Look at the price ceramic watches. It is fairly obvious there is no way in the near future that ceramic on iPhones will be cost effective. Apple will definitely use easily recyclable components for casings long into the future - they ain't offering a ceramic iPhone next year.. If and Once the ceramic iPhone launches, be prepared to pay more than ever for your phone.
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2017 iPhone to Feature Glass Design With Stainless Steel Frame on High-End Models
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Look at the price ceramic watches. It is fairly obvious there is no way in the near future that ceramic on iPhones will be cost effective. Apple will definitely use easily recyclable components for casings long into the future - they ain't offering a ceramic iPhone next year.. If and Once the ceramic iPhone launches, be prepared to pay more than ever for your phone.
I'm not really concerned as much with the dual camera setup, I don't really find the "telephoto" lens to be that appealing, my issue is just with things like OIS, the extra 1GB ram, etc.
We finally have OIS on the regular model now, so that's good.
Oh hell no. I like not having a monthly phone payment in perpetuity more than having the latest gee-whiz toy out of Silicon Valley. YMMV, of course.Seems identical to an iPhone 4 iteration/ iP7 JetBlack
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Big missed opportunity here. Apple should be pioneering a replaceable skin iPhone. Almost no one doesn't put their iPhone in a case. Its silly to worry so much about the finish and such when the vast majority of people cover it up. Its also ridiculous to make a fragile slippery phone covering. They seem to still think they are making art for a museum instead of a phone that someone needs to be able to use. I suspect this is because Jony Ive is incapable of understanding usability vs. beauty.
So the replaceable skin phone would be designed with a solid frame where the user could replace the skin itself. If the whole front is bullet proof glass, either just the back; or the back and part of the sides; would be user replaceable. Then they could make any number of skins that you could buy for different occasions or purposes. This, kind of like the watch, would allow for styling and usability differences. When I go to the gym, I put on the plastic sports band, and when I go out for dinner I put on the leather buckle band. Wouldn't it be cool if you could do the same with your phone... and not with an off band case, but rather with something designed by Apple that literally snapped into place as an integral part of the phone. I'm just shocked that Apple has not done this.
I am really tired of paying all this money for a slippery fragile phone that I cover with a goofy case.
So the replaceable skin phone would be designed with a solid frame where the user could replace the skin itself. If the whole front is bullet proof glass, either just the back; or the back and part of the sides; would be user replaceable. Then they could make any number of skins that you could buy for different occasions or purposes. This, kind of like the watch, would allow for styling and usability differences. When I go to the gym, I put on the plastic sports band, and when I go out for dinner I put on the leather buckle band. Wouldn't it be cool if you could do the same with your phone... and not with an off band case, but rather with something designed by Apple that literally snapped into place as an integral part of the phone. I'm just shocked that Apple has not done this.
I am really tired of paying all this money for a slippery fragile phone that I cover with a goofy case.
No way, the iPod Classic back would scratch just from looking at it. The JB back is akin to the glossy "jet black" iPhone 3G/3GS.
Of course there is accountability. These guys sell their opinions to investor groups and others looking for information and an edge, they're not just prognosticating for user group chatter. If they are wrong more than right they don't get paid. This guy has a track record of being pretty close to what's going on. So take it or leave it, either way he's making a living out of it.
I'm pretty sure there's going to be allot of that, which in turn is the reason why some have decided to hold out until next year. (including myself)
From what I've seen, the JB scratches just by breathing, even if you're not looking at it.
I think the point is that you shouldn't have to have a huge phone (which a lot of people, like myself, don't like) to have the best features. The M3 is essentially the same size as any other 3-series, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say.
Why is glass the "only" option? Apple is selling a ceramic watch that's supposed to be more durable than stainless steel. A ceramic iPhone would match with their watch nicely. A lot of people would prefer to have a more durable iPhone. The iPhone 4 was glass and it was way too fragile. This sounds like a step backwards in durability.
False. I've been rocking my launch day JB naked with nary a scratch. It wasn't possible to do that with the mirror iPod Classic back.
They've been testing for a while, from 2011:
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/27/apple-testing-an-arm-a5-powered-macbook-air/
This comment from that thread was interesting:
The A series chips have increased performance at quite a rate compared to those by Intel used in Macs:
- https://browser.primatelabs.com/ios-benchmarks
- https://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks
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Loved the all glass iPhone 4/4s, but it was so heavy - not an issue carrying it, however if it fell the heft meant it often ended badly.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wasn't keen on the 4, and think the 3s was a much better design. My favorite was the 5c. My big concern with the current rumors is that glass breaks when you drop it. And everybody drops their phones. Even with a case, a glass phone isn't necessarily safe unless it's a bulky stylistic abomination like an Otterbox. If you have to use a case like that, then why even bother with a stylish phone?
We need to have a kind of "Reverse-MacRumors" where we look at previous predictions from these analysts and then call them out on why they were right/wrong on certain things.
I hope the size stays the same with the bezel removed.But would the size of the overall device be smaller? Presumably with no home button, and vastly reduced bezels, if so them am all in!
It just says a steel frame with glass design, so ceramic is still on the table.
