Rumoured iPhone 5 'will have 4in screen' against Jobs' wish iPhone 5 will grow 8mm in length to accommodate a new 4in screen, according to rumours on iLounge that conjure the shape of the next Jesus mobe out of the mists of speculation. According to the site's sources, the iPhone 5 is likely to have the same flat edges as the 4, which means that we won't get the teardrop-style tapered …
Think he was a great guy, and im like my 'I' devices very much. but in this world, we need to move on, and like it or not he aint here any more, and the company deserves the right to take things is new bold directions if it wants to. (ok a different screen size is not that bold, but you get what i mean).
so i say go apple, and become something more. jobs was great at being jobs, but move onwards and upwards.
Jobs said anything other that the iSomething was just too big? What will the bois do if this is true? *sigh* - I know, I know... it'll be the old "It's what he would have wanted". Or maybe a few leaked stories that he mentioned it just before he died. That'll do the trick. Any excuse to make the $$$ coming in from the imprisoned disciples. Their credit cards are poised and their position is already assumed.
"iPhone 5 will grow 8mm in length to accommodate a new 4in screen,"
Yet another sign of Apple's genius, making those millimetres backwardly compatible with antiquated inches! But that still doesn't tell us how many cubits it will be in overall length, or how many shekels it will weigh.
Apple probably has 30% to 50% of its cllentele clamoring for bigger screens either because they feel dimished in power dwarfed by Samsung's and HTC's bigger screens (despite Retina), and maybe because some people are just damned tired of paying for sexy-n-small at the expense of their largeish fingers striking keys they don't want to type. I've got an HTC (Android phone, of course), and my fingers regularly bump keys I don't want to touch when I'm fast-typing. Granted, Apple's algorythms and touch response may have more finesse that in most of the HTC phones, but, I am suspecting some competition-mindedness in the mix.
Really, how much can it hurt Apple to cater to a percentile/index with a wee-bit larger phone? If it costs apple 40 to 200 extra cents to enlarge the phone, the loyal upgraders will probably pay an extra $15 to get it if Apple offers two sizes. Apple probably just doesn't want to live with two sizes of stock and being wrong about whihc one will sell better than the other and whether both will outsell their forecasts of each model.
Really?
The 4S has been out all of 5 mins, and people are already speculating on what /will/ be in the next one.
remember how foolish everyone looked when all the 'promised' features were missing from the 4S, wont be the last time, and you can count on that.
Also, personally, i don't think it will be the iPhone5, not sure what i think it will be though, but if you look at it, the 4S, _IS_ the 5th iPhone. If they call the next one the 5, it is basically saying the 4S, wasn't a new phone but and upgrade to the 4, but if that was the case, then the 3GS (3rd iphone) was also not a phone in it's own right, which makes the iPhone4 (4th iPhone) not actually the 4th phone, but the 3rd. If you follow my logic.
iPhone - 1st
iPhone 3g - 2nd
iPhone 3gs - 3rd (2.5?)
iPhone 4 - 4th (3rd)
iPhone 4s - 5th (3.5)
Maybe the next one will be the iPhone 4g, or iPhone LTE.
Who knows?
At this point, probably no one.....
Come on guys unless it is solid I don't care.
I really don't understand why people get so excited chatting about what might be/might not be on the next phone.
Its really not that exciting, well for me but maybe because I deal in fact that makes me boring.
Same for analysts who are just making up rumours to drive people to the blog.
True. The article also claims:
"The extra fraction of a millimetre is needed to accommodate the electronics behind the ultra high resolution display promised for the next tablet."
The next iPad is highly likely to be hi-res but we all know Apple have never made such a promise. They never reveal or make promises about features. Sloppy reporting.
Bigger iPhone? Got one, its called the iPad. Ones for my pocket, the others for my bag. I ain't going to start shoving a 6" screened phone in my pocket so this whole bigger screen race is pointless and stupid. IF they can put in a same size unit then fine but I don't want a bigger overall case size thanks all the same.
Mind you, dunno why I'm worrying, its more than likely complete nonsense. After the rumours around the last iPhone I'm surprised they're even bothering trying to guess on the next one.
...something about his own phone network and another which I can't remember.
They'll be loads and don't forget they will have all been massive successes, oh yes, massive.
To be fair the man did impress me and he was an individual BUT there are limits to everything. To be fair to Apple they haven't said much recently its just fanbois and people with stuff to flog and write that have been doing all this talking.
Is this obsession with screen size? Is it a nerd thing?
Until the current gen of smartphones can give me the same battery life as my iPad in the current iphone form factor I'm not interested in a bigger screen. Especially since LTE is waiting in the wings which will suck power like Paris sucks other things.
For shame, Reg. Even the back of the original iPhone wasn't entirely metal since the radio signals have to get out somehow. The next time you want to write about a unibody iPhone please make it an article belittling the idiots who create these rumors.
Also, thicker electronics necessary to run a higher resolution screen? When has that EVER been the case? Argh, I'm getting a headache from the stupidity...
Releasing the 5 in place of the 4S would have led to three different iPhone resolutions in the market - and you would have never heard the end of it from developers. They cant just enlarge the screen and keep the res the same because then they would be going back on their (silly) "retina display" dpi promise.
HOWEVER, If they release a 4" phone as their next iPhone and retire the 3GS at the same time, there will still only be two iPhone resolutions for developers to code for.
As for "giving customers what they want" - google Mr Henry Ford's answer to that...
Not only will they make it, the fanbois will suck it up more than any other previous incarnation.
Why? Because they're idiots. They'll buy anything.
Not only talking about Apple fantards here, but all and sundry.
I remember when small phones were all the rage, users would go into shops and be hell-bent on finding something smaller than what they already had - at any cost. "look at my new phone" they would say, I'd ask where (too small), "it's so cool, I have GPS maps on it, I can watch TV on it, I have four spreadsheets open on it" again, I'd have to ask where, because I can't see it anything on that 1" screen.
Some time later, presumably when their fingers are riddled with RSI from trying to press buttons that are way too small, and now wearing thick glasses to compensate from the long periods of staring at that tiny screen, now they want big screens.
The bigger the better. I'm waiting for a tablet that can be used as a phone.
With a stylish case and shoulder strap, it'll be the next big thing in handbag/manbag accessories.
Mark my words.
I own an unlocked Orange Monte Carlo aka ZTE Skate.
its got a 4.3" screen but still keeps the 800*480 res, the point is you can make bigger but keep the res of the iphone 4s.
Yes it will not be retina Display but thats just a fad is it not, I have owned a iPhone 4 in the past and yes the screen is nice, but 4" nicer.
Ok.. sure, Apple has to compete. And they really have been trying, without yet deviating from their one phone per year model.
The way they do this is simple: they keep the old models around, now. So at least for GSM, you can still buy new iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and the new 4S models. Given that at least the 4 and 4S are likely to be kept on after the 5 debuts, it's clear they're using this approach to offer a taste of the kind of feature differentiation you get in the Android market.
And the reason, too, is clear: they're losing market share. A little of that isn't a real problem in a growing market, but too much certainly is. Just ask RIM. Or Nokia. Or Microsoft. Apple's taken the unusual approach, for Apple anyway, of competing on price, too. On contract in the US, the iPhone 3GS is "free". This is a good long-term move for Apple, since the folks buying "free" iPhone 3GS today will more than likely buy an iPhone replacement, and probably a more expensive one.
It's also clear that technology has moved on. The 3.5" screen on the iPhone today, the 3.5" screen on the first iPhone, the 3.5" screen on the Palm T5 and TX before these, etc. were predicated on a pretty low resolution. It doesn't make any sense to blow 360x480 pixels any larger. But even Apple's admitted that the pixels on the iPhone 4/4S are too small to see... which means, for the average adult user, they're probably well past being useful. A larger screen makes the same resolution much more generally useful. And Apple is currently the only competitive smart phone vendor not to recognize this. They ignore it at their long-term peril.
And going forward, Apple will presumably do what's best for the Apple of today, and not be haunted by the sillier aspects of SJ's total rule over there.
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