In almost all reports out from China and Taiwan, Apple is making two new iPhone 6 devices, a 4.7-inch flagship and a 5.5-inch higher-end model, for people who want even more power and size from their iOS device.
Apple is obviously looking to attack Samsung’s growth in the larger sized smartphone markets, but is the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 a true story or a rumor bundled into so many articles it has almost become a fact?
“Hold It In One Hand”
Remember back when the iPhone 5 was announced, Apple made a big deal that users could easily hold it in one hand. At the time, Samsung was starting to grow into an extremely powerful rival, with the Galaxy S3 soaring in sales.
Apple has maintained that the 4-inch phone size is optimal for user’s hands, but this year that will change. Even so, will Apple completely throw out the book on what is best for the user’s hand or just meet them half-way with the 4.7-inch option.
It is obvious the 4.7-inch change is coming, in leaked schematics from factories it shows the 4.7-inch iPhone. The problem is there is no real source for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6, it just appears to be a story tagged alongside the 4.7-inch change.
That’s not to say it is not without some merit, if news agencies like The Wall Street Journal and Business Insider are willing to believe the sources, telling them a 5.5-inch iPhone 6 is coming, it is worth some credibility.
The iPhablet
This could show one of the biggest changes at Apple, changing from a company who float outside the box the other manufacturers are trapped in, to just another large company working on every available option.
Apple looks more forthcoming when ideas are concerned, without Steve Jobs it appears some products and ideas have passed through testing under Tim Cook, where they might have been scrapped under Jobs reign.
That’s not to say it is a bad thing – Apple makes excellent products, if they offer them in different options at lower-prices, we cannot see why anyone would complain, but it does show a change of heart inside the company.
Jobs always had a hatred for doing “too much”, he told Larry Page the same thing when they talked, claiming Google did too many things. Apple wants to be in a lot of areas now, but it might mean getting spread too thin and not focusing on the core ideas.
Then again, Tim Cook was always known as the logistical head of Apple. If anyone can steer a boat carrying too many ideas, it will be Cook.
