I still have an iPhone 5. I'm waiting for an updated model that brings some useful functionality to justify the spend.
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2017 iPhone May Feature Edge-to-Edge Display With Embedded Touch ID Sensor, Front-Facing Camera
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I still have an iPhone 5. I'm waiting for an updated model that brings some useful functionality to justify the spend.
We all have to wait until September to find out the details of each device. Only then can you make an informed decision.
Will someone please explain how you're supposed to hold an edge to edge phone securely without activating the touchscreen?
I'm not buying another iPhone until the battery life on these things isn't completely laughable.
Let's say for a moment Apple releases this edge-to-edge display. Come the next few years, what more can Apple do to show future buyers to upgrade to the next iPhone? Faster CPU? More RAM? "8K Video" (or whatever new video trend emerges)? When the first iPhone was released, it was a monumental shift from prior phones at the time. I think they learned not to release everything at once, not because they can't but because they can only improve the basic concept of a "smartphone" so much.
I'm not saying we won't see any amazing technologies in future phones (virtual keyboards, holographic displays, bendable designs, modular phones, etc.), but people each year always expect something new and releasing new things just keeps raising the bar each year for "one more thing".
Funny how I rarely come across this, even though it's a HUGE factor. It's unacceptable for a 2016 phone from Apple at this point to have < 2000 mAH. It's laughable.
Something tells me that you are making a smart choice. I'd bet that you're also in the majority. A very wise financial decision, its hard to imagine any reason to "upgrade".
Only serious enthusiasts with an interest in what appears to be nothing more than very minor changes, would be eager to hand over their money to Apple. If we're going to consider ROI, the picture dims even further since there's little to show, no matter how many of the rumored "features" are included in iPhone 7.
For the first time ever Apple may have dug it's own grave. Oh sure, no worries they're not doomed, but the almighty profits they are addicted to may shrink to a shadow of their former self.
Or watching 16:9 video without your fingers obscuring part of it. Cases would be another issue if the display was similar to the the concept, even with current iPhones certain cases make it a pain to touch the edges of the screen, without a bezel they'd have to design bulkier cases in order to properly fit the screen.
I could be wrong but I thought Apple had a patent for making the screen vibrate as the speaker. If done right could be much louder and better bass. Not sure how much it would vibrate while trying to use it
Rumors suggest Apple's 2016 iPhone 7 will look very similar to the iPhone 6s, with major changes to the iPhone's form factor actually coming in 2017, the year that marks the 10th anniversary of the device's initial launch. Apple blogger John Gruber recently shared some tantalizing details about the 2017 iPhone, which may see some radical design tweaks.
In the latest episode of his podcast The Talk Show, Gruber said he's heard "scuttlebutt" suggesting the 2017 iPhone will include an edge-to-edge display that eliminates the top and bottom bezels on the device, with the front-facing camera, Touch ID, and other sensors hidden under the display.
Previous rumors have indicated Apple is planning to introduce a flexible OLED display in the 2017 iPhone, and an OLED display panel would allow for an edge-to-edge screen design. Apple has already signed a deal with Samsung for a portion of the OLED panels it will need for the devices.
Multiple rumors have suggested one 2017 iPhone could include a 5.8-inch OLED display, which would perhaps mean Apple plans to have the display wrap around the edges of a 5.5-inch device, but it is not clear how such a screen size would work without top and bottom bezels as suggested by Gruber.
Along with an OLED display, the iPhone coming in 2017 is rumored to include a glass shell, like the iPhone 4 and 4s, rather than the aluminum body that's been used for the iPhone 5s, 6, 6s, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, and SE. Long-range wireless charging and expanded biometric features like iris or facial recognition are also features that have been rumored, along with a 10-nanometer A11 chip from TSMC and NAND flash memory supplied by Samsung.
Apple has been working on developing touch and display driver integration (TTDI) chips since 2015, which would let the Touch ID fingerprint recognition system be embedded directly into the display, allowing for the elimination of the Home button. Analyst rumors have previously suggested the Home button will be removed in the 2017 iPhone, in line with what Gruber has heard.
With Apple planning major design changes for the 2017 iPhone, there have been rumors indicating the devices will not feature an "S" name, with Apple perhaps skipping the iPhone 7s and 7s Plus to move directly to the iPhone 8 or another name.
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I am the same boat, I have the 6 plus and it looks like this year's model is not receiving much hype or nice specs. The focus seems to be for next year which is so odd. My 6plus is acting slow , I just hope which ever model I update from apple it better have decent specs (ram, battery life, etc)
Or, Apple overvalued the iPhone 6 model and felt it could eek out one more spec bump update that consumers would be lining up for? This decision to keep the existing design for three consecutive years was most likely made two years ago when sales were still strong and before the drop. Now Apple has to eat it and hope to make up for declining iPhone revenue in 2017 and beyond.
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What's the average age here? 12? If Apple is so terrible and the iPhone sucks and that Samsung phone is so great why don't you all go buy one and stop complaining?
Welcome to Tim Cook's Apple. Milk profits from existing designs while incrementally updating feature specs. Maintain tight margins. Apple fanboys line up at the door. Rinse, repeat...
Agreed. If Apple can pull this off, I'll be very impressed.
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They hold back deliberately to give the competition a fighting chance. They don't want to be the industry leader--too much pressure.
EXACTLY. It's all about the Benjamin's when it comes to Apple.
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Save your breath and stop shouting. It's not so much craving innovation as it is more of a reaction to Apple milking the same basic iPhone design for three years in a row. To me and to many others, this seems like a very lazy and dull approach--especially at the high cost Apple commands. In a refresh year such as 2016, refresh the physical look of the phone. I think that's what most people are reacting too. It's not too much to ask.
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Hi there, self proclaimed engineer here with no educational background. Think of how the iPad Pro's palm rejection works when using the pen, essentially the phone will know when you are holding it in on both sides and will only let the screen activate on the main panel... however volume and sleep buttons will be activated through a taptic feedback mechanism similar to the force touch on the track pad. This in turn creates a way for your iPhone to work harmoniously with your hand.
If that didn't make sense, go back and re-read what I just wrote in Jony Ive's voice... that should work.