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Apple Researching Flexible iPhone Displays with Under-Surface Speakers, Tactile Feedback, Laser Microphones

Mal

Mal

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bushido said:
i particularly love how its so futuristic but still carries that freakin stupid home button ^^
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Don't knock the home button. I've got a Samsung phone with those stupid capacitive buttons along the bottom of the screen, and if an app locks up or is running poorly, my only recourse is to restart the whole phone (or wait it out). With a physical button, I'm not dependent on the buttons being recognized and I can force quit the app. Plus, it simply looks and feels nicer.

jW
 
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Cyberius11

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doelcm82 said:
First we have to end hunger. When no child goes to bed hungry in the world, we can start looking at iOS 6 battery life.

If you're going to focus on one thing at a time, get your priorities straight.
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If you really want to get priorities straight, maybe the benefits of abstinence should be promoted. If you can't afford to feed your kids, why should the rest of the world have to worry about keeping them from going to bed hungry? Sorry, maybe I am a cold-hearted ass, but fixing world hunger isn't my problem. The population is exploding and when people are pretty much stacked on top of each other in massively poor and overcrowded areas, I can't possibly see it being a good idea to procreate if you can barely sustain yourself, and then expect others to help your situation.
 
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wovel

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Cyberius11 said:
If you really want to get priorities straight, maybe the benefits of abstinence should be promoted. If you can't afford to feed your kids, why should the rest of the world have to worry about keeping them from going to bed hungry? Sorry, maybe I am a cold-hearted ass, but fixing world hunger isn't my problem. The population is exploding and when people are pretty much stacked on top of each other in massively poor and overcrowded areas, I can't possibly see it being a good idea to procreate if you can barely sustain yourself, and then expect others to help your situation.
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Well my battery life is actually better under iOS6. What really bothers me is how dang flat and inflexible my screen is.

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krravi said:
I.. dont want to hear any iMac news.. as I just bought one... :(
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I have had the cart open a few times :)
 
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Defender2010

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Perhaps Apple should concentrate on getting items out of the factories without scuffs and faults etc before they move onto something this elaborate!
 
doelcm82

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Cyberius11 said:
If you really want to get priorities straight, maybe the benefits of abstinence should be promoted. If you can't afford to feed your kids, why should the rest of the world have to worry about keeping them from going to bed hungry? Sorry, maybe I am a cold-hearted ass, but fixing world hunger isn't my problem. The population is exploding and when people are pretty much stacked on top of each other in massively poor and overcrowded areas, I can't possibly see it being a good idea to procreate if you can barely sustain yourself, and then expect others to help your situation.
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Now we're getting somewhere!

  1. Promote abstinence
  2. Feed the world
  3. Fix iOS 6 battery-life issues
  4. Develop phones with flexible displays

Sounds like a game plan.

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wovel said:
Well my battery life is actually better under iOS6. What really bothers me is how dang flat and inflexible my screen is.
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Flat screens. So 2007.
 
Krazy Bill

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I didn't know you could patent etch-a-sketch drawings. :eek:

Is Apple just filing patents for future Samsung fodder?
 
mdelvecchio

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mchoffa said:
Speaker holes on a touchscreen that you rub your fingers all over? Sounds like a BAD idea to me... oil and dirt would clog them up very quickly, I think.
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yeah? so where's your engineering degree from? what labs do you work in?

or are you just some dude on the internet w/ no relevant data?

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bushido said:
i particularly love how its so futuristic but still carries that freakin stupid home button ^^
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i really enjoy the tactile home button and the fact that it's always-on -- cant be screwed up.

you know, like physical light switches. i bet you use those a dozen times a day, huh?

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Cyberius11 said:
If you really want to get priorities straight, maybe the benefits of abstinence should be promoted. If you can't afford to feed your kids, why should the rest of the world have to worry about keeping them from going to bed hungry? Sorry, maybe I am a cold-hearted ass, but fixing world hunger isn't my problem. The population is exploding and when people are pretty much stacked on top of each other in massively poor and overcrowded areas, I can't possibly see it being a good idea to procreate if you can barely sustain yourself, and then expect others to help your situation.
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huh? why are you linking abstinence to preventing unwanted children? thats silly. to prevent unwanted children all you need is easy access to birth control. thats much more reasonable than asking sexually mature and active adults to stop engaging in perfectly normal human behavior. sex is good for you.

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doelcm82 said:
Now we're getting somewhere!

  1. Promote birth control
  2. Feed the world
  3. Fix iOS 6 battery-life issues
  4. Develop phones with flexible displays
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...there i fixed it for you.
 
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wovel

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mdelvecchio said:
yeah? so where's your engineering degree from? what labs do you work in?

or are you just some dude on the internet w/ no relevant data?

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i really enjoy the tactile home button and the fact that it's always-on -- cant be screwed up.

you know, like physical light switches. i bet you use those a dozen times a day, huh?

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huh? why are you linking abstinence to preventing unwanted children? thats silly. to prevent unwanted children all you need is easy access to birth control. thats much more reasonable than asking sexually mature and active adults to stop engaging in perfectly normal human behavior. sex is good for you.

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...there i fixed it for you.
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Looks like we have a new number 1. First we must determine the best method to avoid unwanted pregnancy.

Then we can get around to fixing my phone. This rigid display is defective by design.
 
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goten11756

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Mal said:
Don't knock the home button. I've got a Samsung phone with those stupid capacitive buttons along the bottom of the screen, and if an app locks up or is running poorly, my only recourse is to restart the whole phone (or wait it out). With a physical button, I'm not dependent on the buttons being recognized and I can force quit the app. Plus, it simply looks and feels nicer.

jW
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Some people do not understand how to use the "back" and "home" button... They are recognized by the OS, not the app...*facepalm*
 
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magriver

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Waterproof

I really hope this is bringing us closer to a waterproof cell? Mic and speaker is really the key there.
 
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Boatboy24

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"Apple Researching Flexible iPhone Displays with Under-Surface Speakers, Tactile Feedback, Laser Microphones "

And sharks with fricken' laser beams attached to their heads!
 
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wovel

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September 2013:

Apple has announced the new iPhone 6. This is phone is completely flexible and water proof! Phill Schiller and Tim Cook climb into a water tank and play underwater hand-ball with their phone. They climb out of the water and call each other by accessing Siri using telepathy.


Here are the headlines we would see:

Engadget: iPhone 6 Disappoints
BGR: iPhone 6 is Boring
AI: Analysts Concerned with Apple's Ability to Innovate
MacRumors: Does the iPhone 6 Disappoint?
Android Police: iPhone still trying to catch Android.
 
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goten11756

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wovel said:
So in the case he described, you are saying the App locked up the whole OS?

Good to know. *faceplam* indeed.
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Please re-read quotes before replying and implying. Thank you.

P.S. Authorized apps from app store do not "lock up" the entire OS in such a manner as described. #endfreehint
 
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