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What if Apple’s iPhone 5 is just super-thin, but not taller than iPhone 4S? (with video)

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 · 8:26 am · 32 Comments

“Dutch animator Bastiaan de Jong, Founder of 3D-desk in Amsterdam, thinks he knows what the next iPhone will look like, and he has the HD renderings to ~~prove~~ demonstrate it,” Anthony Wing Kosner reports for Forbes.

“According to de Jong, whose company, ‘provides state-of-the-art interactive 3D animations of the latest mobile phones to telecom retailers,’ the iPhone 5 will indeed be much thinner, have a smaller dock connector, have more rounded edges than its predecessor and, surprisingly at this point, the ‘same screen size to keep iOS developer-friendly,’” Kosner reports.

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Zulkifli

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:30 am · Reply

Bigger screen pls
BMWTwisty

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:31 am · Reply

If the phone isn’t released in a form factor the “analysts” predicted and expected the stock will sell off 5%. If it is better than expected the stock will sell off 5%.
- Weekend
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 12:37 pm · Reply
  
  So then you have sold your AAPL because you know it’s going down? Right? No matter what,as you state,it’s going down? I’ll take that bet.
TheMacAdvocate

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:41 am · Reply

Unless Apple releases a 7″ iPad Mini/Air at the same time.

Then it’ll be an 8% sell-off.
chefpastry

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:41 am · Reply

If this is what the iPhone 5 will be, I think many people will be disappointed. Personally, I would probably end up getting it anyway, but will probably not get it on day one like all previous models.
Scoobydoozie

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:44 am · Reply

If Apple doesn’t release a larger screen or additional model with larger screen I believe this will start the decline of iPhone. (not ipad) People like variety, one size DOES NOT fit all. I will not upgrade from 4 until a larger screen is available. I think a lot of people would agree. Don’t care if it’s elongated or just proportionally larger. Apple needs to give us something….
- alent1234
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:54 am · Reply
  
  yep
  
  played around with someone’s SGS 3 last week and its a very nice device. awesome design, nice huge screen. might even make my wife go android
  - Red
    
    Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:17 am · Reply
    
    3GS – iPhone
    GS3 – Samsung
    
    Just spotted another one! More confusion!
- ecrabb
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 1:31 pm · Reply
  
  I think a lot of people would also agree with me that the Galaxy S3 is too damn big, doesn’t run iOS, and therefore is a non-starter – regardless of screen size.
  
  The question is, how many people share my opinion and how many share yours?
Now, Now...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:45 am · Reply

Yuck! Those volume control and that opening on top is way too big! Looks like bug eyes popping out. Need to make smaller. Throws off asthetics, imo.
ploth

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 8:54 am · Reply

Personally I don’t care about how thin it is…What I DO care about is the battery. I sent my iPad 3 back after 2 weeks (using iPad 2 again) due to the battery issues (far too long to charge up) and my 4S has been replaced twice now, this third unit can’t last a day of my use. I am invested heavily in Apple ecosytem and love nearly every aspect, but the battery life is a huge pain. When I go into the country I get about 7-8 hours max with less than 1 hour of that actual talk time.
- The Jerkstore
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:24 am · Reply
  
  You have to do what’s right for you. I like the retina display of the new iPad and understand that it’s battery is significantly larger to power it, and therefore takes a lot longer to charge. It’s a tradeoff that works for me, but I definitely get your point, too. As for the iPhone, I agree battery life is not ideal so I keep chargers at my office, in my car, at home, in my bag. Some of my colleagues carry external battery packs. So there are workarounds, but agree battery life isn’t ideal.
  - ploth
    
    Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:26 am · Reply
    
    yes I have a charger on my desk, next to the bed, in every car and motorbike, my truck and even my bobcat has a charger in it! Caravan? Yep you guessed it and when camping I have a battery powered charger in the swag. When I itemise it like this it seems absurd…but i keep two SB’s running while away.
Scrapdroid

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:04 am · Reply

If their only justification for having the screen size the same as the 4S is to be developer friendly then it’s stupid.

They obviously have no idea what’s going on in the iOS developer world.

The next iPhone will have a larger display than the current model, bet on it.
Ballmer's left nut

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:08 am · Reply

Da fuq?

No 4″ screen, no sale.
tylerlemke

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:12 am · Reply

Don’t care how thin it is.

My iPhone is plenty thin already.

Give me more battery!

In fact, I believe being too thin will make it harder to hold and type on with my thumb with one hand.

More battery please.
Plaidisplaid

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:13 am · Reply

I don’t care about a taller screen. I’m more interested in easy of use and ergonomics. If I have to use two hands to use the device it’s a pour design and is what is wrong with most android phone out now a days. I’m not interested in a tiny tablet I want a phone that fits in my hand and connects to fast networks. Gets great battery life. The current Retina display on the iPhone is still better than everything out there. Why get a larger screen and give up simplicity.
- Scoobydoozie
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:17 am · Reply
  
  not everyone’s hand is the same size. Duh! My man hands can handle a larger screen and by the way the larger screened androids sell, I’m not alone. Apple need to give us a choice given what android mfg are doing with screen size. Larger screen option will mean more sales FOR SURE! Maybe even make toast of android at last?
  - ecrabb
    
    Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 1:34 pm · Reply
    
    I’m 6’3″ and have man hands, man legs, and man pants to cover them, and even *I* don’t want a phone the size of the Galaxy S3. It’s too big.
    
    I love the idea of the taller 16:9 screen, but judging by the photos I’ve seen, the rumored “tall” 16:9 screen and device footprint will be pushing the limit of the size device I want to have stuck in my pocket.
Ghop

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:25 am · Reply

I’m as big an Apple fan as everyone else here on this site. I have bought all previous iPhone models on day 1 and I would be super disappointed if the next model did not have at least a 4 inch screen. 5 inches is a bit to big, 4.3 to 4.5 inches would probably be just about right, I could live with 4.

3.5 has been great, but I am ready for a larger screen. Would I not buy it if the next model was the same screen size? That is the question I now ponder. I am heavily invested in Apple. My family and I have 1 4s, a 4 and a 3GS. The iPad 1 and 3, 3 Apple TVS, a MacBook Pro and an iMac. If I stayed with the next model iPhone it would purley be because of my investment in The Apple ecosystem and not the product itself.

I guess that is what Apple is betting on if they do decide to stay with 3.5 inches.
- alent1234
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 9:59 am · Reply
  
  i have 2 iphones in the house, ipad and MBP as well and i might buy an android phone for myself. i’ve been thinking about a new kindle fire or ipad mini but i might just trade in my 4S for a Galaxy Note 2. i like to read and its a nice blend of phone/tablet and no need to carry around multiple devices
  
  at this point almost every popular app is on both platforms and buying a samsung device is a safe bet since they won the android war.
Sanctified Brother

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:01 am · Reply

It’s hard to tell. I know many people want a larger screen like Android phones, and that would likely give it a better viewing experience. I don’t like how large and uncomfortable the larger screen phones are, though. They’re also challenging on the pockets. I wear dress slacks or slim fit slacks and can’t stand bulky items showing up in my pockets so I prefer the smaller form factor.

Thinness is very iffy. A hard, more resilient chassis might make it a decent tradeoff, otherwise there’s the options of sitting on it and [breaking] it…
Johnny Appleseed

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:33 am · Reply

You know the Apple rumor mill is outta control when “same screen size” is news!
Bigger Screen

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:50 am · Reply

If you want a bigger screen get an iPad.
- Norrin Radd
  
  Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 11:07 am · Reply
  
  I kind of agree. I have an iPad 2 now. Have had an iPad since day one release. Since that time, my iPhones have been relegated to being, well, pretty much just phones. I’m no weightlifter and really, I’m not even in what you would call “good shape”, but somehow I manage to bear the hefty bulk of an iPad with me nearly everywhere I go. It just ain’t that heavy or bulky.
  
  If the iPad could make and receive phone calls……….well, that might spell the end of my phone possession days altogether. Until then, I’ll stick with the 4S as my phone. I love Siri and it serves me well in a pinch for the very infrequent times I do not have my iPad with me. The size is perfect. The build quality is superb. I it were thinner – I WOULD be afraid I’d sit on it in my pocket and destroy it.
  
  I get why others want a larger screen iPhone. But it’s Apple. Even if they make a larger screen iPhone, you know what’s still going to be around for looooooong time for people who don’t want one? The 4S. And it’ll also be a lot cheaper. So I say bring on the larger model! It may not be for me – but that’s okay. I’ve got my iPad.
ChiMac

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 10:56 am · Reply

“Dutch animator Bastiaan de Jong, Founder of 3D-desk in Amsterdam, thinks he knows what the next iPhone will look like, and he has the HD renderings to prove demonstrate it,”

Who cares what he thinks? They want us to believe that Apple called a Dutch animator and gave him secret info so he could create a low quality promo? I’m guessing no.
Predrag

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 12:23 pm · Reply

The sales numbers of those brick-sized Android phones (4″ and larger) demonstrate that the demand for a large phone is almost non-existent. Vast majority of consumers find the existing iPhone size as big as they could possibly want it. Anything bigger would, in most people’s minds, look grotesquely geeky when holding the phone up to one’s ear. Not to mention the ergonomic difficulty in navigating it single-handedly.

Don’t forget folks, half of those iPhone buyers are women, and among them, the percentage who would like a bigger iPhone is practically negligible; hell, even among men, it is so low it is, for Apple’s purpose, meaningless.

It is extremely unlikely that we’ll ever see two different current-generation iPhones (a smaller one and a bigger one, for example). Apple has been constantly having difficulties making the phones fast enough — they are selling everything they make, so it isn’t like they need to offer more models in order to improve their sales volume…

Let me put it this way: I would be very surprised if the new iPhone, whenever it does come, ends up being physically larger than the existing one. They may try to eek out some extra screen space within the existing dimensions, but I don’t expect them to make the device any larger than it already is.
Felipe

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 1:12 pm · Reply

The size of the iPhone is fine. I don’t want to end up with a big thing which does not fit in my pocket? If you want a bigger tasteless thing, go and get a Wintendo or a Nokia phone!!
Johnny Mac

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 3:26 pm · Reply

The current iPhone 4S is fine. Why are they bothering bringing out a new model based on a two year old design if it’s just tweaks nobody really cares about? I’ve bought every iPhone on day one but, if the rumors are true and the “iPhone 5″ is nearly identical to the 4S (which was nearly identical to the 4), I’ll pass this time.
soda0505

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 3:50 pm · Reply

I don’t expect the New iPhone to be bigger or significantly thinner because

- Apple must have done months, if not years of testing regarding the size of the iPhone and its screen. Take a minute and look at it: it’s just perfect. It’s not too big, it’s not too small. The aspect ratio is perfect. It fits in your pocket. It’s not too thick nor too heavy, and it’s beautiful. I can’t imagine myself holding one of those big half-celphone-half-mini-tablet-devices to my ear and not looking ridiculous.

- Apple doesn’t care about what’s hot now and isn’t hot anymore in 5 minutes from now. It’s not because many other devices have bigger screens, that people want them.

- a bigger screen means more power is needed from the battery. 4G LTE will need more power too. Even if the New iPhone had a bigger battery, it would probably just make up for the needs of a bigger screen and 4G. But Apple wants to increase the battery’s capacity.

I certainly do hope that the images we see everywhere these days are just a very smart decoy from Apple. This device is just plain ugly. It makes me think of one of those phones you pick up in a hotel room: long and narrow. Yuk!

The perfect New iPhone would be one that looks like the iPad, with a aluminum back, very simple and elegant. I would appreciate the return of rounded corners, like with the 3G and 3GS: these models were pleasant to hold in your hand, whereas the actual models are too angular.