You were bellyaching and moaning when the 6 came out about how we don't need phones this thin too. Guaranteed.
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Rumored 6.7-Inch iPhone Said to Be Thinner, Have Larger Rear Camera Sensors, and More
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You were bellyaching and moaning when the 6 came out about how we don't need phones this thin too. Guaranteed.
So this fall’s line up may look like this:
iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14
For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14
For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
Bending was the first thing I thought of too. And yea, I like bigger phones but think Pro Max is good enough. Which jeans have the biggest pockets if I do go for the 6.7?
I currently have a X and 11(non pro) work phone.
I think I'm done spending $1000+ for a phone. I'm not a VLogger and son graduates this year so I won't be at the games or event filming him so the cameras mean little to me now. Still probably have another year or so before 5G is in my area.
I'll probably wind up with the 5.4, wish it was 5.8. If your price is about right, maybe go to walmart and get the $799 model because they normally do $50 off Apple price on phones and $100 on Samsung on day 1.
At least the one here has in the past
Don't think XR will make that list! They will drop it from the store
Not so much at iPhone volumes. "Economies of scale" are subject to diminishing returns. So when you are talking about each variation selling in the millions, plus a great deal of commonality among the models, it's likely that the price "inflation" is pretty small.
the max is tall enough, but whatever...
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my guess is the 22 model, maybe...
This feels right to me. On a recent thread discussing the rumors of the SE2/9 there are a lot of people that want something the size of the SE (I'm one of them, for the most part). I wondered if the phone rumors represented in this item superseded that or not. Would they do a 9 if they were doing a 5.4" phone that was smaller than the 9 (assuming the 9 would essentially be the 8 refreshed)?
But this lineup as described above makes sense to me.
So I am one of those that would miss the one-handedness of the SE, though really I almost always use two hands anyway, come to think of it. I think I would prefer something the rumored size of this 5.4" phone but with a feature set more like what is rumored for the 9...assuming that meant a corresponding lower price (which it wouldn't necessarily).
The bezel difference is 1.1, or 2.2mm less in total for OLED. That would make it roughly the same. Without knowing the "exact" Screen Diagonal.
I classify something like 3mm difference in Width and Height as practically the same as iPhone 8. Not something in between iPhone SE. Which would implied closer to the median of the two.
They should make a 5.4 inch version with "Pro" features. Some of us like smaller phones like the SE for their size, and not necessarily for their lower cost.
It appears that I omitted a couple words in my original post which severely changed the context of the comment.
I meant to say... "I can't be the only one tired of spending crazy amounts of money on phones, right?"
There's a much higher capex for introducing 10 different colors across 3 new devices. Also, Samsung produces the majority of all OLED-based smartphones since they have a near monopoly on the OLED manufacturing equipment. The only valid point is when you factor in LCD production. Otherwise, most of the other parts are the same.
Instead of spending $700 every year or two people are spending $1,000-1,100 every three or four years.
guaranteed, if they introduced only one color, they can reach far better economies of scale than six colors. it's not like they're out of "space gray" dye. this helps especially with capex and inventory.
I'm still using the thinnest iPhone ever and is still working pretty fine after 5 years and a half. Thinner does not mean that is not durable. And by the way, I've never used a case! I definitely want something thin, even if that affects battery.
iPhone 9 4.7 IPS screen , A13 , iPhone XR camera , touch ID , no 5G ( $299-399 price zone)
iPhone 12 5.4 OLED screen , A14 , iPhone "12" twin camerass , FaceID , 5G (sub 6Hz probably skip mmWave). ( $599-699 price zone). and maybe even wireless charging.
Uptick on screen , processor , camera (in number and quantity) , biometric sensor , and cellular connectivity. What didn't they hit? (even more so if wireless charging is present ).
The "pro" class would be a few more tech differences but there would be a very substantive gap between the iPhone 9 and the iPhone 12 even if they have approximately the same LxWxD dimensions. (wireless charging may mean there is a depth difference. or that 5.2 gets by with a smaller battery than the older processor and IPS screen variant because components consume less power. )
One would be the affordable "Small iPhone" and the other would be the upscale "Small iPhone".
They'd only miss out the the maximum tech in the smallest possible package. That probably is a much smaller market than these two "small iPhones" put together. a sizable number of Folks who put a very high premium on the three (or more) cameras would make the trade off for the 6.1". Broad, deep market for a $999+ phone in the "small phone" space.... probably not (at least relative to the combo of the other two).
P.S. that iphone 12 spec list above is better in most respects than the iPhone 11 Pro. It is smaller ( and if that is a priority better). Better processor , Possibly better FaceID , better Cellular radio . There would be a narrow subset of camera performance gap but it would be a high end camera system relative to the overall cell phone market. Apple may not slap a "Pro" adjective on it, but the price is quite high ( if "Pro" means high price) and performance is there. In terms of computational performance it would faster and $300 cheaper than the iPhone 11 Pro. Lots of people are going to walk away from that?
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Options are awesome but I was happier with their single phone then. Now I don't like any of them.
So new rumors about dropping ports altogether. I was hoping for Type-C but dropping all together would have to cause a riot. I just finally got a car with Carplay at the end of last year!
I wish they would go back to the Days of Just 1 Phone the iPhone you either have it or you don’t. Heck maybe 2 a 6.1” and a 6.7” Pro and that’s it. 7 options Is too much.
I think the days of one iPhone model are way gone. People want choice and if Apple wants to compete with Samsung and the other android manufacturers this is what they have to do.