Comments on: Apple and Their Possible 4G LTE Marketing Problem

By: mark

mark — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:23:39 +0000

it’s not about what apple wants but more about what people want in a device. I switched over to a galaxy note. The screen size is awkward at first, but it is something that you love to work with overtime. having said that, personally I think that apple needs to increase their screen size and if they don’t that will be there biggest downfall. I would like to stay with this is my opinion but he can’t compete with other phone devices that have larger displays because fact of the matter is the screen is too small it’s hard to read. The expectation of 4G LTE is a no brainer.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:58:05 +0000

Here in the UK we won’t have a decent 4G network for a decade or more so I hope that the iPhone 5 only has 3G to save on battery drain. If, like me, you live in the countryside in the UK you can’t even get 3G – smoke signals are the fastest way of communicating in our advanced technological society.

By: Rafael Palacios

Rafael Palacios — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:12:43 +0000

My bet is 4G in a phone of similar size than iphone4.
Then, a clever software solution to turn 4G on and off easily (not the 7 steps required to turn off 3G and return to Safari).
RAFAEL

By: ConcordMike

ConcordMike — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:11:32 +0000

Hope everyone doesn’t mind my chiming in about 4G, but with all that cash on hand, I think I would have bought one of the telecoms and tailored it to the needs of the iPhone, iPad etc.

By: Alex Jordan

Alex Jordan — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:59:22 +0000

In reply to Brandon.

I agree with Rob. Just because some want a bigger screen, doesn’t mean Apple will make a bigger screen. They vetted the 3.5-inch design internally and found that it was to their liking. Comparatively, other companies sling out a bunch of model and allow the “market” to decide.

As for your first point, you’re exactly right. I had not thought of that. Apple is quickly being outgunned on the 4G front.

By: Renknman

Renknman — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:52:09 +0000

In reply to Brandon. Agreed. I can't see Apple not going to LTE with the next iPhone. I don't think they "have" to go with the 4+ inch screen size. Plenty of consumers are perfectly happy with the 3.5. Having said that, I WANT a bigger screen size in the 4+ range. For me, the screen size is the ONLY reason I ever consider looking at another phone other than an iPhone right now.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:39:25 +0000

Two things:

1: Apple has to include 4G in the next iPhone. No questions asked. If they don’t – android marketing is going to eat them alive. For the next year after that all you will hear about (and see) is demos about how slow “the real web” is on the iPhone and how fast the web is on anything besides the iPhone. True most people aren’t going to care about ads until their friend makes their fancy iPhone look like a turtle when they go to check football scores at the bar.

2: Screen size is the second area of weakness they are going to have to address. Android phones are running (an unscientific) average of about 4-4.5″ screens. I went to the extreme end of the spectrum and have one with a 5.3″ screen (Galaxy Note). I can tell you without any question – I will not in the foreseeable future go back to a 3.5″ screen. Apple can only play the “retina display” card for so long. Pretty soon its again going to come down to a pair of friends sitting around and one friend shows off their gorgeous iPhone retina display at 3.5″. And the friend across the table shows them a screen that’s just as beautiful to look at – but it’s also a hell of a lot easier to see because it’s got the extra real estate. 5.3″ is extreme (and I wouldn’t want Apple to go there) – but I’d say 4.2″ should be their minimum target size.