Or your heavy usage isn't as heavy as you thought.
I frequently have more than 2 and half hours of screen on time a day. Maybe not every day but opretty often. Pretty much always over an hour and a half.
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I frequently have more than 2 and half hours of screen on time a day. Maybe not every day but opretty often. Pretty much always over an hour and a half.
Maybe you're more fortunate than I was.
I'm content with my 4S battery life. If Apple does make a larger-screened iPhone, I hope the battery life isn't nicked in any way. They did a good job of not losing battery life in the new iPad, but it won't be such a drastic change in resolution... so it probably isn't too much of an issue, seeing as the 4S already has the Retina Display.
They did a horrible job on the new ipad. They had to increase the battery size like 80% and it still gets less battery.
How do your points still stand? I have average sized hands and I find it hard to reach the other side of a keyboard on screens any bigger than 4.2", let alone the top of the screen. The OP referred to 4.6", which I agree, is getting ridiculous for a phone.
One handed use required for my phone please Apple! Else I'll pick up a tablet.
I meant in terms of battery life, it's still decent... despite having to stuff an immensely ridiculous battery in the thing and also turning it into a convenient, on-the-go oven... the battery still lasts quite a while for what it is. I actually like the iPad for once with the new display. Was not a big fan going back and forth from the Ret screen of my iPhone to the iPad.
Time for a modest upgrade to 4.0 or 4.3 as most people will be happy with a larger screen since it enhances many of the features the iPhone offers such as reading, playing games watching videos etc. The new 28nm A6 chip will compensate for the battery life.
I completely agree. After using some of the larger screens, going back to the 3.5 screen is really small, but I've already thought the current screen was too small beforehand.
IMO a 4.0 or 4.3 doesn't make the phone drastically larger to hold, but makes a noticeable difference in screen usability. For some it might be too big in size but for me it's not.
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I tried Galaxy S II the other day, and it's just too big and Galaxy Nexus is HUGE. 3.5" really is a great size, maybe 4" but nothing over that.
Apple cannot increase the size of the phone, they have to consider that women and kids use the iPhone too, and no woman will be able to use a Galaxy Nexus sized phone one handed, hell, many men will have problem doing that.
And since they want the most compatibility, they probably won't increase the size.
If they increase the screen size at the expense of the home button(replaced by gestures) and keep the size the same, I'm all for it.
Apple cannot increase the size of the phone, they have to consider that women and kids use the iPhone too, and no woman will be able to use a Galaxy Nexus sized phone one handed, hell, many men will have problem doing that.
And since they want the most compatibility, they probably won't increase the size.
If they increase the screen size at the expense of the home button(replaced by gestures) and keep the size the same, I'm all for it.
All Apple has to do (and they will) is keep offering the 4S for those with small hands. 4" for everyone else. Win Win.
And most compatible? I wonder about every other high-end smartphone on the market being over 4". Are they only selling to people with gigantic hands and leaving the entire rest of the market to Apple?
Anyone who's used a decent 4" phone realizes it's barely larger than the iPhone and certainly easy for 'small hands'.
Incorrect. People like to buy the latest and greatest, they would be alienating people.
Considering that the iPhone outsells all the other Androids combined, I'd say that, yes, they are leaving a very large market size to Apple OR, the screen size isn't that big of a deal to the general public.
4" would be fine, as long as they can fit it in the same dimensions. Too bad the "retina screen" would not be "retina" anymore though.
Personally, I'm more into miniaturization rather than super sizing. Thinner, less bezel, etc...
And they're not alienating people by sticking with the smallest screen on the market? Where do you think half the Android market came from?
Sprint and ATT aren't the whole market.
You don't foresee anyone who claimed 3.5 is the perfect screen size to suddenly say 4.0, or 4.3 or whatever Apple may come out with is now the "perfect" screen size?
You must not know the forums very well.
Yes, i do. But that wasn't your point. You are contradicting yourself.
