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To: neolib who wrote (149341)	1/28/2013 11:02:19 AM
From: Doren	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213176

I do wish Apple would make a big phone. I think they will. And as I said before I think phones and pads are a spectrum. But the idea there is a perfect size I think is not right. I think a lot of people prefer a smaller phone, and obviously a lot of people prefer a larger phone. I hope Apple doesn't make too many sizes, but gradually abandons the smaller 4 and 4s lines and ads a larger phone. I think they will. > Which I expect, but as usually happens when management has to do a 180, they wait until it is painfully obvious. You could say Apple did this on pads and look what happened there. They saw, they built, the conquered.

To: neolib who wrote (149341)	1/28/2013 11:05:52 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Samsung will do whatever for sales, so they are going to win this, unless the others wake up to reality. Which I expect, but as usually happens when management has to do a 180, they wait until it is painfully obvious. Just guessing here, but I don't think Apple is set up like your typical multi-category corporation. Where the different divisions have autonomy, their own designers, their own marketing, their own manufacturing etc. and they compete for resources based on current and potential performance. In cell phones, does that limit the breadth of product offering? I think it might. There is only one Ive. Could it be that Apple is out growing its organization, especially without a Mr Jobs to crack the whip? Wouldn't surprise me, they've had a huge growth run.

To: neolib who wrote (149341)	1/28/2013 3:14:14 PM
From: Pete Mason	Respond to of 213176

I think that form factors, like fashion, are rather fickle and deeply personal. For instance, since I have an iPhone, there's really no reason on earth for me to also have (several) iPods... but I do. I love the no-weight clipped iPod for the gym; while I see plenty of people using their iPhones or other full-size phones for music at the gym, the whole concept of carrying that giant thing around and worrying about dropping it would just kill my gym concentration. So, there's a need at least to me of the redundant iPod. Will there ever be a "single" device that just wins out? I can't see it... smaller and smaller is usually better, unless its a matter of screen real-estate, then suddenly the opposite rules. I travel a lot and I would hate to settle for anything smaller than the full-sized iPad when I'm watching movies on the plane. Yet I don't want to lug one of those around me day-to-day when I could simply carry a phone-sized gizmo instead. So now, personally, I "need" the big iPad; the teensy iPod; and a "normal"-sized (read pocket-sized I guess) device. All these, despite their obvious redundancy! My experience certainly argues for a selection in iPhone sizes rather than a one-size-fits-all... but it also argues against a single device ever winning out.... like shoes, I think there will always be multiple kinds in a person's closet. Rambling, -- Pete