“Late last night, reports surfaced alleging that Apple would introduce three new variations of the iPhone during 2013. The first is the iPhone 5S, expected to be released in late Spring or early Summer. This would include a slight refresh and upgrade of the iPhone 5 hardware. The second is likely to be the iPhone 6, which would come out about a year after the initial iPhone 5, and just before the 2013 holiday season (likely mid-October),” Three28Capital writes. “The third variation is where the rumors are swirling.”
“The report describes a new iPhone, dubbed the ‘Math’ (we’ll discuss the name in a moment), which is rumored to have a 4.8″ screen. The iPhone 5, after much consternation, included a larger screen than all prior iPhone’s (previously they had 3.5″ screens before introducing the huge 4″ screen). Apple did not take this step lightly,” Three28Capital writes. “Would Apple, who plans years in advance and carefully selects the appropriate time to release a new product, really make developers go through the process of redesigning their apps only nine months after the last go around?”
Three28Capital writes, “As for the name iPhone Math, it smells like a bad game of telephone. It’s not hard to imagine somebody saying iPhone ‘Max,’ which the person on the other end hears as iPhone ‘Math.'”
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There is a big market for bigger screen iPhone . Just like there’s a market for smaller screen iPad which is IPAD MINI that just came out.
That is just a wild, wild guess. Currently, in the Android market, big screen phones represent a low single digit percentage (a few million units out of several hundred million).
Unless those Android big-screen phones are colossally crappy (so people refuse to buy them), there doesn’t seem to be such great interest in them.
However, there is clearly no shortage of cheerleaders for the species. Digitimes and other Taiwanese media keep gushing about phablets possibly reaching 60 million devices this year, and more than double the next year. Then again, as I said, they’ve always been cheerleaders for “phablets”…
seems like the same arguments before the iPad mini came out.
Depends on what size phone were talking about? If it’s larger-than my 4S, I’m in. Large means a lot of things in the newer phones. Some are too big for me. But I definitely would like a larger iPhone. And I truly believe that if Apple makes it it will outsell the current size iPhone. But it looks like that may be a while before we see one? Because you know that they are going to milk the current iPhone platform for at least one refresh. That’s just good business sense. But I think a larger iPhone is coming, I just hope it gets here soon.
If the iPhone screen gets any bigger it won’t fit in my pocket. My wife’s current iPhone actually can fit in her clutch.
I can guarantee that my wife and I won’t touch it. I suspect that there are many out there that won’t.
My vision is horrible. 2800 degrees. The iPhone is fine. I have played with galaxy 3 and I can’t imagine I would need a larger screen.
But… To each their own.
Finally Apple goes after Texas instruments’ foothold in education! TI-83, your days are numbered!
I’d buy one to replace my iPhone 4S. 4.8″ would be nice as text wouldn’t feel so crammed on screen. I’d want the present aspect ratio to be maintained though and if that resulted in a wider phone, so be it. Right now text just feels squashed in portrait mode.
Just doesn’t add up
Well played!
The original Chinese report was naming it the ‘iPhone+’ and Google translate got it as iPhone ‘Math’. Silly, right?
Mention of a larger screen size without specifying the resolution immediately flags it up as suspect. Until such time as Apple introduces resolution independence in IOS, I can’t believe that the resolution would be anything other than the same or double of the existing models.
It’s also curious that the name has been leaked. The name isn’t usually known outside of Apple this far ahead.
More probable version of this rumour:
http://d-rs.livejournal.com/983.html
Suckers.
It’s just the remote for the TV… 😉
The real story – it’s the “iPhone Mass”, because it has a bigger screen and is much heavier; the original source of the rumor has a lisp, and so it’s been “math” ever since..
The only thing that could make my 5 better is if it had a bigger screen(and battery).. Seriously.. It’s about damn time. Ill get my pockets tailored bigger I don’t even mind..
Gruber probably had the odd naming right. He posited that this was translated from Chinese, and the name was actually iPhone +, which somehow translated to iPhone Math symbol, or iPhone Math. Get it? Plus sign is a Math symbol.
None of this will work properly unless it’s has 128 gigs of storage.
I still think we’ll get a larger iPhone this year.
Exciting !! Thanks for the news, yes i was waiting for any more updates on iphone upgradations. Actually i am okay with the iphone now but am excited if more features and upgradations are done to enhance its capability.
Wouldn’t be surprised if ‘math’ was a spurious code name given out to determine possible leaks at Apple.
As for the bigger phone….I’m curious. I mostly use a bluetooth to make calls on my iPhone, so holding an larger sized phone up to my head for an extended time wouldn’t be a problem. It might be a bit more awkward to carry around, but I’m sure 3rd parties will soon make hip holsters to accommodate it. If it can do 75% of what my current iPhone and iPad combination currently does without having to carry the iPad, it may be a compelling choice for my next upgrade.
Here’s the irony…. would that then mean that the discontinued Dell 5″ phone/tablet was ahead of it’s time?!?
I could only see another size being introduced if it has the same ratio as either the iPhone 5 or the iPad. A 5″ iPad nano/iPhone maxi with the proportions of an iPad to present to those who think they want their phone to be larger is possible. And reducing the size of the current iPad mini to 4.8″ diagonal, while maintaining the current number of pixels, makes it Retina while being able to run all iPad apps unaltered.
Interesting. BLN’s drooling uncontrollably…
My vote goes to iPhone+, and if they keep the same pixel dimensions as either the iPhone 4 or 5 but scale it up to 4.5″ it will still be SUPER sharp and they may get away with still calling it “Retina” since theoretically the viewing distance would be slightly greater.
No, that originally was “iPhone Meh”
There will not be both an iPhone 5s and iPhone 6 in the same year. That’s just stupid.