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RIP to Apple's single greatest design, the iPhone 5 form factor.

• wyxuan 7y ago
  They're considering putting iPhone 5esque body in the newer iPhones if that makes it any better
  • mrzool 7y ago
    Source?
    • Analemma_ 7y ago
      Multiple rumors sources are converging on the theory that the new iPhones will have the iPad Pro design, e.g. [0] [0]: https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/13/bloomberg-iphone-12-to-feature-smaller-notch-and-share-design-cues-with-ipad-pro-half-size-cheaper-homepod-later-this-year/ https://9to5mac.com/2020/04/13/bloomberg-iphone-12-to-featur...
      • saagarjha 7y ago
        I don’t see the 4” screen coming back, though :(
        • adequateness 7y ago
          I can see people not liking phones like > 6" screens because they are too hard to hold but it seems like 4" screens are too far in the opposite direction.
          • saagarjha 7y ago
            I have an iPhone 6 that I keep around (I normally use an iPhone SE, of course) and I don't really like it much; I find it uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time and I constantly have to use Reachability to get at stuff :(
          • mrzool 7y ago
            Hard disagree. 4-inches screens were a thing because that’s the perfect size for a human hand. Phones became huge when content consumption got prioritized over ergonomics. Don’t take my word for it. Just see this Apple’s iPhone 5 commercial: https://youtu.be/16GkG_uDj_k https://youtu.be/16GkG_uDj_k Clear as day. “Common sense”.
• Lammy 7y ago
  Maybe you should give an Xperia a shot? https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone-design-inspiration-iphone-4-looked-old https://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189309/apple-sony-iphone... I'm only halfway joking since looking at their newest handset is still fairly reminiscent with the flat edges: https://www.sony.com/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m2?cpint=XPERIA-1M2 https://www.sony.com/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m2?cpin...
  • ashtonkem 7y ago
    The cost of switching ecosystems is too high for most of us. Loss of iMessage alone is a non starter for me personally.
    • ryantgtg 7y ago
      Me too. iMessage is the one and only reason why I switched to an iPhone. My family demanded it, because the picture/video quality in our group chats was degraded for everyone because one group chat member (me) had an Android. I got an SE. And now I'm seriously glancing at this new SE. Size is fine for me.
  • 2ion 7y ago
    And be out of support after 2 years? No thank you. Xperia is overpriced and Sony dropping its expensive phones from support left and right. After 10+ years with Android vendors should've put in the work to support their handsets in a streamlined fashion at least with security/OS core level updates relatively effortlessly. They didn't, Sony sure didn't. Apple is the only vendor with decent support, sadly.
  • Nition 7y ago
    All the current Xperia phones (even the "compact") are much larger than the 5/SE form factor unfortunately.