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What a Tall 'iPhone 5' with 4-Inch Display Looks Like

Ah - Macrumours commissioned mock-ups ... this didn't end well last time. That said, this mock up looks a lot better than last years attempt! dont like the metal plate and not sure how they would achieve the bevelling on the glass, but the aspect ratio change seems fine. It's like going from a 4th gen iPod nano to a 5th gen.
 
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Yuck !

YUCK, no please unless its edge-to-edge screen and increased from both sides instead of just making it taller. Bigger screen WIHTOUT MAKING THE DAMN PHONE ANY BIGGER, go figure.
 
zweigand said:
This was my take a while back... http://zweigand.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-bigger-better-iphone-screen.html

Although I really don't think there would be any reason to go exactly 4". They could move up to ~3.85" and keep the screen res at a nice even 300 ppi and have more room alongside the screen to work with.

EDIT: Before I get comments on the design ...the image is supposed to show that a 4" 3:2 screen would be possible at the current iPhone's width IF they could stretch the screen extremely close to the edge. It IS NOT supposed to be a rendering of what I think the next iPhone will look like. I'm not going to try and out-design Jony Ive.
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I like this concept. If backlighting needs to be on the sides, that could be a problem, but I don't know if that's a limitation of the technology or not.

I love the size of my iPhone 4S. Sure, sometimes I'd like to see a slightly larger screen, but I also don't want to carry around a huge brick or be forced to use two hands to operate my phone.

Besides all that, the edge to edge design just looks really cool.
 
kiwiboi87 said:
to be honest i think apple will drop the numbers
and fall into the same naming system as iPad and iPods now
and just call it iPhone.
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Agreed.

I think this is the end of the number game ... it's never been very Apple like to "tack-on" things to the name of their product... I mean, we never had the iBook, the iBook 2.... Yes, they added G3 or G4 so you knew which processor they were using, but it wasn't a per-generation thing :)
 
mrBallistic said:
just imagine the headache of moving from a 4:3 screen to 16:9 for all of the app developers out there. at least retina was just a 2x issue...
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I would wager that Apple realizes it partially boned itself by choosing the 3:2 aspect ratio. Whereas a lot of newer Android devices look amazing with edge to edge screens, the iPhone will never be able to pull that off without a change in resolution or stumpy form factor.
 
Benjy91 said:
After seeing the 4.3 inch Lumia 900, I'd like it in 4.3 or 4.6 inches.

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One of my friends bought a Lumia 900 because AT&T gave two of them for free because of some Nokia software issues!! Awful looking phone. Huge. Feels very unnatural. I love my iPhone 4S. I don't care for a bigger screen.
 
I'm getting very worried about the smaller dock connector. Way to crap on an ecosystem if they go that way.
 
bommai said:
Awful looking phone. Huge. Feels very unnatural. I love my iPhone 4S. I don't care for a bigger screen.
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I think it looks beautiful, it felt very natural in the phone store for me, it didn't feel huge, it felt comfortable, where as my 4S feels tiny. I do care for a bigger screen, 3.5 inches just feels to cramped.
 
Only making it taller doesn't add much screen space in my opinion. It will still feel small but only much taller. If Apple doesn't keep the same aspect ratio and make the whole phone bigger then I don't see the point.

I've tried a few 4" and larger smartphones and I didn't really have much of a problem using them with one hand. I also have average sized hands so it's not because I'm a giant. A 4" screen doesn't make a smartphone that much bigger than an iPhone to me. It's still usable with one hand and I can still fit it in my pocket. Once you go past 4.3" I found it awkward to use with one hand but I was still able to. I definitely don't want a smartphone larger than 4.3".

The extra screen space of a larger phone is well worth it in my opinion. Going to websites, watching movies, and almost everything else was much more enjoyable on a larger screen. It's the same reason why some of us choose a 15" MBP instead of a 13" MBP.
 
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On the basis that Apple is rarely as radical with redesigns as people rumour they will be, I think the next iPhone will just keep the same screen size, and make the device thinner but tapered on the edges/back, like the iPad 2 and (3rd generation) are.

And there will be a cry of outrage from everyone who wanted a 4 inch screen or bigger.

And then they'll sell in record numbers again.
 
4" is already outdated

Android has been doing 4.3"+ for over 2 years now. If Apple thinks an additional half inch screen is going to wow people, the company is completely out of touch. The iphone 5 better have a 4.5" or larger screen, or I am switching to Android.
 
awesome mockup

My opinion is that a larger display is absolutely necessary, specially considering the huge difference between the Galaxy SIII and the iPhone 4s. But I don´t like the enormous size of the Galaxy, so an option liked showed on this beatiful mockup could be awesome!!
 
Scott-USA said:
Android has been doing 4.3"+ for over 2 years now. If Apple thinks an additional half inch screen is going to wow people, the company is completely out of touch. The iphone 5 better have a 4.5" or larger screen, or I am switching to Android.
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Gotta love the people who think Apple is out of touch because, as we all know, BIGGER SCREEN = PROGRESS.

iZac said:
Ah - Macrumours commissioned mock-ups ... this didn't end well last time. That said, this mock up looks a lot better than last years attempt! dont like the metal plate…
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I was going to say that the mockup is better than the one they rolled out a couple of weeks ago. But that's not saying too much. I don't like the metallic strip at the back either, and it doesn't look like something that would come out of Ive's department—well, not post clamshell iBook anyway.

HiRez said:
That's not necessarily true, it depends on your app. Game developers in particular (i.e. apps not using standard Apple-provided UI elements) are going to have the hardest time. For these apps (which is a very large percentage of those available in the App Store), supporting different aspect ratios is considerably more difficult than supporting other resolutions at the same aspect, although it really depends on the content. If you have an app that uses standard list views, scroll views, tab bars, etc., then yeah, it wouldn't be a big deal. But it could be a huge PITA for game devs, especially independents who don't have the resources to meticulously tailor all their artwork to every aspect ratio. It'll have to be done of course, but it's potentially a huge time sink, time that they spend not coding new apps.
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I don't know if anyone has suggested this yet (and I'm not saying it would be a good idea!), but the thought crossed my mind after first reading about this rumour, that Apple could keep the Dock visible at all times, even when third party apps are running, thereby keeping each app's screen ratio the same. This would have the advantage of being able to get to your most used apps from anywhere in a single click. But it would have the disadvantage of adding screen clutter (which isn't very Apple-like), and be prone to accidentally exiting apps. So I don't imagine Apple is going to do this—but perhaps it is a remote possibility.

Edited to illustrate with a modified version of MR's mockup:

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Bigger screen not necessarily better

I am all for a larger screen if they can fit it into a package no larger than the current iPhone. Frankly, for a pocket gizmo, I would prefer something slimmer and lighter but certainly no taller or wider.
 
ixodes said:
Answers:
1) Fear of change.
2) Jealous because Samsung beat Apple to it.
3) Size Obsessed. Smaller & thinner is less masculine.
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LOL!! Oh that's funny. Let's have another crack at that:

1. Value ergonomics and comfort when holding a phone
2. Not interested in getting into a pissing contest with Android users
3. Not obsessed with having the biggest di... er, I mean phone.
 
Does not make any sense. That would mess up the aspect ratio and design of every single app in the app store. I don't believe Apple to be crazy about such a change.
 
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