We are 16 months away from the presentation, it's not suprising that the rumours are contradictory.
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2017 iPhone May Feature Edge-to-Edge Display With Embedded Touch ID Sensor, Front-Facing Camera
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This sounds too good to be true, and frankly it probably is. There are always rumors and renders based on extreme wish lists (laser projected keyboards?), and it usually falls short.
My prediction is the 2016 iPhone won't suck as bad as everyone is expecting and the 2017 iPhone won't be as groundbreaking as this post suggests. I feel quite confident in my predictions about the 2017 phone, but I fear I may just be naively hoping about the 2016 iPhone.
My prediction is the 2016 iPhone won't suck as bad as everyone is expecting and the 2017 iPhone won't be as groundbreaking as this post suggests. I feel quite confident in my predictions about the 2017 phone, but I fear I may just be naively hoping about the 2016 iPhone.
Might as well skip the 2016 model, and start on the 2017, looks much much more interesting .
And yet this basic design has been teased/rumored/mocked-up since before the iPhone 4 was revealed. Sorry, I'll believe it when I see it. We'll probably get a Galaxy Edge-type phone, with bezels above and below, and a home button just like present...
These hole-punched screens in iPhone concepts need to stop, they're so ridiculous. Why on earth would you want the earpiece speaker to interrupt whatever content in on the screen at all times?
Honestly at this point, scrap the iPhone 6SS thats looking like it's coming this fall then move the 2017 one up to spring/early summer of next year. I mean at this rate the iPhone this fall will be DOA as everyone will wait for the true iPhone 7, not this 6SS placeholder that just removes the headphone jack and adds a dual camera to the "pro" version.
Judging by the amount of rumoured iPhone 8 improvements and the already leaked iPhone 7 design, this might be the worst quarter for Apple. If the recent quarter has been disregarded by the "normal" investor, the next downturn might wake them up eventually.
I have skipped the 6S and probably will skip the 7. I do not care about Tim saying that it has something new and exciting.
What I want has been already discussed here, so I want repeat it, but it is certainly not another gimmick like 3D Touch or True Tone on a tiny screen.
I have skipped the 6S and probably will skip the 7. I do not care about Tim saying that it has something new and exciting.
What I want has been already discussed here, so I want repeat it, but it is certainly not another gimmick like 3D Touch or True Tone on a tiny screen.
Not sure how you inferred I was "pissed" that I'd have to wait? I never even said I wanted it. What I did say is Apple should have something like this ready to push out the door THIS year, not next. EVERYONE want's something different from Apple instead of a re-bake of a has-been product.
This year's iPhone will be a major fail/flop. You just can't get away with 3 straight phones looking virtualy the same.
This is a natural progression of a matured product. iPhone's closest competitor, Samsung's Galaxy S series, is even more static. The latest Galaxy S7 looks largely identical to Galaxy S4 released in early 2013 (when we were rocking iPhone 5). That 4 generations of phones using the same design.
I think we wouldn't be complaining as much if iPhone 6's design is unanimously praised. But it draws decidedly mixed response, akin to Chris Bangle's earlier BMW.