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Two New iPhones With Screens Larger Than 4.5" and 5" Coming This Year
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Not the best photoshop - but why is this not possible?
wouldn't this be great??? its not the best photoshop in the world - but why is this not possible?
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Saphire screen, and if we can't have a screen behind the scanner then maybe an led notification in there somewhere or coloured backlight (tv mood lighting)
wouldn't this be great??? its not the best photoshop in the world - but why is this not possible?
Saphire screen, and if we can't have a screen behind the scanner then maybe an led notification in there somewhere or coloured backlight (tv mood lighting)
Something like that would be a good solution. The home button takes up valuable real estate.
Two New iPhones With Screens Larger Than 4.5" and 5" Coming This Year
IMO the Home Button will be gone this year, precisely because Apple is constrained on screen size while the Home Button persists.
Integrating TouchID into the entire display, and making part of the display a virtual Home Button is the logical way forward.
Deleting the Home Button should also reduce warrantee repairs. Granted, the iPhone 5/C/S buttons seem much tougher than the iPhone 4/S buttons, but moving parts generally wear faster than electronics.
IMO the Home Button will be gone this year, precisely because Apple is constrained on screen size while the Home Button persists.
Integrating TouchID into the entire display, and making part of the display a virtual Home Button is the logical way forward.
Deleting the Home Button should also reduce warrantee repairs. Granted, the iPhone 5/C/S buttons seem much tougher than the iPhone 4/S buttons, but moving parts generally wear faster than electronics.
I would like to see the physical home button go away. A virtual solution would let the screen size increase while the phone itself wouldn't have to get much bigger. As long as they make it wider too. I sure don't want to see the phone get taller and be the same width.
Size difference from 3.5" to 4.0"
I have to say it was seriously obvious to me when switching from the 3.5" screen to the 4.0" screen, operating it felt very different. Some of that might have been iOS relocating buttons to the top, but I was running iOS 7 way before I got my 5" screen...
Gary
I have to say it was seriously obvious to me when switching from the 3.5" screen to the 4.0" screen, operating it felt very different. Some of that might have been iOS relocating buttons to the top, but I was running iOS 7 way before I got my 5" screen...
Gary
I would have thought this too, but with the addition of Touch ID, I'm not so sure. It would be cool if they can integrate it into the display like you said, but I don't think our tech is there yet.
As long as they shrink the bezel I'm good. It's way too big as is. It's 2014, no need to have it that big. It's going to be awesome to have a 5" screen. It may be overkill, but I'll try it and switch to 4.5" if I think it's too big.
Apple rumors published in the WSJ are sanctioned by Apple senior management and delivered through established channels. So with respect to future Apple plans, "worthless" is not a correct description.
Question: When did Apple say this?
Answer: Never.
Apple have not talked about this or even hinted at it. This is just MacRumors staff tech wet dreams in an article. Misleading as MacRumors have zero way to know this outside a NDA.
"people familiar with the situation said"
That is not Apple, just hearsay.
Two New iPhones With Screens Larger Than 4.5" and 5" rumoured to be Coming This Year
That is the article title fixed to be not misleading like it currently is.
Its bound to happen, the people want it. Many techie sites complained about the small screen with the 5s so Apple certainly knows there is a demand for a bigger screen. Since a redesign is every 2 years, the screen has to increase this time.
Please, for the love of god, don't let it happen. I have 10 inch hands, and I love the size of my 5S. I really, seriously don't want them to get bigger.
oh come on, you dont think that 5c belongs in a garbage can?like i said in some earlier thread - The future of iphone 5c is in garbage can.
and i was right.
You are a touch irritating. Were you shooting for that?
haha..
This reminds me of then Apple "stepped down" the iPad with a Mini ...
Why bother getting a larger one out first, then a smaller one because customers demand it AFTER ?
Its reverse...
Soon Apple will have phones so big, you can't hold it in one hand anymore, (unless your Michael Jordan..)
For everyone my foot Apple will soon relies the bigger phones may not sell, since popularity may not be everything..
Apple's learning that now.
This reminds me of then Apple "stepped down" the iPad with a Mini ...
Why bother getting a larger one out first, then a smaller one because customers demand it AFTER ?
Its reverse...
Soon Apple will have phones so big, you can't hold it in one hand anymore, (unless your Michael Jordan..)
For everyone my foot
Apple will soon relies the bigger phones may not sell, since popularity may not be everything..Apple's learning that now.
why oh why couldn't this be released in summer!??!?!?!
My iP4 is on its last leg. Well, I installed a new battery this week for $8.00 so that should take me through till Sept.
iP4 3.5" to iP6 5" is going to be NUTS!!!!!
My iP4 is on its last leg. Well, I installed a new battery this week for $8.00 so that should take me through till Sept.
iP4 3.5" to iP6 5" is going to be NUTS!!!!!
Yeah...
Funny thing. We haven't seen any stats on the sales of 5C's recently. Does not look good. More interestingly: I've yet to see one in anyone's hand outside of a shop... Strikes me as odd...
RGDS,
When Steve Jobs was alive he would never have gone for this. Apple was a company that paved it's own path no matter what the competition did. Now they just copy samsung? This doesn't seem right. If it is true, Apple will lose some business with me. The samsung phones are too big. The reason I love iPhones is because they are just the right size. Once phones are getting near tablet size, what's the point in a tablet? It just doesn't make sense for Apple to do this because they don't have too. iPhone sales are at high levels right now. Anyway my point is Apple always did there own thing. Copying the competition just doesn't make any sense at this point in the game. They have done so well by innovating not copying.
Have to disagree, the 5C has served its purpose well, it has sold reasonably well given its last years phone in a new case and made it possible to drop the 5 which had major manufacturing problems.
I hope they don't discontinue the plastic shell design. I much prefer the one piece look to the tackiness of stripes on the back of the 5 and 5s.
The problem with the 5C is the PRICE disparity between that and the 5s, not the design. People are gonna pay $100 for the extra features.
The problem with the 5C is the PRICE disparity between that and the 5s, not the design. People are gonna pay $100 for the extra features.
I also wonder if they will increase the screen size without increasing the dimensions of the phone as much, just bring the screen closer to the bevel.
Hopefully it's not too big. Apple used to go on about how they figured out the right size for the average hand for a phone, and I think they were right (also ease of carrying in pockets). I hope under new management they don't just buckle to consumer demand at the expense of "giving us exactly what we wanted, even when it's not what we thought we wanted".