Thanks! I had forgotten all about doing that. I've done so several times in the past on other forums, but for some reason it never occurred to me here. :embarrass
I don't want a large iPhone. Will it hurt Apple if they offered two sizes? 4" and 5"? I don't want a larger iPhone but I would still get it over anything else.
imo they will keep the 4" around but it will become the mid-range phone that may not included all the bell'n whistle of the bigger screen high end phone.
Purposely gimping the smaller screened smartphones is an Android OEM strategy. I don't see Apple copying that. The 5s is the only top performing smartphone on the market in that screen size. If you look at how Apple has aligned its range of devices with the A7, they deployed it across all of the new models introduced last fall (except the 5c, which is really a redressed 5). Aside from screen size, the iPad mini retina for example has everything that the iPad air has.
If the 4" iPhone becomes a mid-range model, it will only happen because Apple chose to carry over the internals from the 5s and chose to standardize all future iPhone lines around the larger screen. If they introduce a truly new 4" iPhone that shares the new exterior design with the larger screened model, I doubt they would cripple it with inferior chips and missing features.
Thanks! I had forgotten all about doing that. I've done so several times in the past on other forums, but for some reason it never occurred to me here. :embarrass
Why wait this long? Does Canada not offer the same resale value as in The States? I find selling my phone when it'll still get an iOS update from Apple for another year a good way to get enough money to warrant buying a new device.
You can also use a URL shrinker.
I want a larger display but not a larger phone, like they did with the iPhone 5 over the iPhone 4S. That said, the rumoured sizes may make this very difficult to achieve but I'll wait before decided since Apple has a knack for balancing a design.
I think Apple can do it. As an example the MotoX really isn't physically that much larger than the iPhone 5S, but the display is significantly bigger.
I think Apple can do it. As an example the MotoX really isn't physically that much larger than the iPhone 5S, but the display is significantly bigger.
1) That looks too big for my liking.
2) Apple needs to get over waning the top and bottom bezels to be the same size for symmetry if they are going to continue to use a Home Button on the front.
3) Didn't Tim Cook state, within the last few months, that Apple is looking into a larger iPhone but the technology isn't yet ready?
I have absolutely no desire for a bigger phone - I keep my phone in my front pocket of my jeans and would not want anything bigger. Most women I speak to dont want big phones either. I just can't see masses of people moving to bigger phones. It won't be the catalyst for Apple's growth IMHO.
Oh really then why is it on every online survey I have seen both recent and ones going back to 2011, even on Apple focused websites, the larger display choices always trounce the demand for sticking with 4". I challenge you to find a recent and reputable poll where 4" wins over a larger variant. I realize anecdotal evidence is hardly proof of anything but at the same time it is very hard to dismiss and among my family, friends, co-workers, and just people you meet in public without fail people that own an iPhone always say they want a larger display and people with larger Android phones say their #1 reason they didn't buy an iPhone is screen size. This is about the only website in fact where I have even read comments preferring a 4" over a larger variant. I don't doubt there are some that prefer 4" or even 3.5" displays but if you think larger displays are a fad and in a few years we will all be pining for 3.5" display again you will be disappointed. Apple seems to understand where the market is heading and what people prefer even if you don't.
Cargo pants? Are you actually being serious? I can easily fit a Galaxy S5 in my standard sized pockets now. Why do you assume an iPhone 6 would be larger than a Galaxy S5. It will most certainly decrease the ridiculously large bezel size. Even with that it will necessarily have to be a larger iPhone if they go to 4.7" but I doubt it will be much larger dimensions once the forehead and possibly chin get reduced. One handed use simply isn't the "end all be all" it once was to Apple as even 5s owners began to use it more and more often in landscape mode.
It is no brainier that very large numbers of Iphone users waiting for over two years for the larger size screen iphone will upgrade right away and many who switched to android just for larger screen phone will switched back. Such notion is useless to debate. If you ask around both iphone and android phone users, you will get such answer.
Although I appreciated that what I want is not necessarily reflected by the majority I find that I would like to keep the one handed operation of my iPhone in tact. I am not a fan of the size increase in my wife's iPhone 5c as I find my thumb strains to reach the absolute top of the display.
Going any bigger will require two handed operation for certain tasks, I fail to see how this is a step forward. My iPad covers all big screened activities nicely, but I can see how some people can either not afford or do not want to buy an iPad and want a bigger screen.
I don't think I'll ever get the image of some spotty teenager on the train with one of the original big Samsung phones pressed up against the side of his face out of my head. He looked so stupid talking into this massive piece of crap.
Almost 200,000,000 sold Galaxy phones the last 2 years says otherwise. The only advantage of Samsung Galaxy phones over the iPhone is size. Literally every single person I've spoke to who owns a Galaxy says it the size of the screen that made them buy it instead of an iPhone.
IMO they should have a 4 and a 5 inch phone.
But what proof is there that the almost 200,000,000 people bought the phone because it has a larger screen? There are other reasons why people don't buy iPhones.
Although I appreciated that what I want is not necessarily reflected by the majority I find that I would like to keep the one handed operation of my iPhone in tact.
In fact you are the majority opinion. And if the majority did indeed want a ‘big’ screen then why is the iPhone’s market share in the U.S. at 42.x% and Samsung at 28.x%?
But what proof is there that the almost 200,000,000 people bought the phone because it has a larger screen? There are other reasons why people don't buy iPhones.
That and how many iPhones were sold in the same time frame.
Still I see a iPhone 6 and 6+ as compliments. 6 will be the normal 4" and the 6+ being the sub 5".
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Maybe for the same reason people now own 50"+ size TVs, or 27" computer monitors.
Thanks! I had forgotten all about doing that. I've done so several times in the past on other forums, but for some reason it never occurred to me here. :embarrass
imo they will keep the 4" around but it will become the mid-range phone that may not included all the bell'n whistle of the bigger screen high end phone.
Purposely gimping the smaller screened smartphones is an Android OEM strategy. I don't see Apple copying that. The 5s is the only top performing smartphone on the market in that screen size. If you look at how Apple has aligned its range of devices with the A7, they deployed it across all of the new models introduced last fall (except the 5c, which is really a redressed 5). Aside from screen size, the iPad mini retina for example has everything that the iPad air has.
If the 4" iPhone becomes a mid-range model, it will only happen because Apple chose to carry over the internals from the 5s and chose to standardize all future iPhone lines around the larger screen. If they introduce a truly new 4" iPhone that shares the new exterior design with the larger screened model, I doubt they would cripple it with inferior chips and missing features.
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I think Apple can do it. As an example the MotoX really isn't physically that much larger than the iPhone 5S, but the display is significantly bigger.
1) That looks too big for my liking.
2) Apple needs to get over waning the top and bottom bezels to be the same size for symmetry if they are going to continue to use a Home Button on the front.
3) Didn't Tim Cook state, within the last few months, that Apple is looking into a larger iPhone but the technology isn't yet ready?
Oh really then why is it on every online survey I have seen both recent and ones going back to 2011, even on Apple focused websites, the larger display choices always trounce the demand for sticking with 4". I challenge you to find a recent and reputable poll where 4" wins over a larger variant. I realize anecdotal evidence is hardly proof of anything but at the same time it is very hard to dismiss and among my family, friends, co-workers, and just people you meet in public without fail people that own an iPhone always say they want a larger display and people with larger Android phones say their #1 reason they didn't buy an iPhone is screen size. This is about the only website in fact where I have even read comments preferring a 4" over a larger variant. I don't doubt there are some that prefer 4" or even 3.5" displays but if you think larger displays are a fad and in a few years we will all be pining for 3.5" display again you will be disappointed. Apple seems to understand where the market is heading and what people prefer even if you don't.
Cargo pants? Are you actually being serious? I can easily fit a Galaxy S5 in my standard sized pockets now. Why do you assume an iPhone 6 would be larger than a Galaxy S5. It will most certainly decrease the ridiculously large bezel size. Even with that it will necessarily have to be a larger iPhone if they go to 4.7" but I doubt it will be much larger dimensions once the forehead and possibly chin get reduced. One handed use simply isn't the "end all be all" it once was to Apple as even 5s owners began to use it more and more often in landscape mode.
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Just put call capability on the Mini and be done with it.
Although I appreciated that what I want is not necessarily reflected by the majority I find that I would like to keep the one handed operation of my iPhone in tact. I am not a fan of the size increase in my wife's iPhone 5c as I find my thumb strains to reach the absolute top of the display.
Going any bigger will require two handed operation for certain tasks, I fail to see how this is a step forward. My iPad covers all big screened activities nicely, but I can see how some people can either not afford or do not want to buy an iPad and want a bigger screen.
I don't think I'll ever get the image of some spotty teenager on the train with one of the original big Samsung phones pressed up against the side of his face out of my head. He looked so stupid talking into this massive piece of crap.
Almost 200,000,000 sold Galaxy phones the last 2 years says otherwise. The only advantage of Samsung Galaxy phones over the iPhone is size. Literally every single person I've spoke to who owns a Galaxy says it the size of the screen that made them buy it instead of an iPhone.
IMO they should have a 4 and a 5 inch phone.
But what proof is there that the almost 200,000,000 people bought the phone because it has a larger screen? There are other reasons why people don't buy iPhones.
Although I appreciated that what I want is not necessarily reflected by the majority I find that I would like to keep the one handed operation of my iPhone in tact.
In fact you are the majority opinion. And if the majority did indeed want a ‘big’ screen then why is the iPhone’s market share in the U.S. at 42.x% and Samsung at 28.x%?
There are other reasons why people don't buy iPhones.
For example, if they just want a phone that’s a phone, e-mail, and Facebook.
That and how many iPhones were sold in the same time frame.
Still I see a iPhone 6 and 6+ as compliments. 6 will be the normal 4" and the 6+ being the sub 5".
I am waiting for a big screen phone to upgrade my 4s but it they rise the price, I am not so sure I will upgrade.
I dont see how this will make people switch from android to iOS?
I'm also willing to switch back to Apple, but only if the price doesn't exceed $199 with a 2-yr contract.