The iPhone “Icon Ceiling” has been broken: is this the beginning of the end?

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Post by KuraFire » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 4:50 PM UTC

The iPhone “Icon Ceiling” has been broken: is this the beginning of the end?
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Post by dhyasama » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:42 PM UTC

The iphone 7 prototype looks like a good start but they can take it much, much farther. A quick calculation: my arm is roughly 34 inches long and an icon row is about 1/2 inch. Factoring in for hardware chrome they could squeeze in maybe 64 rows for a whopping 256 apps on the home screen! There is TONS of room to grow here.

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Post by kolinko » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:56 PM UTC

The only reason iPhone 7 mockup looks weird is because our laptops' screens are not tall enough.

I predict Macbooks Airs in 2014 will be 28 inches tall and will display the new iPhone 7 photos flawlessly.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:57 PM UTC

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Post by xutopia » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:58 PM UTC

This is extrapolation like the ones with Glenn Beck at the blackboard.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:59 PM UTC

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Post by Tipzntrix » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 5:59 PM UTC

If you read the whole thing, this seems like some very clever satire.

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Post by Jtsummers » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 6:01 PM UTC

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Given the estimates of the iPhone growth rate later in the article, I'm 99% certain the hyperbolic statements about the demise of Apple are satire.

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Post by abengoam » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 6:02 PM UTC

The manipulation present on that "projections" graph alone is nauseating.

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Post by cincinnatus » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 6:03 PM UTC

dhyasama wrote: post #2

The iphone 7 prototype looks like a good start but they can take it much, much farther. A quick calculation: my arm is roughly 34 inches long and an icon row is about 1/2 inch. Factoring in for hardware chrome they could squeeze in maybe 64 rows for a whopping 256 apps on the home screen! There is TONS of room to grow here.

My first thought when I saw it; I used to have a receiver with a remote of those dimensions. Of course now I have one with a touchscreen remote...