Hmm.Maybe my prior post needed a batch of emoticons... sheesh.
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Or disclaimers? Like /joshin'
In that case, my apologies.
Hmm.Maybe my prior post needed a batch of emoticons... sheesh.
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Or disclaimers? Like /joshin'
What if security has been doubled down? Maybe we would have seen twice as many leaks than what we're seeing?I think that the next few weeks will be crucial. Previous iPhone leaks have often been quashed by fresh leaks right before the keynote (as manufacturing/distribution becomes incraesingly difficult to keep under wraps).
In addition, Tim is still under pressure to prove himself to shareholders, and simple things like not 'doubling down', when you have expressed that you will, can be damaging.
As to the tall/not tall debate, I really like the size of my 3GS and wouldn't want the new iphone to be any larger physically, but within those dimensions (actually slightly larger than the iphone 4) there is plenty of space for a screen size incraese.
I do not think that a tall iphone looks particularly good, but apple have ignored the golden ratio before with various iterations of the iPod nano (in particular the fat 3rd generation). Either way I am not overly bothered though, as my next iPhone will be an iPhone 4 or 4S.
Finally, I think that there is a significant tendancy on this forum to expect apple to do what a small minority of people interested in apple products (enough to post ad nauseum about them - myself included) want. While this was more the case in the late nineties and early naughties, those days are long gone. And from what I can gather, literally nobody I know wants a big phone. They want something that looks cool.![]()
What if security has been doubled down? Maybe we would have seen twice as many leaks than what we're seeing?
Mileage always varies. No one "wants a big phone", but most people I know want a larger screen (within reason).
What if security has been doubled down? Maybe we would have seen twice as many leaks than what we're seeing?
Why do people care so much about the look of the phone. in the end it is the Internals that really matter and like me most of us will keep it in a case like the otterbox and never see the design of the phone anyway. I believe a reason for the longer phone is to make airplay mirroring and video much better over theTV.
I am very happy with this phone, especially with the rumored quadcore GPU (keeping fingers crossed on that one)
Apple leaked these pics to give people enough time to fall in love with the new phone. I've changed my mind about it. I love it.
Studies show that it takes 2 months to fall in love with an object.
2 months.. It just took me 2 mins to fall in love with iPad...
Do you remember all the negativity when the iPad was first announced? "It's just a big iPhone!" Then it launched 2 months later![]()
Im also sure this is gonna be the new iphone. Sadly bs its like an iphone 4ss
What I continue to be amazed by in this thread are the amount of people that equate past performance as insurance of future success.No, the assumption was that most people don't care as much about the screen size as the rest of the package. Which seems to be supported by the sales numbers.
What I continue to be amazed by in this thread are the amount of people that equate past performance as insurance of future success.
There's no disputing that Apple has sold the daylights out of all iterations of the iPhone, but there was a time when RIM was king of the mobile phone world and they looked like an immovable giant.
Well, how did lack of innovation work out for RIM?
Point is, you can have your heyday, but things can turn on a dime in this industry and as much as many people don't want to admit it, people are noticing that Apple has become stagnant.
I have owned every iPhone since day one of the original and this year I switched for the first time since 2007. I have been very happy with my Galaxy S3 and as it stands now, I could not go back to an iPhone due to the smaller screen.
I really want Apple to make a splash with the new iPhone because I'd love to have an iPhone with a killer screen, but this stretch deal just won't cut it.
That, and the omission of Google Maps is going to have a serious crippling affect on the new iPhone. I am a developer and I am beta testing iOS6 on my 4s and I can assure that Apple Maps is not even close to being a competitor with Google Maps.
This is just one person's opinion and I may well miss the mark, but anyone assuming that Apple is going to continue to dominate "just because" needs a serious lesson in business history.
So unless they completely redesign the phone, it's not worth buying?
BTW, I would call the new unibody design a MAJOR redesign.
I believe there are a lot of indicators that Apple is not going to be in such a nice position 10 years or even 5 years from now.Stagnant? I think not. Just like any moving object, speed is relative to the objects around you. Before, the iPhone had very little competition so they seemed to be miles ahead. Of course after a few years the competition would be able to catch up. So now when we see this iPhone that is continuing to move forward but now has competition also moving forward, it MAY appear to be stagnant to someone not paying attention, but it's moving foward just fine. Sales continue to increase year over year.
And I would say a unibody design is definitely innovative. Siri (like it or not) was innovative. Apple is still an innovative company today.