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If Apple release 3 iphones in same price but different dimensions

  • Small iPhone 4,7-5,4"

    Votes: 53 51.0%
  • Medium iPhone 5,8-6,1"

    Votes: 28 26.9%
  • Large iPhone 6,5-6,7"

    Votes: 23 22.1%

  • Total voters
    104

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I want to know - If every iPhone has same battery life, same ppi, same cameras and same price - but only different dimension (or display size)
What would you buy ?
 
Once you go Max, you never go back. Big all the way. The extra screen real estate is way too useful for my daily use cases.
 
The small one.

Tried going with bigger phones before but they’re too much of a compromise for me. Too big for pockets (ladies wear) and too hard to operate single handed but the screen’s still too small as a tablet alternative.

Granted, I always carry a 10.5” LTE iPad in my purse. That’s my most used device.
 
Crazy, but interesting proposition.

Initially, I’d go the largest size, just to see what it was like, but I think I’d quickly revert back to the more practical all-rounder in the medium after a year or so.
 
Large iPhone

Regardless of PPI, the 6.1" and 6.5" iPhones have a higher logical resolution than 5.8". The displayed content feels less cramped.
 
The small one.

Tried going with bigger phones before but they’re too much of a compromise for me. Too big for pockets (ladies wear) and too hard to operate single handed but the screen’s still too small as a tablet alternative.

Granted, I always carry a 10.5” LTE iPad in my purse. That’s my most used device.

Yep this is me as well. Although I don’t carry an iPad everywhere but sometimes I do feel that the bigger size is annoying when you can’t deal with it using just one hand.
 
Crazy, but interesting proposition.

I wanted to know only interest of "display size"
Because in current situation is like

"I wanted smaller iPhone but missing third camera"
"I wanted smaller iPhone but missing battery life"
"I wanted bigest iPhone but price"

etc...

Same battery life and price never happen
 
I want to pick the smallest firm factor, but I realize battery life would be compromised (smaller battery), so I opted for the medium size. I already feel that my 5.99" Honor View 10 being a bit too large, sometimes. But one cannot deny that larger battery gives longer battery life.
 
I used to have the first SE, now I have the 8. I got an upgrade for speed and battery, not for the screen, but now I think: 4.7" is so much better than 4". I would never go back.

However, I don't know if bigger is always better. I sometimes use my wife's 8 Plus, and I have to say I like the size of the 8 a lot more.

So I would probably go for 5.4" anyway.
 
I prefer medium. Price and battery life aren't part of my decision. Cameras, on the other hand, are a consideration, but you didn't mention that. But let's stick with the assumption that you did - equal battery life, equal cameras, equal price, equal CPU/GPU, equal biometrics, equal AR/VR, equal ports... I prefer medium.

"All other things being equal, which screen size do you prefer?" A simple question that would have produced the same results. But like they say, "All things being equal, which they never are." If I needed longer battery life I'd certainly expect that a larger phone would offer longer battery life. I'd be quite unhappy if it didn't.
 
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I want to know - If every iPhone has same battery life, same ppi, same cameras and same price - but only different dimension (or display size)
What would you buy ?
6.7. With the picture in picture, big screen is finally going to get even better.
 
Small here. I don't need to have a big iPhone, especially with owning a MBP and iPad Air. So the smallest footprint is ideal.
 
I’d choose the smallest device. My last large device was the 7 Plus & I can’t imagine going back to a phone that huge.
 
The biggest size. I can’t go back to a device smaller than 6.5. I have an X and XS Max and the X seem cramped and too small to use.
 
If sales will be same like a result of this poll (half sales for 5,4"), Apple definetely release a 5,4 - 5,5" Pro model next year.
 
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