00.1% chance that the size will stay the same....
Apple isn't dumb brah, no way in hell the size will stay the same.
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00.1% chance that the size will stay the same....
Apple isn't dumb brah, no way in hell the size will stay the same.
First of all, don't "brah" me. Second of all, your logic as to why it will not stay? I can give you several highly plausible scenarios and reasons why it will stay.
Also, where did you come up with your probability percentage? Any thing you can use to back it up?
Also, Apple is known for consistency until its purpose is no more. Right now, even after several phone started being larger than 3.5" (mind you this was a year after the first iPhone), Apple still keeps the same form factor because it sells and will continue to sell. Moreover, Apple isn't keen on doing what people want. Apple does what it wants and if people buy, good, if not... convert their thoughts to buy their stuff.
Why? Why is saying iSheep necessary? Its stupid. Just plain idiotic. A consumer should not be taunted for buying a certain device. You want Apple? Great. Android? Awesome. Windows? Cool. Doesn't matter what you choose, no one AND I MEAN NO ONE should be made fun of for buying something. *Some* people work hard for their money and buy what they want. So what if more people are iOS than Android or WP? That won't bother anything. Every OS is still evolving and will keep doing so even if someone buys an iPhone.
I'm tired of hearing crap like that. I'm not an iPhone user myself, but things like this give non-iphone users a bad name. Just because my phone doesn't get a huge keynote and lines going on for blocks, doesn't mean I can't enjoy it. Calling someone an "iSheep" gives you no benefit and won't convince someone to drop Apple for Google.
I'm sorry if I sounded rude, but I think this has to stop. If you don't want to hear about tons and tons of iPhone stuff, don't come to the IPHONE section!!!!! Simple as that. It will save you time, and you may get something productive done instead of calling people names.
*Most* consumers make educated decisions on their purchases. If you have used an iPhone for years and have a huge app library purchased, there is no need to go to a different OS. But yet people are called iSheep. How stupid does that sound? So if someone who has hundreds of dollars in apps for iOS already bought, they are obviously going to stick with iOS until its no longer possible to.
Apple is unpredictable. It's their way or nothing. It works and sells because the market clearly likes what Apple makes.
I think Apple wants consumers and the competition to be unsure of what happens next.
I think in the absence of SJ Apple is under more pressure to have a huge hit and wow the market. This might motivate a much more dramatic product than people expect.
I think Apple wants consumers and the competition to be unsure of what happens next.
I think in the absence of SJ Apple is under more pressure to have a huge hit and wow the market. This might motivate a much more dramatic product than people expect.
Well if you count out the top two, you have:
iWallet
Better camera
Retina display
Chinese capability, language etc. this is huge because this is their in into the china mobile carrier
Other known improvements being a better, smarter Siri, Passbook.
iWallet
Better camera
Retina display
Chinese capability, language etc. this is huge because this is their in into the china mobile carrier
Other known improvements being a better, smarter Siri, Passbook.
What?
So:
1 - They'll already be working on their own apps, and when the screen is lengthened existing apps which haven't yet been adapted will simply show as their original size. No big deal. Devs will adapt, and they'll be pleased to have a bit more real estate to work with.
2 - How much would it have to stretch to not be Retina? And who says they won't change the resolution? After all, the rumours are all about stretching it, and not keeping the same ratio. Have you not seen the many photos and videos of the purported new front and rear panels? Or have you conveniently ignored them because you must be right and the photos must be wrong?
3 - Why was that a mistake? Made lots of companies lots of money... The mistake was in the way that the very clever antenna casing wasn't quite as clever as at first thought. But that made more people even more money!
4 - Smaller and thinner is good, but that doesn't preclude longer or wider. And longer allows thinner through redistributing the innards.
5 - I'm not clueless, but I'd appreciate a slightly bigger screen. And as others have pointed out, they've included other stuff that there was a demand for - pull down notifications, straight from the JB community, reminders, podcasts app, and others. Their policy might not be 'do whatever customers ask for', but it certainly isn't 'don't do anything that the customers ask for'!
6 - Ridiculous argument. Whose hands? Yours? Mine? Male? Female? Young? Old?
I don't believe that personal insults fit into MR. You don't know the person you're talking to. Your tone is condescending, and in my opinion you don't really deserve the time spent replying to you. But there are so many arguments against what you said that they had to be written down. I'm sure there are arguments for, as well, but the point is that this is all speculation and opinion, yet certain people on these forums act as though they know what's right for the GLOBAL smart phone market.
PS - Apple gives what they believe that people DO want. Last time I looked, they were the most valuable company in the world, by $180 billion. That's not through not giving customers what they want. I don't want highly customisable Macs. I want reliability and ease, and I don't want to be confused by 18 different models of anything. This requirement is met by my iMac, MBA, iPad and iPhone running the latest OSX and iOS versions and applications written for that largely stable environment. I'm happy. You want customisable, and are happy to accept reliability issues and difficult installations, go back to Microsoft.
Tiptopp
So:
1 - They'll already be working on their own apps, and when the screen is lengthened existing apps which haven't yet been adapted will simply show as their original size. No big deal. Devs will adapt, and they'll be pleased to have a bit more real estate to work with.
2 - How much would it have to stretch to not be Retina? And who says they won't change the resolution? After all, the rumours are all about stretching it, and not keeping the same ratio. Have you not seen the many photos and videos of the purported new front and rear panels? Or have you conveniently ignored them because you must be right and the photos must be wrong?
3 - Why was that a mistake? Made lots of companies lots of money... The mistake was in the way that the very clever antenna casing wasn't quite as clever as at first thought. But that made more people even more money!
4 - Smaller and thinner is good, but that doesn't preclude longer or wider. And longer allows thinner through redistributing the innards.
5 - I'm not clueless, but I'd appreciate a slightly bigger screen. And as others have pointed out, they've included other stuff that there was a demand for - pull down notifications, straight from the JB community, reminders, podcasts app, and others. Their policy might not be 'do whatever customers ask for', but it certainly isn't 'don't do anything that the customers ask for'!
6 - Ridiculous argument. Whose hands? Yours? Mine? Male? Female? Young? Old?
I don't believe that personal insults fit into MR. You don't know the person you're talking to. Your tone is condescending, and in my opinion you don't really deserve the time spent replying to you. But there are so many arguments against what you said that they had to be written down. I'm sure there are arguments for, as well, but the point is that this is all speculation and opinion, yet certain people on these forums act as though they know what's right for the GLOBAL smart phone market.
PS - Apple gives what they believe that people DO want. Last time I looked, they were the most valuable company in the world, by $180 billion. That's not through not giving customers what they want. I don't want highly customisable Macs. I want reliability and ease, and I don't want to be confused by 18 different models of anything. This requirement is met by my iMac, MBA, iPad and iPhone running the latest OSX and iOS versions and applications written for that largely stable environment. I'm happy. You want customisable, and are happy to accept reliability issues and difficult installations, go back to Microsoft.
Tiptopp
You know, these types of posts never get old.12" screen
6G RKS(really killer speed)
28mp camera
better battery(will last a week with talking and internet use) can also be used to jump off your car if you leave the lights on.
George Forman Grill app, so you can cook on your phone.
Available exclusively on "Straight Talk"
So very imaginative. Why not throw in a Portal 2 type transporter generator so we can instantly bean anywhere on the planet? Right, because posting an exaggerated list of things that you'll never see in a phone is funny, right? Right?My prediction, unfortunately, is based on iOS6 and the leaked shells we've seen: Stretched display (yawn) and metal back. (+1 for loosing the glass back). ...and I pray to Jeebus that the top and bottom plate on the back is plastic, so everyone soapboxing about how Apple would never put plastic on a phone can eat their own words. If they remain glass, though, it will be "Apple puts together the perfect combination of metal and glass for a killer iPhone!".
Selling points: 4" screen (though it will be mostly useless in everyday use) and software apps like iMaps, Facebook integration and that thing were you can keep your physically disadvantaged child safe from the dangers of an iPhone touch screen.
and that's all they'll likely include... they're not dumb. They have to same SOMETHING for the 5s to make it appealing.
So you think that apple will save the use of NFC for the release of the 5S? I think that they are more likely to put that feature to use now that there's the "Passbook" application.
Well, I really don't know (/care) if they include NFC in their iPhone 5 but what I do know is if/when they do, they'll have a good use for it...
I also know that there will be technologies (hardware/software) that they have that they will reserve for the next iteration iPhone. That's what they have always done. It doesn't bother me one bit cause I know that what they DO put out will WORK and not be half-baked into the phone. I'd rather my device be a half a step behind and work 100% than be "on the cutting edge" and be less refined and more prone to hardware and/or software glitches.
Totally redesigned and revamped iPhone, even better leapforward in antenna design from the 4S (the antennas on the 4S is really good) . Huge improvements with battery life brought about by the larger phone accompanied by the new 4 inch Retina IPS display.
LTE is not really a must for me, but its definitely good to have. I'm satisfied with Verizon's 3G network for now, although it always doesn't reach above 2.5mbps and is always around 1-2 mbps. At least it has best coverage and I even get coverage driving in desolated areas .
Back to topic. Perhaps a backlit home button would be nice for notifications . An improved front facing HD iSight camera, at least about 2 megapixels, 12 megapixels on the back which shoots HD video at highers frames than 30, perhaps 40 could smoothen video recording even more. Improved image stabilisation, thats for sure. I tend to tremble a bit while taking pictures with my iPhone.
And oh yes, perhaps a decent A5X chip or an A6 chip would be nice. I just want to see a significant performance improvement in the new iPhone over the 4S, rivalling the GSIII. However, reports has said that the Galaxy SIII's performance rivals the new iPad, so Apple better do something to be at least on par with the GSIII. Maybe an A6 processor with Quad core CPU and improved dual core graphics, and then A6X for the next iPad with Quad core CPU and GPU. They better not simply bump up the GPU chip in the new iPhone or I'll be another disappointed buyer.
What I'm actually trying to say is the current 4S has a dual core graphics. They should retain the dual core graphics but improve it in terms of performance and then bump 2 cores into the CPU.
All these features shouldn't be too difficult to implement. Its reasonable .
LTE is not really a must for me, but its definitely good to have. I'm satisfied with Verizon's 3G network for now, although it always doesn't reach above 2.5mbps and is always around 1-2 mbps. At least it has best coverage and I even get coverage driving in desolated areas .
Back to topic. Perhaps a backlit home button would be nice for notifications . An improved front facing HD iSight camera, at least about 2 megapixels, 12 megapixels on the back which shoots HD video at highers frames than 30, perhaps 40 could smoothen video recording even more. Improved image stabilisation, thats for sure. I tend to tremble a bit while taking pictures with my iPhone.
And oh yes, perhaps a decent A5X chip or an A6 chip would be nice. I just want to see a significant performance improvement in the new iPhone over the 4S, rivalling the GSIII. However, reports has said that the Galaxy SIII's performance rivals the new iPad, so Apple better do something to be at least on par with the GSIII. Maybe an A6 processor with Quad core CPU and improved dual core graphics, and then A6X for the next iPad with Quad core CPU and GPU. They better not simply bump up the GPU chip in the new iPhone or I'll be another disappointed buyer.
What I'm actually trying to say is the current 4S has a dual core graphics. They should retain the dual core graphics but improve it in terms of performance and then bump 2 cores into the CPU.
All these features shouldn't be too difficult to implement. Its reasonable .
Probably a 4" screen and LTE (sigh...).
Also probably a small bump to the camera, but that won't be a big feature.
Hoping for Siri 1.0 as well.
A slow mo camera which shoots at around 500fps would be AMAZING, but we're a few years away from that yet. That's on my wishlist.
Also probably a small bump to the camera, but that won't be a big feature.
Hoping for Siri 1.0 as well.
A slow mo camera which shoots at around 500fps would be AMAZING, but we're a few years away from that yet. That's on my wishlist.
I completely agree. I never really thought about them saving NFC for the 5s but someone else said something about the addition of 802.11ac at some point in time as well.
You WILL NOT see NFC in this next iPhone. You WILL see it in the next. All rumors and leaked photo's point to a metal chassis, so NFC is out.
You all have already seen the main selling point for the new iPhone. 4G/LTE. That's it. Everything else like turn by turn nav, passbook, etc... are iOS6 features. Better camera, cpu and gpu are a given and will be highlighted, but themain selling point will be 4G/LTE.
You all have already seen the main selling point for the new iPhone. 4G/LTE. That's it. Everything else like turn by turn nav, passbook, etc... are iOS6 features. Better camera, cpu and gpu are a given and will be highlighted, but themain selling point will be 4G/LTE.
Stereo Mics with 145dB sound pressure level comparable to Nokia's Pureview 808 smartphone
2 Nokia 808 examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrOP6ZXJjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaOd95Qm7f0
comparable to Nokia's Pureview 808 smartphone2 Nokia 808 examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrOP6ZXJjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaOd95Qm7f0
Now I don't understand everything about NFC so please help me when I ask, why does the metal chassis matter when it comes to NFC and why make a point of it when the next gen will more than likely have the same form factor but will receive NFC?