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on Wednesday April 02 2014, @05:50AM
from the if-Apple-can-claim-rounded-corners,-can-Samsung-claim-that-size dept.
from the if-Apple-can-claim-rounded-corners,-can-Samsung-claim-that-size dept.
Apparently, size does matter as Apple takes a cue from the Samsung playbook. Reuters is reporting that Apple's next iphone, slated for Q4 of 2014, will have a much bigger display than current devices. A whole 1.5" (38mm) bigger. This will bring the iPhone close to the same size as the Samsung Galaxy Note which stands around 5.7" (144mm). It seems Apple will test the waters with an initial 4.7" (119mm) sized device first with the larger version to appear much later. The question is, do all users think bigger is better?
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(Score: 0, Troll) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:13AM
I can't wait to see this one; this may very well prove the Apple fans to be completely idiotic sycophants. I read post after post of Apple fans saying the iPhone 5 was "just the right size", didn't need to be any bigger, etc., in comparison to the larger-screen phones out there. Now if the next iPhone has a bigger screen and they buy it in droves, it'll prove they're just a bunch of hypocrites willing to buy whatever Apple shovels to them.
(Score: 0) by contrapunctus on Wednesday April 02 2014, @10:39AM
If I get the next iPhone, it doesn't mean I am someone you're describing.
I don't care about the size of the screen, when I'm ready to upgrade (will try to hold on to this phone as long as possible), if the screen size is bigger so be it, if not, whatever. I hate android and I hate windows and I've bought too many apps on iOS to casually switch platforms.
(Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Wednesday April 02 2014, @12:25PM
What, the previous trash-talk (by Jobs and Cook [techcrunch.com]) about 7" tablets, followed by the 7.9" (the .9 makes all the difference!) iPad Mini, didn't make it clear? Or how they claimed [archive.org] that 100ppi is the "optimum resolution", and higher pixel density "causes eyestrain and headaches", then turned around and started selling "retina" macbooks and now (non-Apple-branded) 32" 4k (140ppi) screens)?
Apple has always dismissed as useless every market segment that they compete with but aren't directly engaged in, then conveniently forgotten their criticism once they decide to enter that segment. If first enthusiastically repeating the criticism, then eagerly forgetting it and accepting the Apple version, qualifies one as an "idiotic sycophant", then Apple fans have long been proven so.
Really, I'd suggest that anyone who can reasonably be described as a "fan" of a for-profit company with a marketing department (the whole point of marketing is to induce customers to buy products they otherwise wouldn't) already earned the "idiotic sycophant" label, no matter how nice, useful, or innovative that company's products might be. Apple just makes it a little more obvious than most companies can without losing their fans.
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(Score: 1) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 02 2014, @12:50PM
What, the previous trash-talk (by Jobs and Cook) about 7" tablets, followed by the 7.9" (the .9 makes all the difference!) iPad Mini, didn't make it clear? Or how they claimed that 100ppi is the "optimum resolution", and higher pixel density "causes eyestrain and headaches", then turned around and started selling "retina" macbooks and now (non-Apple-branded) 32" 4k (140ppi) screens)?
Great points, I must have missed those.
Really, I'd suggest that anyone who can reasonably be described as a "fan" of a for-profit company with a marketing department already earned the "idiotic sycophant" label
I'm not so sure about this one. I think it's entirely possible to be a happy customer of a company and be biased towards its products (mainly because you've had good experiences with them), without being an idiotic sycophant. A "fan" doesn't have to be a "rabid fan". (Actually, the word "fan" is short for "fanatic", but offhand I can't think of a simple term for someone who likes something without being "fanatical" about it.) There is a difference: a normal fan likes company A's products but can admit when company B does it better, or when company A has shortcomings. The normal fan can also change his mind after company A's products either fall in quality or are passed up by the competition. For instance, suppose it's 2005 and someone really likes Toyota cars for whatever reason: they're high quality, they like the Prius, etc etc. They advocate Toyotas (and esp. Priuses, their favorite model) whenever someone asks what car they should buy, or when someone's GM is having problems they tell them they should get a Toyota. Fast-forward to 2014; this same person, after reading about the unintended acceleration fiascos with Toyota, and especially its firmware [edn.com] defects [embeddedgurus.com], no longer advocates Toyotas, and instead recommends people to avoid them. An idiotic sycophant wouldn't do that; he'd continue to back Toyota and make up excuses for them.
(Score: 1) by quacking duck on Wednesday April 02 2014, @01:27PM
It may very well prove nothing of the sort. There are fans who are idiotic sycophants, and Apple's are louder than many, but don't paint all of "the Apple fans" users with the same brush.
There is considerable demand among the iPhone camp for a larger screen. Even the Fox News of the Apple world, macdailynews.com, has been demanding a larger iPhone for over a year, and over half of the 3300 readers responding to their poll say their ideal iPhone screen size is 4.5" or higher. Huge sales of a larger iPhone will be from both those who'll buy a new Apple device every year no matter what, and those who've actually been holding off for a larger iPhone.