See my post above. Plenty of "bloggers" get press passes. That doesn't make them "journalists".
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All positioning is still done in points (original iPhone pixels) and the assets will be multiples of that. App developers should have the original graphics in even higher resolution and always scale down for 1x, 2x, 3x etc. After the iPhone 4 there should be no concept of a single pixel line in any artwork.
Boo Hoo! You're obviously not a good dev if you can't figure out a way to support only two different screen sizes. Looks like with the two new sizes your app will be non existing.
Except millions of people use it everyday with no issues along with the other OEMS phones around that size. It functions just fine if not better because you can actually do more.
This is my fear exactly. I want a 4.7" iPhone 6 with all the bells and whistles. 5.5" is just too big for me. 4.7" is the size Ive always wanted. I will be so pissed if the 4.7" is considered the "6C". If this happens I will most likely get the 5.5" and just deal with it. But I won't be happy. I just can't see apple making the huge 5.5" their flagship device. They can't be that stupid. And I don't think they will be. We will get 2 new sizes to choose from, but they will be the same as far as features go. Can't wait until sept 9th.
I listen to his podcast and I don't find his cohost helping the cause. One should look at both ends of things. Gruber and his host are all apple is great and it's trash. Gruber would be better served if he actually had more facts than "insight" on many of his shows.
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Journalist is giving him to much credit. He didn't go to school for it. He's a blogger.
Like what we are doing now
Once you use a phone that has a 5.5" screen full time for a few months you'll understand. The amount of reading I do and multimedia I consume and the emails I read and respond to and the documents I create and the social media I do and the financial biz I control and the health apps I run and.......I could go on forever but you get the point. It's so much faster, better and easier to do with a lager screen WITHOUT having to carry and worry about two devices.
I for one can't wait for the 5.5" screen iPhone. I'll also be buying the Note 4 and have the best of both worlds. Although I won't carry them at the same time.
There is so much more to it than that tho. Plus, it fits in every single pocket I own just fine. I wear a suit and jeans and shorts and it fits all just fine. Get the smaller phone and let us have what we would like.
I can already hear my company's graphic designer grown...
On top of that, it will make the app larger with the 1x, @2x and @3x assets. Maybe during installation, a clean-up of non-needed assets will occur.
Time to hunt for [UIScreen mainScreen].scale just to see if I did something stupid... Just to take stock, since this is just a rumor.
Those devs will get left behind and people will move on to better apps with devs that know how to make great apps. Easy.
I've never heard his show, don't know his cohost. However, having "facts" about upcoming apple products is essentially impossible. It's the entire reason sites like this exist and thrive.
Why is everyone taking Gruber's opinion as gospel. It's just his opinion.
The 4.7 inch iphone will be the 'main' seller for Apple. All these rumors about specs being better or greater for the 5.5 model are most likely false.
A 5.5 inch iphone will be the 'niche' iphone. Not the mass market monster of the 4.7 inch. And no the 4.7 inch iphone will be just as premium as the 5.5. Only difference is the screen size.
No it's not the new 5c.
The 4.7 inch iphone will be the 'main' seller for Apple. All these rumors about specs being better or greater for the 5.5 model are most likely false.
A 5.5 inch iphone will be the 'niche' iphone. Not the mass market monster of the 4.7 inch. And no the 4.7 inch iphone will be just as premium as the 5.5. Only difference is the screen size.
No it's not the new 5c.
If Apple makes the 4.7" device the mid-tier and 5.5" the flagship then I'll just keep my 5s and see what Apple does next year. Hopefully they're not stupid and follow the iPad model where basically the only differences are screen size and battery.
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Why is everyone taking Gruber's opinion as gospel. It's just his opinion.
The 4.7 inch iphone will be the 'main' seller for Apple. All these rumors about specs being better or greater for the 5.5 model are most likely false.
A 5.5 inch iphone will be the 'niche' iphone. Not the mass market monster of the 4.7 inch. And no the 4.7 inch iphone will be just as premium as the 5.5. Only difference is the screen size.
No it's not the new 5c.
I hope not. Benedict Evans recently tweeted that his research shows roughly 16% of smartphones are phablet size. Also tweeted that phablets are not big sellers in the US.
Well they can spin it anyway they want, that 4.6" really needs a better then 1080P screen otherwise I'll just laugh to myself how my Nexus 5 has a much better screen, for half the cost. Meanwhile Apple will laugh all the way to the bank.
And that 5.5" model will find it tough in it's market place without having one of THE best screens out there. Because the competition are currently running at 2K resolution.
And that 5.5" model will find it tough in it's market place without having one of THE best screens out there. Because the competition are currently running at 2K resolution.
I didn't use Xcode to show that, it's just a mockup I made a while ago.
Someone with Xcode should actually run it at those resolutions so we can see.
I'm glad that you like phablets. I'd be happy if there were different sizes of phones on the market, just like with laptops, but it definitely looks like we'll all have to be carrying man purses.
I see what you mean. Gruber's example was:
What you are saying is there should't be any 3-pixel strokes in any @2x assets, or any odd numbered assets in @2x? Everything should start with @1x and be multiples of that. It would certainly make designing easier.
Makes no sense. The iPhone 5S and the 5 were the best selling phones in the world, despite the fact of the Note line being in existence. Do you honestly expect Apple to drop that and make a phablet on 5.5 inches to be the flagship device?
Phablets might have a market share Apple wants to get a piece of. But why would they ever think that making a phablet as their flagship, would be a wise decision given that the best selling phones aren't phablets?
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Why is everyone taking Gruber's opinion as gospel. It's just his opinion.
The 4.7 inch iphone will be the 'main' seller for Apple. All these rumors about specs being better or greater for the 5.5 model are most likely false.
A 5.5 inch iphone will be the 'niche' iphone. Not the mass market monster of the 4.7 inch. And no the 4.7 inch iphone will be just as premium as the 5.5. Only difference is the screen size.
No it's not the new 5c.
Exactly.
Why do they make the bezel on the top and bottom bigger on the 5.5 ?
With the extra bezel it makes it look like a 6 inch phone. It's needless space
It's like they WANT that model to sell poorly so they can say "See , told you so"
With the extra bezel it makes it look like a 6 inch phone. It's needless space
It's like they WANT that model to sell poorly so they can say "See , told you so"
I get the point that you like carrying and flashing around a phablet. I understand that some people like bigger screens; I'll probably need one when my eyesight goes and I can't read smaller text anymore. But the difference between a 5.5" screen and a 4" screen for office apps is insignificant. It's basically like when I got my second monitor replaced from a 21" to a 24" screen. It's a bit bigger, it's nice, but it's nothing to write home about.
