It'll fit in my pockets, and I've never really used my phone one-handed much anyway. A 5.6" iPhone would give me the ability to view a huge amount of content at once, and would be a very high-quality device if Apple's other products are anything to go by. The alternative is for me to get a large Android phone of some sort - probably the HTC One Two or whatever it's going to be called, and I'd much rather get an Apple device if I can.
Ultimately a 5.6" phone just happens to fit my use case quite well - I suspect most people would get a phone plus a tablet, but I'd rather get an oversized phone.
I could see a 4.7 ish iPhone. Anything larger than 5" is foolish.
I heard a new rumor from a guy that knows a guy who was a college roommate of another guy who dated an Apple employee's sister. The iPhone 6 will be 6" with a stylus, NFC, retina scanner, touch 3D that can transform into a watch by asking Siri!!!
4", 4,7", 5.6" , 7.9" and 9.7" seems to offer something for everyone. I would have to hold a 4.7" and 5.6" in my hands before I could decide. I am leaning towards a 4.7" but would need to actually see them side by side. If it were my decision I would go with one around 5" which I think is the prefect size but I could live with 4.7".
In probably the not so distant future I think clamshell type smartphones will appear. But instead of folding down like the old flip phones they will likely fold open vertically . When open you can probably have a 6" or even 7" tablet and close it in half and it is very pocketable around the size of an iPhone 5s. I would imagine for taking voice calls you could leave it in the closed position as well and it could have a much smaller external display for calls, texts, and other notifications. The Kyocera echo was a taste of that possibility but the tech is still a long ways off so it failed miserably. When the screen is open it has to be one seamless display and not have lines or a bezel between the two halves. It has to work as one display not two. There is also the advantage that while closed the display is protected.
Larger screens are OK, but that's hardly innovative. Almost everyone else already has one.
If Apple wants to "Be Different," is should create an iPhone Sport that can be taken surfing or even in dives down 30-40 feet. It'd also work well in hospital environments where equipments needs to be sterilized. It makes little sense to be developing an iWatch to be used for jogging in a heavy rain, but have an iPhone attached that can't cope with a light mist.
Apply might also create an iPhone EL (for Extended Life) that'd follow where the iPad and MacBook Air have led--into longer-than-most-people-need battery lives. Three days would be nice. A week of normal use would be even better. My iPad 3 amazes me with how long its battery lasts. My iPhone not so much. Make iPhones more like iPads.
So if we're not going above 5.6", we've only got 5.2", 5.3", 5.4" left and that's all the possibilities covered. It has to be one of them so now it's time to get some photos.
I'm not sure why these rumors start so early on, the iPhone 6 won't be out for another 7 months. It's time to focus on the Mac. Now will the next iMac have a 27" screen or 31" screen?
Apply might also create an iPhone EL (for Extended Life) that'd follow where the iPad and MacBook Air have led--into longer-than-most-people-need battery lives. Three days would be nice. A week of normal use would be even better.
Kind of weird that we've got to the point that a week of use for a mobile device is seen as this special " longer-than-most-people-need" thing. Lots of feature phones have no problem lasting a week or more. Of course they're used for so much less, but this acceptance of 24 hours battery life as normal is a pretty new thing.
Larger screens are OK, but that's hardly innovative. Almost everyone else already has one.
If Apple wants to "Be Different," is should create an iPhone Sport that can be taken surfing or even in dives down 30-40 feet. It'd also work well in hospital environments where equipments needs to be sterilized. It makes little sense to be developing an iWatch to be used for jogging in a heavy rain, but have an iPhone attached that can't cope with a light mist.
Apply might also create an iPhone EL (for Extended Life) that'd follow where the iPad and MacBook Air have led--into longer-than-most-people-need battery lives. Three days would be nice. A week of normal use would be even better. My iPad 3 amazes me with how long its battery lasts. My iPhone not so much. Make iPhones more like iPads.
5.6' is not a one-handed device anymore, and thus not an iPhone. It would be an iPad nano.
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iPad nano (shakes head)
Not gonna happen Apple would have a pricing problem with iPad branding of the 5.6" phablet. With 8" iPad Mini Retina is only $399, they can't possibly sell an "iPad Nano" for $649+
So Apple "invented" size 4.7" and 5.5" for their future iPhones. Good idea. They are so awesome, people at Apple. Genius, it has to be invented!
Copy for Samsung.
While, with his new Galaxy 5S Samsung is copying the idea behind the Iphone 5s and 5c where one of the twins is deficient. It appears that one of the two Galaxy 5S will be less technologicaly advanced. A copy machine those Samsung!
At the way these predictions are going with increasing phone sizes, I predict Apple will just throw phone parts into an iPad Mini and call it a day.
/s
If VOIP didn't suck, and Apple could be their own VOIP carrier...They could easily do away with all phone radios and just make a device at every sensible size increment that is WIFI+LTE and call it a day.
But, the reason they don't, is they get away with charging more for an iPhone because, ostensibly, its a phone, and not a tablet...thus making an obscene amount of money off of the iPhone. If they can charge $429 for an iPad mini with WIFI+LTE, (a price that is bound to come down even more this year) you can't tell me an iPhone with WIFI+LTE (and no 'phone') couldn't cost even less.
Large screen iPhone could not arrive fast enough. I personally know several people who switched from the iPhone purely due to the larger screen of the Galaxy. Middle-aged and seniors prefer the larger font and larger keyboard and there is no accessibility feature that can replace that.
Large screen iPhone could not arrive fast enough. I personally know several people who switched from the iPhone purely due to the larger screen of the Galaxy. Middle-aged and seniors prefer the larger font and larger keyboard and there is no accessibility feature that can replace that.
Screen size was one of the factors why I switched to the HTC One last year. Of course, I threw a custom ROM to remove the bloat (Sense and AT&T crapware). Nothing against Apple, but I love the larger screen, 1080p display and stereo speakers on the front of the device. Depending on the iPhone 6's redesign, I might switch back.
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It'll fit in my pockets, and I've never really used my phone one-handed much anyway. A 5.6" iPhone would give me the ability to view a huge amount of content at once, and would be a very high-quality device if Apple's other products are anything to go by. The alternative is for me to get a large Android phone of some sort - probably the HTC One Two or whatever it's going to be called, and I'd much rather get an Apple device if I can.
Ultimately a 5.6" phone just happens to fit my use case quite well - I suspect most people would get a phone plus a tablet, but I'd rather get an oversized phone.
As these Android phones increase in size, soon there will be room to put a floppy drive in one! That's a spec that Apple will NEVER match!
I heard a new rumor from a guy that knows a guy who was a college roommate of another guy who dated an Apple employee's sister. The iPhone 6 will be 6" with a stylus, NFC, retina scanner, touch 3D that can transform into a watch by asking Siri!!!
They had 5 generation at 3.5. i4 was the perfect design. No wonder apple is bringing it back into production for India.
5.6 feet? iPad ginormo.
Don't give Sammy any ideas.
4", 4,7", 5.6" , 7.9" and 9.7" seems to offer something for everyone. I would have to hold a 4.7" and 5.6" in my hands before I could decide. I am leaning towards a 4.7" but would need to actually see them side by side. If it were my decision I would go with one around 5" which I think is the prefect size but I could live with 4.7".
In probably the not so distant future I think clamshell type smartphones will appear. But instead of folding down like the old flip phones they will likely fold open vertically . When open you can probably have a 6" or even 7" tablet and close it in half and it is very pocketable around the size of an iPhone 5s. I would imagine for taking voice calls you could leave it in the closed position as well and it could have a much smaller external display for calls, texts, and other notifications. The Kyocera echo was a taste of that possibility but the tech is still a long ways off so it failed miserably. When the screen is open it has to be one seamless display and not have lines or a bezel between the two halves. It has to work as one display not two. There is also the advantage that while closed the display is protected.
If Apple wants to "Be Different," is should create an iPhone Sport that can be taken surfing or even in dives down 30-40 feet. It'd also work well in hospital environments where equipments needs to be sterilized. It makes little sense to be developing an iWatch to be used for jogging in a heavy rain, but have an iPhone attached that can't cope with a light mist.
Apply might also create an iPhone EL (for Extended Life) that'd follow where the iPad and MacBook Air have led--into longer-than-most-people-need battery lives. Three days would be nice. A week of normal use would be even better. My iPad 3 amazes me with how long its battery lasts. My iPhone not so much. Make iPhones more like iPads.
--Michael W. Perry, Tolkien's Warriors
4.1"
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-5-will-pack-a-3-9-inch-display-or-is-that-4-1-inch-1081667
4.2", 4.8"
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/apple/iphone-6/19670/iphone-6-concepts-show-42-inch-and-48-inch-screens
4.3"
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-17/apple-may-delay-introduction-of-iphone-5s-commercial-times-says.html
4.4"
http://www.dvice.com/archives/2011/10/last_minute_rum.php
4.5", 5"
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/23/apple-to-release-larger-screened-iphones/
4.6"
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401982,00.asp
This article is 4.7", 5.6" (previous article was 5.5")
4.8"
http://www.macrumors.com/2014/01/22/iphone-6-80211ac/
4.9"
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/21/larger-screen-iphone-rumors-continue-with-4-9-inch-iphone-6-iphone-5c-successor/
5.1" (5" was covered earlier)
http://www.cultofmac.com/265682/drool-5-1-inch-iphone-air-edge-edge-retina-display-2/
So if we're not going above 5.6", we've only got 5.2", 5.3", 5.4" left and that's all the possibilities covered. It has to be one of them so now it's time to get some photos.
I'm not sure why these rumors start so early on, the iPhone 6 won't be out for another 7 months. It's time to focus on the Mac. Now will the next iMac have a 27" screen or 31" screen?
Apply might also create an iPhone EL (for Extended Life) that'd follow where the iPad and MacBook Air have led--into longer-than-most-people-need battery lives. Three days would be nice. A week of normal use would be even better.
Kind of weird that we've got to the point that a week of use for a mobile device is seen as this special " longer-than-most-people-need" thing. Lots of feature phones have no problem lasting a week or more. Of course they're used for so much less, but this acceptance of 24 hours battery life as normal is a pretty new thing.
I guess you haven't seen the Sony Xperia Z.
4.7" for a one-handed device, I understand.
5.6' is not a one-handed device anymore, and thus not an iPhone. It would be an iPad nano.
iPad nano (shakes head)
Not gonna happen
Apple would have a pricing problem with iPad branding of the 5.6" phablet. With 8" iPad Mini Retina is only $399, they can't possibly sell an "iPad Nano" for $649+
But will you pay for it?
At the way these predictions are going with increasing phone sizes, I predict Apple will just throw phone parts into an iPad Mini and call it a day.
/s
So Apple "invented" size 4.7" and 5.5" for their future iPhones. Good idea. They are so awesome, people at Apple. Genius, it has to be invented!
Copy for Samsung.
While, with his new Galaxy 5S Samsung is copying the idea behind the Iphone 5s and 5c where one of the twins is deficient. It appears that one of the two Galaxy 5S will be less technologicaly advanced. A copy machine those Samsung!
At the way these predictions are going with increasing phone sizes, I predict Apple will just throw phone parts into an iPad Mini and call it a day.
/s
If VOIP didn't suck, and Apple could be their own VOIP carrier...They could easily do away with all phone radios and just make a device at every sensible size increment that is WIFI+LTE and call it a day.
But, the reason they don't, is they get away with charging more for an iPhone because, ostensibly, its a phone, and not a tablet...thus making an obscene amount of money off of the iPhone. If they can charge $429 for an iPad mini with WIFI+LTE, (a price that is bound to come down even more this year) you can't tell me an iPhone with WIFI+LTE (and no 'phone') couldn't cost even less.
Large screen iPhone could not arrive fast enough. I personally know several people who switched from the iPhone purely due to the larger screen of the Galaxy. Middle-aged and seniors prefer the larger font and larger keyboard and there is no accessibility feature that can replace that.
Large screen iPhone could not arrive fast enough. I personally know several people who switched from the iPhone purely due to the larger screen of the Galaxy. Middle-aged and seniors prefer the larger font and larger keyboard and there is no accessibility feature that can replace that.
Screen size was one of the factors why I switched to the HTC One last year. Of course, I threw a custom ROM to remove the bloat (Sense and AT&T crapware). Nothing against Apple, but I love the larger screen, 1080p display and stereo speakers on the front of the device. Depending on the iPhone 6's redesign, I might switch back.