Yeah, that would be great. I decided to check up on the macrumors forums, and there was one user who thinks that the 6C or 7 Mini will have 1 GB of RAM...lol. Definitely not going to happen.
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iPhone 6C/7 Mini (4inch screen) to lack 3D touch, include 8MP rear camera & 1.2 front
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Yeah, that would be great. I decided to check up on the macrumors forums, and there was one user who thinks that the 6C or 7 Mini will have 1 GB of RAM...lol. Definitely not going to happen.
I want 3D touch if I'm buying a new iPhone.
They refreshed the iPod Touch this year??Everybody is forgetting about this:
iPod Touch 2015 model has: A8, M8, 8 megapixel rear and 1.2 megapixel front cameras.
If there is a new small iPhone, it will be the iPod Touch 2015 with phone capability and Touch ID. Nothing more.
Yup! They're fairly cheap too.
Yes. First time in years. The processor is similar to the iphone 6 but is slightly downclocked.
hardcastlemccormick
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I might be in for one of these phones. I really like my 5. Don't want anything bigger.
I know that feel too well. I will be seriously bummed if the 7 Mini/6C still keeps the same camera of the 5S. The 6S camera is too good.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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I hope they don't!
The bezels currently are the perfect size for when you're using the Plus in landscape mode.
Everybody is forgetting about this:
iPod Touch 2015 model has: A8, M8, 8 megapixel rear and 1.2 megapixel front cameras.
If there is a new small iPhone, it will be the iPod Touch 2015 with phone capability and Touch ID. Nothing more.
oh my god the bezels
The Faceless Master
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a baseline 4" device would mean lower performance than a baseline 4.7" device just on the basic physics of the thermal profile on a smaller device.
Mr. Wonderful
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The software is going away from 4" screens...
minor effort
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Perhaps, but it can still keep essential parity with the larger models even if there's some technical differences between them.
For example, iPad Air and iPad Mini 2. Both released in the same timeframe, both offered the same feature set and SoC, even if there were some discrepancies in their benchmarks.
Sir Abacus
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If there's going to be a 4" model it's probably going to be the $0 on two year contract model.
Assuming this article is correct the bill of materials is already going to be going up for NFC, the newer A9 and extra RAM on the CPU. They'll claw a bit back on the imaging sensor, a bit on the battery and probably on the radio.
I assume they're just investing as much of the wholesale prices they're getting back into extra specs.
The iPad Mini 2 was way behind the iPad Air. It was 100MHz behind the iPad Air in its stock configuration and suffered from major throttling.
The larger the device the lower the Tskin. That's just physics. For example:
The iPad Pro literally doesn't throttle. It sustains 2.16GHz the whole way.
The iPad Mini 2 was way behind the iPad Air. It was 100MHz behind the iPad Air in its stock configuration and suffered from major throttling.
The larger the device the lower the Tskin. That's just physics. For example:
The iPad Pro literally doesn't throttle. It sustains 2.16GHz the whole way.
Worth noting: the iPad mini 4 doesn't throttle either.
All the latest iPads have best-in-class sustained performance, really.
Chittagong
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I have an iPhone 6S Plus, but I won't lie, I fondled the iPod Touch at Apple Store last week thinking that were Apple to release an iPhone of that size, I'd switch over in a heartbeat.
Phat Michael
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To be honest, this all sounds pretty revolutionary.
Too bad about the bezel size of the iPod touch. Hopefully because of that it has a great battery.
So.... I really don't like the 6/6S because it just feels like it will slip from my hand. Maybe it's irrational, but I just don't like it. Ultimately, I just want something that fits in my jeans pocket that doesn't remind me that it's there. The 4/5 series were fine. Thick enough. Heavy enough. It's a phone.
Thanks for that.
Thanks for that.
infiniteloop
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iPhone five-sies
Pamplemousse
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iPhone 5Sverige
infiniteloop
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Won't be on this new 5se's screen, supposedly.
That's a really dumb name.
All the new phone needs is an A8 and 2GB of ram. Anything else is gravy, especially at that resolution. Having the 12MP sensor for 4K video would be nice but this is supposed to serve as the entry level model, not as an equal so I wouldn't expect it. 3D Touch probably wouldn't fit in a smaller phone either.
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Has there actually been a really worthwhile application of 3D Touch on the 6S or is it still in the stages of "well this is a new thing you can do".
It seems like it basically occupies the functional space as a long press.
It seems like it basically occupies the functional space as a long press.
smokeandmirrors
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3dtouch would be better for things like music if you could long press on the icon and play a song/artist/playlist/podcast without having to open up the app after you select it like it does now. Like if I'm listening to a podcast that has multiple episodes or I pause it 3dtouch-ing the icon lets me select the podcast but then opens the app as well.
Junior Mint
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Windows 98 SE > iPhone 5se
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I really don't see apple calling it the 5SE. They'd be too worried about folks confusing its internals with a 3 year old phone by the time the 7 comes out.
LyleLanley
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5 SE is such an awful name, I can't see them going that route.
I wouldn't call it useless, peek and pop is a neat feature I use quite often.
I wouldn't call it useless, peek and pop is a neat feature I use quite often.
Lol 3D Touch would have been pretty good, people don't realize how helpful it is in typing. Especially with the 3D Touch-scrolling. Peak and pop are pretty useful too as the app switcher. If it is an actual SE- edition, then they should make some thing utterly cool about it like a different texture metal or something
Quick actions, trackpad input, a few extra actions for games. There is a lot of redundancy though.
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I'm sure peek and pop is a neat feature, but probably could have been achieved all the same by, say, a two-finger long press. Most applications of 3D Touch on the iPhone seemingly aren't derived from the technology itself.
That trackpad input was in the iOS9 beta for iPhones. It was removed sometime before the final release. It worked largely the same as it currently does for the iPads. I guess it was another feature they could reserve as 3D Touch exclusive.
You're not wrong but what is possible is different from what actually is.
LyleLanley
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Sure, a two-finger long press would've worked but it probably wouldn't have been as good. That being said I agree that 3D Touch really needs more applications.
Yeah, they're called women
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Yeah. I guess what I'm driving at is while 3D Touch is pretty cool, most current uses of it on the iPhone 6S seem like feature holding for newer iPhones. I have no doubt an iPad Air 2 could handle Peek And Pop with or without 3D Touch. Most applications of 3D Touch seem independent of the technology itself.
Or alternatively people who want their phones to actually be easily able to take everywhere with them. The whole point of a phone is to be small enough you can take it everywhere and it's easy to take with you.
My BF took out his iphone 4 cause his 5s got dunked in water. He misses the OS of the 5s but he definitely likes the size of the 4 better. Even I was thinking how nice it was with how portable it was (I have a 6). Well if it were lighter (That came with newer tech). I mean the ipad mini is way better for large screen viewing than my 6 and is almost as portable if I want a device I have to either hold or get a bag for. The 6 is ok for portability but still doesn't fit in a pocket all that well (I see the phone as more for stuff like when I'm waiting in line somewhere or times when I'm not going to be doing heavy web browsing anyways). And yes, I have small hands and it isn't very usable with one hand (Which would have been nice).
Overall I'm ok with the 6 but I can easily understand wanting a smaller phone and not cause you want it to be cheaper but you actually want the phone to be smaller. It's not like the little extra screen space the 6 gives me is all that much but the difference makes more of a difference when wanting to fit it in pockets (it's not like going from it to the mini ipad). The 6 is big enough that in some pockets it slips out easier (a smaller one would not slip out so easy) or in small tight pockets not really fit at all.
LyleLanley
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The problem with Peek and Pop on a device without 3D touch is that I imagine it would be hard to implement the "pop" portion of it. Right now I press in to peek at something and press in harder to open up that thing. I'm not sure how you'd do that without some awkward gestures.
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