wraggster
April 24th, 2013, 11:20
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/09/iphone5hands-on-1347482537.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/tim-cook-larger-iphone-no/)With the sudden rush of 5-inch (and larger (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/11/samsung-galaxy-mega-6-3-5-8/)) smartphones hitting the market -- tovarying (http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/25/samsung-galaxy-note-ii-5-million-sold/) degrees (http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/lg-optimus-vu-ii-specs-officially-unveiled-new-cpu-ir-stylus/) of success -- one may wonder if Apple plans to introduce one of its own. In response to a question on today's Q2 earnings (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/23/apple-posts-q2-2013-earnings/) call, CEO Tim Cook maintained his stance against such a move because of necessary tradeoffs in areas like resolution, white balance, quality, app compatibility and more. He stated specifically that Apple would not ship a larger phone "while such trade-offs exist," leaving just enough wiggle room for a future announcement where it can claim all those issues have been eradicated. Apple shipped the iPhone 5 with extended screen area and introduced a smaller iPad mini after Steve Jobs criticized (http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/jobs-no-ones-going-to-buy-a-big-phone/) other company's products in those (http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/18/steve-jobs-drops-knowledge-on-earnings-call-calls-out-google-an/)categories -- we wouldn't be surprised if Cook is readying a similar move himself.
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