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What's Next for Apple in 2014: iWatch, Larger iPhone 6, 12.9-inch iPad Pro
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Just because your hands can operate bigger phones one-handed doesn't mean "average hands" can do so too.
I've had to use my friend's Galaxy S4; it is not usable for one hand. My 5S is about the max width that is comfortable for one-handed operation.
I'm going to guess (perhaps wrongly) that you're a guy since you can operate the bigger phones with one hand. Most of the other women I know can't operate those phones one-handed.
Stop hating on people with smaller hands.
I've had to use my friend's Galaxy S4; it is not usable for one hand. My 5S is about the max width that is comfortable for one-handed operation.
I'm going to guess (perhaps wrongly) that you're a guy since you can operate the bigger phones with one hand. Most of the other women I know can't operate those phones one-handed.
Stop hating on people with smaller hands.
Okay so what are you gonna do IF iPhone 6 is indeed has a bigger display and slightly wider body? Maybe in the next 2 or 3 years the smaller iPhone would simply be phased out.
Like it or not, smartphones are designed for 2 hands use. Sure, one hand would be nice but that's the past. Even for an iPhone, single-handed operation is simply for occasional, emergency cases (e.g commuting, eating while texting/browsing). For others, it's always 2 hands whenever possible.
Back when BlackBerry phones were something, I don't think you would use it with one hand now, do you? So yeah, it's been a while since one-handed mobile phones phased out.
They can up the size of the screen and keep the same resolution and still call it retina, since retina is apple's terminology. Because the term retina is the selling term, unlike qhd+ which baffles customers.
Anyway, and like I said already, in terms of the screen, we are going to be shafted by apple on the iPhone 6 like we have always been and you can mark my words today.
Software fiascoes must be ended, crash after crash is not something that and iDevice user wants, say... After months of releasing iOS 7 they haven't fix simple bugs like this:
Safari (Private) > Try to find a word on a specific page > It shows the number of words found > you can't see the Next (>) or Previous (<) buttons.
Safari (Private) > Try to find a word on a specific page > It shows the number of words found > you can't see the Next (>) or Previous (<) buttons.
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The reason the height was changed was to move to a 16:9 aspect ratio.
I don't think Apple will ever change the aspect ratio again (to what?) so the iPhone should be 16:9 forever.
If the iPhone ever gets another screen size... it will be both wider and taller. Or in other words... bigger.
I'm going to go against the prevailing opinions on here (it seems) and say I'd love to see a more iOS7 look in OS X. I'm a big fan of the clean look, and as far as I can tell functionality hasn't changed in iOS at all, so see no reason for it to change if OS X changed its look too.
Yes I believe so, if it's going to be bigger, it will stick with 16:9 but bigger in both dimensions. Say 1366x768 at 4.7" so it would retain the retina display.
The point of current smart watches and most likely also future smart watches IS to be an add-on, not a replacement.
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That's the same what many people said about the iPad. Before the introduction of the iPad, tablets were large, unresponsive devices with bad user interfaces and a host of other drawbacks. And now see what has happened.
Currently smartwatches are ugly, unresponsive devices with bad user interfaces and a host of other drawbacks (e.g. battery life). I do have some trust in Apple that they would be able to come up with some solutions and deliver a better experience.
It might not appeal to the masses, but it might appeal to a wider audience than current smart watches do.
Maybe a "usability mess" is a bit hyperbolic but it's far from the level of finish that all previous versions. There's a nice collection of actual screenshots showing how bad iOS 7 (mostly) can get: http://sloppyui.tumblr.com/
Apple Maps is still way behind Google Maps in one of iOS' biggest market, Japan. It's so bad it's a joke. The only time I use the thing is when I use Find My Friends; a useful app with a useless map.
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It is in a way soulless isn't it? Designing for the high-end often takes the character and heart out of the product. I feel the same way when I compare high-end and mainstream HiFi products. The high-end ones are in a way cold.
yes please
New Mac Mini with the above specs would be a wonderful thing. Make it so, Apple!
New Mac Mini with the above specs would be a wonderful thing. Make it so, Apple!
So that's why Cook says the Windows world is confused...because Apple's planning to do the same thing? I can't see OSX going touch, but I could see Apple building a device that allows you to boot into iOS or OSX depending on use case.
Here's the problem: interface scaling.
The current Thunderbolt Display and 27" iMac is 2560x1440 and the system text/menu/icon sizes are about right for a 27-33" display.
Affordable (air quotes!) 4K displays are 3840x2160. So you have 3 choices:
1) Use 1:1 pixel mode - which will make text/menu/icon sizes too small unless you have Super Youth Vision or a desk-hogging 40"+ display.
2) Use 'Retina'/HiDPI pixel doubling mode. That's going to make everything bigger: you're talking 1920x1080 double-pixels, so it will be like the 21.3" iMac display scaled up to 30" or so. Far too chunky.
3) Use a (non-integer) mode scaled by the GPU to get the size 'just right'. Now, I think that would look quite respectable on a 4k display, and the nMP GPU is hardly going to break a sweat but technically it is non-optimal which isn't a good selling point for an Apple display.
Don't get me wrong - that 4k display is going to be great for people working on 4k content, but I suspect that the typical set-up will be using it as a secondary display with the 4k content full-screened.
Also, while I'm sure a some Pro users have bought the Apple Cinema Display, the current ACD and the Apple Thunderbolt Display are, above all else, MacBook accessories (hence the docking facilities, built-in-magsafe etc). Pro users will tend to buy specialist monitors.
Quite true, we can also see that in a sense of 5S and 5C with 5S being hi-end product, it somewhat has a cold and lifeless design while 5C being warm, fun, humane and comfort to the touch.
But I think iOS 7 has more of 5C soul in it. Colorful icons and wallpapers almost indicate that the UI design has 5C philosophy in mind instead of 5S.
So the choice is simple:
If you have the modal number of hands, and want a phone with a big screen for browsing websites in desktop mode, maps and GPS, looking at photos, watching movies etc. and appreciate a decent-sized onscreen keyboard when you do want to type more than a txt or a tweet (maybe calls and texts are some way down your list of priorities) get a big phone and use two hands.
Or, if one-handed operation is important to you (maybe you still use a phone primarily as a phone or for texting) get a phone with a smaller screen.
All Apple have to do is offer people the choice (virtually everything else they do comes in 2 or 3 sizes, so Steve's hardly going to be spinning in his grave).
I would like to see continued refinements in both iOS 7 and OS X. I personally love Mavericks because they improved certain key elements - eliminated skeoumorphic mess in calendar and notes. They also finally upgraded the Finder app with tabs - it is soooo much easier to use.
As a couple others have said - I would like a strong Mac Mini upgrade. I would also like to see continued enhancements and feature development in iWork and more features added to iCloud that would support integration between iOS and OS X and collaboration. They need to integrate the Apple Map application to iCloud like Google maps. They also need to continually improve that application.
With regards to the iPhone - I am fine with the 4 inch screen - if it is increased to 4.75 inches - I think that would be perfect. Anything well north of 5 inches is too much and starts getting into phablet territory.
As a couple others have said - I would like a strong Mac Mini upgrade. I would also like to see continued enhancements and feature development in iWork and more features added to iCloud that would support integration between iOS and OS X and collaboration. They need to integrate the Apple Map application to iCloud like Google maps. They also need to continually improve that application.
With regards to the iPhone - I am fine with the 4 inch screen - if it is increased to 4.75 inches - I think that would be perfect. Anything well north of 5 inches is too much and starts getting into phablet territory.
they also said there wouldn't be a smaller iPad and that they wouldn't use plastic. they'll do whatever the market demands.
Point proven; you went Android.
The iPhone is built around usability. A 4" screen really is on the limit. The 3.5" size was PERFECT for a phone. Demands have not changed in the last 6 years since the iPhone's inception; only people who want to sit down and game all the time.
The day Apple decides to go down the route of giving what the consumer cries for as apposed to what they need is the day Apple dies.
I like it. the ultimate in minimalist UI for the OS.
This is how I like my OS to be. completely unobtrusive. minimalist. out of the way.
Heck, barely ever look at my desktop wallpaper. I have so much monitor space. I want to use it for actual productivity. That means every inch covered by usable information from my programs.
Also the netbook conundrum.
Agreed. There are Windows 8.1 tablets out there that run the full OS just fine. Can even boot Photoshop and other CC apps as well as get some decent gaming on them.
There's no reason to build a big tablet that can't run OSX . . . or at least dual boot.
Agreed, and this is the route that Apple and MS should take. MS is confused as to how to accomplish this while giving OG users the best of the old, and tablet users the best of the new, but they're in a much better position than Apple.
Almost all of the tablet touch features from iOS and Windows are useless unless you have a trackpad. In MS's defense, the advent of Windows on tiny 8" tablets proves that Windows RT is utter garbage.
Stop using the most logical reasoning with these people. it's clear that most of them have developed a very exclusionary viewpoint regarding Apple's products.
its "perfect for them" and they don't want anyone else to have the same experience, unless they are identical to what they like.
As I've said. I would like an iPhone. Just because I ended up going Android for the larger display doesn't mean I am content with Android. Android is cool and all. I'm not unhappy with it. But I have had good luck with other Apple Products in the past and I do like the design and form side of Apple's devices.
But I can't use 4" display. I have tried. it's uncomfortable. My vision isn't the worst in the world. I live without glasses for a considerable amount of things. But I do wear them when I read. on a 4.7" to 5" screen, I can get away with a few minutes of viewing without my glasses and with my phone at a comfortable arms length.
at 4.5" and smaller, I have to bring the phones up to my face.
at 5.2", its unwieldy for me to hold at times.
Offering choice isn't a bad marketting or corporate strategy for anyone. By refusing to offer choice, you are exclusionary and limit your sales. Why only go after one market when there are more markets to also go after.
Apple didn't become the billion dollar company it is today because of Exclusionary business practices that they operate in today. While they always believed in Verticle integration, They made the mint by entering new markets that were untapped.
The iPod broke ground by offering the first truly portable, pocketable and non "geeky" mp3 player that was simple to use. Nobody had quite hit that yet despite efforts and thus they burst into the consumer market by going directly into a category that was basically untapped.
The Same happened for the iphone. The same happened for the iPad. However, Like in previous times, When apple stops going after new markets and starts trying to grow existing markets, they do ok, but they quickly lose their market leader standing for share of sales.
At this point, the iPhone isn't a new market. it's very old. smartphone market has matured a lot since 2007 and the "one size fits all" phone doesn't work anymore when there are hundreds of options that give choice to the consumer.
While its nto going into new markets with a larger screen, it's at least a good way of maintaining growth until they can get a new "game changer". if they can't get a new game changer, than it at least gives them suitable room to grow into markets they currently do not have any affects in.
Either way it will lead to growth. Nobody is saying (at least hopefully nobody is saying) that the 5" iphone would replace the 4" iPhone. that would be IMHO a stupid move by Apple. What they're saying is give the options of the 4" or the 5".