I've been so busy that I didn't have time to return to this thread earlier, but there are just two things I didn't want to leave hanging:
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Originally Posted by jbjb
I'm afraid your understanding is wrong. iOS developers can choose to design pixel perfect UIs for each screen resolution, and many do, but they don't have to - they have the option to use auto-layout.
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OK, that is new since iOS6 only. But before iOS6, Apple had no way to scale their interface. They only had two choices then: pretending that their limited size range was optimal or asking their developers to jump through more hoops. They chose the first option.
Now that they've copied Android's practice and come up with auto-layout, a scalable interface, they can no longer claim to have the ideal pixel perfect layout for every size device. They are less certain what they are going to get from various developers.
At any rate, despite claims to the contrary, for the majority of mainstream Android apps today, there is no loss of quality going from smaller tablets to larger ones. I have used 3 sizes of android devices and don't notice any loss of quality going from 5" to 7" to 9" -- even on Facebook. I don't use Facebook. but I was interested to see if the claims made in this thread that it suffered on a larger tablet were true. I don't see it. Maybe Android scalability had issues in the early days -- with Froyo and Gingerbread -- but Android development has come a long way since.
So my point is, scalable GUIs are fine. And Apple has evidently agreed, belatedly adopting its own version -- Auto Layout.
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Originally Posted by leebase
But let's not delude ourselves into thinking Apple "can't" create a large screen phone. They just simply aren't.
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You keep saying things like this and I don't know why. Maybe you just like strawman arguments. As far as I know, no one has even suggested Apple "can't" make a larger phone. I think the bulk of the argument has been they haven't up to now due to a combination of factors -- a little arrogance here, a bit of nearsightedness there, and a whole lot of rigidity everywhere.
I stand by my prediction that they will eventually cave in and go at least 4.5" -- if not 5" -- in the near future.
--Pat