Boo. I do not want a bigger phone--I still have the 4s and thought the 5 was plenty big! I want to be able to fit it in a pocket, not need a purse or a huge pair of cargo pants for my phone!
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meara - Sep 10, 2014 5:42:15 am PDT #24044 of 25496
omnis_audis - Sep 10, 2014 5:42:53 am PDT #24045 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Am I the only one who was happy with the size of my iPhone 4? Why does it need to be so damn large? I feel like a big enough dork carrying my current phone around on my belt. Any bigger, and it better be a fucking tricorder and tell me what the chemical composition of the food I ordered, and diagnose why I'm hacking up a lung.
I think it's funny, they keep making the screen larger, and the body thinner. The thinner body makes it harder to do the shoulder to the ear trick to keep the phone next to your ear. Can't be on speakerphone all the time, ya know!
t /grumpy old man
omnis_audis - Sep 10, 2014 5:43:22 am PDT #24046 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Ha! Great cross post!!
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2014 5:58:27 am PDT #24047 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The regular iPhone 6 is only a little bit wider than my 4S, but it's maybe half an inch taller.
I'd prefer a smaller phone when using it for phone calls but I don't spend much time on the phone anyway. I do use mine a lot for web browsing, so I'm leaning towards the 6+ for that reason.
I found the printout of the pdf I linked to above to be very helpful. I'm going to attach the cutouts of the phones to cardboard to get an idea what it'd be like to cary each one around, put in my pocket, etc.
-t - Sep 10, 2014 6:05:28 am PDT #24048 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's a really good idea, tommyrot.
Jon B. - Sep 10, 2014 6:47:10 am PDT #24049 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks, Tommyrot. I just don't see how the 6+ could possibly fit comfortably in my pocket.
Ginger - Sep 10, 2014 7:10:17 am PDT #24050 of 25496
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Next from Apple: iClothes, the clothes with bigger pockets.
tommyrot - Sep 10, 2014 7:12:45 am PDT #24051 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I wear a lot of cargo pants these days (so I can carry my 4S and sunglasses) and the 6+ would fit fine in those. But sometimes I carry my 4S in my jeans next to my wallet, which wouldn't work for the 6+. When I'm wearing jeans and no coat I usually carry the 4S in a belt holster.
eta: Big pockets x-posty!
Typo Boy - Sep 10, 2014 7:21:48 am PDT #24052 of 25496
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
If phones get bigger maybe I will actually be able to use one. I get that people with eyes and hands that work normally dig tiny phones and tablets. But I hope there will be more and more oversized options for those of us for whom that is not true. It is possible to have bad enough eyes that even with glasses you have trouble seeing well. And there are all sorts of things that can make using your hands more difficult.
meara - Sep 10, 2014 11:21:37 am PDT #24053 of 25496
Yeah, it's hard enough to get girl clothes with pockets, never mind BIG pockets!