Maybe - they are certainly doing it with the ipads. I don't know why they don't, but I can say I hope they keep making the width they do now.
Considering how much money they make and have stored up, there's no reason why they can't serve both their current loyal customers and those who want more IMHO.
The Verge has been very critical of Apple following WWDC:
The design of iOS 7: simply confusing
'Can't innovate anymore, my ass': Apple's bravado clouds the company's real challenges
I've completely soured on The Verge. I was thrilled when it debuted. But I think it kinda sucks now. Too many stories with vague connections to technology. The Paul Miller offline experiment was stupid. Everybody on their mobile podcast sucks except for Dan Seifert. The comments section is a disaster. They rush out reviews and have terrible battery tests. (David Pierce is a mediocre writer and his first-out-the-gate HTC One review complained about battery life and most reviews that followed said nothing of the sort.) I like Topolsky a great deal but The Verge has let me down.
They must be doing something right if users from every single mobile OS think the site is heavily biased against their OS of choice.
I don't mind the look of iOS7, I think it looks a hell of a lot more modern than it does now, especially with less (or no) skeumorphic elements.
As for Apple needing a large iPhone than the 5, I'll be happy if they just make a 4.5" iPhone that's just slightly shorter than the 5, but maybe 10% wider...just like this concept.
I actually like it a lot, except I'd still want a physical home button. Apple has put extremely good IPS LCD panels in their iPhones since the 4, and the only recent competitor I've seen come close is the HTC One. The color accuracy is top notch (much better than even the excellent OLED in the S4), and the brightness/clarity is also first rate. After using the excellent displays on the 4S and the 5 (and on my iPad 3) - size notwithstanding - it's hard to go back down to anything else.
I think iOS7 design looks horrible. Apple needs to fix their icons or hire this guy.
http://dribbble.com/shots/1109343-iOS-7-Redesign/attachments/141296
Well, you certainly won't see me complaining if they come with a 5" model instead of 4.5". Either one works for me as long as the pixel density is equal or better than the iPhone 4/5 and they keep using the same type of panel.
Esp. when the current Android flagships are at ~450ppi.Marco Arment and John Gruber think they could get away with a less than 300 ppi at 5" and I completely disagree. If they go 5" they need to keep the ppi at 'retina' levels which essentially means 300+ ppi.
That does look better to me as well.
I predict one of the more popular JB downloads will be a theme that makes the iPhone look like stock iOS6 ....
I think iOS7 design looks horrible. Apple needs to fix their icons or hire this guy.
http://dribbble.com/shots/1109343-iOS-7-Redesign/attachments/141296
Also - the Beta 1 screenshot seems wrong. iOS doesn't show you signal strength in DB (unless you put the right code into the dialer, but even then it isn't permanent.)
Like I've said before: Expect jailbreaking to be dead. It HAS to die for the new security to work AT ALL.
Like I've said before: Expect jailbreaking to be dead. It HAS to die for the new security to work AT ALL.
Something may be different now, but the community always finds a way around security. I've read people claim several times that an update was going to break the ability to jailbreak, but it's always a matter of time.
If you go into field test mode and then force quit it, the dB reading will stick. That's what I'm doing because I HATE the dots.
Yeah, I did some reading over the weekend and it does seem that the days of jailbreaking might be coming to an end. I understand the reasons (sort of) but it makes me glad I dropped the platform recently. Still, I will believe JB is dead when I actually see the devs admit defeat.
Something may be different now, but the community always finds a way around security. I've read people claim several times that an update was going to break the ability to jailbreak, but it's always a matter of time.
Marco Arment and John Gruber think they could get away with a less than 300 ppi at 5" and I completely disagree. If they go 5" they need to keep the ppi at 'retina' levels which essentially means 300+ ppi.
Meh, it's just another set of bars. You could remove the reading completely and replace it with a red or green light and I'd be fine with. Am I connected or not? Beyond that, it doesn't matter to me.
Ios6 was supposed to be jailbreak proof but it wasn't (or so I remember)
I disagree, simply because the difference between -120dB and -80dB can mean a several Mbps connection for me. I like knowing what it is at any given time.
What irritates me about the floating circles is that they're just not lined up with the rest of the status bar. There middle justified so they just kind of sit there next to the WiFi or network indicator irritating me. If they had been turned in to dots vertically on the side of the screen or if they had some sort of staggered pattern to use up all the space available in the status bar I'd be a lot more welcoming of the change.
Other than that, I agree that JB'ing isn't dead, but its severely slowed down. The writing has been on the wall for several years now. If I were the dev team, I'd even be tempted to hold my exploits until IOS 7.1. Try to get people on the most stable version you can, since many people will be running it for a couple of years. Undoubtedly, Apple will be patching exploits in the future just as quickly as they can after finding out about them. None of this waiting three point releases in between.
The only thing I'm going to shed a tear over is BiteSMS.
I guess my view on the signal bars is...well, I'm not going to move where I am for better data, if I have data I'm fine. But I'm getting used to Verizon being AWFUL inside of buildings. Should never have swapped carriers...
As for JBing, I'm putting my money on the two remaining exploits being patches in iOS7.
It's never the right time to switch to Verizon.
The difference is so negligible. You suggest the design is horrible then offer something barely different to fix it? What?
If that's the case, strike the whole thing and start over.Attention to detail