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I disagree. I agree they need to focus on quality and performance and be public that they're working to address it. But they also need to focus on adding new fu

I disagree. I agree they need to focus on quality and performance and be public that they're working to address it. But they also need to focus on adding new functionality to catch up with Android and other flavours of Android. The mobile market is moving a little too quickly for them just to sit still and not move for 2 years.

spyspy 9y ago
They've already been sitting on the same physical design for the past 4 years, from the 6 to the 8. I wonder why they waited so long to release a new chassis. The fact that they took so long and when it finally does come, they jack up the prices for what should have been standard annoys me.
- paulbeattie 9y ago
  IMO and as other outlets have stated I don't think they planned to release the X this year. You can tell a lot of this just by the way the software feels like it has been shoehorned in to work e.g. swipe down from the right for Control Center, swipe down from the left for notifications.
  - calciphus 9y ago
    Those are both badly copied features from Android. On Nexus/Pixel tablets the top right was used for the system toggle, left was used for notifications. What I'm surprised by is that they didn't copy the "hard press where home should be for home", instead relying on swipe and press. The galaxy s8 supports both and the hard press is substantially more useful.
- cthulha 9y ago
  I'd politely disagree with the assumptions underlying the question. Changing the physical proportions is a very big deal when you look at the long term impact on the development and app ecosystem. iOS developers can test their design on the SE, the Plus and the regular size and it will cover over 4 years of phones in the hands of users. And for what? Have people's hands changed shape or size? Once you've reached something that makes your customer base happy, you would want to have a new design that is substantially better. Novelty isn't a better selling point than knowing you'll be happy with what you get. There's an old Wired article on the making of the iPod, where they reveal that they made over 100 prototypes, down to weights internally to check the balance and feel of the device. It's likely that there are thousands of iPhone prototypes they have tested out, and the models we have are the survivors of a much larger and longer process than is publically visible.
  - rmetzler 9y ago
    I agree. I'm 193cm (6'4") and have large hands. I still like the iPhone SE much more than any bigger screen.

spyspy 9y ago

They've already been sitting on the same physical design for the past 4 years, from the 6 to the 8. I wonder why they waited so long to release a new chassis. The fact that they took so long and when it finally does come, they jack up the prices for what should have been standard annoys me.

paulbeattie 9y ago
IMO and as other outlets have stated I don't think they planned to release the X this year. You can tell a lot of this just by the way the software feels like it has been shoehorned in to work e.g. swipe down from the right for Control Center, swipe down from the left for notifications.
- calciphus 9y ago
  Those are both badly copied features from Android. On Nexus/Pixel tablets the top right was used for the system toggle, left was used for notifications. What I'm surprised by is that they didn't copy the "hard press where home should be for home", instead relying on swipe and press. The galaxy s8 supports both and the hard press is substantially more useful.
cthulha 9y ago
I'd politely disagree with the assumptions underlying the question. Changing the physical proportions is a very big deal when you look at the long term impact on the development and app ecosystem. iOS developers can test their design on the SE, the Plus and the regular size and it will cover over 4 years of phones in the hands of users. And for what? Have people's hands changed shape or size? Once you've reached something that makes your customer base happy, you would want to have a new design that is substantially better. Novelty isn't a better selling point than knowing you'll be happy with what you get. There's an old Wired article on the making of the iPod, where they reveal that they made over 100 prototypes, down to weights internally to check the balance and feel of the device. It's likely that there are thousands of iPhone prototypes they have tested out, and the models we have are the survivors of a much larger and longer process than is publically visible.
- rmetzler 9y ago
  I agree. I'm 193cm (6'4") and have large hands. I still like the iPhone SE much more than any bigger screen.