[JZ]

I really don't get what people want. With the iPad the "internet" wants it smaller and with the iPhone they want it bigger. I don't get it. What does everyone else think!

[Ken Gracey]

Well you need a bigger download limit, and the iPhone is kinda small and the iPad is kinda large, so I guess I am one of the undecided ones, who is never happy.

[JZ]

If they make the iPad smaller and the iPhone bigger we'll end up with two products exactly the same size with one that makes phone calls and one that doesn't. Hang don't we already have that... iPod touch.
Crazy.

[Ken Gracey]

Not that much, the just need to make the iPhone about an inch and a half taller, and the iPad about 2 inches smaller, so it's a loss less slippery to hold.

[JZ]

So we'll have a 5.5" iPhone and a 7" iPad.

[Ken Gracey]

No a 7 inch iPhone and a 7.25 inch iPad, o and make one in white, so you don't get confused.

[BrianB]

I just wrote this in the Samsung post:

It's funny, mobile phones started off as bricks, then went small and now they are heading back to being a brick.

4.8 inch screen on Samsung Galaxy 3.... Pathetic... Too big... It's a phone, not a tablet!

I would be happy with the next iPhone staying at 3.5 inches.

[Ken Gracey]

Next iPhone needs to be longer, not wider.

[JZ]

Why?

[Ken Gracey]

Because sometimes I find the mic is to far from your mouth for some people to hear you properly. Other phones that are longer, have a much clearer voice.

[BrianB]

What are you talking about... The iPhone is perfectly clear at its current size.

Maybe you're going deaf in your old age... Ha ha

[JZ]

Maybe people just don't wanna listen to you.

[Ken Gracey]

Been deaf for years, but I am not talking about people I listen too, I am talking about people who try to you on the iPhone, and they tell you to speak up, or talk closer to the mic.

[JZ]

Pardon TL I didnt get that last bit.

[Ken Gracey]

Lol you will keep

[Some Random Bloke]

I agree Jamie. I was looking at some of the larger screen phones yesterday and while the iPhone screen does look small, I don't want a larger, less pocketable form factor. But then I don't play many games on it and I can understand the desire for more screen real estate for that reason. Apart from an ereader I don't see the point in a 7" tablet. I reckon 10" is the minimum for web surfing.

[Dylstra]

Some Random Bloke, on 05 May 2012 - 06:56 AM, said:

I agree Jamie. I was looking at some of the larger screen phones yesterday and while the iPhone screen does look small, I don't want a larger, less pocketable form factor. But then I don't play many games on it and I can understand the desire for more screen real estate for that reason. Apart from an ereader I don't see the point in a 7" tablet. I reckon 10" is the minimum for web surfing.

I think the current iPhone could be a bit bigger and still fit into most pockets.

The preference for a 7" tablet is, outside of a few specialty application, solely based on price. At $250 (which is a price that has been mentioned elsewhere) it represents a significant saving over the current base model iPad. A small tablet really has to be around this price as the Kindle Fire is $199USD.

As much as I would be in the market for a couple of 7" iPads I can't see Apple going for it. Firstly, Amazon are reportedly selling the Fire at a loss, something I don't think Apple would be interested in. Secondly, the 7" iPad pricing has to be spot on. It has to be close enough to other tablets to really compete. But it can't undercut the full-size iPad by too much. And then if it is priced too closely to the full-sized iPad then it won't sell.

[Some Random Bloke]

I think the rumours of a 4" 16x9 format iPhone are promising. A bigger display without having to sacrifice phone size. There are definitely ways of easily letting current resolutions play nicely with it without developers having to scramble to rewrite apps.