This may be accurate for some, but definitely not all. I use my 5s as much if not more than the next guy.
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Should all of us smaller people just die now?
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I thought Apple famously doesn't do market research, because "it's not the consumers' job to know what they want" (or whatever the quote is).
My wife is 5' 2" and 125lbs. She has a iPhone 6 Plus. She doesn't have any issues using it at all. In fact she thinks the iPhone 6 is too small. To each their own. But, as many have pointed out you are in the minority. It's a fact products are market driven, and larger display phones are in demand. Smaller display phones are not.
OK, serious question. Did you read through the thread? I know it's like 5 pages ATM so I sorta understand if you didn't. All other arguments aside though, the fact is, we don't know that that's true. Their could very well be a fair market for 4" phones still. Unless Apple updates a 4" alongside the larger ones, we won't really be able to tell. I personally think that there is the market for it, though many of you seem to disagree.
Will do, just give me your address and I'll ship it on over. Oh and I'll need your social security #, credit card # w/ pin and a valid passport too...
FWIW, my fine Hobbit friend ...
My wife is pretty close to your position, i.e., doesn't really care about the larger phone, to the point of possibly preferring a smaller device (it needs to fit in her favorite LV wrist tote) ... but she wants Apple Pay, Touch ID, the improved camera (big factor), so she's going to try a 6S.
I'm embarrassed by some of responses you're getting. The "get over it" and "stop whining" and especially the "I don't have a problem so why should you?" attitude is vulgar and I just wish these small (ironically) people would act like they would if they weren't hiding behind a screen.
I thought your post was both humorous and sincere, but not at all whiny. I do know a handful of people pining for a smaller iPhone and wouldn't be surprised if small phones came back into fashion some day. Maybe not ever year, but I suspect that there are enough of you to justify the occasional smaller iPhone once the 5s is truly obsolete.
Apple repeatedly reminds us through their actions that they're rarely interested in choices or what we want. They dictate and derive immense satisfaction by lording it over us
Get a watch. The AW Apple Pay is even better and more convenient than on the phone, and you get to keep your 5s.
I already have wrist-watch. And I like it. It runs on solar power exclusively and syncs to an atomic clock. It has some sort of energy-store that is charged by day.
I've not had a single issue with it since I bought it maybe a decade ago.
I just want a normal iPhone - which is considered small these days...
Not true. Sony has released full featured phones in the last year (as recently as last week) with 4.7" displays that are roughly the same size as the 5c. The issue is with Apple's design language.
Not true. Sony has released full featured phones in the last year (as recently as last week) with 4.7" displays that are roughly the same size as the 5c. The issue is with Apple's design language.
Yeah - iPhone 6/6s screen size of 4.7" is definitely not the main problem for me, it's the device width and to some extent the height vs the 4" phones.
If the bezels were to shrink, say if the home button goes away and you execute home button functions with a 3D touch in the future, I'd likely be fine with a 4.7" screen - Just need the overall physical dimensions down a bit.
I'm over six feet tall. I use my iPhone 6 all day for reading and listening to podcasts. If Apple released a 4 inch iPhone, I would buy it in a heartbeat. The 6 is indeed more cumbersome than my iPhone 5 was.
Apple was right in their original reluctance to create large screen phones. Many people seem willing to deal with shifting hands, using two hands, etc.— the trade-off is worth it to them. But that doesn't mean everyone who wishes for a smaller iPhone is wrong. Remember when the iPod Nano was preferable entirely because of its smaller size?
Apple was right in their original reluctance to create large screen phones. Many people seem willing to deal with shifting hands, using two hands, etc.— the trade-off is worth it to them. But that doesn't mean everyone who wishes for a smaller iPhone is wrong. Remember when the iPod Nano was preferable entirely because of its smaller size?
Fiasco, really? Considering it boosted their world wide sales and has driven their competitors market share down, don't really see how its a fiasco. Don't think you'll see anything smaller than the current 5S. Besides it require a big investment in manufacturing for tooling, and inventory of more components. Then there is the issue of developers needing to support more platforms.
I don't think it was realistic to expect Apple to unveil a 6c this go around, as the 5s is still available on contract and is still in production. I could see them offering a 6c (or 7c but with mostly 6 series internals) next year. Then again, the 5c might not have sold enough for them to continue that line.
All you small phone acolytes need to go away and stop complaining. Either you get what Apple is offering or you don't. Go seek your 4" phone elsewhere. There are other non-iPhone options that fit the bill for you.
Quite frankly it's getting annoying reading thread after thread about this. If there was a substantial demand (no you don't represent the populous sorry!) for a 4" iPhone Apple would be on it. Unless of course you think you know more than Apple.
Quite frankly it's getting annoying reading thread after thread about this. If there was a substantial demand (no you don't represent the populous sorry!) for a 4" iPhone Apple would be on it. Unless of course you think you know more than Apple.
One could have argued the same for when the 5c came out. I think the main reason they made the 5c was to differentiate it from the 5s, but I guess the upsells weren't enough for Apple to justify developing a "6c"
The 5c was a cost saving measure. They discontinued the 5 instead of making it $100 on contract as they had done with the other phones that were a year old. The fact that they haven't done any other c line phones makes me think sales were underwhelming. And now with the booming sales of the 6/Plus lines, I doubt they're going to try and make a budget phone again.
There may be a new 4" phone next year, but if there is I can almost guarantee it'll have 6 or 6s internals. The 7/Plus will be the flagship lines. I could see them discontinuing the 6 Plus in favor of a mini, since even the two year old Plus would be $100 on contract, not free like the 6 would be, and they may want to keep the Plus as a premium option like they do with the gold color.