That said, I've long maintained that the next "logical" additions, based on Apple's current 4", 8", 10", and 13" (MacBook) screen sizes would be:
- A 6" mobile device (in between iPhone and iPad Mini), e.g. "iPad Nano" or "iPhone Pro", that is essentially a smaller iPad with cellular telephony included.
- A 12" (possibly 13"?) mobile device, e.g. "iPad Pro".
It's not impossible to imagine Apple maintaining up to 5 device screen sizes: 1 ~ 2 phone screen sizes and 3 ~ 4 iPad screen sizes. One of the problems that surfaces though is the difference between the iPhone 16:9 widescreen format, and the 4:3 iPad format, and deciding where the best transition point happens. e.g. Which format would a 6" iPhone Pro/iPad Nano be?
I expect we'll see a 6" device at some point. And we suspect they're exploring larger than 10" form factors%u2026 perhaps we'll end up with both.
5.7" is exactly half the iPad mini screen, which would give 1024x1536 at retina dpi. Which means that split-screen multi-tasking would become easy to achieve on full size iPads once apps become optimized for this new device...
How can my iPhone fantasies make it to article status on AppleInsider? Change my name to David Hsieh and become an analyst! Because analyst opinions are worth 50 trolls.
I'm going to predict that Apple will continue to CHASE SAMSUNG INTO EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE MARKET. Every screen size from 4 to 8 inches in 0.25 inch increments. No niche left unturned. Now write that in an article! I'm an analyst! I have supply chain deep throats!
The next iPhone will have a 5 inch IGZO display 2332x1280 resolution. It'll sport an all new buttonless/bezeless form factor and feature a liquid metal case.
It'll have 40hr battery life as well as Touch ID built into the display.
It'll debut with the new iWallet system which will be backwards compatible with the 5S, and finally it will use a new quad core A8 processor which will be 2x faster than A7.
The next iPhone will have a 5 inch IGZO display 2332x1280 resolution. It'll sport an all new buttonless/bezeless form factor and feature a liquid metal case.
I don't think they'll change the AR. 16:9 for iPhones, 4:3 for iPads
It'll have 40hr battery life
And the purpose would be...?
It'll debut with the new iWallet system which will be backwards compatible with the 5S, and finally it will use a new quad core A8 processor which will be 2x faster than A7.
What's an iWallet?
Why do we need this quad-core if you want a CPU being twice as fast as the A7?
Apple has always followed the "slimmer and smaller" form. It's just the way humans are meant to use their devices. It is insane to hold a brick against your face while talking to someone. Equally embarrasing is pulling out a piece of concrete from your pocket to check time or weather.
Appled deemed iPad as 'too big', so they made an iPad Mini. The 17" MBP was not too portable, so they dropped it in favour of smaller and more portable 13" and 15" MBP. The huge Mac Pro is now a much smaller machine. iPhones and iPad and iPods have become slimmer over time. That's what Apple does - value ergonomics.
If Apple makes a 5" iPhone, it is a clear indication that Apple has lost it. They have forgotten the Liberal Arts married with Technology prospect, in favour of quantity and competition. Although, being an Apple user since 2000s, I seriously doubt that this could at all be a possibility. I hope Apple never makes a larger iPhone, if it compromises with ergonomics.
That's a very stupid and irrational post, for a variaty of reasons.
The fact that in 2013 you could post such BS means that you are really disconnected from the world. The iPhone isn't a f*cking phone, it's much more than that, and a bigger screen makes the "much more" part shine.
No one said that it must be a brick of some kind and even if it was, why wouldn't you buy the regular 4" line? Who the hell are you, besides someone that demonstrates such lack of culture and reality, to say that Apple "lost it" if they release a bigger iPhone?
Its not that long ago - call it last year if you will - when consensus was that Apple didn't do small tablets. Fingers needing to be ground down etc.
I personally prefer the iPhone 5 ratio, but others don't, so why leave money on the table. I expect the 5 form factor, the 4", to stick around regardless.
Technology usually leads to smaller devices, not bigger devices.
But you're forgetting that technology in displays has indeed led to larger devices. We all have bigger TVs and bigger monitors. You're not considering at how is Apple going to differentiate the iPhone 6 from the 5/5s? How can they improve on the current design?
I don't think they'll change the AR. 16:9 for iPhones, 4:3 for iPads
And the purpose would be...?
What's an iWallet?
Why do we need this quad-core if you want a CPU being twice as fast as the A7?
I meant 2272x1280 essentially doubling the iPhone 5's current resolution.
It appears the 5S already has 40hr battery life for audio. I expect an incremental battery life increase with the new phone maybe about 20%?
I think we may see an iWallet that will combine iBeacons, TouchID, and Passbook into a full fledged payment system. I expect that to be the next "big thing" in iOS 8 hence why it would also be a major feature of the next iPhone.
Quad-core obviously isn't essential, but it'll happen one of these days when Apple can give each core a purpose and have the software actually utilize the extra power. It may happen next year, or Apple may find another way to double the performance.
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Its not that long ago - call it last year if you will - when consensus was that Apple didn't do small tablets. Fingers needing to be ground down etc.
I personally prefer the iPhone 5 ratio, but others don't, so why leave money on the table. I expect the 5 form factor, the 4", to stick around regardless.
Yes the 4 inch screen will be retained. In the "C" line exclusively.
I'm going to predict that Apple will continue to CHASE SAMSUNG INTO EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE MARKET. Every screen size from 4 to 8 inches in 0.25 inch increments. No niche left unturned. Now write that in an article! I'm an analyst! I have supply chain deep throats!
Every two years Apple launches a new design iPhone with a new number designation. With each redesign, comes an updated display and new display technologies. So, a larger display is expected, along with new technologies making it more energy efficient, a higher PPI and resolution, thinner and lighter form factor, and/or any other related technologies, such as better multi-touch sensors, screen proximity, or technologies enabling stereoscopic 3D and photovoltaic embedded cells within the screen.
All of the above technologies I expect to eventually be incorporated. They will, little by little, every two years, I expect. I just wonder which ones will make it into the next production model (iPhone 6).
I meant 2272x1280 essentially doubling the iPhone 5's current resolution.
The iPhone 5 already has a retina screen. That means that your eyes won't distinguish discrete pixels, so there's no advantage to finer resolution. There are, however disadvantages - poorer battery life and (most of the time) worse color.
So why should Apple do that? Just to play silly spec games?
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iPhones (16:9):
- 4.7" (aka 5")
This is the screen size I have and I love it. It's large, but is still easily pocketable and useable with one hand.
All these screen sizes? Really??
iPhones (16:9):
- 4" (iPhone 5x)
- 4.7" (aka 5")
'Phablet' (16:9?):
- 5.7" (aka 6")
iPads (4:3?):
- 7.9" (aka 8") iPad Mini
- 9.7" (aka 10") iPad
- 11.9" (aka 12") or 13.1" (aka 13") "iPad Pro"?
Taken together, it seems pretty unlikely.
That said, I've long maintained that the next "logical" additions, based on Apple's current 4", 8", 10", and 13" (MacBook) screen sizes would be:
- A 6" mobile device (in between iPhone and iPad Mini), e.g. "iPad Nano" or "iPhone Pro", that is essentially a smaller iPad with cellular telephony included.
- A 12" (possibly 13"?) mobile device, e.g. "iPad Pro".
It's not impossible to imagine Apple maintaining up to 5 device screen sizes: 1 ~ 2 phone screen sizes and 3 ~ 4 iPad screen sizes. One of the problems that surfaces though is the difference between the iPhone 16:9 widescreen format, and the 4:3 iPad format, and deciding where the best transition point happens. e.g. Which format would a 6" iPhone Pro/iPad Nano be?
I expect we'll see a 6" device at some point. And we suspect they're exploring larger than 10" form factors%u2026 perhaps we'll end up with both.
5.7" is exactly half the iPad mini screen, which would give 1024x1536 at retina dpi. Which means that split-screen multi-tasking would become easy to achieve on full size iPads once apps become optimized for this new device...
Phablet iPhone, Giant iPad,... what a load of crap!
It'll have 40hr battery life as well as Touch ID built into the display.
It'll debut with the new iWallet system which will be backwards compatible with the 5S, and finally it will use a new quad core A8 processor which will be 2x faster than A7.
I don't think they'll change the AR. 16:9 for iPhones, 4:3 for iPads
And the purpose would be...?
What's an iWallet?
Why do we need this quad-core if you want a CPU being twice as fast as the A7?
Apple has always followed the "slimmer and smaller" form. It's just the way humans are meant to use their devices. It is insane to hold a brick against your face while talking to someone. Equally embarrasing is pulling out a piece of concrete from your pocket to check time or weather.
Appled deemed iPad as 'too big', so they made an iPad Mini. The 17" MBP was not too portable, so they dropped it in favour of smaller and more portable 13" and 15" MBP. The huge Mac Pro is now a much smaller machine. iPhones and iPad and iPods have become slimmer over time. That's what Apple does - value ergonomics.
If Apple makes a 5" iPhone, it is a clear indication that Apple has lost it. They have forgotten the Liberal Arts married with Technology prospect, in favour of quantity and competition. Although, being an Apple user since 2000s, I seriously doubt that this could at all be a possibility. I hope Apple never makes a larger iPhone, if it compromises with ergonomics.
That's a very stupid and irrational post, for a variaty of reasons.
The fact that in 2013 you could post such BS means that you are really disconnected from the world. The iPhone isn't a f*cking phone, it's much more than that, and a bigger screen makes the "much more" part shine.
No one said that it must be a brick of some kind and even if it was, why wouldn't you buy the regular 4" line? Who the hell are you, besides someone that demonstrates such lack of culture and reality, to say that Apple "lost it" if they release a bigger iPhone?
Its not that long ago - call it last year if you will - when consensus was that Apple didn't do small tablets. Fingers needing to be ground down etc.
I personally prefer the iPhone 5 ratio, but others don't, so why leave money on the table. I expect the 5 form factor, the 4", to stick around regardless.
But you're forgetting that technology in displays has indeed led to larger devices. We all have bigger TVs and bigger monitors. You're not considering at how is Apple going to differentiate the iPhone 6 from the 5/5s? How can they improve on the current design?
I don't think they'll change the AR. 16:9 for iPhones, 4:3 for iPads
And the purpose would be...?
What's an iWallet?
Why do we need this quad-core if you want a CPU being twice as fast as the A7?
I meant 2272x1280 essentially doubling the iPhone 5's current resolution.
It appears the 5S already has 40hr battery life for audio. I expect an incremental battery life increase with the new phone maybe about 20%?
I think we may see an iWallet that will combine iBeacons, TouchID, and Passbook into a full fledged payment system. I expect that to be the next "big thing" in iOS 8 hence why it would also be a major feature of the next iPhone.
Quad-core obviously isn't essential, but it'll happen one of these days when Apple can give each core a purpose and have the software actually utilize the extra power. It may happen next year, or Apple may find another way to double the performance.
Its not that long ago - call it last year if you will - when consensus was that Apple didn't do small tablets. Fingers needing to be ground down etc.
I personally prefer the iPhone 5 ratio, but others don't, so why leave money on the table. I expect the 5 form factor, the 4", to stick around regardless.
Yes the 4 inch screen will be retained. In the "C" line exclusively.
I'm going to predict that Apple will continue to CHASE SAMSUNG INTO EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF THE MARKET. Every screen size from 4 to 8 inches in 0.25 inch increments. No niche left unturned. Now write that in an article! I'm an analyst! I have supply chain deep throats!
Your increments are too big.
The iPhone size is perfect - don't mess with it.
All of the above technologies I expect to eventually be incorporated. They will, little by little, every two years, I expect. I just wonder which ones will make it into the next production model (iPhone 6).
The iPhone 5 already has a retina screen. That means that your eyes won't distinguish discrete pixels, so there's no advantage to finer resolution. There are, however disadvantages - poorer battery life and (most of the time) worse color.
So why should Apple do that? Just to play silly spec games?
I don't think there will be a larger sized iPhone but instead an iPad mini that can make calls.
The iPhone size is perfect - don't mess with it.
I think they should just add a folding handle to the 9.7".
Then they can add calls to it and people can hold it like a fan to their heads.
Hey!! Of course! Then they can also use it as a fan!
These people put 100 targets out there and if one is hit, they claim victory. How pathetic.