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To: neolib who wrote (149349)	1/28/2013 12:05:57 PM
From: aaplAnnie	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213176

neolib, not trying to pick a fight but I could not disagree more with ones size fits most. Perhaps I just know all the people on the other side of that premise but I know no one who agrees with that. I for one need different size screens for different purposes and I do not need something that I can carry around that does almost none of the things I do well. I want my phone to be small, I use the large iThing for work and would not change it for the mini and the phone won't work for that purpose. At home I want as big a screen as I can get and I do not want to read a book on a 4" or 5" screen. Even though the iThing has a camera I don't like using it for anything but work where I use it to take pictures of job sites. The Samsung huge phone will do absolutely none of the things I want to do while a. taking up too much room and b. looking really silly stuck up next to a person's head. (I realize that last is just my opinion and has nothing to do with function but I laugh every time I see someone using one as a phone) Anyway, on each of these points I could be speaking for virtually everyone I know. As I said perhaps I know just a specific group of people who use different appliances for different purposes but I don't think we're all that unusual. I think we are just witnessing the swing of the pendulum. The first portable phones were huge, then they got so small they became almost useless for anyone with normal size fingers. All this time the newest, smallest was the hottest seller. Now we are swinging the other way. That too will end at some point probably with an assortment of sizes for an assortment of people with an assortment of needs and tastes. It will never be one size fits all and Apple will never follow those sheep. Annie

To: neolib who wrote (149349)	1/28/2013 4:49:25 PM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213176

Same with cars. Some people don't need very much. Some people need SUVs. Some people need trucks. Imagine if Toyota just made one sedan. I think Apple needs the iPhone5 size and a larger size. I think the iPad mini is a virtual phone now with Facetime. It could function as a phone. Screens should cover, as much as possible,, the entire side of the phone.The only thing holding people back from having multiple devices are the carriers. For example I would love to have an iPhone and a connected iPad mini that could function as a phone. Most of the time in my business the iPhone would suffice the phone is more important, but there are days an iPad mini would be better the screen is more important and if I could make a call in a pinch it would be perfect.