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iPhone 17 Plus Rumored to Feature Smaller Screen Than iPhone 15 Plus
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My controversial opinion is Apple should get rid of every iPhone they sell, drop “Pro” iPhone branding on the premium line, drop all numbering, and offer three sizes of iPhone SE single-rear-camera fullscreen iPhone with Face ID: iPhone SE (5.6”), iPhone SE Plus (6.2”), iPhone SE Max (6.7”).
The tri-rear-camera premium iPhone also in three sizes, two generations newer chip, 120 Hz display, up-to 2 TB of storage, titanium: iPhone (5.6”), iPhone Plus (6.2”), iPhone Max (6.7”).
Make bezel on SE model same size as premium model, along with same front pill camera, allowing the single rear camera to be the only obvious distinguishing external feature.
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smaller screen...and....AND.....THE CAMERA LENSES WILL BE DIAGONAL AGAIN!!!! WATCH THE **** OUT SAMSUNG!!!!! AINT NOTHING YOU CAN DO
I am by no means an expert in the actual challenges of doing this, so the likelihood of this is probably quite low, but man it does feel like a competitor taking OS privacy and security seriously could begin to challenge the hold Apple has on that corner of the market with slightly less premium hardware.
While a OS is a different product obviously, many apps have integrated a lot of encryption / security as default now, somewhat in response to Google and Meta’s anti-privacy stances. I am using Signal and Telegram just as much as if not more than iMessage. Have never used iCloud email. Hell, Zoom now offers a supposedly E2E encrypted email service.
In terms of camera hardware and software handling, Apple isn’t doing anything particularly unique, either, when I handle friends’ Samsung and Pixel phones.
I’m probably missing something at the tech edges but as a very average and unsophisticated smartphone user I’m mostly just stuck here in the ecosystem out of inertia, not because I think something particularly useful is happening - again, beyond OS level privacy.
While a OS is a different product obviously, many apps have integrated a lot of encryption / security as default now, somewhat in response to Google and Meta’s anti-privacy stances. I am using Signal and Telegram just as much as if not more than iMessage. Have never used iCloud email. Hell, Zoom now offers a supposedly E2E encrypted email service.
In terms of camera hardware and software handling, Apple isn’t doing anything particularly unique, either, when I handle friends’ Samsung and Pixel phones.
I’m probably missing something at the tech edges but as a very average and unsophisticated smartphone user I’m mostly just stuck here in the ecosystem out of inertia, not because I think something particularly useful is happening - again, beyond OS level privacy.
Apple could easily simplify their iPhone lineup by offering last years’ Pro models as this years regular ones with an annual price reduction.
They could then rebrand the smaller Pro to ‘iPhone’ and then the larger one to ‘iPhone Pro’
They’d then only have to bring out 2 models per year and we wouldn’t have any more ‘iPhone Pro Max Ultra EX Plus Alpha’ suffix nonsense.
They could then rebrand the smaller Pro to ‘iPhone’ and then the larger one to ‘iPhone Pro’
They’d then only have to bring out 2 models per year and we wouldn’t have any more ‘iPhone Pro Max Ultra EX Plus Alpha’ suffix nonsense.
Surprised to hear about a reduction in screen size. Hopefully it will only be a small change.
Did you turn on encryption for telegram? If not, it’s actually less secure/private than Whatsapp.
I was about to comment that I never saw a ProMotion display IRL, and was curious how nice they look.
Then I realized I used my brothers 15 Pro yesterday to read an article (lot of scrolling involved) he wanted to show me.
Apparently I didn't notice any difference.
This makes much much more sense. May be Ross got it wrong and mixed up the iPhone 17 getting a bigger screen?
Assuming Ross's rumour is true ( and he is rarely wrong with respect to Display Screen information )
If Apple were to keep normal iPhone the same Aspect Ratio as Pro, i.e the new 19.6 : 9 Ratio. ( They are making it slightly longer to compensate for the space used for Dynamic Island ) And the iPhone range will keep the same size difference between Normal and Plus / Pro and Pro Max, which is roughly 19.5 - 20% larger area for the larger model.
Then a iPhone 17 with 5.9" Screen would have a iPhone 17 Plus with 6.46" ( They will call it 6.5" ), which fits nicely between 6.3" in the iPhone Pro and 6.9" of the iPhone Pro Max.
The iPhone 5.9" would satisfy most of the demand for smaller iPhone, while 6.5" would not cannibalise the iPhone Pro Max sales.
This is similar to the MacBook line up, where the Air has 13" and 15" Screen size while Pro has 14" and 16" Screen size.
If Apple were to keep normal iPhone the same Aspect Ratio as Pro, i.e the new 19.6 : 9 Ratio. ( They are making it slightly longer to compensate for the space used for Dynamic Island ) And the iPhone range will keep the same size difference between Normal and Plus / Pro and Pro Max, which is roughly 19.5 - 20% larger area for the larger model.
Then a iPhone 17 with 5.9" Screen would have a iPhone 17 Plus with 6.46" ( They will call it 6.5" ), which fits nicely between 6.3" in the iPhone Pro and 6.9" of the iPhone Pro Max.
The iPhone 5.9" would satisfy most of the demand for smaller iPhone, while 6.5" would not cannibalise the iPhone Pro Max sales.
This is similar to the MacBook line up, where the Air has 13" and 15" Screen size while Pro has 14" and 16" Screen size.
It's most noticeable after you've been using it for a while and then switch to a device with 60Hz. The 60Hz device then seems choppy and slow by comparison.
yes, unfortunately. it’s definitely in phablet territory.
i hope this rumor is true and we get something like a ~6.5” plus in the future, i think that would be the perfect size. right now the regular 15 feels a little small and the plus a little big
How ever will I appreciate Honkai Star Rail's graphics on a smaller than 6.7 inch display? 😭
(besides spending an extra $200 on a 6.9 inch iPhone 17 Pro Max, that is. 💸)
Yeah, and i use it for just a few very specific use cases to help prioritize notifications with a handful of people in my life. (This *has* been made easier by the presence of more granular notification settings in iOS that didn't exist when i started using Telegram around its launch in 2013.) It is always amusing when i encounter reminders that this small chat app has blown up into one of the largest platforms on the scene!
