Comments on: The next iPhone screen: bigger, but also thinner?

By: Enoxh

Enoxh — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:18:24 +0000

How is the battery life on your GS3?? is it great or has room to improve?? As I’m thinking to buy a GS3 myself.. :)

By: BackInAction

BackInAction — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:57:46 +0000

As mentioned above, I have the GS3 on trial. It is quite thin, I always feel like it is going to snap in half. If I decide to keep the phone, I’ll get a case ASAP just to make the phone thicker.

I love the size, but this is shorts season. I’m sure it will be too big when start wearing jeans in the fall.

IMO, any screen size bigger than the current iPhone will be a significant improvement. I’ve never used a 4″ phone for an extended period of time, so I can’t comment on the rumored size.

By: Steve K

Steve K — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:03:17 +0000

I’m waiting for all the hand wringing about it not being user servicable. As if Joe Public ever opened up their iPhones and messed around the innards. But the tech geeks have been having a field day displaying their mechanical and soldering incompetence whining about how they can’t play with the guts of Apple products.
Agreed that there is a limit to useful thinness in a phone. I liked the switch from 3 to 4 and the square sides. Makes it much easier to hold onto. Long before the hands free regulations, I was using headsets with my Motorola Razr as it was painful to hold onto for more than a minute or two.

By: Oscar Olim

Oscar Olim — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:48:00 +0000

Why would 4.5 be the sweet spot? Not everyone uses industrial pockets :p
A few years back people wanted phones as small as possible, and now it seems we are returning to the brick size phone. I do hope they don’t go over 4′ (and even 4 might be pushing it) or it will be time for me to look for a different brand once it’s time to upgrade the contract.

By: islasdulce

islasdulce — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:41:42 +0000

Can’t wait for it to come out if it’s as great as the say!

By: islasdulce

islasdulce — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:40:33 +0000

Hopefully they improve the battery life with the new iphone, because I have the 4s and I love it but the battery doesn’t last and I love the fact that it’ll be thiner.

By: Kindroid

Kindroid — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:52:01 +0000

Making the phone thinner is just crazy. The current iPhone is plenty thin enough. Current iPhone users were perfectly happy with it. As crazy as it sounds….I found the original Razr to thin. You need a certain amount of phone to hold onto. Apple should have used the opportunity this new screen offers to pack more battery into the phone. Going to LTE, along with the Retina display screen, is going to suck up a lot battery life. And as time goes on, uses for smartphones increase use times….which sucks up more battery life. And its all about battery life. Believe me…I own a Razr Maxx. I would never consider a phone without at least the battery power of the Maxx. As to the screen size. The iPhone 5 is going to be at the bottom of what is currently acceptable for a smart phone. The sweet spot is around 4.5. And as users move up in screen size…they become less resistant to minor increase in screen size…year by year. There were lots of HOOTS about the size the Galaxy Note being its death knell. It proved everybody in that camp wrong. And remember its 5.3″. And depending on how much narrower the iPhone 5 is…it may still feel cramped compared to the rest of the field. Sure it will be heralded by fanbois as the “new” perfect size. But that may not sell quite as well with the rest of smartphone consumers.

By: BackInAction

BackInAction — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:09:39 +0000

I’ve been test driving a Samsung Galaxy S III for the past few days. It is thin and “big”. After using it for nearly a week, holding my iphone 4S in my hand it looks like a toy. If the IP5 come even close to the same form factor (using a 4″ screen) as the S3 it will be a huge hit.