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> That is no longer true. So show your numbers. > What's more, the rise of the "phablet" and the explosion of mobile > form factors means iOS development
by rimantas 14y ago
> That is no longer true.
So show your numbers.
> What's more, the rise of the "phablet" and the explosion of mobile
> form factors means iOS development is about to get a lot harder.
How exactly? Do you know something we don't? So far we have three resolutions to care about, iPhone, iPhone 5 and iPad. Next step for iPad will be retina iPad mini which changes nothing. How Samsung of Google releasing some weird form factor will make my life as an iOS developer harder?
And btw, there is autolayout if you missed it.
- cageface 14y agoTwo seconds of Googling: http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings-record-profit/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/26/samsungs-q2-2012-earnings... Apple can't keep playing this doubling/halving game forever. They already strained things with the iPhone 5 form factor enough that I'm still seeing tons of apps that haven't been updated and if they want to compete with things like the Note 2 then they're really going to have to break the mold. All those beautiful IB designs are going to go out the window. And no, I didn't miss AutoLayout but it's got to be one of the worst Apple APIs in a long time. The textual shorthand is cryptic enough to impress a Perl programmer.
- parasubvert 14y agoThe Note 2 isn't exactly setting the world on fire - yes, it's doing well at 5 million pre-Christmas, but it is way behind the sell rate of S3s. Thus I don't think Apple is going to be shifting form factors for phablets, the iPad Mini is basically their concession to a middle road form factor (and by most accounts is selling very well).