[muglo] Re: Screen sighs
- From: Eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:47:45 -0400
I'm happy to take that bet, Frank!
On 2014-09-10, at 17:43, Frank <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well let's let the market decide.
>
> I'll bet you both a beer your are wrong
>
>
> đ¶
>
> On Sep 10, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I agree with you Doug and I think the market does too: when was the last
>> time an Apple product launch sent stocks tumbling? And there are no line-ups
>> of Lemmings being reported. Meanwhile at Samsung, Microsoft and even
>> Blackberry, champagne corks are still popping over the
>> opportunity/invitation Apple has given them to finally take a big bite of
>> their market share.
>>
>> Garth.
>>
>> On 2014-09-10, at 10:47, Doug Bale <dougbale@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Am I the only one who canât help feeling that Apple went the wrong way with
>>> the new iPhones? The iPhone 5 was already big enough to spoil the line of a
>>> pair of slacks or a suit jacket that doesnât have a purpose-sized inner
>>> pocket to hold it just so. Can the cargo-pants crowd constitute that big a
>>> market? The only other users I see flashing bigger phones at the moment are
>>> also sporting wallet chains, galoshes-sized basketball shoes and pants worn
>>> at half-mast.
>>>
>>> If bigger screens are essential, there are the iPad and the iPad Mini. If
>>> smaller screens are too hard to read, how explain the iWatch?
>>>
>>> Seems to me that the smart way to go with smartphones is smaller and
>>> lighter. Why not use the new curved-screen technology to extend a 5-sized
>>> phoneâs active display into the five-eighths of an inch of black border at
>>> top and bottom, and the eighth of an inch at either side, with the Home
>>> button, microphone and camera embedded in it? Better still, why not do all
>>> that on a phone the size of the iPhone 4s, but as thin as the 6 and as
>>> light as the 5? Youâd have something that was much better balanced for
>>> one-handed use as a camera and able to to be carried even in a shirt pocket
>>> or a light sundress without making them sag.
>>>
>>> Apple is following rather than leading on this one. If it gets its act
>>> together in time for the iPhone 7, I predict that that one will be courting
>>> the millions of Am I the only one who canât help feeling that Apple went
>>> the wrong way with the new iPhones announced yesterday? The various iPhone
>>> 5s are already big enough to spoil the line of a pair of slacks or a suit
>>> jacket that doesnât have a purpose-sized inner pocket to hold the things
>>> just so. Can the cargo-pants crowd constitute that big a market? The only
>>> other users I see flashing bigger phones at the moment are also sporting
>>> wallet chains, galoshes-sized basketball shoes and pants worn at half-mast.
>>>
>>> If big screens are essential, there are the iPad and the iPad Mini. If
>>> small screens are too hard to read, how explain the iWatch?
>>>
>>> Seems to me that the smart way to go with smartphones is smaller and
>>> lighter. Why not use the new curved-screen technology to extend a 5-sized
>>> phoneâs active display into the five-eighths of an inch of black border at
>>> top and bottom, and the eighth of an inch at either side, with the Home
>>> button, microphone and camera embedded in it? Better still, why not do all
>>> that on a phone the size of the iPhone 4s, but as thin as the 6 and as
>>> light as the 5? Youâd have something that was much better balanced for
>>> one-handed use as a camera and able to to be carried even in a shirt pocket
>>> or a sundress without making them sag.
>>>
>>> Apple is following rather than leading on this one. If it gets its act
>>> together in time for the iPhone 7, I predict that that one will be courting
>>> the millions of women in tight tops and skinny jeans, and weâll start
>>> seeing bras with purpose-sized pockets in the cleavage.
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