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Reading a lot of the comments about this story, the takeaway should really be that people prefer different sized devices. I like the size of the iPhone 5. After
by x0054 12y ago
Reading a lot of the comments about this story, the takeaway should really be that people prefer different sized devices. I like the size of the iPhone 5. After iPhone 6 came out, I have even considered looking at some of the android devices, but all of them are actually bigger than the 5 as well.
That being said, I can see how people can prefer a phone with a bigger screen. Apple makes 3 different sizes of the MacBook, the 11, the 13, and the 15 inch. They also used to carry the 17 inch one, which my dead would have loved, because he is looking for a new laptop with a 17+ screen. All he does is sit's with it in his arm chair and listens to music, so portability isn't a priority for him. He is currently using a 17 inch Lenovo.
In any case, a 4.5 inch, 5 inch, and 5.5 inch iPhone product range is quite reasonable. For the really crazy amongst us, make the iPad Mini and the iPad also phone capable, and sell that to people if they really need to have the biggest phone they can possibly have. There are already data capable iPads, so they have the hardware necessary. Make it work like a phone with headphones, and there you go, it's just a software tweak away.
The other big problem with the new iPhone 6 line is the ridiculous amount of space that's wasted below and above the screen. If you hold the phones side by side, you will realize that the screen from the iPhone 6 can easily fit into the body of he iPhone 5. Apple has really painted themselves into the corner with the home button. Back in the days of the iPhone one they has space for a huge physical home button. But now, not so much. The home button, along with the fingerprint sensor, can be moved to the side of the phone, for use with your thumb or the pointing finger (for left handed people amongst us). This way they can make the 4.5 inch iPhone to be the size of the 4S, the 5 inch iPhone would be the size of the 5S, and the 5.5 inch model can be the size of the current iPhone 6.
Problem solved, big screens, small phones, more choice. And..... it will never happen :)