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Tapered iPhone 6 Concept in Larger Sizes Shows New Home Screen Possibilities
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It would be nice to redesign the homescreen but if it works for the mini and 5's then why change it for something in the middle? Hopefully they think different 
Agreed about the tapered back. It must be fun to do mockups. But not much thought about actual use must have been considered. Simply laying a tapered back phone on a flat surface would be untenable. It would wobble and with less surface area it would slip and fall off of even mildly tilted surfaces.
Reminds me of the concept images for the iphone 5 before it came out (curved + edge to edge). Turned out to be nothing like it 
Yep. I don't get why these concept renders are considered newsworthy. All this guy did was blow up the 5S and get rid of bezel. Big deal.
I don't think "bigger screen = more icons per home screen" really qualifies as "new home screen possibilities", but rather an obvious and uncreative thing that one can do with extra screen space.
While the renderings don't really stay in line with Apple's design, the borderless screen is certainly something they will one day adopt. But the iPhone 6 is probably not going to have it yet, this is further down the road, I'd say in more than 2-3 years.
While the renderings don't really stay in line with Apple's design, the borderless screen is certainly something they will one day adopt. But the iPhone 6 is probably not going to have it yet, this is further down the road, I'd say in more than 2-3 years.
Exactly. I'm not a big widget fan either, but these mock ups make it pretty clear that adding more rows and columns of icons is kind of just wasting the extra space. I hope Apple can come up with a clever solution.
This whole screen size thing reminded me of this scene from the upcoming Muppets movie:
http://youtu.be/DQiGyBiNjLI?t=2m1s
Gotta love the Muppets!
No way!!!
They don't give me that many icons on my iPad, they're NOT likely to do it on a bigger iPhone. (Yes, I can put 6 in the dock on my iPad).
Gary
They don't give me that many icons on my iPad, they're NOT likely to do it on a bigger iPhone. (Yes, I can put 6 in the dock on my iPad).
Gary
I just don't think borderless screens are the way forward, at least not in the near term. Doing so would create an inordinate amount of issues related to spurious input (yes, I'm aware of the tweaks made around the intro of the iPad Mini, but still) and structural integrity of the device.
Are there any devices on the market that don't have a bezel?
Are there any devices on the market that don't have a bezel?
The 4.7" one looks quite nice, but the phablet is plain horrible. Looks too out of proportion with the ridiculous amount of icons.
I like the look of thin bezels, but no bezel at all just looks ugly IMO.
While I like this idea, I don't think Apple will implement widgets in the same way Android does. I think if they were to introduce them, it would be more like the Windows Phone live tiles and update on an interval. That way they don't have to worry about the battery life being used up too much (I can vouch for this method working because I have quite a few live tiles on my Lumia 920 and I don't experience any adverse battery effects).
That was what I assumed too. Once you've owned a device with the curved edge on the glass, you never want to go back. Your finger just rolls on and off the screen so nicely. Anything with a flat edge just feels harsh.
The design is very nice, but I don't need something larger in my pocket, I want something smaller. If they're going to start fiddling with size (a la "innovation, Samsung-style"), why is larger (than current) the only size they would choose?