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5.5-Inch iPhone 6's A8 Processor May Be More Powerful Than in 4.7-Inch Model
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The 5C was just the iphone 5 made cheaper to be the low end model of the year. Just like when every new iphone comes out, they make a cheaper version of the previous year's phone and its always $99. The 5C was just the first time they changed the body to save money.
Now to say the smaller 6 will be a C would be a stretch. They will want to make a 5S phone cheaper at the 99 point. Its still a 5 series so they may need a new letter or really confuse things and imply they simply added a fingerprint sensor and other upgrades to the Late 2014 5C.
The 4.7" will likely try for the $199 (or since Apple likes to milk everything $229) price point.
The 5.5" will likely start at $100 more. If the margins for Apple are too tight, they will give it a bigger bump in starting storage (32GB) and increase it to $150 difference.
Heck they could have fun and say iphone Mini (5S), iphone Air (4.7), and iphone Pro (5.5)
My only problem is I want to pay for the best features but to me 5.5" phone is not a feature. So I really hate to be forced to give up features to stay at 4.7"
Now to say the smaller 6 will be a C would be a stretch. They will want to make a 5S phone cheaper at the 99 point. Its still a 5 series so they may need a new letter or really confuse things and imply they simply added a fingerprint sensor and other upgrades to the Late 2014 5C.
The 4.7" will likely try for the $199 (or since Apple likes to milk everything $229) price point.
The 5.5" will likely start at $100 more. If the margins for Apple are too tight, they will give it a bigger bump in starting storage (32GB) and increase it to $150 difference.
Heck they could have fun and say iphone Mini (5S), iphone Air (4.7), and iphone Pro (5.5)
My only problem is I want to pay for the best features but to me 5.5" phone is not a feature. So I really hate to be forced to give up features to stay at 4.7"
Damn I want to get whatever the most powerful iPhone is, but was hoping they'd both be equal . Don't really want a huge phone .
I dunno, my 5 can keep 10+ tabs open constantly without issue? But more RAM is never a bad thing.
I don't think most people realized they were buying last years phone (species were same as the 5, right?). I think most thought they were buying the plastic version (in a fun color) that would be good enough and some thought that it might not be as powerful as the 5s, but I don't think they realized they were "old" internals.
Gary
So, perhaps Apple will surprise all of us by releasing the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S at the same time!
You heard it here first! iPhone 7 in 2015!
What really is different about the Air and Pro Macbooks? Aside from weight and form factor, the Air is only limited by its smaller specs. I'm sure the iPhone will do the same.
What does it matter? In all likelihood neither will be a discernible difference from the A7. Many upgrading from the iPhone 5 may not even be able to feel a speed increase.
I find it hard to believe they'll have 4 models around ($0, $99, $199, $299). With the different storage sizes and colors and carriers that's a lot of SKUs.
I always thought the models that had more storage, since they were charigng such a premium, should have had more RAM for apps to run.
I think they're going pull any old models that don't have the lightning connector (I was surprised they didn't last time), but I guess that would just be the $0 phone, so that'll fall off the list this year anyways, right?
Gary
Because the A8 chip might be upgraded doesn't necessarily mean better preformance. It would seem logical if the device needs to drive more pixels, it needs more power.
The 5C is the iPhone 5 internals with a different case basically. They did not go to the engineering effort to create a totally separate production line for this chip. It was already in production for the R&D expenses of the previous flagship product.
If Apple are now doing two types of chips it also adds liability when it comes to software bugs. What if everyone on one of the chips gets a bug? Now Apple have to spend twice as long testing (or twice the man hours/money) to test TWO chipsets. It's just not logical.
Faster clock speed will suffice and thats what I am betting on.
But then you'd expect it to be on par with the 4.7" if you compensate the added power for extra pixels. This article implies Apple will be giving it more power than what's needed to drive those extra pixels on par with the 4.7".
Supposing the info of the larger die of the 5.5" model compared to the 4.7" one is true, one can imagine different scenarios, other than "larger means faster".
If Apple with the A8 use a new 20 nm process as rumors say, the A8 could be smaller than the A7, yet more powerful.
Not giving credit in Apple making a 5.5" phablet, it yet could fit with the view of this potential new 5.5" iDevice as the new micro-tablet formerly known as the iPod Touch, sporting last year technology with the A7, while the new flagship iPhone would get the new A8.
What does the Macbook Pro do that the Macbook Air doesn't? other than being bigger and more powerful?
As a consumer I like the way that the Macbook lineup is laid out... If I want power then I have to go for a bigger form factor. And the everyday user can have something that is powerful enough, lasts the whole day and is much slimmer and smaller. So I think it would make good sense for the iPhone(s). By no means is it going to happen because I've said it. But I think it would work. As somebody else said above, the differentiating features could be:
- Display glass material
- Processor power
- Screen size
- Battery life
Pretty much the same as MacBooks
