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The 'There is no 5.5" iPhone 6' thread
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I feel that it does not make sense to extrapolate the iPhone design into an iPhone with 5.5 inch display. The bezels on the top and bottom will make the phone extremely big and uncomfortable to hold. I hope that if there is a 5.5 inch model it will have bezels like the LG G3, even though its unlikely cause of the touch ID.
Most people will still want a bigger display but whatever happened to one-handed use? Looking forward to the next iPhone event and what Jony Ive will say.
Just my opinions. Apple all the way!
Most people will still want a bigger display but whatever happened to one-handed use? Looking forward to the next iPhone event and what Jony Ive will say.
Just my opinions. Apple all the way!
I feel that it does not make sense to extrapolate the iPhone design into an iPhone with 5.5 inch display. The bezels on the top and bottom will make the phone extremely big and uncomfortable to hold. I hope that if there is a 5.5 inch model it will have bezels like the LG G3, even though its unlikely cause of the touch ID.
Most people will still want a bigger display but whatever happened to one-handed use? Looking forward to the next iPhone event and what Jony Ive will say.
Just my opinions. Apple all the way!
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I feel that it does not make sense to extrapolate the iPhone design into an iPhone with 5.5 inch display. The bezels on the top and bottom will make the phone extremely big and uncomfortable to hold. I hope that if there is a 5.5 inch model it will have bezels like the LG G3, even though its unlikely cause of the touch ID.
Most people will still want a bigger display but whatever happened to one-handed use? Looking forward to the next iPhone event and what Jony Ive will say.
Just my opinions. Apple all the way!
This is my concern. I've played with the Note 3 and love the screen size but with TouchID I think it's going to make the phone way to large. I'll likely be sticking with the smaller model if the 5.5 does end up coming out. Whenever they can embed TouchID into the screen itself I'll take another look.
to be honest ... there are MANY things that Bloomberg & WSJ were wrong about . gonna see if I can find articles .
Thing is I don't know which size I want. I kinda lean toward the 4.7 but the 5.5 is cool as well as it can replace a small tablet, plus it likely will have better battery life too. I hope Apple only makes 1 version.
I don't think that it could replace my iPad mini. My iPad mini is useful to me in a lot of ways that my phone isn't.
However, I also hope that apple releases 1 version so I won't mentally kill myself trying to figure out that size iPhone I want.
Guess what:
iOS 7/8 is designed so that you don't have to reach to the top of the screen
That's why there will be a bigger iPhone.
iOS 7/8 is designed so that you don't have to reach to the top of the screen
That's why there will be a bigger iPhone.
Guess what:
iOS 7/8 is designed so that you don't have to reach to the top of the screen
That's why there will be a bigger iPhone.
Don't you still have to reach to the top of the phone to pull down on the notification center? Open an app on the top row? Click on a notification?
Guess what:
iOS 7/8 is designed so that you don't have to reach to the top of the screen
That's why there will be a bigger iPhone.
So many applications fail to utilize that feature. For instance TapaTalk was updated recently and REMOVED the swipe in from edge to go back...
Larger screened iPhones will highlight these developer oversights, in particular Google apps
Oop! I forgot about that. 0_o
Well, um... then it will be ergonomically designed!!
(Runs away)
Say what you want, but they are very credible, and have a track record of being correct. Also, when it is substantiated by Bloomberg, and Re/Code (again, headed by Walt Mossberg, who Apple has leaked much information to in the past), it's pretty solid information. Whether you choose to buy into it or not, that's your choice, and is perfectly reasonable. All I'm saying is that those three sources alone is enough to convince me.
Have they actually said there is a 5.5" iPhone 6 coming? I'm neutral i would like to see a 5.5" but i also want to see a 4.7" so either way ill be happy. I'm just not sure if there will be a 5.5" because both sides make good arguments.
I'm guilty of hoping they'd come out with a 4.7 inch display with the iPhone 5, and then again with the release of the iPhone 5S. In both cases I knew it was just wishful thinking on my part. This time I believe the rumors due to frequency and the reliability of the sources.
Also, the phablet market is just an area apple can continue to ignore. The market is just too large and that would be money left on the table.
Also, the phablet market is just an area apple can continue to ignore. The market is just too large and that would be money left on the table.
I don't know about most people but I still prefer the current size, unless Apple makes the 4,7" model usable with one hand.
Until the iPhone is truly designed for one handed use screen size is irrelevant to me. Pinch to zoom for example, Apple could make a 1" screen that still required two hands. Google came up with there double tap and slide method but Apple does nothing? Why?
So I'll still be stuck using two hands in a lot of circumstances. But generally everything I do is at the bottom of the screen anyway (like typing this). Adding a couple inches overall won't affect me anymore then I'm already affected by the lack of certain gestures.
I'm not very interested in a 5.5" phone, however, there were some rumors that it would have a bigger camera and other features that the 4.7" wouldn't. I think that would be a mistake and that both versions should have the same specs, other than the screen size, like the iPad mini/air.
I can pinch with one hand. And there is double tap zoom functionality though you can't scale it manually.
I can pinch with one hand. And there is double tap zoom functionality though you can't scale it manually.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
No, the interpretation shifts based on the desired end goal. For instance, Apple can't possibly roll out more than 1 new iPhone screen size because that's just not the Apple way. Ignore that almost everything else that Apple makes with a screen has more than 1 screen size: iMacs, MacBooks, Macbook Air, iPads. Ignore that phones bigger than 4.7" are selling well and offering an iOS phone for that crowd would probably make a lot of profit by taking new business from key competitors. Apparently, "we" believe Apple would rather leave that business- and those profits- to those competitors.
We haven't seen 5.5" iPhone parts so it can't exist.
We haven't seen iWatch parts but it is coming.
First tangible rumor of a new Mac Pro hit 5 days before it was first shown to the public.
That's entirely different and doesn't count. Or products made in America are much easier to keep secret than products made in China. Etc.
That protruding lens can't be for the iPhone 4.7" phone so it must be for the 5.5" iPhone. But the 5.5" phone can't exist because we haven't seen any parts for it. So if it doesn't exist, that protruding lens part must be for the 4.7". No way or no comment. Resume the "no parts" claim in all other threads (just ignore the protruding lens and any other parts that might be for the 5.5").
Bloomberg and WSJ claim a 5.5" is coming. But "they don't know what they're talking about". Anything else forecasted by them will be cited as nearly concrete evidence- just not this.
It seems a segment of us are simply committed to this idea that there cannot possibly be 2 iPhone models rolled out at once (all above aside, along with the idea that the 5s and 5c were 2 models rolled out at once). So we get very committed to the idea that there is going to be only 1 model, bigger than the currently-spun "perfect" screen size of the 5s but not .8" (DIAGONALLY) bigger than 4.7".
I think the biggest driver is that "we" are accustomed to 3.5" and then 4" as "perfect" sized screens per "one-handed use" marketing. So 4.7" seems like a BIG leap and 5.5" seems gargantuan. However, I think the gargantuan would be aimed at the Android crowd who are accustomed to phones with screens that are even bigger than 6". So THEY would see a 5.5" iPhone as smaller, "more pocketable" but not way smaller down at 4.7" or 4". Perhaps THAT would be much of who Apple is after with a 5.5" iPhone? They'll just get people like me and those who want a bigger-screen, little computer that is sometimes a phone too.
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HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I agree but the first iPad Mini did not have the same specs as the iPad available at the time. Thus, there is precedent for rolling out different screen size iDevices with different specs. They did align with the latest generation so who knows. I hope both phones do come out with the same specs other than screen sizes but I suspect there may be something to those rumors.
I like the "lazy" swipe to go back as implemented in the MacHash and Flipboard apps. I think this will become more important as screen size grows.
I'm not saying it's impossible but it's not designed to be done while holding the device.
Taping too zoom without scaling is useless compared to the other methods that include scaling.
The point is it's not easily a one handed device regardless of screen size. Quite a bit can be done one handed but Apple has done very little to maintain one handed use aside from just keeping a small screen. Basically no efforts been put toward it until iOS 7 and it shows.