New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

i really think the restriction of screen sizes was something that Apple got right - hate that they're going in the other direction now

they really have no choice, like its cool and tidy to have just an iphone and an ipad but real world usage demands at least couple more sizes, on the other hand all those samsung sizes is a big reason why no one wants to develop for android

well, they're dropping the 4 and 4s eventually

which leaves them with 5/5s and one or two others depending on what they launch this fall

and two ipads

not the same thing

well, perhaps an "ipad pro" at some point too

and an iwatch

and an apple tv

and all the macs

FWIW I see a lot more big 5-6"+ phones over here in East Asia than I do iPhones now

Yeah - it's gonna be legacy 4/4S, 5/5S, theoretically two new sizes for 6 (though one of them might just be 5 size), and the iPad sizes do matter since most apps are universal now and it bloats up the app size as well. (+possible App Store for iWatch)

I guess I should be thankful App Store is separate for Mac and AppleTV

I see how the bigger, nicer screens will draw the public but still, screw all those other app stores

How many resolutions are iOS developers gonna have to do now

Will the 5.5" iPhone still be RETINA

Who killed Steve Jobs

xpost they're going to switch to crts

FWIW I see a lot more big 5-6"+ phones over here in East Asia than I do iPhones now

― 龜, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:52 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah especially for people that its their only or primary or only non work device the phablet is key

actually, i think it'll probably autoscale yr shit

like, unless i'm wrong, which i may be, it already sort of does that

by the way, if you care abt this stuff and don't mind this isn't about ios: http://vimeo.com/91688685

If iOS achieves resolution independence or w/e before OSX I'm gonna murder Steve Cook

Actually I just want all the Chinese characters to be bigger and everything else can go fuck right off to hell

iPad does that, but i don't think it works with the various phone proportions (4 > 5 > 6) and they have to be coded for

I saw a guy on the street wearing a shirt that just said 'STEVE JOBS' and I really wanted one :(

the only people who care about os x are in this thread

the thing is if you just use bigger pixels on a bigger iphone youre kinda ignoring the whole point of a bigger device, like it needs to provide actually more area to do stuff not just magnify things, also as dan said bigger pixels would break the retina

resolution independence is also helped when at least you know screens will have the same proportions, if not density (16:9, 16:10 etc) but i feel like it's just a pipe dream nobody at Apple (or anywhere for that matter) seems to care about right now. (but I care!)

what qualifies as a "retina display" for apple is pretty clear

you hold the device X inches away from your face, if you can't see pixels, it's retina

and the length varies between devices because apparently you hold your ipad further away or something

When I start my chillwave band our name will be STEVE JOBS

yeah so if the current iphone retina is tuned for its size if u make it bigger its no longer retina xp

band name shd 100% be STEVE JOB tho

wasn't there a rumor they were actually going to increase the ppi for the new devices?

Damn that was a good suggestion. You wanna be in this band

yes def lets put together a deck

Sick https://www.dropbox.com/s/vrb69g3y7yu5hby/davecool.gif

drew houston doesn't want that gif in this thread

Actually I think resolution independence means a different thing than unifying all the iOS resizes

Before I get corrected

I kinda wonder if the larger iPhones are gonna have better battery life since they can stick in bigger batteries now. I wonder how much more power the larger displays draw

resolution independence is never gonna happen. Retina double-sizing does what Apple wants.

iOS 7 does have much better auto-layout stuff, but even so if they change the aspect ratio a lot of shit's going to break. Unless they put letterboxing on old-style apps, maybe?

well, they've done it once before so they may do it again

android seems like it might be more flexible because it has to be

that's correct, also a reason android apps are generally worse

i need to jump out of this thread for a bit, but check out that vimeo link i posted upthread

naw

. . .

why would you say that?

If iOS achieves resolution independence or w/e before OSX I'm gonna murder Steve Cook

― 龜, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:59 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol otm