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

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

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Post by georgemcbay »

nostromo wrote: post #30

I feel like yesterday's announcement has left a news vacuum that is trying to be filled. The announcement was not so amazing that the cheers are deafening; nor was it so disappointing or controversial that the opposite occurred. So, instead we're giggling at Jimmy Kimmel videos and long iPhone photoshops. Perhaps this is why Apple hasn't announced the iPad mini yet -- to make sure the iPhone 5 gets a bit of time in t…

In addition to the announcement not being that amazing in absolulte terms, the leaks this time were pretty much 100% exactly right.

Apple's big reveal was that the iPhone 5 was, in fact, pretty much exactly what everyone expected them to announce for the past half year or so.

yawn.

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

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Post by ConstantineXVI »

kolinko wrote: post #3

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.

You jest, but I'm afraid we're going in the other direction. 4:3 laptops are all but dead, and spotted an extra-wide (~21:9?) laptop at Best Buy the other day.

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

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Post by incision »

batista wrote: post #57
incision wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Apple. The notion of a "perfect" screen size makes exactly as much sense as a perfect ring, glove, shirt or shoe size - none.

> The notion of a "perfect" screen size makes exactly as much sense as a perfect ring, glove, shirt or shoe size - none. Really? Because any device but has to be sold to hundrends of millions people, western, asian, african, men, women, adults, teenagers, etc, must accommodate their median hand size to fit comfortably well. So, the notion of a "perfect screen size" makes PERFECT sense: it's the one thats usable by th…

Like clockwork.

Your schtick [1][2][3][4] is predictable.

1: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4512468

2: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4512581

3: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4509876

4: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4475909

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

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Post by nuclear_eclipse »

gms wrote: post #36
nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a counter-point, I bought a Nexus S (4.3") when they were first available, I loved it and appreciated the screen size bump from my older Nexus One. But when my employer gave me a Galaxy Nexus (4.7"), I thought the screen was too large. I can still use the phone, but a lot of one-handed uses feel awkward or strained because my thumb can't reach the top of the phone without having to first reposition the phone in my…

What do you prefer about Android?

I prefer Android because it allows apps to do more things for the user, and allows them to better integrate with the system as a whole.

I can replace the on screen keyboard with one that has a full five-row keyboard for times when I SSH into a machine. On a similar vein, when I SSH into a machine, I can actually leave the SSH session running in the background while I switch to another app, without fearing that the OS is about to kill my SSH app while I'm looking something up or responding to a text message. I can also leave my IRC client running in the background without it constantly needing to reconnect when I switch back to it.

Intents in Android, especially in combination with the global Share mechanism, allow any app to receive arbitrary data from any other app, meaning apps don't need to know about specific apps or services in order to integrate with them. Clicking on a URL allows you to choose which browser (or set a default) to open the link in, allowing you to use alternate browsers (or alternate email clients, SMS apps, dialers, etc); tapping Share in the browser allows you to send the current URL to any application that can receive a URL, making apps like Instapaper, Pinboard, and 3rd party Twitter clients have the same capabilities as first party applications.

Sideloading apps means I'm not limited to installing programs from the Android Market/Play Store, and can do things like buy apps directly from the Humble Indie Bundle and install them on my own.

Proper background service support, and allowing apps to affect things outside their sandbox, lets me run programs like Locale [1] that can monitor the phone's status, location, etc, and modify the phone's settings automatically based on a set of conditions that I've pre-arranged. My phone automatically silences itself at night time and while I'm physically at work, turns on my Wifi when I'm at home or work while defaulting it off when I'm out and about, and more.

That's just some of the reasons I like Android better than iOS.

1: http://noswap.com/blog/locale/

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

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Post by unconed »

twmb wrote: post #21
incision wrote: post #15

Anyone can make a larger smartphone display. But if you go large for large’s sake, you end up with a phone that feels oversize, awkward, and hard to use. iPhone 7 features a 7-inch display designed the right way: it’s bigger, but it’s the same width as iPhone 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6G and 6GS.

I don't know why everybody claims that the iPhone has the "perfect" screen size[1]. I have never had a problem with any android phone size... they are larger, but nobody ever considers they aren't just larger for larger's sake. I appreciate the larger screen, not only for the extra space on the keyboard but because I like the extra display. My pockets aren't miniature. They can fit a slightly larger phone. Sitting do…

Remember the original Xbox controller, designed for giant man-hands? I'm sure the people behind that didn't see anything wrong it either.

I wish there was an iPhone 5-sized Android out there that didn't suck.

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

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Post by erichocean »

nostromo wrote: post #30

I feel like yesterday's announcement has left a news vacuum that is trying to be filled. The announcement was not so amazing that the cheers are deafening; nor was it so disappointing or controversial that the opposite occurred. So, instead we're giggling at Jimmy Kimmel videos and long iPhone photoshops. Perhaps this is why Apple hasn't announced the iPad mini yet -- to make sure the iPhone 5 gets a bit of time in t…

I'm totally stoked for the iPad mini. I've got an iPad 2 and the new iPad, and I bought a Nexus 7 for testing.

I'm not crazy about the Nexus 7 software and browser, but I love the weight! The screen size is "good enough" and definitely worth making smaller to get the weight down.

Anyway, I agree that's why they did separate the events. The iPad mini is going to sell like crazy.

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

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Post by ars »

batista wrote: post #57
incision wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Apple. The notion of a "perfect" screen size makes exactly as much sense as a perfect ring, glove, shirt or shoe size - none.

> The notion of a "perfect" screen size makes exactly as much sense as a perfect ring, glove, shirt or shoe size - none. Really? Because any device but has to be sold to hundrends of millions people, western, asian, african, men, women, adults, teenagers, etc, must accommodate their median hand size to fit comfortably well. So, the notion of a "perfect screen size" makes PERFECT sense: it's the one thats usable by th…

> Because any device but has to be sold to hundrends of millions people

Or, they could make more than one device. Brilliant! Of course everyone else except Apple has already figured that out.

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