity to get iOS on a bigger screen even if there was nothing else would likely entice a lot of that crowd.
They stop at about iPhone 10. By that point, the focus on thinning will have made the iPhone so thin it becomes invisible. I think the Apple faithful will still buy what will seem like an empty box once but then they'll be able to fake it that they have the iPhone 11 & 12 because their friends won't be able to see the iPhone anymore.
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At this point if that happens it would be the day Apple decided to "BlackBerry" the iPhone and it would be headed on a downward spiral.
Second, I think it is funny that there are some people on here that are actually upset that Apple might introduce a 5.5" phone. Don't those people understand that a smaller phone will still be available? Are they upset because although they don't want a larger phone it means that there smaller iPhone isn't the best? I'm not sure what is going on with that.
The only way that I would leave my LG G3 for an iPhone when my upgrade comes around is if there is a 5.5" model. Once you go 5.5" it would be hard to go back.