From Forbes they propose a curious analysis of the hypothetical screen that we would see in the iPhone 5, once this device is presented on September 12, as Apple made clear yesterday with the official confirmation. The idea of the aforementioned publication is to compare the effective access area offered by the screens of all known generations of the Apple phone ”” with 3.5-inch panels ”” versus the surface that would be proposed by the supposed new model ”” that I would grow about four inches ””.
And is that size matters. And a lot. If not, it is only worth remembering the main argument that Steve Jobs made in life to turn his back on a stretch on the iPhone screen, alluding to the advantages of betting on 3.5 inches, a size that, according to the design team of Apple is the most suitable measure to control the entire panel surface with one hand for most users.
However, the majority of competing manufacturers do not think in the same way, and in fact, delaying the measures of the screen is the hallmark of the high-end of the main firms in the sector. There we have, for example, the proposals from Samsung, the direct rival of the Cupertino firm and owner of the three terminals with the largest panels on the market: the Samsung Galaxy S3 ”” with its 4.8 inches ”” and the Samsung Galaxy Note "" that have 5.3 and 5.5 inches on both panels "".
The analysis that Forbes would have developed seeks, precisely, to see how the four-inch screen of the iPhone 5 is subject to the loss of effective access when the phone is operated with one hand. And not only that: they are also in charge of studying how the new format "" will affect not only wider, but also with a more elongated arrangement in the vertical coordinate "" to the way in which we will perceive the content displayed on the screen.
As they point out, users with generously sized hands will not have significant problems in using and controlling the iPhone 5. However, the size enlargement at the top could slightly ruin the same comfort for those with smaller hands or fingers, for whom the iPhone 4S and its 3.5 inches are an ideal size "" although it is even to a standard in which the vast majority of manufacturers have already agreed to reserve for the medium-low range ””.
What side effects could this increase and its consequent discomfort have for some iPhone fans ? According to a study published in 2008, the result would be a foreseeable drop in product satisfaction. In spite of everything, the aforementioned report is dated to the year in which the iPhone 3G was launched, and at that time, the idea of living with panels like the ones that populate the market today sounded like pure science fiction.
Today, to begin with, the wide acceptance of large-format mobile phones is a fact. ”” The Samsung Galaxy S3 sold more than ten million units in less than two months, the same amount that has been marketed for the first-generation Samsung Galaxy Note in less than a year ””; and also, the type of screen control that Apple held for its iPhone until the 4S edition would come to focus on the need for any client to manage it with one hand, reaching the entire effective surface of the panel with the thumb.
In this sense, and depending on whether the user is left-handed or right-handed, the access area in the upper right and left margins, respectively, would increase substantially, although since the growing coordinate is only the vertical one, the loss will be less than that would be expected in other terminals, which for certain users inevitably require the use of both hands to control the smartphone .
