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Sketchy Report Claims iPhone 5S Delayed Until Late 2013 Over Switch to 4.3-Inch Display

iGrip said:
Back in the day, the iPhone had a big screen compared to the other flagship smartphones, like the various Blackberry and Treo offerings.

How times change.
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So True. I remember when the iPhone was first released, the display very large compared to my work BlackBerry and my personal Treo. One of the reasons I bought a first gen iPhone was indeed the display.

It's truly disappointing that while Apple has done a good job with the iPhone, they continue to saddle it with a tiny display. Or if they must retain the small screen, then give us a second larger iPhone to choose from. Just like their laptop lineups.

I truly question Apple's current practices. Within the huge multinational company I work for there is a constant stream of once happy iPhone users, that are switching over to Android, primarily because of display size. It's just a shame.
 
Please give your customers choices and release an updated "original"(3.5 inch ) model.
It's just so conventient to use and to reach the upper corners (where you have navigation buttons like the back button)

I have another Windows phone over here which has a 3.7 inch display at a 15:9 ratio , unlike the 3.5 inch iphones which have a 3:2 ratio (and thats better imho.)

so 3.7 inch @15:9 is really at the limit in terms of usability for me. I can just reach the upper side of the screen.. not to mention the iphone 5...

but with the iphone's display ratio at 3:2 (= 13.5 : 9) the extra 0.2 inches would go less in height than on other phones. and to avoid making the device broader or substantially broader, they could take the same approach like Samsung did with the S4 coming from the S3 . ( taking away borders an making the device narrower)
 
robjulo said:
Tick Tock only works if you are the only game in town. That is no longer the case for Apple.
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So what exactly should they do? There's no point in releasing a new looking phone if it's going to have exactly the same internals as what the '5S' would anyway.

That's just innovation for innovation's sake … changing things and ultimately making pipelines more difficult and products less reliable.

Less is more. If Apple made 50 different models of laptop, all with ports slightly different, varying sizes of thickness, different fan placements … well, they'd just end up making HPs and DELLs. I'd rather they did a few things well, than stretch themselves with a ridiculous product line and end up making nothing worthwhile.

If the 5S is 4x as powerful as the 5, would you still think that's bad? I'm curious …
 
BMcCoy said:
The changes that went into the 3GS, and indeed the 4S were similar in magnitude.. they were both vast improvements over the previous phone, just in the same looking case.

But yes, this next iPhone is going to be a phenomenon... everyone will want one. :cool:
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Agree. I think the rule is that if the new components fit in an enclosure that has the same dimensions as the old enclosure, add an "S."
 
keysofanxiety said:
So what exactly should they do? There's no point in releasing a new looking phone if it's going to have exactly the same internals as what the '5S' would anyway.
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Huh? The entire point is whether the display should be increase to 4.3 inches, this year, rather than down the road. Incremental updates only works if you are the only player - see Intel. Incremental updates when your competition is blowing your socks off, is not going to sustainable.

A bigger screen should have happened this year.
 
I am sure Apple will do experiments with different screen sizes. Mostly Jony Ive will be playing with them in the lab.
I think analysts just put this out as their predictions.
 
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After Jony Ivy scraping the slide to unlock, I'm afraid anything could happen. Too sad.
 
Being a developer myself, modifying assets to fit a new resolution isn't that big of a deal. I'm not sure why some people are claiming that this is such a huge issue. I'm assuming that if you are not a developer/graphic designer, you're not quite sure all that goes into this type of thing, and If you are you're probably just lazy :p.
 
MDMac said:
Being a developer myself, modifying assets to fit a new resolution isn't that big of a deal. I'm not sure why some people are claiming that this is such a huge issue. I'm assuming that if you are not a developer/graphic designer, you're not quite sure all that goes into this type of thing, and If you are you're probably just lazy :p.
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100% correct.
 
1. I bought my case planning on keeping it for the 5 and 5S. Now I have to wait for Lifeproof to make another one???

2. Why do you only ever hear about delays? Never ahead of the game.
 
Rocketman said:
Now that the 5S and plastic iPhone are in various stages of production, the prototypes of the next gen are starting to confuse the supply chain watchers. Rocketman
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The most logical explanation I've read so far. Or could these rumors be based on APPLE's preliminary work, they might be doing already on a (post 5s) iPhone 6, with perhaps the slightly larger screen housed in the same-sized shell, but with slightly thinner bezels? Who knows? Avail yourselves of that customary grain of salt.
 
rp2011 said:
The picture posted with the story could be for the plastic iPhone.

Consider IGZO
If we add the rumors together then it does add up. IGZO allows for a much smaller bezel. What do you do with the extra space? Leave it blank or make it usable space? We know IGZO is much thinner too, allowing for thinner designs. So add a bigger battery or leave it the same size? We already know the 5s is getting a bigger battery.

Notice how the new mini will also get "an almost bezel free look"
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agree.

and if we recall Tim Cook earnings call in april, he said:

"Some customers value large screen size. Others value other factors such as resolution, color quality, white balance, reflectivity, power consumption, compatibility of apps, and portability. Our competitors have made some significant tradeoffs in many of these areas to ship a larger display. We would not ship a larger display iPhone while these tradeoffs exist."

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/2...t-reiterates-commitment-to-quality-over-size/

so, IGZO should be the key here.
 
CGagnon said:
I really hope I don't have to start modifying my apps for yet another resolution.
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But you will, right?

The iOS ecosystem is far too valuable.

I can't imagine there were many developers who didn't make the switch to Retina or to 16:9 for the iPhone 5 and new iPod Touch.
 
I actually believe needs to go up in size...eventually.

Sales of the iPhone 5 are still going strong, primarily because new smartphone buyers wanting in on the Apple ecosystem have no other choice.

That said, there's a whole bunch of existing iPhone 4, 4s, heck even 3gs owners who may have been holding out for a larger than 4" iPhone.

Apple may potentially lose these customers to Android, if the 5s is perceived as an unworthy or insignificant upgrade.

The 's' in iPhone 4s was for speed. Perhaps the 's' in iPhone 5s will stand for size. :)
 
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