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Slashdot Asks: Which iPhone Is Your Favorite? (david-smith.org) 203

Posted by BeauHD from the tastes-and-preferences dept.
Apple iOS developer David Smith noticed something that really jumped out at him when he was reviewing his iPhone's device analytics. "People really, really like the 4.7-inch iPhone," he writes. "When I look at the iPhone distribution for Pedometer++ the four most popular devices are all that size. Together they account for nearly 50% of all devices I see in use." The next most popular screen sizes are the 5.5-inch Plus size (19%) and the 5.8-inch X size (12%).

There are two main reasons for why this is the case: people find the 4.7-inch display to be the perfect size, whether that be for one-handed usability or pocketability, and/or the specs and features found in the 4.7-inch iPhone models still perform well to this day, prompting users to hold off on upgrading to a larger model. Whatever the case may be, the numbers show that 4.7-inch iPhones are still very popular in 2019. Are you still using an iPhone with a 4.7-inch display? Which iPhone model is your favorite?
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  • None. (Score:3, Interesting)

    by b0s0z0ku ( 752509 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:23PM (#58837192)
    None of them. I don't like computing as a prison.

    • Re: (Score:1, Flamebait)

      by sacrilicious ( 316896 )
      It's like asking me which type of gay porn I like the best. There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not and I don't like ANY gay porn. There IS, however, something wrong with liking iPhones.
  • Days of apple being this mesmerizing tech is over. Work on the car apple!

  • That's a biased sample space (Score:5, Insightful)

    by klossner ( 733867 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:31PM (#58837240)
    All this tell us is that 50% of people who run Pedometer++ on their iPhone prefer the small screen. The app's description says the phone must be kept in a trouser pocket. The larger sizes don't fit the pocket of any trousers that I own.

    • The larger sizes don't fit the pocket of any trousers that I own.

      Although I have an iPhone X now and find that just the right size, I had Plus size models for a few years and found they usually fit in my pants pockets OK - with slacks and jeans.

      I carry phones in my front pocket though, perhaps that was the difference.

      However with that said, I think you are totally right about the audience being skewed away from that form factor.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by aliquis ( 678370 )

        In other news: App developer who make his apps functionality by the usage of accelerometers in phones pushes for moving towards smaller phones.

        Then again that's what I want for that too.

  • The last one with a headphone jack (Score:4, Insightful)

    by m0gely ( 1554053 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:37PM (#58837270)
    I started with a 4s then a 5s and still use my 6s Plus. I got the Plus for the extra battery life. I've had no compelling reason to upgrade since, and a few reasons not to. I actually just like the EarPod wired headphones. They work with my phone and backup android phone, my laptop, airline media systems, everything. And they're compact and cheap to replace. Don't want to carry adapters. I like the home button and TouchID. Eventually, I will have to upgrade but I'm putting it off likely when the latest iOS doesn't support my phone any longer. Also, the new models are expensive.

  • Easy (Score:5, Funny)

    by mobby_6kl ( 668092 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:40PM (#58837284)

    A recycled one.

  • I like it because it's not too large and it wasn't too expensive (and I bought it as a refurb). As long as the phone itself works, this will continue to be my phone. When the battery wears out, I'll replace the battery.

    I'll tell you one thing, though. If this thing dies, I'm not spending $800-$1200 to replace it.

    I'm really hoping that Ive finally departing Apple (yay!) is going to lead to a little more common sense on the design team over there. If not, then this iPhone 6S and the 2015 MacBook Pro I'm typin

    • I'll tell you one thing, though. If this thing dies, I'm not spending $800-$1200 to replace it.

      Lucky for you iPhones have met their hardware speed limit. The $200-ish 4 core 3gb ram iPhone 7 Plus runs nearly every app as fast as the $1200+ 6 core 4gb ram XS Max. Only thing a new iPhone really adds is a bigger screen and options for more storage. Oh, and they just put the iPhone 7 Plus’s cpu in the 2019 IPod Touch, so it seems Apple plans on supporting that cpu for a few more years at least.

    • My work went w/ iPhoney support only, so I let them buy me an 8+. I got it for the bigger screen. Any larger would be too large for hand comfort. My hands prefer the smaller size, but the eyes carried the vote.

      Bonus benefit: the camera pokes out when I slip it into my shirt pocket, affording convenient stealth videos. People think I'm a nerd with a pocket protector, but the jokes on them.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by flink ( 18449 )

      Same here. I've already replaced the battery and screen on my 6s to keep it going. When it finally gives up the ghost, I'll be switching to Android unless Apple has come to their senses on the headphone jack by then.

  • The fact its 8 years old and still perfectly usuable as my backup emergency phone is remarkable. Its been all round the world with me, dropped countless times and never cracked the screen. Its only a needed a new battery. I miss jailbreaking, the custom themes. I still use it for Find my phone iFile, Torrenting of public WiFi with iTransmission... IN 2019 My main Phone is still an iPhone 6s on iOS 12 but that damn that 4s is holds a special place in my heart. Particularly knowing it was one of the last thi

  • My favorite iPhone is a broken iPhone.

    Every time I see someone bring in a broken iPhone to be recycled, I get a warm fuzzy feeling. Yet another abomination has expired, for the betterment of all.

  • My fave (Score:2, Funny)

    by Barny ( 103770 )

    My favorite Iphone is definitely my Galaxy S4.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by aliquis ( 678370 )

      If Xiaomi Pocophone F1 is the best iPhone and Pixel and flag ship device and K20 or K20 Pro is the successor then it would make sense for it to be these.

      Latest rumor says 6.4" for A3.

      When do we get to own and rule and have privacy on phones again?

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Barny ( 103770 )

        I was actually looking at the Xiaomi Mi A2 lite. Headphone jack + microSD almost sold it to me. If only it had a replaceable battery...

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      I was surprised how well old Galaxy S phones hold their value. A friend wanted another Galaxy S3 because he already has custom car mount and other accessories for that model, but they are still quite pricey around here.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Barny ( 103770 )

        Battery in mine started puffing up. Pulled it, tossed it, and for $20 I put a new one in. Combined with a 200GB microSD card, it makes a great device.

  • The inevitable "Damn the man!" (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:47PM (#58837334)
    As someone who went from Blackberry, to 3 different Android phones, to an iphone 5/6s/8+ and never looked back, I really don't understand the /. hate for Apple. Does the ability to tinker and/or pretend you aren't a hipster/faux anarchist really outweigh the fact that almost every Android phone has a dramatically different UI look and feel, a different installed application set, and most of them only get 1 or 2 real updates since they are completely controlled by the carriers? Apple phones may not be THE fastest, THE biggest, THE best camera/screen ad nauseum but they are always in the top percentile, always have a consistent UI, regardless of which specific model you have, and generally have the largest number of choices for applications that meet minimum standards of usability and functionality. Do people really just like having to relearn 80% of how their phone works every single time they upgrade?
    • Wish I had mod points because you deserve them. I’ll never understand the Android worship. Google isn’t the “do no evil” company they once claimed to be, Android fanboys can stop sucking on their Android 5.0 Lollipop.

    • It's ok that you're not a geek, but WTF are you doing on /.? Apple is the anti-competition, do-it-our-way-and-like-it option. It's in direct opposition to the hacker ethic.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by h2oliu ( 38090 )

        ...Apple is the anti-competition, do-it-our-way-and-like-it option. It's in direct opposition to the hacker ethic.

        And this differs from Google how?

        • And this differs from Google how?

          Apple: Locked bootloader, locked installer, no competing app stores, no competing browser engines, limitations on compilers and interpreters, closed source.
          Android: Vendor locks/doesn't lock bootloader, unlocked sideloading, you can have multiple app stores, you can have competing browser engines, no restrictions on compilers or interpreters, open source.

          The two could be more fundamentally different, but only slightly. They really are opposing approaches to computing. I can strip all Google spyware away fro

    • If they're using a smart phone they definitely aren't a hipster.

  • Perhaps people who track their steps are just looking for the smallest device. Many people use their phones for other things, requiring larger displays or, perhaps, telephony capability.
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  • My screen size compensates for .... (Score:3)

    by thesjaakspoiler ( 4782965 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:02PM (#58837394)
    ... not sure if I can post that here...

    • Re:My screen size compensates for .... (Score:5, Informative)

      by phantomfive ( 622387 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:38PM (#58837530) Journal
      Your cock, dick, penis? You won't get censored here. What do you think this is, Reddit? We have freedom of speech on Slashdot. (Just expect to be modded down, cause we like it like that).

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

        Except for the N word. Can't post that without obfuscation.

        Still, I'd be hesitant to hold up Slashdot as the gold standard for free speech. It's not just that views contrary to the established narrative get modded down, it's that if you get modded down too much you start to be rate limited and unable to post much.

        Submitting stories is even worse. If your submissions get marked as spam you can't post comments at all and have to email the site staff to get it fixed.

  • 6s is last worthy iPhone (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Iâ(TM)ve got the XS Max and itâ(TM)s meh. Way too heavy and a bit clunky to hold. Itâ(TM)s fast and the camera and screen are nice, but itâ(TM)s definitely not worth the money spent.

    6s fits in your hand/pocket, is lightweight, screen and camera are nice, sports a headphone jack (you will get sick of charging BLE headset), and lets you chat up Siri. Itâ(TM)s obvious that Apple keeps stringing people along and has ceased to be the innovative company it once was. Plus, itâ(TM)ll o

    • 'XS Max' still sounds like a feminine hygiene product. Like they needed to double down on 'iPad'.

    • I agree the loss of the jack is a loss of functionality, but the change was a "meh" to me at the time because I had switched to a BT headset years ago with my BB and have been exceedingly happy with them. A nightly charge for a second device doesn't bother me.

      The jack is great when plugging into exterior amps, and I would still do it that way if a jack was present. I bought a BT receiver that takes care of that problem with my PA. I've also found that modern PA's are building in their own receivers, too.

      But

  • Comment removed (Score:4, Interesting)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:11PM (#58837438)
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    • You were almost right. 8 Plus is the best iphone in June 2019. 8 Plus has the 6 core cpu like 8, X and Xs. 8 Plus has 3gb ram like X while 8 only has 2. 8 Plus has dual cameras, one being a 2x optical zoom, while 8 does not. And 8 Plus is under $300-400 used making it pretty affordable.

    • I prefer my Android iPhone.

  • ...is my Apple ][ Plus.
    It's a truly honest piece of equipment, where engineering design took precedence over marketing and sales forces.
    Oh, and it has rounded corners too. And that makes it interesting in that Apple didn't go after other ][ clones like the Pineapple etc. over this particular issue back in the day.

  • If I could use an iPhone... (Score:4, Insightful)

    by williamyf ( 227051 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:27PM (#58837494)

    I would go for this year's iPhone XR cheap compared to the other option, with an usable size (too large for my taste, but not eXeS large), whith support for all the new features, and the long life of software updates/upgrades/patches that not even google dares match (3 years vs and avg of 5 years).

    But alas, my essential tremmor means that, as long as I can, I shall use a phome with a keyboard (I tried all glass with swift and other alternative keyboards when only my N9 had swift), so, android it is for me, until apple releases a phone with a keyboard (or a well designed accesory), or until no more decent android keyboard phones are made.

    If I have to go to all glass, if I still have a mac, iPhone it will be.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by mjwx ( 966435 )

      I would go for this year's iPhone XR cheap compared to the other option,

      A punch in the stomach hurts less than a kick in the balls, and trust me, I practice Krav Maga so I speak from experience, that doesn't mean I'd want either. My favourite is the phone that lets me decide how I use it.

  • It's super handy with a stylus. It's the Samsung Note 8 iPhone. And it has the wifis and the gee bees as well...
  • Women, who prefer smaller phones, like apps that let them pretend that they've done some real exercise by walking X number of steps, so they're totally justified in guzzling three mocha lattes. Guys don't go in for that (they tell themselves a different set of lies). No surprise there.

    I use an iPhone X, and it has two great advantages over the Android phone it replaced: it will get updates for more than two years, and it has a really fantastic battery. It has one major disadvantage, but one that would also

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by crgrace ( 220738 )

      I have Swype on my iPhone 6S. Did they delete it from the app store?

      I've had mine for almost four years and it is still going strong with good battery life.

    • You know, Android pixel and Android one devices get long-term updates, too? My Moto X4 Android one edition was $150, came with Oreo, has updated to Pie, and will get Q. It has an all-day battery (true so far) and IP67 water resistance. Plus I can sideload whatever I want, and it's got an unlockable bootloader.

      The supposed advantages of the iPhone are universally notional.

  • The open one (Score:3)

    by phantomfive ( 622387 ) on Thursday June 27, 2019 @07:37PM (#58837524) Journal
    The one that lets me install my own stuff on it. Which version is that?
  • No fruit on my electronics please.

  • 2.8 inch of pure marvel relased one month before the first Iphone.

  • The only good I-phone is a dead I-phone. Call me captain obvious.

  • Just as long as they have spent 5 minutes in a blender first.

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  • The iPhone SE (Score:4, Informative)

    by Chrontius ( 654879 ) on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:36AM (#58838638)
    Give me the latest technologies in the iPhone 5 form factor. TBH, I'd prefer the 5c form factor, but I have a Strike Industries case that I refuse to go without and it only fits the aluminum version. Yes, this is exactly what happened with the 6S being repackaged as the physically-smaller SE. But there's a bigger capability gap with the iPhone X - force touch, faceID, NFC, and OLED displays. More important but less sexy is the compatibility newer iPhones bring with T-Mobile's 600 MHz spectrum. Also, an iPad Pro style smart connecter would be nice, but hardly required. I guess what I'm asking for is an iPhone SeX?
  • "ask slashdot", nice idea for free advertising of your app...

  • A 4.7" phone is much cheaper than a phone with a larger screen.
    Not everyone can afford either a bigger screen when they upgrade, or can even afford to upgrade.
    So, yeah, it's no surprise that the cheaper model of the phone is the more popular.

    In other news, water is wet, oil is oily, and sunshine comes from the sun!

  • Repeating Jobs' mistake (Score:3)

    by Solandri ( 704621 ) on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:06AM (#58839146)

    people find the 4.7-inch display to be the perfect size, whether that be for one-handed usability or pocketability,

    No, some people find the 4.7 inch display to be the perfect size. Others prefer bigger. Others prefer smaller.

    The correct solution is to offer different sizes and let people choose the one they like best. Declaring something to be the "perfect size" just because it's most popular is disingenuous at best, downright deceptive at worst. It's not even preferred by a majority - less than half the people prefer it. This erroneous thinking is what leads to manufacturers trying to force a single version down everyone's throat (e.g. Google dragging their feet on offering a dark mode for their apps - many of us prefer light text on a dark background).

  • The only good iPhone is a dead iPhone.

  • ...is an Android.

  • ... access my files through a simple USB tether.

    Oh, you don't have that? Well then I guess I dislike them all equally.

  • The preference for the 4.7" phone (Score:3)

    by OneHundredAndTen ( 1523865 ) on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:08AM (#58839604)
    And handset makers keep coming up with larger and larger phones, which, unless your are built like your average NBA player, won't fit in your pocket and will make you look like a complete jerk when putting it to your ear. Yes, phones are still used to make and receive phone calls, every so often. And using the loudspeaker for the job in a public setting is a most uncouth and obnoxious thing to do.

  • Which is your favourite?

    My tracking software proves it to be 4.7-inch display.

  • Causation Correlation here folks.

    Yes a lot of people like the smaller screen --- possibly because it comes on a Cheaper model ?!

    Another analysis might point out that the majority of his users are OLD phones. I personally waited for the new models to come out and then snapped up an iPhone8 after the price drop.

    Sure, I will also admit that I like the smaller screen because it fits in my pocket, I own an iPad for the larger screen experience. I traded up from an iPhone5 and really liked the smaller phone.

  • I think I've handled one iPhone in my life - when colleague known as "iSteve" was trying to convert me to the iAnything universe. It didn't particularly appeal to me then, and it appeals even less now that I've spent several years using an iComputer - and then moved on.

    The rank arrogance of iPeople in assuming that other people actually know about the minutiae of their little corner of computing. They could almost be Americans, on the basis of arrogance levels alone.

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