Comments on: IOS developers believe larger iPhone won’t cause big problems

By: Producer James

Producer James — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:16:23 +0000

I agree…the screen will become larger. However, the form factor will stay the same.

By: Macrow Willson

Macrow Willson — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:04:20 +0000

what has this do with screen ratios ?

By: Vlad Weber

Vlad Weber — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:57:40 +0000

Apps are what is needed to make your smartphone smart and unique.Im fond of app creating and find it really helpful to use site like Snappii where i can build apps in minutes.

By: lofye

lofye — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:42:25 +0000

first, Steve jobs did call it a communications device; he said it was an “Internet communicator” in the launch keynote speech.

second, a larger screen does not necessarily mean a larger device – there is room to make the screen taller & wider without enlarging the device at all.

By: cooldoods

cooldoods — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:24:39 +0000

All these developers are quite confident that Apple would not change the aspect ratio with a larger screen. Either they’re all going to get a rude awakening or I would be proven correct that Apple will not move up to a bigger screen.

By: Software Usability

Software Usability — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:45:03 +0000

I don’t agree with a bigger screen. That is what the Ipad is for. A mobile phone should be able to be put in your pocket. That is what makes it “mobile”. If the increase the screen size, then they should call it a communications device rather than a mobile phone.

By: Tracy Pease

Tracy Pease — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:06:07 +0000

Reblogged this on iOS Affairs and commented: Hmmm ... I don't know how I feel about this. Do you think Apple will pull an Android and fragment their iDevices?

By: locassasimon

locassasimon — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:03:04 +0000

I’m not so sure I agree with this afterall we were given little notice of the @2x feature with the introduction of the first retina display.

What is true is that IF Apple change either the aspect ratio or the pixel density (and that’s a big IF at the moment) then they will allow all current apps to run satisfactorily much like when you run iPhone apps on the iPad, perhaps with letterbox style black bars or some kind of subtle stretching. However a satisfactory experience is not a great one as it would exist purely to enable development firms like ours to transition to fully supported versions, and then it does become a bit of a nightmare.

We still think the single bundle approach is flawed and have been advocating for the introduction of a single app -> multi resource bundle for a while now, where the app installs then pulls down the appropriate resource bundle for the device. This makes it easier for devs to keep resource bundles separate and resolves the large downloads of having ALL resources for ALL devices in the same bundle.

By: Blake Helms

Blake Helms — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:50:48 +0000

I still don’t buy the rumor. Apple doesn’t have to buy into the ever increasing comically large phone screens to be successful. The trend in large screens is akin to tail fins on cars in the 50′s. Every manufacturer tried to one up the other and the fins got bigger and bigger until we got the ’59 El Dorado and then we realized how absurd the whole thing was to begin with and started to get rid of them. I want a phone that easily fits in my pocket, if I need more screen space I use my iPad.

By: Tim W

Tim W — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:20:45 +0000

Not sure I agree. I think a bigger screen with new aspect ration makes sense. As stated many places before – most apps are flexible in the height aspect. For ones that are not flexible they could just show black bars on each end. The only new thing for developers would be to set a flag for their app saying that the height of the app is flexible or not.