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Next iPhone Coming Fall 2012 with LTE, 3.5-Inch Screen
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Very disappointing news on the 3.5" display. Many have stated they would like to see a 4" screen. Why ignore it? Honestly, this will be a huge blow for Apple. I won't be surprised if the iPhone 5 does not surpass the numbers Apple will be expecting from previous iPhone sales. There better be some drastic changes to the form factor, appearance, and hardware inside. Otherwise it won't mean much for current iPhone 4 and especially 4S users to upgrade.
One of the main directives relating to Apple designs is "don't worry about not being backwards compatible".
I was referring to lilo's post that benefits of all these activities are skewed toward having larger screens. If that was the case, iPhone wouldn't be the best selling phone every quarter. When will people realize that the mass consumer wants a phone that's easy to use and that works? No one cares about processors, screen size, and LTE hehe
I just argued that 3.5" is a good size and that Apple is unlikely to change it previously in this thread. But the typical consumer may choose bigger screen size in many cases. This is pure anecdote, but I know 3 people who are not very technical who originally planned to buy iPhones, but the salesperson changed their mind by pointing out the large screen. These people were all older people whose vision isn't great so the bigger screen sounded good in theory. Of course two of these people, several months later, are still trying to figure out how to place calls on their Android phones.
Of course these people didn't even think about screen size until the salesperson injected that thought into their heads. We'll see what their next phone is. I also see a lot of people switching to iPhones after having bad experiences with Android and Windows Phones.
Looks like a gift from Apple to current owners. They won't have to run for the stores eager for upgrading their obsolete iStuff. Just be happy with your phone for two or three years, why buying every time you can? Oh, holy consumerism...
As much as I hate the 3.5 inch screen Ill consider staying with Apple and the iphone but ios6 has to be great and I think that is lacking more than anything. IOS6 Needs to have revamped mutitasking, revamped notifications, maps, better email, better youtube app ect. IOS as a whole is incredible but an incremetal os update along with the 3.5 inch screen may make me switch back to android.
And PS. Dont say 4 inches and above is too big if youve never had a phone that was larger than 4 inches longer than 30days!!
And PS. Dont say 4 inches and above is too big if youve never had a phone that was larger than 4 inches longer than 30days!!
meant it unrelated to each other sry. i'm just saying that a 4.0 screen is a must in 2012 ... its not 2007 anymore AND they need to come up with something new that will "shock" the market like it did in 2007. Siri was hardly something to make a fuzz about. just because they are on top of their game right now doesnt mean they can sit, be "lazy" and laugh at the competition. just look what happened to nokia and bb. people will get bored and look for something else at some point
A bigger screen size (4") does not equate to bulky phones. Especially, when Apple makes it.
Also, they'll make sure iOS6 or whatever still reigns as the most efficient and user friendly user interface.
A 3.5" screen made perfect sense when Job's introduced the iPhone back in 2007.
5yrs later the smartphone industry has drastically changed.
The mobile gaming industry changed, media consumption habits changed, the number of people surfing the internet on their smartphone has changed and the list goes on....
(I hate the way Safari does not maximize the real estate of the relatively small screen. It has no full screen mode. Btw, "reader" view does not count)
I think its near time that the benefit of a larger screen (4" max) overshadows the need for single-hand-navigation.
As much as there's people completely content with the current size, there's probably just as much (I think more) people willing to move up to a bigger size.
Obviously, I want a large screen iPhone.
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That's cuz its not a phone made by Apple.
Also, they'll make sure iOS6 or whatever still reigns as the most efficient and user friendly user interface.
A 3.5" screen made perfect sense when Job's introduced the iPhone back in 2007.
5yrs later the smartphone industry has drastically changed.
The mobile gaming industry changed, media consumption habits changed, the number of people surfing the internet on their smartphone has changed and the list goes on....
(I hate the way Safari does not maximize the real estate of the relatively small screen. It has no full screen mode. Btw, "reader" view does not count)
I think its near time that the benefit of a larger screen (4" max) overshadows the need for single-hand-navigation.
As much as there's people completely content with the current size, there's probably just as much (I think more) people willing to move up to a bigger size.
Obviously, I want a large screen iPhone.
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That's cuz its not a phone made by Apple.
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Why is everyone googoo over wide-screens and flatter...if I wanted that, I would go to Android....That form factor is very ugly and does not fit in the pocket well. iPhone 4/4S is PERFECT width and depth...it fits very nicely in the pocket.....i just dont get what people have with bigger screens...you're not looking for a tablet or minitablet, you are looking for a POCKET phone.
Even if we get a 4" screen, it will just be the same 640x960 resolution scaled up, so everything just looks bigger with no addition detail. I think Apple painted themselves into a corner for never encouraging developers to code for variable points/resolution. That's why with retina it was either quad pixel increase or nothing. It's kind of strange for Apple to get stuck with this problem considering under Steve how eager they were to tear down old foundations like from motorola -> power pc -> intel.
I see a lot of people here are disappointed with the idea of 3.5" screen and also the lack of form factor change in general, and then saying that Apple needs to "innovate". How is screen size increases or form-factor changes innovating? It isn't. These kinds of changes are no longer important in the smart phone market. The iPhone's physical form factor is basically set. I can't imagine they will change it that much. It's still going to have a 3.5" screen and all the same buttons. The style and form factor doesn't even really matter, people are going to keep buying them. If Apple keeps making progressive improvements to the hardware (faster CPU/GPU, better battery life, better camera), and adding a few new hardware features as needed (LTE, maybe NFC), the iPhone will do fine. Maybe making it a bit thinner would be nice, but I don't see the front-facing design to change significantly. There isn't a need, as most of the action happens in the screen, and this is the case with smartphones in general. I think the smartphone form factor is pretty much set, like the PC/laptop form factor is, and is not going to change significantly for a long time.
Where I think Apple and all the players in the smartphone industry need to innovate is in software. iOS is nice, but there is so much more they could do to make it a more complete platform.
Where I think Apple and all the players in the smartphone industry need to innovate is in software. iOS is nice, but there is so much more they could do to make it a more complete platform.
I don't think you understood what I was saying. And I have seen in the UK the iPhone 4 advertised based on the Retina screen and the iPhone 4S current campaign concentrates on Siri so I would assume the billboards do also in this country.
So in the UK at least Apple DOES advertise the iPhone using a specific feature to advertise
Try these:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1347235/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1346136/
There's still plenty of long lines for the 3.5" screen so why change?
Going by that logic.
Why would apple have to change anything at all?
No 4" screen would be a huge loss for Apple. It is the number one complaint I think, and the reason so many go to Android. Apple would be stupid not to give us a 4" screen.
But then again apple isn't about giving the custom what they want... In mother-ship Apple HQ, Screen (siri) tells you what size it should be then charges you 20 dollars for just asking!
In all honesty though, adding LTE and a micro dock is nothing new. Apple has lost their edge I am sorry to say. Its not about making a 4" screen, its about making a 4" phone that's easy to use and good in your hands. If apple can do that then they have a chance at remaining on top of the phone design market, otherwise they are dead.
But then again apple isn't about giving the custom what they want... In mother-ship Apple HQ, Screen (siri) tells you what size it should be then charges you 20 dollars for just asking!
In all honesty though, adding LTE and a micro dock is nothing new. Apple has lost their edge I am sorry to say. Its not about making a 4" screen, its about making a 4" phone that's easy to use and good in your hands. If apple can do that then they have a chance at remaining on top of the phone design market, otherwise they are dead.
There's still plenty of long lines for the 3.5" screen so why change?
that's exactly the problem of those on top ... why change something if it works and then all of the sudden BOOM someone else takes the lead.
just look at myspace, nokia etc.
Hmmm... if Apple thought that way we'd still be using old thick serial/parallel cables to connect our iPhones to our computers. No thanks!
It's time for them to join the rest of the market (literally the entire rest of the market) and go Micro USB. No, it isn't as versatile as the dock connector but it's quite annoying to have them not use the same one.
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I figure they would need a bigger screen just to make the phone bigger so it can have a larger battery.
I figure they would need a bigger screen just to make the phone bigger so it can have a larger battery.