Rumor: Apple's next iPhone will be 2mm thinner with 4" screen, metal back - Page 3

I do, but let's not talk about me. Do you have anything on topic to contribute to the thread?

 

That's undoubtedly why the #1, #2, and #3 phones in terms of sales were all iPhones for most of the past year.

 

 

Huh? The iPhone is one of the shortest full-featured phones out there.

 

Believe me, I hate ads.  Use an ad blocker on my PC, and hate the way they interfere with what I'm trying to do on my iPhone or iPad.  But they're not going to go away, so I'd rather have them shunted into dedicated ad land (which, BTW, you could cover up to ignore) than have them floating over news text or a game image.

 

It kind of makes you wonder why iOS devices dominate all the web usage based statistics there are.

 

btw, I see the Galaxy S III has added HDR like the almost 2 year old iPhone 4 and GLONASS support like the iPhone 4S.

 

So what was that about being behind?

Edited by hill60 - 5/3/12 at 1:10pm

Any screen size smaller than 4.5 inches is not competitive.

 

Which explains why the iPhone is nowhere in the rankings of top-selling phones.

Oh, wait...

The iPhone is not the top selling smartphone, the Android phone is. Apple fan boys just cannot see that simple fact.

I hope they come out with a bigger screen, otherwise I am gone. I am tired of the tiny display of the iphone. 

 

Holy cow, no image limit! Now I can finally express just how hilariously wrong I find that statement to be!

 

So what are you planning to buy this fall, then? 

At what point do we info Peter236 that an OS does not a phone make.

 

There are some things in this world where we have to allow nature to take its course.

 

ROTFLMAO.

Which Android phone outsells the iPhone?

Hint: the answer is 'none of them'.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3339922/report-apples-iphone-4-was-most-purchased-smartphone-in-2011/

#1, #2, and #3 were the 3 different Apple iPhones in 2011. Since then, I believe that one Android phone moved into the top 3, but the iPhone 4S is still #1.

Your silly "I'll add together all the different Android phones from all vendors and they exceed the Apple iPhone" ploy is silly. That's like saying that the Toyota Camry is a terrible chose because all American cars added together outsell the Camry.

Maybe no dock connector at all, a charge pad, and 100% wireless sync?

Ah the old quantity is better than quality routine.....boring.

I sure hope not. Wired syncing over USB is slow enough, but to make it only WiFi would just make that a disaster. Consider when the capacity doubles again, too. 802.11ac for mobile devices (when it arrives) won't mitigate that jump in storage.

Then consider the time it will take to charge the device. People were already up in arms that a considerably larger iPad (3) battery actually took longer to charge. Then consider the inefficient nature of a charge pad and how that will lower Apple's "green" initiative. I can see Green Peace being all over that.

They should keep the phone the same size as it is now, but extend the screen to the edges and more to the top/bottom to get a 4" screen in there. I don't want a larger phone. Just a bigger screen. Move the button down a bit and the speaker and front camera up to the top. This adds lots of room for screen.

And we need lots of battery!!! Especially for 4G

If any of this is true, they are going in the wrong direction for me.

 

I want things like waterproof, dust proof, stronger, even better camera (with internal zoom), even longer battery life, even more memory, even better aerial, etc.

 

Not thinner. It's plenty thin, thanks. 

But... with an even taller screen like that, using it in horizontal orientation will be even less useful. I think for it to be more useful in both orientations it needs proportions more like the iPad.

 

I don't believe people who post stuff like that on the forums. If they were serious, they'd go and buy a humongous screen quad-boner phone and problem solved. Getting on the Internet and complaining about how Apple doesn't cater to their geek niche is going to have zero impact.

 

You may be interested in the LG Optimus Vu then; it has exactly the aspect ratio and resolution of the iPad.

 

I think the longphone mockup is nice, but ideally more of the front area should be taken up by the screen. Currently, only about 57% of the iPhone front panel is LCD; comparable high-end devices have screens covering about 70%, allowing them to fit a much larger screen into an only slightly bigger body.

 

I don't think so. Everyone should be well versed in Apple's product cycle at this point.

 

New iteration, followed by an "S" model the next year. This model works well for Apple in terms of cost, logistics, and for support from accessory makers. I don't expect this model to change either. It also fits well for two year contract upgrades.

Yeah, there is definitely room to fit a bigger screen into virtually the same phone.
I've noticed a lot of people prefer typing in horizontal mode.
What orientation do you guyz prefer to type?
I'm vertical.
What would an even wider keyboard feel like?
And.. no thanks to the Optimus. I prefer iOS. ;-)

I'll take the far side of the speculation. Two iPhones. One 3.5-3.8" with the same resolution as now. That's the largest they can go without losing their self-imposed retina definition. And one that bumps it to 4.8" at 1280 x 1920 just to be the baddest phone on the block. Starting at $299 with contract.