They really do need a iPhone nano if they are going to do a monster like this.
More to the point if they are going to do a big phone why not get serious about it and do close to 6 inch so that is has workable two hand use.
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They really do need a iPhone nano if they are going to do a monster like this.
More to the point if they are going to do a big phone why not get serious about it and do close to 6 inch so that is has workable two hand use.
Man you must little baby hands or something. My 4.7" phone fits in my pocket just fine and I can reach all areas of the screen.
Get over it.
If the iPhone does get larger some might...
As an iphone developer for over 5 years, I can tell you that what you just said couldn't be further from the truth. Furthermore, with the new APIs that were released with the iphone 5, it is actually extremely easy
Yep, agreed. People really don't research properly (unless hearsay is "research")
Considering the iPad and iPad Mini share the same resolution at a much bigger difference, I think it's pretty likely the 5.5" and the 4.7" will share the same resolution since creating that many assets would seem infuriating. Especially since the original concern about the introduction of a 4" screen was how long it'd take developers to update for it.
Very minor differences of the same design, IMO. I remember how many people here were disappointed when Steve announced the 4S since they were expecting a totally new design. Obviously the disappointment didn't stop anyone from buying the 4S or anything that came after it. Well over a year ago there was a concept of an iPhone with a curved back and a few other design tweaks that I personally liked, it had a lot of potential.
Well, do you realize this matter is highly subjective, right ?
I absolutely prefer a flat back on a mobile, versus a rounded one.
I like the way Apple improved iPhone design over the time without losing the "family feeling" of iPhone 4.
This is the part I don't really understand. If you add all the real estate under the screen, why couldn't the area above and below the screen be decreased?
Remember what I said: the 4.7" iPhone 6 model will look like a scaled up iPhone 5C, though of course the case color will be white, slate grey and "champagne" gold.
From Pogue's review of the Samsung Galaxy 5:Man you must little baby hands or something. My 4.7" phone fits in my pocket just fine and I can reach all areas of the screen.
Get over it.
Please, Apple step of the ledge of Android absurdity. Leave bad design to the bad designers and consumers with no taste.David Pogue said:
Yeah, and that feature phone has a camera as good as the iPhone for pictures and video with 64GB storage and Contacts integration with my iPad? FaceTime Audio? Skype? Yeah, i didn't think so.
Also the top time I listen to podcasts is when walking the dog, and then I don't have my messenger bag/iPad with me. I have the ideal setup now -- please save me the suggestions.
So if you have the "ideal setup" now, why do you need an iPhone 6 again? Seems like all of your problems go away if you just keep what you have.
There will definitely be no increase in rows, because they would have done that with the iPad.
It may look like there's too much space, but again, look at the iPad. The 4.7" screen will be the same density, so it makes sense to keep the same size of icons and increase spacing for a more visible wallpaper. The 5.5" version will have the same relative spacing, but obviously will be stretched larger in 1080p. It will be like the iPad Retina vs. iPad mini
If they kept the original spacing of the 5s icons and just stretched it larger, the phone would look too much like the 5s and it would not be obvious that there was a screen size change without actually holding a 6 in person
My goal was to keep it from looking like this above. The icons look horrible because the space from the edge of the display doesn't match the space between icons. There's too little buffer between icons and the edge, and then there's no physical bezel there either.
Do you not think Apple stress test their designs a *tad* more thoroughly than people test their agendas on forums?
judging by the looks of 5c, i think not
I don't. I will however need a 6S when my current contract is up -- to upgrade to 128GB and get the better camera and CPU.
My take is the 4.7" device is the iPhone 6. However, the 5.5" device is somewhere between an iPod Touch an an iPad Mini. That is, this device will be mostly a tablet / media player with cell phone communication secondary.
Here are some guesses for the 5.5" device name.
iPod Touch Max
iPod Touch Air
iPad Micro
iPad Express
iPad Go
Feel free to contribute.
I love my Iphone 5S. The only "mistakes" I make with it are typing. I rarely type a long message without a couple of mistakes. Maybe if the Iphone 6 is a little wider, it would prevent this. A little wider is okay, but taller would be grotesque.
You have been saying for months that they wouldn't make an iPhone bigger than the current one. It's as plain as day that the next iPhone will be larger than 4".