iPhone 6 speculations - will you be staying with iOS if vastly different?

Re: AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

I know you were planning on it. But the rumors are swirling that the size will grow...

 

Re: AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

I hope so too. While my wife seemed excited about those large screens I suspect my step-daughter's reaction would be to freak out if giant screens are all that's left.

 

AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

I would have the same reaction as your step daughter.

The 4" is ideal size for me, I am willing to go up to 4.3, max 4.5 no larger.

Maybe I will wait for the 6s.


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Re: AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

No, but going from a 5.5" screen to a 4.7" one will be

 

Re: AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

Very true! Having gotten used to my 6" 1520 the 4.3" 720 & 820 felt like toys. Also I would catch my self putting the phones closer to my face to read.



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Re: AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

I will second this. Always easy to go bigger than smaller IMO. It did take me some time to adjust going from my Atrix HD/Xperia TL to the smaller iPhone screen.

I hope the next iPhone isn't much bigger than 4.5". I'd hate to have to use two hands to operate my phone all the time. Might as well by a tablet at that point.

 

AT&T Launches Lower-Cost Mobile Share Value Plans for Families

So true, even though the difference in screen size was only 0.3" for me, going from the 900/820 to the iPhone 5, it took me awhile to get used to it.

Initially it felt like a toy, too slim and light and entirely too slippery.

One of the rumors has it that the screen size will be 4.5" with no or minimal bezel thus keeping the physical size the same as the 5/5s. I really like this rumor, that would be ideal for me.

Going back on topic, the first of three items, canceling my third line appears to have been successfully completed.

The second step will be converting the Family Talk to Mobile Share and that is scheduled to happen tomorrow.






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Every now and again I pick up the Note 3 or LG Flex to test something. It's funny how going from the Flex to Note makes one think of Note as a toy… and it's amazing how little time it takes to adjust to a bigger size.

 

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Yes, I don't believe Apple cares what difficulty case manufacturers may face.


If the width goes up and the length remains the same, it would start to look like the 4s and I would really like that.

I always thought the 4s was the best looking iPhone to date, I never for the long skinny look that the iPhone 5/5s and had to get used to it.


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True, but I think some of the rumors about 2 sized iPhones, one of them being larger than 5.5" might be true. If so, the second one will be close to the 5.7" screen on the Note 3. I for one will welcome a larger screened iPhone. I wasn't happy with what Apple did with the 4" iPhone and hope they make the 6 a little wider.


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After using my Note 3 for the past 4 days I will have a hard time adjusting to the small 4" screen of my 5S again. I LOVE the larger 5.7" screen on the N3.

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Re: iPhone 6 speculations & Screen size discussions.

I would love to see a 5.7" iPhone model. However, I do not think I would like it with the design of the 5C. If this comes true I'll go with the Galaxy Note 4 for my next phone.


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After carrying my Note 3 around in my scrub pocket for the past few days at work and strapping it to my arm while out on a 10 mile skate I'm starting to think that maybe a 4.8" iPhone 6 will be good enough. While I do like having a 5.7" screen for web browsing and watching Netflix, it's a pain having to keep it in a pocket. And I gave up trying to fit it in my Skinny jeans the first day, LOL.

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Re: iPhone 6 speculations & Screen size discussions.

A lot of the 5C users that I see all keep their phones in a case, which to me takes away from any color that is on the back. I kind of like the mock up designs of the 6 with rounded sides and the edge to edge screen. I don't see this model being the final product though.

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iPhone 6 size speculation & will you be staying with iOS if vastly different?

I don't want to re-visit any "fan-boy" wars, but I still don't understand why some people lock themselves into only one brand. If there's another phone that has a larger screen and/or other features that you like, then why not just buy that, instead of waiting and wondering if "your" brand will put out something similar in the future? In today's "phone world" there isn't really a huge difference between manufacturers, OS's, ecosystems, etc. Right now I have an Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone (and have used an iPhone at work) and I honestly don't see any huge differences between them.

 

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That depends on how heavily one uses features that are establishing ties that are hard to break, or exclusive features, or how much money one has invested in app purchases. If I'm not mistaken, viewfly has pretty significant ties to features like Photostream and has purchased a great deal of apps. Switching to a different OS would mean that he has to figure out content transfer, app availability, buy them all over again, find out whether those proprietary things are available for other OSes and so on. If on the other hand you live your life like De Niro's character from the movie Heat (there should be nothing in your life you can't walk out on in 30 seconds flat) then yes, switching between those OSes should be pretty trivial

 

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Lol, I knew there would be a movie simile thrown in there.

Excellent point, if I may add to it that it also depends on the Eco System one is vested in.

At one point I had Windows at work, OSX at home, ipad, a WP or Android as phone. It was fun having a variety of OS but at the same time synching was a time consuming and sometimes a nightmare.

Now I basically have OSX at work and home, ipad, and iPhone. Everything just is effortless and smooth to switch between devices.

Of course it does take some of the challenge away and one of these I might get a phone with a different OS


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Good points, I have Windows on my home PC mainly because there are a few programs that I use that are only available on Windows. But on the flip side, there are similar programs on Linux, that are free, but maybe less features, so I could "walk out in 30 seconds" if needed

But with phones, I use a hand-full of apps, that are all free, and all (or similar) are available on pretty much all OS's. With music, I rip all my music to mp3's so I can easily transfer them between devices; I like to listen to them on whatever device, without being tied to an account or hardware serial number, etc.. So generally, I have no problems jumping from one phone platform to another.

That's kind of the thing I was getting at, Apple decides how big to make the screen, what features, etc., and then if you are tied to that brand, you have to accept it. You don't really have a choice. You are not in the driver's seat, you are a passenger in the back seat going wherever the driver takes you. For people not tied to a brand or eco-system, there's alot more freedom, you can walk in a store, try different phones and if one color, size, feature stands out you can take that phone home with you. But to each their own I suppose.

Like I said above, I can jump between OS's with little problem. I wouldn't buy a phone just for one feature (well, unless it was a really, really cool one maybe ), but I like to stay flexible, and if something strikes me about a phone/OS I might just get it. A few months ago when I bought my BlackBerry Z10, I was actually looking at Androids, but something struk me about the Z10, I liked the style, the fluidity of the OS. When I read more about the QNX I became more intrigued, as well as the security/stability of the BlackBerry. So I decided to buy that instead of another Android (which I was getting a little bored with anyway.) The Nokia Lumia I just bought was also out of curiosity for something different.

You mentioned " lose some connectivity with other devices" but generally, that's what standards are for (ex.DLNA, BlueTooth, wifi, etc.), and alot of apps (ex: Skype, WhatsApp, BBM, etc.) are all cross-platform. So normally, there shouldn't be any problem connecting devices on different OS/platforms. If an app/service stays only within one OS, it's kind of dooming it's self to fail, or at the minimum excluding a large amount of potential customers.

Don't get me wrong, I can understand the concept of getting tied into a brand/OS, mainly for the familiarity or stability (ie: get something working and just leave it alone), but for me I like the flexibility, excitement, freedom, etc. that comes from different devices and different platforms. But then, to each their own.