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Apple iPhone 6S |OT|
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Turbowaffles
Member
I still haven't got a shipping confirmation from Sprint. 
People are. And they voted that they like the plus. Sorry you don't agree.
I'm not saying that multitasking isn't cool and useless. I think what you are proposing sounds great. It just seems like you're so angry that people are okay with the plus version without multitasking. Calm Down. People like and want different things. Apple has never been about releasing the latest and greatest tech on the phone. Heck, I remember the hoopla about the iPhone 4S not supporting LTE.
There are many things I think the iPhone should have. I think the iPhone 6 should have OIS. I think the iPhone should be slightly thicker to fit a larger battery and also have wireless charging.
If you don't like the phone.. don't buy it.
I do, and it's already cramped in that view.
As it is there, the left pane couldn't fit 140 character Twitter messages without some serious tweaking or size reduction. The right pane could maybe squeeze a small browser window but it wouldn't be pleasant.
Pop the keyboard and it looks even more comical:
It's just not workable, IMO. Okay well, it's maybe workable if you stick to a dozen apps that jive with that kind of screen real estate and/or if you can tolerate a grody UI experience from everything being shoved in so tiny, but you and I both know that isn't the kind of bar Apple aspires to.
It's just because they don't know how great multitasking truly is.
It's not really latest and greatest in tech.. Android has been doing it (poorly) for several years now. I do like the concept of the phone, but the execution is terrible. They literally said "just make the iPhone 6 OS bigger" and left it at that, we didn't even get a damn MUSIC or PHONE app in landscape on iOS 9. Music and Phone! The most important apps!
Apple isn't going to make it happen unless people vote with their wallets.
You've missed a perfectly good reason given by the poster above.
Because a lot of people who bought a 6+ bought it so they could see everything NICE & BIG!! They don't want to go back to having to squint their eyes looking at the text on two apps side by side. My pals with 6+ still enlarged the iOS text size in Settings.
TharpDaddy
Member
I have big hands and the smaller iPhone is uncomfortable to use for me. Your crusade against the bigger form is one of the strangest things I've seen on this website in a while. I get people arguing over which console is better, or even Star Wars vs Star Trek, but phone size? What a weird thing to pick a battle over. I've had a Note 3 for a couple years and I never use it in landscape mode unless i'm watching video so I don't get the big deal about lack of landscape apps. A large phone is much, much more comfortable for me to use so i'm going to go with a large one over a smaller one, simple.
Okay but not everyone is a 60 year old man. What features do those of us with fantastic vision get? Not shit.
do you have any figures or stats to corroborate that?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
But his pride is hurt when people don't think multi-window on a 5.5" iOS device is workable. I feel another fact coming our way.
That's really great for you, but I personally preferred the size of the original iPhone, we don't have an option anymore though because Apple made two big phones instead of 2 big ones and an updated small one. We got left in the dirt again and it blows.
I already posted a screenshot of how it would work, perfectly.
I got a tracking # from t-mobile a few days ago but it still says they've only made the shipping label. I shouldn't worry too much right? Hopefully. Also my sister's rose gold plus hasn't had a tracking # made, and while t-mobile's order status still says expected to ship on the 24th, on my t-mobile it says "kept on hold".
Maybe they overestimated how my rose gold phones they were going to get?
Maybe they overestimated how my rose gold phones they were going to get?
Meicyn
Gold Member
Why do you prefer the original size iPhone over the current options?
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
I'm certainly not against having the option, but just like the "pin a screen" feature of the Xbox One, there is probably not a single situation in which I would want to use it.
Great if you do, but I can't imagine a scenario where I'm on my phone and feel the need or even desire to have both GAF and Twitter (or just about any other app combination) open simultaneously in tiny windows.
Split screen apps is not a great multitasking solution for smartphones. The screen size, even on the plus, is just too small. Obviously this is subjective, but I would never want to do this.
Then again, my phone is not my primary computing device. I generally have access to a laptop or desktop, too at any given time. Being able to have two compromised experiences simultaneously is not a feature I care to experience on my phone. Obviously, an option would be fine for people like who you seem to value that, but I have zero interest in it.
This has to be a troll account. It has to.
TharpDaddy
Member
Sure, but you're talking about two different topics. There's a difference between complaining that there's no smaller phone model this gen, and actively trying to dissuade people from buying a larger model (which is what you are doing.) What's your motive? What do you gain from someone going with the regular 6s over the 6s+?
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Ah, the truth comes out.
This person is just butthurt laying next to his steve-jobs single thumb operation shrine and trying to rally us all to stop buying devices until Apple regresses the design.
"Perfectly" is maybe a bit much. You posted a screenshot of how I can view a post and a half on mobile-optimized Neogaf + 2-3 Twitter posts depending on length. That is about as ideal as it gets for layout, and it still seems too cramped to be worth it.
When you start snapping in apps that aren't as ruthlessly efficient in their use of space + sites that aren't mobile-optimized, it's going to be even worse.
Justification of his own purchase of what he really believes (fears?) to be the inferior product.
Or...
To troll.
There really is nothing else to gain here.
I like having options. The smaller iPhone was much easier to hold and navigate with one hand, and fit in EVERY pocket. I would be okay with an iPhone 4 sized device that was all screen, no bezel.. 1080p. Technology was at it's best when it was nano'd. Probably why I love the watch so much.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I don't know how anyone could even reasonably pitch the iPad Mini as an iPhone Plus replacement. Like my mind is still trying to figure that out
I don't really care enough to back this up properly but the fact that there was a HUGE demand for the plus when it first came out and the fact that out of all the phablets out there, the iphone 6 plus accounted for 44%
Please note that I was replying to a poster who is claiming that people want multitasking and that people should NOT buy an iphone 6s plus because of it lacking and that no one is going from a 6plus to 6Splus. From this very thread this is obviously not true.
What was your original ship date estimate?
If more people buy a 6S, maybe Apple will innovate the + lineup a little instead of "big iPhone lol"
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I don't think you have ever tried a bezel-less technology before.
I have experienced this in an engineering lab and trust me there are huge issues.
The human hand just isn't so compatible. It causes crazy amounts of registered screen touches when people try to handle the device. Typing or controlling anything ends up being super cumbersome. One way around that is to require a stylus or somebody to attach a unique material to their fingertip; but who wants to do that?
It's a good dream and we may get there eventually, but right now a bezel-less touchscreen smartphone isn't something feasible with current tech.
Well 50% of the population is female, and the 6+ doesn't fit in their pockets, so if they have to carry something it might as well actually be functional instead of "a big ass iPhone lol"
Zeyphersan
Banned
But the iPad Mini isn't a phone. It's a nonstarter.
Oct 16-23
I still haven't got a shipping confirmation from Sprint.
Same here.
I'm hoping it's because they're using Overnight shipping
Kabuki Quantum Lover
Member
Actual question: My unit is expected in late-October, but reservations are going to open up again this Saturday at "8:00 am". Is that a local time zone or is it PDT?
Meicyn
Gold Member
So next question: why do you even care about the plus when the form factor clearly doesn't meet your needs?
It has LTE and can be used as a phone replacement. I did it for a year back when they first released.
Oh, I'm okay with a larger phone. I just prefer a smaller one. If it's larger, it needs to actually do SOMETHING the smaller one can't do, otherwise what's the point?
We've come full circle now.
Also, the plus fits in the pocket of both females I know who own one. Anecdotes are fun.
bucknuticus
Member
Holy shit this thread turned into a shit show
sorijealut
Member
Lol. I have a headache.
Not sure what kind of point you're trying to make here, but you've failed.
Because he wants the 5.5 model to be remove and replace by the 4" model that he loves.
oh ok, not much evidence there. I think lots of people would like multitasking but agree it's obviously not a factor in the purchase for most people. I'm actually leaning towards the 6s+ primarily for UI reasons (landscape apps, the copy/paste keyboard) so it's interesting to me
Apple has software to detect unintended touches around the screens bezel. not perfect but useful
I'd be happy with 5.5+multitasking and 4" options
I'd be willing to bet that's what the 7 line will look like. Maybe I'm just impatient.
TharpDaddy
Member
So you want me to not buy a phone that's better for me in every way, with the hope that it will randomly cause the next iPhone to be innovative in some way? The iPhone + size is for people who literally want a "big iphone lol". If that's not what you want then don't buy it, but arguing against those who do is asinine. You're not making people reconsider their purchase, you're just being a jerk.
Oh man ! Finally some hope. No confirmation for me yet
Nah, but they think they did!You sure? Sorijealut seems to have gotten it
iPhone 6+ can't fit in a woman's pocket: fact
People thinking Rose Gold is only for women: opinion
Next please
So you're going to buy and use both? Or does the mere existance of a 5.5" without multitasking sour your non-plus that much?
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Seems pretty unlikely that they would go back to a smaller size. Turns out that most people really love the bigger sizes offered with the 6.
I am kind of surprised they didn't announce a 6C this time around, though, and keep the 5 form factor.