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Only One of Two Larger iPhone 6 Models Likely, According to Analyst
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I am so looking forward to a larger screen! I have said it before, I really want a larger screened version of the iPhone. I don't want an android device, but man the screen sizes are so tempting.
Apple already does this with the iPad Air and iPad mini, and before that with the two iBook sizes.
It was for me.
That and iOS 7.
I might as well use Android and get a bigger screen. Happy so far...
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Ah, the ole 3 on 3 would be perfect:
iPhone mini: 3.5"
iPhone: 4"
iPhone pro: 5"
All bases covered.
Yes forced... if I want a 4 inch display and Apple no longer offers its flagship model in 4 inches, I will be forced into a lower specced model. Not everyone wants a massive phone.
True, remember those silly iPhone nano rumours in 2011? Made absolutely zero sense.
For me, a large-screen phone provides me the ability to, well, better see what's on screen.
One-handed use is overrated (I do mean overrated, not invalid), in my opinion. I spent more time zooming and adjusting on my iPhone than my S4 because I couldn't see/read a damn thing.
My S4 experience is far better. And I have small hands. It took some adjusting to as far as how I hold the phone, yes, but now I can use it one-handed without major issues.
My (non-tech junkie) wife traded her iPad/iPhone combo for a Note 3 and is happier than ever before (her words).
So another way of looking at it is that large-screen phones (phablets) allow you to consolidate both devices, should you desire to do so.
Apple's so-called "vision" and "focus" does the exact opposite: it limits/prohibits this consolidation. They want/force you to have the two devices if you want to play in their ecosystem.
Well, in the case of my wife, that concept (as old-timers say in my native land) "lost them both the goat and the rope", since now they lost a customer in all three spaces: iPhone, iPad, and the ecosystem itself..
As alternatives become more polished and appealing, this will continue.
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Don't wait. Nexus 5. Give it a whirl, you might be impressed.
You can always come back...
Hopefully, Apple will make products for everyone, not just you.
But given their track record, someone is getting left out.
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And that is the best reason to have a larger-screened phone. You can do more, far more comfortably with two hands (and actually see what you are doing).
Actually my main fear is that if they release a large screen model, they will abandon the smaller screen model (or make it a low end model with last year's specs). Just like you see on Android. I think that's what most people fear; the choice between either a big/high end model and a small/low end model. And no choice for a small/high end model like we have today.
And seeing that Apple doesn't really like consumer choice, you can be damn sure that they will only sell one model.
See if you would get out of your Apple bubble, you would know that comment has already been proven false.
Hi Tim. Oh wait...you're not Tim, so you don't have a clue what Apple is doing. lol
Since when is Samsung failing?
That seems to be the response here when someone's iPhone gets a hairline scratch only visible at a certain angle.
Shhhh some don't kindly to the truth.
But yes, you are right. It's nice to see someone on here who actually knows what they're talking about.
LOL. You sir, made my day. And I love your signature.
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I hope they don't bring out Samsung sized crap.
Why?
Are "they" going to force you to buy it?
Which Samsung monstrosity is that?
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Hopefully, Apple will make products for everyone, not just you.
But given their track record, someone is getting left out.
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And that is the best reason to have a larger-screened phone. You can do more, far more comfortably with two hands (and actually see what you are doing).
Actually see what you're doing? The text isn't any bigger, you've just got more screen esate. I can't of a single time since the day the first iPhone came out that I've though "I can't see what I'm doing here"...
Yep. Such is life when being an Apple customer.
Which makes me wonder sometimes why be an Apple customer in the first place (since they killed "my" product).
Which drove me to actually go out on a limb and try out their competitors products (since I "want" a product they refuse to make).
Which made me (and the wife) the happy owners of their competitors products (which surpassed expectations of competitors' products).
Which now makes me not an Apple customer (in the phone space, at least).
Their loss, my gain.
Why deny yourself, for some fanaticism? At least make an informed decision.
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"Actually see what you're doing? The text isn't any bigger, you've just got more screen esate." More screen real estate is the point. But screen clarity, contrast, brightness, and sometimes font size are different.
"I can't of a single time since the day the first iPhone came out that I've though "I can't see what I'm doing here"..." That's because you're using an iPhone.
I couldn't either until I gave an S4 a fair shake. Then I was like "Oh, OH! Wow, I get it now."
Not to say it'll be the same for you, but for me, it was. BIG time (pun intended).
often?
Are you kidding me?
Even if: What are they gonna do? Develop for another platform?
Which one? Android? Windows Phone? BLACKBERRY?
Glassed Silver:mac
One only needs to watch 10 mins of an episode of Vampire Diaries to see how ridiculous phablets look while held to one's head.
A Bluetooth headset is an obvious remedy for somebody who wants a big screen on a mobile phone. Odd that nobody brings that up.
I prefer the current screen size by the way.
A Bluetooth headset is an obvious remedy for somebody who wants a big screen on a mobile phone. Odd that nobody brings that up.
I prefer the current screen size by the way.
Its still a smartphone, "phablet" is a made up term, and it still sold well. Latest figures put the Note 2 at 30 million, and the Galaxy S3 at 50 million. Hardly 4:1.
And saying "5.5 is to bait Samsung to copy" never specified just the Galaxy S series.
When did everyone become Captain Hook?? Come on Apple, take my money and give me a 5.5" iPhone!! I imagine most people only have their iPhones up to their ears barely 10% of time it's being used, anyway. Let us see those 10 million glorious apps w/o needing the screen 6" from our faces.
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Okay, you ever use Safari in portrait mode? If you have, you must be a superhero.
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Okay, you ever use Safari in portrait mode? If you have, you must be a superhero.
Many didn't want a fingerprint sensor.
Apple didn- oh wait...
That doesn't mean anything, and there are people who want a 5.5" phone.
No. Many didnt need the fingerprint sensor.
Its hard to see why anyone would not want it, as they can just turn it off.
You cant just turn big and uggly off.
You can't just get your facts from Wikipedia and expect people to take you seriously.
S series has sold close to 200 million and Note series has sold around 50 million. (All data before Note 3 and S5 release.)