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Optical Image Stabilization May Be Differentiating Factor for 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 [Updated]
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5C didn't fail, it is often the second or third best seller with many carriers often directly behind the main iPhone 5S. I'm not sure where this non sense comes from, 5C has done very well.
It depends! There are many factors, for example production capacity is a real issue and is why only the 5S got Touch ID. It is hard to know where Apple stands right now, limiting the feature to one phone could simply be playing it safe.
This is idiotic. You do not want a 13 MP picture from a phone camera! Higher megapixel does not mean higher quality! Stop buying that myth and maybe the manufacturers will work on better image quality which is what you really want. To get higher megapixels, they're simply dividing the sensor into smaller pieces and that just kills the quality of resulting image. The noise would make for a lousy photo. For the same phone size sensor, give me a 5 MP image any day and I guarantee it'll be superior in quality & detail.
this is utter BS. no extra features other than the larger screen should be saved for the larger iphone. many people don't want a phablet. apple's philosophy used to be that the phone should be intuitive and easy to use with one hand.
now they want to tempt us to pay an extra $100.00 for a gigantic phone that won't fit in my pants pockets with something as great as OIS.
B TO THE FREAKING S.
now they want to tempt us to pay an extra $100.00 for a gigantic phone that won't fit in my pants pockets with something as great as OIS.
B TO THE FREAKING S.
Would be frustrating, and I doubt it's true...but at the end of the day not the end of the world. With the obsession for a thin symmetrical phone running Apple I didn't expect OIS with the iPhone6 anyway. So if the 5.5 has it but not the 4.7 I'm not really giving anything up I suppose. I won't buy a 5.5 - I don't really feel like iOS is optimized for a screen larger than 4 to 4.5 inches anyway.
I know a few people who are going to be very upset if the smaller phone is last years recycled model.
Neh. $299 16GB.
IF they do $299 32GB.
That means 4.7 at 16GB at $199. Would then be 4.7/32GB/$299 and the same price as the 5.5 which makes no sense.
If they do 4.7/32GB/$199. Then the 5S/16GB/$99.. the 32GB version would be the same as the 4.7.
Thus... it's very likely, Apple continues 16GB on flagship. Especially since they are going to have a new fancy iCloud Photos algorithm to help you move data off your phone and into Cloud in an efficient manor.
They could do a $200 price drop on the 5S. Kill the 16, and drop the 32GB version all the way down to $99, but that would not be characteristic.
What a crock of s***! It will only be in the 5.5" because it costs a whole shopping extra 4 to 5 dollars! Yeah right. I will laugh it that turns out to be true which I highly doubt it will be.
Same but not the same. iPad Mini has higher dpi than iPad Air.
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Stop that sh,.t "pro" and "air" on iPhone.
You're kidding right? The HTC One's images look better than the iPhone 5S ones, especially in low light. People are just fooled by the iPhone 5S post processing for more saturation.
I should of added my Nexus 5 is happily snapping away taking some fantastic shots with it's OIS, I would much rather have that tiny bump on the back to have OIS.
I fully expect Apple to introduce OIS to the camera on whatever sizes of iPhones it launches later this year. Bar the 5S cheap 16 or 8GB version we know they will make.
I fully expect Apple to introduce OIS to the camera on whatever sizes of iPhones it launches later this year. Bar the 5S cheap 16 or 8GB version we know they will make.
Hang on.
So, all the anger here.
So the current iphone has a rotten camera then does it?
If the new phone has a similar camera it's just as good as todays one, so what's wrong with that.
If the higher end model was a little better then fair enough.
Why is everyone pretty much saying now, keeping the same quality as now would be unacceptable?
So, all the anger here.
So the current iphone has a rotten camera then does it?
If the new phone has a similar camera it's just as good as todays one, so what's wrong with that.
If the higher end model was a little better then fair enough.
Why is everyone pretty much saying now, keeping the same quality as now would be unacceptable?
No, no one is kidding. A lot of reviewers didn't like the HTC One's camera, in fact rating it as one of the drawbacks of the device that's exceptional at everything else.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has seconded this report in a new note to investors, where he says supply constraints will prevent Apple from including optical image stabilization in the 4.7-inch iPhone 6. The 4.7-inch iPhone will get an updated camera module, however, with faster focusing speed and better power efficiency, so it will still see some improvements over the iPhone 5s.
See our updated post for more. https://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/24/optical-image-stabilization-iphone-6/
See our updated post for more. https://www.macrumors.com/2014/06/24/optical-image-stabilization-iphone-6/
First Starbucks is terrible coffee - go find a real coffee shop that has farm direct beans
2nd $5 to apple means $100 up charge to customers
ugh...
1. Of course, point was to show that people are still sipping crappy coffee at ridiculous prices.
2. Obviously.
The aspect ratio is different between iPhone and iPad,
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I wouldn't mind Apple passing the $4 cost onto me. Of course Apple would want to profit out of that $4 but whatever.
Ive had both phones. The iPhones pics are WAY better than the HTC. Low light or not.
This could potentially happen and frankly I almost hope it does as I feel personally I need something to help differentiate between these two models as size is the least important factor to me.
Where as Image quality is a key factor so OIS would be enough for me to decide which phone to purchase. Same if the 5.5 has a larger sensor and mp count that the 4.7.
The idea that the 5.5 iPhone 6 wasn't going to have ois but the 6s was likely to has been enough for me to potentially bypass this new release so this could be a decider.
Where as Image quality is a key factor so OIS would be enough for me to decide which phone to purchase. Same if the 5.5 has a larger sensor and mp count that the 4.7.
The idea that the 5.5 iPhone 6 wasn't going to have ois but the 6s was likely to has been enough for me to potentially bypass this new release so this could be a decider.
If true, what a load of dog feces.
I thought each generation should see improvement. Screen size changes is just surrendering to market demand. Incremental changes in technology are to be expected not celebrated.
New features and functionality across the entire spectrum of the 6th generation line is expected and anything less speaks poorly of Apple.
Apple continues to make petty decisions about decisions such as these. It's really chicken####.
I prefer Apple and they won't lose my business but they surely lose my respect.
I thought each generation should see improvement. Screen size changes is just surrendering to market demand. Incremental changes in technology are to be expected not celebrated.
New features and functionality across the entire spectrum of the 6th generation line is expected and anything less speaks poorly of Apple.
Apple continues to make petty decisions about decisions such as these. It's really chicken####.
I prefer Apple and they won't lose my business but they surely lose my respect.
iPhone 6
i find it doubtful that Apple would find an amazing image stabilization feature and only include it on the 5.5" iPhone 6.
i find it doubtful that Apple would find an amazing image stabilization feature and only include it on the 5.5" iPhone 6.