Apple Co-Founder Wants the iPhone 5 to Come in Two Sizes
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wishes the company would make the iPhone 5 available in two sizes.
For years Apple's iPhones have featured the same 3.5-inch screen. The iPhone 5 represents a small step forward with its 4-inch screen but retains the same width as its predecessors. However, after looking at smartphones that feature considerably larger screens, Steve Wozniak wishes the iPhone came in at least two sizes
"Here's where it bothers me. I walk into my phone stores: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and I see all these modern smartphones. Big, big, big, big, and there's the iPhone," he said during the First National Bank’s leadership summit. "If you compare the screen size right there in front of you, whether it means much or not, it may be fewer pixels, less information on the screen, but you get a feeling you're getting more with a larger screen."
Samsung seems to be implementing the exact strategy Wozniak discusses above; the firm recently confirmed a Galaxy S3 Mini, which accompanies the Galaxy S3 that features a 4.8-inch screen.
Hardware like cpu and gpu doens't matter that much anymore, if anything, to most consumers.
The only thing that really stands out as a dealbreaker is really the size of the screen itself.
We all know how much easier it is to type on a bigger screen. And web-browsing is much better on a bigger device.
So, Woz is spot on in this matter!
Hardware like cpu and gpu doens't matter that much anymore, if anything, to most consumers.
The only thing that really stands out as a dealbreaker is really the size of the screen itself.
We all know how much easier it is to type on a bigger screen. And web-browsing is much better on a bigger device.
So, Woz is spot on in this matter!
Don't need the slimmest thing on the market in fact make it slightly bulkier and in that extra bulk cram in a bigger battery, if they designed it with that in mind I don't see any reason why they can't increase battery life greatly while increasing bulk minimally.
I totally agree with you. More battery and less thin.
If the phone keep getting slimmer they will be hard to pick up from a table. ^^
BTW the Galaxy Note has a huge battery and the Note 2 (3100 Mah I think) even more so. You can easily use it heavily all day.
There are thousands other tech companies coming out with actual innovative stuff!
if jobs were still alive, he would have slapped you. one product in 2 sizes is fragmentation. the iphone 5 is already fragmented by being bigger and having a different connector. adding another model of the same product but in a different size would be even more fragmentation. jobs is rolling in his grave.
Yeah, I must say that Steve Jobs was an arrogant ass, but the woz has always been kinda cool.
Can't disagree with offering customers more choices though. Sales are certainly high enough to justify multiple models.
That's what's great about Android. Choice.