Daniel Hruska The current situation with apple phones seems to be very simple. Since the first generation from 2007, the display diagonal measures exactly 3,5 inches. During this time, only two parameters have changed, namely the use of newer IPS-LCD technology and an increase in resolution to 960 × 640 pixels. In 2010, there was an absolutely unprecedented pixel density. A large percentage of users now demand a larger display. Will they wait?
The new generation of iPhone always brought some essential function. The first generation was revolutionary in its own right, but it lagged behind in connectivity. It wasn't until the iPhone 3G in 3 that it brought the possibility of connecting to third-generation networks. The 4GS brought a compass and the ability to shoot video; "four" fine display and novel design; the latest iteration in the form of the iPhone 1080S digital assistant Siri, 5p video and improved camera optics. What more could you wish for? In combination with iOS 100, the iPhone can handle almost all of today's conveniences. What essence will the sixth generation iPhone come with? The new design is almost XNUMX% expected, so we can cross it off the list. LTE will also not surprise anyone, NFC has been in its infancy for a long time. If we don't think something revolutionary, logically a display will appear on the front sight.
To admit the "color" up front, I'm a fan of smaller displays. iPhone is still just a mobile phone for me. I require it to have reasonable dimensions so that it fits perfectly in the palm of your hand. However, rather than a more comfortable grip, it is even more important for me that the iPhone "falls" into the pocket. I don't know what the situation is with you other Apple users, but I personally can't imagine carrying a device bigger than my 3GS in my pocket (maybe a little bigger, yes). No, I really don't want to walk around with a bump on my thigh.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to play with the Samsung Galaxy Note tablet for quite some time. So I tried to put it in my pocket and sit down. Exactly what I thought happened - the phone dug into my pelvic bone. Of course, this is clearly an extreme, but all phones with a display above 4,3" seem absurdly large to me. However, many people would prefer a larger display. I quite understand them, as they do more and more activities with their mobile, making it an increasingly important device in their daily lives. How might Apple go about making the display bigger?
3,8 inches, 960 x 640 pixels
In 2010, Apple came up with the claim that if a mobile phone display has a pixel density of more than 300 ppi, it can be given the moniker Retina. When introducing the iPhone 4, Steve Jobs said that with 326 ppi, Apple is even beyond this limit. Unfortunately, the extra 26 ppi doesn't leave the engineers from Cupertino much to spare. The pixel density at the same resolution would look like this at different diagonals:
- 3,5” – 326 ppi
- 3,7” – 311 ppi
- 3,8” – 303 ppi
- 4,0” – 288 ppi
Has Apple backed itself into a corner or was it simply never planned for a 4” display? With minimal effort, it is possible to increase the display to only 3,8 inches, because it is more than obvious that Apple will not want to give up the Retina display. It would also depend, of course, whether Apple would manage to keep the dimensions of the phone by stretching the display to the sides or if the iPhone would gain a little weight.
4 inches, 1152 x 640 pixels
A reader came up with an interesting solution The Verge –Timothy Collins. While maintaining the current density of 326 ppi, a 4” display can be constructed. How? Surprisingly, this is a simple solution. The size of the display and 640 pixels in width would be preserved, but the number of vertical pixels would be increased to 1152. Substituting into the Pythagorean theorem, we get a diagonal size of just over 3,99", which the Apple marketing department would surely be able to round to four.
From the picture, it is clear that such a display would have a rather strange aspect ratio of 5:9. Current models have an aspect ratio equal to 2:3, which is widely used, for example, for photos in frames. How would the environment compare at these aspect ratios?
All of the examples above were for apps using standard iOS features, and should theoretically not run into any problems. However, these would certainly occur with applications that use purely their graphical interface. They would have to be additionally adjusted according to the new resolution, otherwise they would not cover the entire display area.
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I'll start from the end rather. As soon as the idea of extending the display may seem like a good choice, I give it a tiny percentage of success. An iPhone with such a display would look like a glowing firecracker, since widescreen displays are not a very happy choice in mobile devices, as you could read in our article. Other manufacturers are pushing 16:9 aspect ratio displays almost everywhere without thinking about their (un)suitability in small devices.
I give the options of keeping the resolution and slightly increasing the diagonal about a 50% chance. I'm really not sure if a 3,8” display would bring a new enjoyment to using an iPhone. I'm not even sure a bigger display is even necessary anymore. The 3,5" display has been with us for five years and we all know how Apple doesn't like to make radical changes - unless they have a reason. Is increasing the display by 0,3” really that important? We'll see in the coming months.
The fact that "retina" is only 300 ppi and more is also no longer true, because Apple itself refers to the display of the iPad 3 as "retina", although it only reaches 263 ppi.
So I would see it as if the display is really going to be enlarged, it will easily be up to 4″ and of course the ppi value will drop. They will definitely not rewrite the applications, they would not allow that with the current number of applications in the app store. This only creates problems.
Please note that "retina" display density values vary by device type. People generally hold the iPad further away from their eyes than the iPhone, so 300 ppi is not necessary. There will definitely be an article on this topic.
In the article it is written that "retina" is min. 300 ppi, but the iPad only has 263 ppi and yet its display is what Apple refers to as "retina". So where is the mistake?
Nowhere. The iPad has less ppi because the tablet is viewed from a greater distance than the phone. It was explained at the Keynote.
The 300 ppi applies to mobile phones. As I say, I am preparing an article for clarification.
they have a formula for the retina - at what distance do you hold your device...logically, you hold your iPad farther than the iPhone, so you can't distinguish pixels from such a distance - in other words, the retina (on the iPhone) is not the same as the retina (on the iPad) because there you have different distances from the eye
As far as I remember, Steve said at the keynote about the iPhone 4 that the display is retina, if you look at it from 30 cm and you don't see pixels :)
I myself use the Jamtung Galaxy Ass 2 and the display size suits me perfectly. The resolution and colors are terrible, but Apple would not make such a mistake. Making the keyboard bigger would give more room to the great iOS keyboard and shut down the Androidists who keep mocking my iPod. I just see it as the next logical step.
Display magnification* :D
Increasing the display to 4" is not a bad move in my opinion, although I don't know if women would be particularly comfortable with that size, but the 9:5 aspect ratio looks awful.
or I would have thought that the iPad would have a resolution of 1024×768 on 4 or more inches.
Unfortunately, it doesn't keep the extra 29 ppi" Did you mean 26, not 29? :)
In my opinion, you will not buy an apple iPhone, I am more inclined to a smaller iPad with a resolution of the 2nd generation, which will be "something between an iPhone and an iPad". it won't add usability, you can't run a movie on it, you can't draw either, read the news on it and it's already 4 or 3.5, and some experiments in between, maybe not, it would be a disaster for the developers to add another resolution, but this in Cupertino vi . Besides, I am maximally satisfied with the size of the 4S, before that I had a 4GS and it suited me maybe a little more, the round corners had their purpose, but I got used to it.
..so I think that most people are satisfied with the design of the iP4/4s, as has been said many times in the discussions, so the same display and the same design are enough.. even in the article it is clear (indicated?) that the iPhone is another improvement doesn't need :-DD
You have to laugh out loud at that, because iOS 5.x is really far from a perfect system and the UI that looked revolutionary 5 years ago has already been overtaken by the competition.
I think that, on the contrary, Apple has its hands full in order to get ahead of the competition again.
the worst thing a company can do to start stagnating is to think that there is no need to invest anymore... Nokia did it years ago and today it has a lot to do to get out of the slump and it is possible that it will not succeed..
The design will change, I remind you that the iPhone got a new case every two years, now there will be support for faster connectivity...
No one claimed that iOS is perfect, or that it is close to it...
I would like to see the UI, which according to you is so far ahead of the iOS UI? Android is frankly a failure, and being somewhat usable was not a problem for me on the Galaxy II - I only use it for testing web apps, that's enough for me, then...
The only usable ones for me are Windows Phone, which doesn't look bad at all, and some features are quite successful, but that's just the way it is, everyone has something :) In general, iOS is still a competitive Mobile OS with a clean, clear UI, functionality and security .
Study ergonomics? At Apple? Please break it down, I've dealt with people like you X times - a group of people who use terms they don't know more than the first paragraph in Wikipedia. I have to say that you surprised me with that, even my Grandfather is able to use an iPad - whereas with an Android tablet he was simply out of the woods.
Apple doesn't stagnate, why should it, where did you get the idea that there won't be a new UI in one of the next releases?
I don't claim to be an Apple fanatic, but I don't have a single problem with the price, usability and quality of their product.
Hi Tom, :-D
Well, I don't have a problem with the price of Apple products, even if they would be cheaper, that would be fine. But to the point: as for the UI..and its change, I don't think it will change significantly. Look at Mountain Lion, they're trying to merge the two UIs as much as possible, so they won't be ditching iOS now that OS X has finally come around.
iOS has a problem in that it is really just an application launcher and Apple is trying hard to get more information elements into it using layers. For example, such a notification center is downright eye-catching on the iPad, as if it was done at the last moment. The iPad is a total waste of space. Lock screen unused, homescreen the same.
Competition, well android is a fail, but some elements are fine, widgets e.g.
WP there, the whole UI is fine, at least on the phone. Great for an on-the-go solution. In my opinion, if WP had been released at the time of iOS 1.0, maybe everything would be different today... but that's what.
Ergonomics.. well, as far as hw is concerned, in my opinion, it should make the use of the object as easy as possible, i.e., objects should fit better in the hand, they should at least copy the shape of the hand in such a way that they are not angular where it would interfere with the grip, etc.. or No?
Look at the magic mouse, for example, I have it at home, it's a great design and functional mouse, but it doesn't fit in my hand, I use it minimally, or the sharp edges of the Macbook, why aren't they knocked off?
Pretty good reminders. I agree that with some products, design has overwhelmingly won over ergonomics, the best example being Antennagate. Sir Ivo didn't like that the thin layer that would prevent the connection of the antennas during touch would violate the integrity of his design (see biography of Steve Jobs) The sharp edges on the MacBook is also a chapter for itself, one person solved it with a file...
And the Magic Mouse is so tendonitis… Come to think of it, I might make it a separate article.
Thanks! Finally, someone understood what I mean, anyway, if such an article comes out, I would like to read it.
As a left-handed person, I cannot praise the ergonomics of the Magic Mouse even after trying many other models.
Of course, I didn't mean that you Apple iOS should no longer improve and rest on its laurels. There is still room for improvement, but as far as the GUI and control philosophy are concerned, I wouldn't expect too many changes. At least not for a few years yet. It certainly won't have users completely overwhelmed by the GUI like Android with each new version.
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Personally, I see more of a future in maintaining the iPhone's diagonal and releasing an ipad mini-type device, say, with an approximately 5" display, which would fill the space left by a device with a larger display.
I think that the diagonal of 4″ is too much... At least it would be difficult for me to write on it because it was already uncomfortable even with the Galaxy S2.
I haven't seen such a severe misunderstanding of what the article is actually about in a long time.
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An iPhone with such a display would look like a glowing firecracker, since widescreen displays are not a very happy choice in mobile devices, as you could read in our article. "
This is pretty rubbish. A true wide-angle display in a mobile phone is the only way to have an ENTIRE DISPLAY in the device, without it having a negative effect on the ENTIRE DEVICE (which is the main thing that determines usability)
Above all, do not enlarge the iPhone !!! , the current dimensions are ideal - maximum. For the following generations, I would rather welcome a rounding as it was before, but there is no need to be as strong as with previous generations. I also had to get used to the 4 and I did. It's a mobile phone, so it's better to reduce it to improve the endurance.. I'll give my idea - reduce the height from the top, round the back and back side from the bottom or under the solar display to increase the endurance to at least 2 times!!!