Next Generation iPhone (5,1) and iPad Also Referenced in iOS 5.1 Beta

[bobob]

Perfect for those who feel comfortable leaving their iPhone outside lying upside down for hours on end!

Or perfect for all those who realize that solar panels could charge from artificial light as well, and those panels could make it easier to get through the day without needing a charger in your car, at your office and beside your bed.

Heh - solar charging an iPhone battery from artificial light? Perhaps if you had weeks. It's a nice dream, but nowhere near realistic.

 

[vitzr]

<snip>I've had the chance to use a 4.5'in screen and it felt so much better on my eyes then the iPhone screen. Not that I have any vision problems or anything, but when I switched back to my iP4s screen it felt like I was straining my eyes.

It's true, I have a 4.5" display on my Samsung Android, and it's just terrific.

I've got 20/20 so it's not so much that my eyes require a larger display, but rather it's all about the additional size which reduces the amount of scrolling one has to do.

It's the added speed and usefulness of getting things done on the web. It's a better gaming experience, a better keyboard experience and a better email or sms experience.

It's a _SmartPhone_ People!

Those who are perfectly happy with the tiny 3.5" display have nothing wrong with them, they just don't need a smartphone. The are unable to grasp the advantages. Yet that said the moment Apple includes a larger display suddenly they will eat their words, praise Apple and talk about it as though Apple invented it.

This same group probably sit in front of a computer at the office and at home and are not as mobile as some of us that move around more.

My job is mobile about 50% of the time, as is my personal lifestyle. Having a smartphone with a big display is fantastic for a wide range of uses.

When I pickup my tiny iPhone 4S is just feels so old and dated. So tiny and effeminate.

But to each his/her own

 

[furam90]

Thank god we don't need to hear idiots calling the next iPhone the iPhone 6 anymore.

It's going to be 5.

 

[rkeato1]

Thank god we don't need to hear idiots calling the next iPhone the iPhone 6 anymore.

It's going to be 5.

So, the iPhone 4 is actually the iPhone 3,1 then? I gotcha.

 

[chrmjenkins]

It's just nice to see that they are going to iterate the phone again and not do an iPhone to 3G transition where the internals didn't change. Hopefully the A6 is a beast but still a little better on power. 28nm should help with that. A5 was stuck on the same process node as the A4.